Hi PaperAir:
Only now I found this thread about this galleon. Then I read about your demise. i've been there also and papermodeling was a good therapy, painful in the begining, but paid off.
I'm enjoying your build, especially when you resize it to 1:33. Boy! how tall shall be the masts?!
This type of galleon was common to Spain and Portugal, using a different dimensions ratio from the English ones.
I downloaded Zathros resizing and rethinking of the planking, wich I find much more realistic. The joints in hull bellow waterline might even be desguised, although I?m still not convinced if in this period they were painted white. In some japanese printings of Portuguese ships of this period they are depicted totally black. A mix of tar and fish oil was used to protecte the wood.
I hope you recover fast and get back to this interesting work.
Get well
Regards
Carlos