HMS Bounty - Static

Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 7:53 pm • Post subject: HMS Bounty - Static

Presently building the HMS Bounty. Scale 1:50 I got this model in 2002 and worked on it for about a year. I have been pretty busy with my job, so I put it away for about 4 years. Now that I have more time, here are some older pictures.

HMS Bounty sailed from Spithead, England on December 23, 1787 with Captain William Bligh and a crew of 45 men bound for Tahiti. Their mission was to collect breadfruit plants to be transplanted in the West Indies as cheap food for the slaves. After collecting those plants, Bounty was underway toward home, when, on the morning of April 28, 1789, Fletcher Christian and part of the crew mutinied, took over the ship, and set the Captain and 18 members of the crew adrift in the ship’s 23-foot launch. The Captain sailed the launch and 17 of the crew 3618 miles back to civilization. The mutineers took HMS Bounty back to Tahiti, and, with 6 Polynesian men and 12 women, took the ship to the isolated site at Pitcairn Island. After burning the ship and a violent beginning, they established a settlement and colony on Pitcairn Island that still exists.

The first pictures will be under the heading 'until now'. After that I will add as I work on the boat.

Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 7:55 pm • Post subject: HMS Bounty

One more picture of the bow.

Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 7:57 pm • Post subject: HMS Bounty

Top view of deck towards the bow.

Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 7:58 pm • Post subject: HMS-Bounty

Bounty - mid ship

Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 7:59 pm • Post subject: HMS-Bounty

The Stern

Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 8:01 pm • Post subject: HMS - Bounty

This will be the last picture of what I have done 'until now'.
The next pictures will be masts and spars.

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 11:36 am • Post subject: HMS Bounty

Hello Flying Dutchman,

Welcome to MSW.

You are doing a magnificent job on your Bounty. Beautiful work.

Gene Bodnar

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 11:19 pm • Post subject:

Thank you for your kind words.

I forget to mention this in the beginning, but I will take kindly to suggestions, improvements, etc. Constructive criticism will be appreciated.

I have viewed other built in progress logs and saw many things that others have done. This will be in my follow up models.

Flying Dutchman

Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 10:14 pm • Post subject:

Did some work on the masts in the last couple of weeks.
First 2 pictures are of the Bowsprit. Apologize for the first one, it is a bit dark.

Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 10:15 pm • Post subject:

Bowsprit