Welcome Ed
Will pay dividends to watch a few You tube videos on planking a model wooden ship prior to you commencing your build
The videos will also discuss various glue types & planking processes
If I could suggest, you invest in a 12" steel ruler and and a few [6] finger clamps
Clamping the keel plate with the 12" rule, you will be able to carefully scribe against the grain, the rebate into the keel plate for the planking to lock into when gluing......the clamps will also assist when planking
The Cypress wood will be a far easier material to bend & shape for the first planking layer over the Walnut wood specie........
The Malabar Retriever hull may well have been built on diagonal planking method.......again all of this will be discussed in those YouTube video
Derek