Trond

Hi Tim, The varnish you used does that have some color in it and is it mat or glossy? Since I'm on my first ship and hardly seen many model wooden ship, is it more fitting to try to have the hull paintet/treated with a matt finish or some glossy? Trond

Hi, Haven't tried CA much, but does it not dry very fast when working with wood? I see in your earlier post Dave that you even want it it to harden faster, but then you cant put much on, small pieces? I use wood glue for everything and that hardens fast (I think)..

The planking has been sanded up to 300 grid for a smooth. I will need to do some testing to see what I shall put on the planking. If it look bad, I'll sand it and paint it. Also added some filler between the planking and bellow for a smooth transition. And when it has tried of, I'll sand it down and paint it white. Also did some touch up on some forgotten spots on the hull. I'm thinking of planking the rear wall with the windows for a better look.

Back from the cabin at the weekend and plank was in the post. Planked the other side. And yes, the planking is not the correct nicely pattern as it should. It will be done correctly with my next ship. It will pass under first ship mistakes. So the next step is to sand the hull and put some filler between the planking and painting, so that I get a smooth transition from bottom hull (painting) and planking. I need treat the planking with something, but I'm not sure with what. So that I can get the nice color from the wood. Any suggestion anybody?

Thanks Dave, The hull i planked, but with some balsam pieces changeout. When I started out with the model I had to remove some of the planking and the only alternative was to put some pieces of balsam and sand. The bottom part, below waterline is sanded and painted. On the top I'm using mahogany or some other word, since mahogany is not a very positive word these days. The problem I now see is that when putting on the extra planking there is a small distance to the below white part of the hull. I though of planking the bottom half of the hull, but then I need to sand down a lot and also the paint I use is thick and would hardly see any planking afterword. So I think i will put some filler below the new planking and sand a smooth transition between the planking and the white painted hull. I will take some picture to show it when I get there.

Hi Dave, It is a fantastic ship you have built and looking forward for the rest. I've read through the log and it is very interesting since I've just brought forth my Bounty (after 25 years on the shelf) and going to finish it. I see that your version is different than mine. Have you done many modifications to your model or is there just many different version of the Bounty?

Hi All, I'm staring a log to show my progress and to get feed back. The model was bought approx. 25 years ago (getting to old for remembering details that far back) at a local bobby shop. I had some model experience before but only plastic, but it look cool and I had high expectations for doing the build in a ferally short time. But the reality came pretty fast. It turn out to be a hell of a lot bigger project that I thought. The instruction was very limited to say the least, only 11 pages with drawings and instruction (in 4 languages). It also turned out that several of the structure was bent. What I've should was return the model and get a beginner model. Well that did not happen. I started building the hull and planking and got frustrated and set it aside for 25 years. Know I'm 25 years older, gotten some more experience and more patience. And want to finish my ship and learn more about ship building. So this is status so far. And here you see one of my challenges, the frame is twisted. So I need to do some visual cheating but compansating on one side to make it look even. Right now I'm waiting for some more planking to finish the hull. I see from other logs that my drawing is quit different in many ways. So will do some more comparing to see if I can pick up some useful tips. I order the Masting and Rigging the Clipper Ship and Ocean Carrier and The Armed Transport Bounty (used, they are to expensive new) to help me out with getting through this build. That was before I came across this forum, where there is a ton of information and experienced people.

Thanks guys. I was searching on the forum for the right setup for starting a log, but couldn't find one. Is it normal/practice to type in heading: Ship name-builder name-fabrication-scale?

Thanks, I've already did a short browsing into different logs and will defiantly look into more logs and forums. I will see if I can start a build log

Hi, I just found my old HMS Bounty which I started approx 25 years ago and though it was time to start up again modeling now that the kids are getting young adults'. I guess I fell into ccoyle description on not to start ship building, 25 years ago. I picked a cool model which had limited/very bad instructions, faulty wood and was intended for experienced ship modelers (which I'm not). The hull mas made with probably all the nooby fault possible. Well, I've started up with trying to rectify my fault so it at least looks ok from the out side. Now I'm waiting for my extra Mahony plank to put on the hull. So there will be a lot of question to come from me.