I got to a point with the Grazyna when I started to have issues with the hull. I worked through early problems well enough. The original hull was built with bulkheads and stringers cut from 1/8″ basswood followed by packing the spaces between with balso which was sanded to shape later, a deck from more 1/8″ basswood .. and bondo .. and primer. This was fine originally as if the port and starboard were off a bit it didn’t matter since this was a static model and would only be viewed from one side on the layout.
Problems began when I decided to put in an engine compartment complete with a skylight. I had to route out an opening which was a major pain. When I decided to add a raised quarterdeck I found that getting a good plan of that now obviously “not quite” and example of bilateral symmetry .. the port and starboard were .. close .. but only that.
The othe rday I was looking at the planked decking and realized that I had made a mistake. The planking on a boat does not extend to the gunwale but instead running parallel to the gunwale and acts as a boundary for the deck planking to prevent the need to taper the deck planking to a fine point at the bow and stern allowing them to butt against it instead.
Thinking about this it occured to me that if I cold 3d print the hull I would have the ability to create a hull mirrored exactly. I could plank the deck complete with the margin plank. I could print this using my resin printer in PLA .. and then .. print the plating complete with rivets in resin and cement that to the PLA. At the top I could add whatever is necessary to make realistic bulwarks. There more things that I could do so .. I stopped what I was doing and started work on a model I could print.