Things have been progressing, slowly.
There always seems to be a sequence that a build has to follow. With the hull now ready for painting it's: paint above the waterline, then paint the deck/bulwarks, then attach the rubber rubbing strip, then paint below the waterline, then attach Voith blades and protection plate, then retouch the paint, then attach the stern fender. Sounds complicated but there is is a method to the madness – do the jobs with the least amount of fiddly work and chances of having to do major re-work first and the delicate stuff last.
So the theory goes...
I'm at the painting the deck stage at the moment. In the meantime I added some details to the superstructure before its fist coat of paint – a small lip around the edges of the upper deck, the porthole surrounds, recessed port power panel. There are plenty more details to go on after this has been painted.