Cap'n Rat Fink

WELL HAD THE DAY-OFF TODAY TO DO A FEW THINGS, BUT ALSO MADE A LITTLE PROGRESS ON THE CROSS SECTION TO. THIS IS A REALLY FUN SCRATCH KIT THAT ADMIRALITY MODELS OFFERS. THANKS DAVID AND GREG... I AM LEARNING A LOT FROM IT....

















 

HI JOHN, MARK, GREG, and RUSTY,

    THANKS GUYS and THANKS GREG for the thumbs up that i am doing it correctly....

LOOKING GOOD POPEYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tim , Rusty,

  Thanks guys for your kind remarks and onward i go....

Well frames 4 n 5 are completed. I builT the square from a display type board material, the type which is used for science projects in school.....

I added 1/16" spaced horizonel lines to assist me in keeping the port n starboard sides of the frames level with the horizon..

"SWEETIN BULLETS TIME NOW.....

once the DEAD FLAT "0" was glued in place I went ahead and temporarly placed DEAD FLAT "01" and FRAME 01 FORE so I could mark out the locations for the 2 scores of the port n starboard sweep port sills.....

I pulled all measurements from the DISPOSITION OF FRAME drawing which I glues to a scrap piece of display board so i could stand it on end and adjust my measuring tool accordingly....

I will then remove frame "01" fore and the dead flat "01". then use my chisel to create the scores.....


ALL I CAN SAY FROM HERE ON IS """"I HOPE I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING!!!! and I HOPE I AM DOING IT RIGHT!!!""""


ALL ADVICE IS VERY MUCH WELCOMED......








 

Thank You Aldo nice to hear from you my buddy....

Hi Buck, believe it or not all i used was flat black acrlic from walmart(arts n craft section. I let it dry and scuffed it up a bit with one of my tweezers and seal with matte finish varnish....hope this helps you out...

THE BOMB,

    THANKS FOR THE KIND WORDS. IF YOU NEED ANY INFO PLEASE JUST LET ME KNOW.....GLAD TO HELP OUT....

Hey Borge I found your DRAGON and she is just beautiful. Just love to see your metal work, outstanding my friend

Hi Amfibious,

    Thank you very much for your kind words. It was a lot of fun building Bligh's Launch..............

Hi Borge nice to see ya and Thank You, I have to go search for your log, I hope you put it back up my friend...

Sinan,

   Poplar is very versital for model building, it also turns well.....my smasher barrel is poplar.....

Mark, JP, John,

   Good to see you guys stop by. got home late last night so i will finish off frames 4 n5 tonight and add updates today after work. I decided getting home late last night, so I went and added my Bounty Launch build back in to help others out.

Hi Jp,

   Your planking is coming along nicely. IMO with very little issues but we all them. The hull going to look great when completed...

JP, Greenstone,

  Thank you both for stopping by. I added the build back because I had been getting a  couple of PM's on the build back on MSW 1.0 , so to help the others I had a fail safe and put the build back, though it is missing some texted but better then nothing I always say....

HI Jim,

    You are doing the right thing weather it be a kit or scratch build....."THINKING AHEAD".... I also plan on adding a bit more support before i fair the frames. They are very fragile and thats what worries me the most, breaking one during the fairing process. On the backboard square you made I to plan on adding a center line, but I also plan on adding serveral horizontal lines about a 1/16" apart. That way i will stand a better chance of keeping the toptimbers level to the horizon....

take care

Hello All,
A couple of small things left to do. But she is pretty much complete. i will add more detailed and close up picture in the completed Forum later this week.
Thank you all for watching

cheers Mario





 

Well I'm all done. some pic's may be out of order and some text might not make sence but it's better then nothing.....you all fun now!!!

A little more done tonight....










 

well i finally got my act together and i am starting my diorama display case. plus i have started stowing the supplies onboard.......cheers Mario























 

cheers Mario














 

So a few more photos!


cheers Mario


















 

and a few more...One little hint. It worked out fantastic.




















 

Now i decided to make a spar n sail 3rd hand jig.....here is my result



















 

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a few more pics








 

No worries. I do enjoy the questions. This is all fun to me. I like trying to do a good job on my modles. But i will never take it seriously. If I did then the fun is gone. I still work for a living. Don't need seriousness n stress included in my hobbies too.
I do enjoy the points you bring up. It makes me look at things in a different light, that might make more sense. Please, do keep the questions coming I really enjoy it. I live in the California desert. So I'm known as a desert rat. So thinking like a sailor is out of the question for me. So these questions you bring up are great.
I am planning the diorama as you say after the voyage. I will post more exserts from Bligh's Journal to show everyone the reasoning of my build log here. As to the way I did things.
As for the sails I too thought of wire. But since it is after the voyage Bligh tried to land the Launch on Timor by using his sails, but not enough wind to use them. He stated this also in his Journal. So eventually gave orders for his men to row in. He tried the sails because his men were very weak.
The box could of been left open do to all the excitement of finally the voyage coming to an end. Because Bligh mention how his men drew extra strength from the extra rations he gave them just before they beached on Timor.
So the sails will just sit limp on the Launch. No wire nessary. But I did try using hair spray. I damped a scrap piece of sail cloth. Not too wet, and sprayed. It stiffed up really well. So keep hair spray in mind for your sails...

Arthur I would be shocked if you did not bring up questions. Because I consider you to be an incredible model builder with high standards. It makes sense that you would ask these questions. You are a master at this craft. I am very humbled that a person with your talent has taken an interest in my build log ...I'm just learning....

best regards Mario

Yes I do agree with you, Bligh was all buisness. But number one on the list was survival. He had to protect the main food supply. Has the BL was always taking on water from the swells and the rainy weather. Of course the tools were high on the list. That is my opinion on that. I might disply them at the boat bottom of back in the box. They must have gotten down to a small amount of bread to be able to store the tools back in the box. Like you said he had to protect the tools also, since it was admirality property. But survival was first. Here is his comments on MAy 2, 1789...


"Our Bread was in Bags and getting Wet, to be starved to death was therefore inevitable if it could not be prevented. I therefore began to examine what cloaths there were in the Boat and what other things could possibly be spared, and having determined for only two suits to be kept for each person, the rest was thrown overboard, which with some Rope and Spare Sails lightened the Boat considerably and we had more Room to bail the water out. Fortunately the Carpenter had a good chest in the Boat, I therefore fixed on it to put the Bread in the first favoable moment. His Tool Chest also was cleared and the Tools stowed in the Bottom of the Boat, so that this became a second convenience."

well here another small update on the Main Lug Sail making.....













I am mainly refering to his Journal. Because work boats were so common that no one really ever wrote down how they were built. They were so standard that everyone build them and really had no questions as how to.
I have May's book n Mckay's, but I am really disecting Bligh's Journal because, hey he was there.... Just trying to pick up on any hints from Bligh's remarks that might help me along with my interpertation on the BL. He does mention Lugs sails at the begining of the voyage. So reading up on lug sails I decided there was no bowsprit, because it would of been a bear to work those sails with a bowsprit in the way. Bligh does mention the Main n Fore lug sails by name, but never mentions a bowsprit and/or sail....

regards Mario