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Incredible story behind this boat: one of the greatest feats of seamanship, Captain Bligh's seemingly impossible voyage in a small open boat from near Tonga to Timor, 3618 nautical miles. lots of sanding I was confused by these cutouts for the oars. I added small blocks which can be inserted when the boat is under sail to increase free-board, which was already low in this overloaded vessel. Somebody build a full scale replica and used something similar to seal off these cutouts. Other options would have ben some posts seen in other models. Does anybody know which version is the historically most accurate? Very enjoyable build.
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Thanks! I think I will work on the Bounty launch next. 3500 nautical miles in an overloaded open small boat, quite something...
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JpR62 reacted to a post in a topic: New Bedford Whaleboat by Kai F. - FINISHED - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - scale 1/3"=1ft (1:36)
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First build of a wooden model. Inspired by a visit to the New Bedford Whaling museum and the USS Constitution museum. Started Dec 2020, finished Feb 2021. used a electric plank bender which was extremely helpful and fast (did not soak planks overnight, just wetted) used regular wood filler to fill gaps, worked great came of the formers without too much trouble despite being glued on in some parts. Best to use saw to remove from base if needed and then remove remaining pieces. Used a paper template with the required distances marked, which could then be copied on to the model. The tricky part is having the starboard and port sides align perfectly. It will matter later for the thwarts, which will have cutouts for the frameheads and should be as symmetric as possible. made the oar locks as per the instructions from the supplied brass wire and soldered too smoothen, but probably not necessary as they will be almost flush with the gunwale. Decided on matt black and white for outside of hull and gray inside (simple hobby acrylics) stained thwarts with cutouts to make the centerboard functional was tricky. I ended up sanding the inside of the trunk and the centerboard thin to get enough space for it to move up and down. rudder pintles made from brass wire and the gudgeons from flattened brass wire Wile building this model, lot of surfing on this website and elsewhere to understand the functionality of the various parts of this boat, which is fascinating coming together... oars, rudder, lance, tiller found an old sewing machine to help with this, but this was difficult. Regular white Elmers all-purpose glue for the reefing lines worked well. curling of the ropes again with the help of some regular all purpose white glue. Painting the lines on the oars was tricky. I used good masking tape to try to keep the lines as clean as possible rigging and mast in place all done. This was a lot of fun. thanks for visiting.
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