I've talked to Doris on many occasions, and indeed she is accomplished.
My interest in her technique is that she, apart from using card stock for the structures and first layer of planking, is that she uses self adhesive vinyl tape...like the kind you find for use in covering MDF that comes in many shades and simulated wood grains.
She cuts strips of the material and then simply peals off the backing and sticks the wood colored sticky vinyl in place(Using a hair dryer to expedite adhesion). She paints it different colors, for trim work and the like.
What I find most exciting is her use of modeling compount to form her gold reliefs....THAT...she does all by hand then paints them gold....mmmmm.
She even uses a bit of car Bondo and paints to smooth things out before applying her vinyl wood strips. Decks, bullwarks, doors, gratings the white hull. Nearly the entire model is covered in some form of vinyl self adhesive foil/paper. And she used the pre-colored..so there is little painting, except were finer detail and shading is required. Amazing.
She even does her own electrical wiring with resisters and LED's for lights.
Enough cannot be said about Doris and her magnificent techniques and models.
Rob