Following the advice in the notes on the plans, It was decided to pre-bend the side panels before attempting to attach them to the hull panels. My son in HK had put his in a streamer until they were soft and then taped them round a suitable object until dry.
I opted for soaking them in a bowel of water for about 30 mins and then supporting the edges between two tins of tuna with the centre held down by a jar of coffee to get approximately the right curvature. The second set of panels had to make do with two pudding bowels and a glass jug!
After struggling unsuccessfully to tape the side panels into position and again glue them, I gave up and used the stitch and tack method again, working my way down each panel and being very careful to ensure that the side panel was at right angles to the hull bottom panels.
Eventually I had two hulls with all the bits tacked together but looking completely out of shape! The introduction of a spacer equal to the maximum width of the deck temporarily inserted sprung the sides out and brought everything into shape, more or less.
This then enabled me to shape up and insert the stem and stern fillets.
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