I remind myself of the decision to report also all setbacks - for my own benefit, but maybe sometimes for someone else's. This story started as a strong candidate for a setback, but it has a happy ending:
Well. Originally, I thought the side pieces of the bulwark would be so flexible that I could simply glue them in their places just by bending them alittle.
It takes more than a little bending - it turned out.
What to do? I had already finished with my nice painting (see above) of the bulwark insides.
With tears in my eyes I put the bulwarks in hot steam in order to bend them into the correct shape.
Steamed them - expecting the boiling water to turn yellow.
Nothing of the sort happened, however!
I could bend the plywood with only minor harm done to the painted surface.
I can tell you that if I ever doubted Vallejo acrylic paints and fine surface primer for their water proofness - I don't now!