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Beautiful work. No other words necessary.

Yes Cristi. It sounds like you.ve done the same kit. I'm interested to see how you did the stern planking around the deadwood.Thanks for responding.

Yes Klimi, The Bulwarks on the stern don't have the first layer of planks, so They will be the thinner walnut planks. The planking on the sternpost is a little trickier, because the plans didn't say to file away the deadwood, so I'll have to decide the best way to do the planking there.I think it's easier to remove deadwood and plank to the edge of the sternpost.I try to find a spare half an hour to glue a pair of planks. I can usually get two done in a day.I did my last hull in about 4 weeks.

I've just started the Bounty kit by Mamoli. True enough the instructions are a bit weird when read in english, however I expect this if I'm getting a kit of foreign manufacture. I think an important point's been raised, and that is you don't know what you've got until you open the box. I've had some issues with my kit already, but I'm just going to have to work through them. I'm optimistic of a good result.

I used a spray on quick dry primer. It worked well, and helped for a smooth paint finish.

I used a clear satin varnish on my first model, followed by wax rubbed on with fine steel wool. I guess you could use the steel wool without the wax, to take the shine off the varnish, and still leave a protective coat on the model.

Looks great. Must say your doing well on you first.

Started planking. The wood from the kit for the first layer is not very good quality. It's stresses once you crimp it, so extra care when bending with the crimpers to get the curve as close to the hull shape as possible. This problem is mainly around the bow, where the bend is extreme, and it's showing a tendency to crack just after the bow curve. I'm not sure what timber this is but I'm guessing the manufacturer just uses a low quality one because it's totally hidden by the second one. Funnily enough the plans say to use Tanganyika for the first layer.

   Theres not much tapering on the first seven planks, only .7 mm each end. The first four have gone on ok, Thankfully  the nasties can be covered up. Once the fist plank was on it was a good time to check the stern Bulwark heights which calls for 3 planks at 5mm each. This matched the height of the transom from the false deck, I did one silly thing, put my glue brush in my cup of coffee. Thank goodness I wasn't drinking 20yr old single malt.. 

Very nice Sarah. I was seriously thinking on one of these transition Ships that go between power and sail. It will have to wait for a while. 

 Your going well with it . I also saw your start on the Endeavor The paddle boat looks like a fiddly build, with lots of little pieces. Be good to see the end result.. 

I've never seen a metal ship model before. It looks so tiny.Have fun with it. I want to see the end result.

Got started on gluing the Bulkheads on. No nasty surprises here yet. The only real problems were the bow not being blocked in enough. I wasn't happy with it so I filled most of it in. A few bulkheads needed filling in small patches, so I did it this time, because I ended up with some small areas I had to fill after planking on the Brig. They were mostly along the false deck which I've filled in this time. Hopefully it saves me some work later. Nearly ready to plank now. I'll just give it another look over to check for bumps and hollows.

Looking really good. I lie the way the keel is filled in with the pieces that make it look solid. I'm on the Mamoli kit at the moment, and only just started.

Looks like you've got everything under control. will keep looking at how your going.

Looking good. How are you finding the Mamoli plans? 

Great effort for a second build.You obviously have some talent.I might try this one later on.

That's one big model.I love the sleek look of her. I'll be back for another peek.Oh, that sounds like I'm reading a magazine, nothing rude intended. She's a beauty.

Looks like a very complicated build. I'm nowhere near starting a scratch build. I'ts impressive the attention to detail that's in the scratch builds.I'll try and keep up with your build.

The kit arrived today. I'm pretty happy with whats there. The bulkheads are pre-cut, as are all the ply parts, so there's no sheets to cut out from. This kit is a bit more detailed than my first one, so I'm expecting this one to take longer to finish. There's 7 double-sided sheets of plans so that makes 14. I'm pretty sure there's some good full size ones to compare to if needed, which i didn't have with my first one. The plans are well detailed which will help because the instructions look a bit thin on detail. Mastini's Italian glossary in the back of his book will be useful with the parts list.They should include English parts lists for kits they export to English speaking Countries. I have the feeling I'm not the first and certainly won't be the last with this problem. I'll get stuck into it tomorrow, and see if I can get the bulkheads glued on.

Nice build in progress, I just finished the Colonial Brig Perseverance from Modellers Shipyard, and have a Mamoli Bounty on the way. Yours is looking really good.I havent tried building and placing the masts in separate pieces yet. I put the ones on the Brig in one piece. Might try this one for my build.

Starting on this 1:64 kit in next few days. Does anyone know of any issues with this kit that might be helpful before I get started?.

good to see that you re-did them until you were happy.Nice work.I might use that idea myself.

I have a large pile of cedar and i"m looking to use some in my models. I'm thinking a small table saw and a small plane thicknesser would do the job . Cedar very soft though, and I'm not sure if it's usable for a lot of parts. I just finished the Colonial Brig Perseverance by Modellers Shipyard, and replaced a few parts that came in ply with the Cedar. I think it looks better that way and it saved me from doing extra work over the ply. I replaced the Tiller for example. How would you mill down to small planks though?.

Currently awaiting delivery of my second kit. It's a 1:64 bounty by Mamoli.While I'm waiting I'm going to research as much as I can.This site lokks like the best place to post a build log so i'll most likely do that as well. I'm new to this site also. Keep pluggind away, nice work.