Well, here's a pic of the deck and a stem. Lousy resolution, though, sorry.

The decks are a copy of a style of deck that Rushton offered on many of his canoes. I like the look, and wanted to replicate it - without actually planking it up!

The stems are covered as per Tom Yost (also the original inspiration for the clear skin, of course - thanks Tom!), with only slight differences. The results aren't really pretty, but I'm getting better at it. Basically, take one side, pull it tight across the stem, and staple it to the face. Trim it, then add HH-66 vinyl cement to it, and the other side where it will intersect. Then, stretch the other side across, gluing it tight and then trimming. Over all that I glued another strip, with darts to conform to the curve.

Those are not wrinkles in the skin, btw. The transparent vinyl is much better at stretching than Coverene and the like, and you can get out almost every wrinkle with a lot of elbow grease.

Thanks for the kudos, everyone!