More progress, bottom and side panels have been joined and stitched in place on jig. Now for some "spot welds". Pictures have been posted, link below.
GV 17 Album
I would have been at this point sooner, except I joined one of the bottom panels the wrong way,

which was just plain dumb. I had marked each panel with keel, bow etc. and just ignored it when joining one panel.
Anyway all fixed now and it looks good all stitched.
Gary