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ive been trying to figure out what anchor would be accurate for the bounty, the whats used is the standard curved, however the anchor that was raised and on display in Pitcairn is Spanish style. also what was included in the kit was kedge style. so needless to say im confused and cant find any reliable info on anchors the bounty carried. im tempted to use the spanish style because thats what was supposedly raised from the wreck.

yea it can be easy to get mad at something that goes wrong, i know from my research the AL can be hit and miss with wood,

is that the side? if it is, you might be able to use different wood for it.

a dremel works wonders for me. i used it to reshape the hull of my bounty, just gotta go slow and take your time. also take some thin strips of wood and get the profile at as many point as possible, use the same technique you would for faring the bulkheads for planking. dremel i have; http://www.homedepot.com/p/Dremel-3000-Series-Variable-Speed-Rotary-Tool-Kit-3000-1-25H/203040434 i suggest spending the extra dough to get one from another store due to the homedepot stuff being made cheaper than standard production. on that note the tool is great, variable speed and great attachments. only thing is its high speed low torque, home drills and tools like that are low speed high torque. so just dont push the tool too fast and it will work great. here is an article on here that deals with filler blocks; http://modelshipworldforum.com/resources/Framing_and_Planking/BowandSternFillerBlocks.pdf not sure if you have seen it yet, but it cant hurt.

looks great, makes me want to do a junk now, seriously awesome work. send it for a sail on lake Champlain and send champ swimming

i have a coping saw and a dremel so technically i wouldnt need one, i tend to drool over tools, especially lathes and mill machines. im gonna get some scalpels since those come highly regarded

thanks everyone, i hear a lot of reference to scroll saws and other power tools i dont have, so i wasnt sure if any of those would be mandatory.

right now its the HMS bounty from constructo with a precarved hull, but i plan on moving on the Cutter Cheerful, or at least something a little more accurate than the constructo model.

since im working on my first model, id thought id ask, what specialty tools will i need or want to have? i have all the basic non-powered tools.

looks awesome, i cant wait to see the rest of it built

up until now i thought that most of the cast metal parts had flash, but upon closer inspection, its not flash, the molds used to cast the parts where off center. on some parts by quite a bit. so know the question is, what is usable and what i need to replace.

what psi is best for this?

i modified a technique i found on here, basically i used a blunted thumb tack to push into the wood not through. then i took a mechanical pencil, sharpend the point and gently rotated the pencil. i had to resharpen the tip after 5-8 nails. there is a section on here with some really good techniques.

do you use the same process for all wood? or do you have different techniques for say decking vs planking?

what do you use to finish the wood? i know some wood is painted, but what about the wood thats left natural or stained?

looks great man, looks kinda like the boats my high school used for the sailing team, though i rowed cornish pilot gigs

here is the false deck i made for my boutny, close up treenailing, and planks what do you all think?

nice, well should be interesting at least, i want to do English cutter Cheerful 1806, chinese junk, greek bireme, and a skipjack, but im sure there will be more ships i will want to build

i used an airbrush a lot on my plastic kits, but for wooden kits i like stained natural wood better, whats on deck for you?

thanks, i followed your fishing boat log, and its looking great. what airbrush/compressor do you run? ive been doing a lot of reading on this forum and the articles which are great. we will see how this build goes, but im already planning a few future builds haha.

looks good, the rigging is what concerns me the most about tall ships, but we have a great group here to help us.

today i was able to get the false deck mostly finished, i scribbed the planking and treenails, all i need to do is get the mast holes drilled and fit the deck, i will get some pictures later.

This is my first wooden ship build, as well as my first build log. the kit was given to me by my girlfriend for Christmas, even after she knows how i am with models in general. i finally decided to go for it and build the kit mostly stock, there are some mods i am doing, but nothing over whelming. you all know the story of the bounty so ill skip that part. the kit comes in a nice package with a fold up lid and window, very colorful and full of pictures. half of the step by step instructions are on the box in the form of pictures that show various steps. this is good for those who are just starting out, but a pain to have to keep the box just for a reference. the kit also comes with a few tools, some paint, rigging materials, a few bags of small parts both wood and metal. the metal parts are for the ships wheel, cannons, hand pumps, cabin windows. there is also a few bundles of wire. the wood isnt the best being a little thick for the scale, but it decent if it isnt a big deal to you. all the main parts are pre-die cut. the pre-carved hull is fairly rough, the whole thing needed sanding, and some areas needed reshaping. its not a kit i would say is entry level, due to the roughness of the hull and such unless you have experience in carving. id say the kit is better for someone with experience who is looking for a very simple and quick build. in doing my research i decided to copperplate the hull. many ships had this at the time so it seams only right to do so. in fitting and sanding the stem doesnt fit as it should, and in my opinion isnt usable. i sandwhiched two pieces of basswood sheets together and sketched a corrected stem on it. now i just have to take some time with my coping saw to cut it out. i might replace most of the pre-cut parts with my own, but we will see. the instructions say to carve planks into the solid hull, but instead im going to build a false deck and install it on top of the hull. it will allow me to really control the decking, and add that much more material to the lip for the sides. i will try and get some pictures when i can, my phone, which is my primary camera, tried its hand at swimming earlier this week, so snapping pics spur of the moment is out. anyway i hope you all enjoy this new journey with me

ive built many plastic models in my day, and they are very straight forward. they are also as complicated as you want them to be. the "entry" level ship my girlfriend bought for me is a whole different ball game. i had to reshape the hull, and deal with major dimensional differences from the plans to the carved hull. i also have a thought that "entry" level is a way of a company to make something half-assed and still have it acceptable. many of my easy model kits have turned out to be harder to build than my advanced ones. with my first model ship i have to really work at it, though i have a sneaking thought in the back of my head that ill have an easier time with POB build when i get to it.

looking great,