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Good session today of building the bulkheads and benches. Small annoyances with instructions and figuring out there is a "right side" to pieces and a not so right side with the slightest bevel on the edge. To start the day i completed the fill piece next to the rudder shaft passage at the stern. I ended up using section from the plywood sheet instead of the 1/8 square strip stock. It was the right thickness and trimmed it to the right size. In the process I definitely cracked the stern clean off. Thankfully the supporting structures around it were solid and I was able to glue it back in place but that was a rough way to start. Then I identified the floor and seats and remaining bulkheads. Per instructions I decided to paint and stain before installing. Due to the note about the bulkhead pieces being fragile i opted to sand and paint with them still in their sheets. Then i used knife to cut the tabs close and used a small file to remove what was left. I made an error in staining the floor and benches of stern by staining the wrong side. Figured that out after going to install. Restained, checked fit and glued. I made a decision in this placement noticing there was a gap if you line the seats up with the bulkheads. It looked like moat people half the gap but I will end up doing a gap fill once things dry. I pointed it out here. I also glued everything togather in this section and placed file and my small metal planer as weight for the dry time. Lastly for todays session I completed the install of the rest of the bulkheads gluing even numbers first usinf the floor to help position and checked for 90 degree off the keel. Half hour later I installed the rest (odd numbers) and put floor back in. Next time Ill pull the floor again, stain, and then glue into place.

Next boat on my bench is Picket Boat #1. I have many to choose from but most are tall ships. I thought this would be a good way to practice and develope better planking skills along with some other unique/different features. For those that will follow along know this build log will be slow as I can only really work on it during weekends and we just started car show season (we have some 1950's cars). I'll try to post as I make progress and hope to share a little more frequently than I did with my first build log. We got this kit in a trade a while back. After laying it out about a month ago I found I was missing two lazer cut pieces. Nothing huge to keep me from starting but I delayed and reached out to Model Shipways. Took a little biut got the parts in and that motivated me to start. So with new sandpaper on the block and pulling out the files the dust started flying and glue flowing. I find early that, like many logs have mentioned, while the instructions and drawings are great compared to other brands, it is still written so that the reader/modeler needs some background or knowledge of ship building. The section that tripped me up the most was the center keel assembly. It mentions on the drawings to reference a template but in my review of the plates I did not locate a template. So using a different image I traced the center keel and made my own template then carved away. Picture below shows the plate in the set. Then picture of keel as O carved. I wrapped up my bench session with the bulkheads, shaping them and then putting in place and ensuring they were 90 degrees off keel. Overall made some progress and its not going back in the box anymore :). (I drew the lines on the wrong side of the bulkhead as this won't be visible I opted to not erase)

FINISHED! - See Completed Ship photos here: https://modelshipworld.com/gallery/album/2969-hms-bounty-constructo-150/

One last build log post, maybe. I went to the wood shop yesterday in contemplation of a name plate. Through the meandering of shop and mind I put my thinking together with my partner and we decided to try something with our 4D Resin printer. Over lunch we found a website for name plates and you can download the STL files for free. Once we got home we sat down and built a name plate with an appealing font, downloaded the file, and then scaled/size down. https://www.nametag-designer.com/ If you use this site, note that the size defaults to almost 36in long. So if you are going to size down you have to make everything a bit bigger than you would suspect (like base plate 50mm, Letter height 65or so mm) it will feel too much. but it worked out so well. Once printed we sanded and primed it. Then my partner helped me use the air brush to cover it all in black. After I had some Golden Metallic Acrylic paint from my D&D character paint set and used a toothpick to over the tops of the boarder and letters in Gold. Clear coated the top and glued to base. I am very happy with the completed look and that it now feels complete to be placed on the shelf. Next up will post final photos to Finished Albums. Will post link here once I get the album created.

I did something similar to this on my HMS Victory Cross section. At the time I didn't think about different diameters of dowel. That is a great note! I ended up pulling all the flags off the ship. We did some online research on how many and what flags were ever flying on the ship at one time when it was underway vs. at port. From what I found there would only be two flags frown: 1x British red commissioning pennant HMS 1606 pattern and the 1x Red Ensign. Based on the design and time period what came in the kit is totally wrong anyway so i have to print, make, or order flag that are correct. Since I have finished everything else I have decided to go flagless at the moment. I took final photos yesterday and will be adding a name plate then calling this one complete! That said your advise will absolutely be utilized in future builds, thank you so much for following this build and helping to answer some of my questions. So helpful.

Ha. Feels like way more than 3 days to get these sails on. Your words are so kind. Thank you. Once I attached the sails to the spars (took a half day) I had to step away. I just wasn't up for the potential frustration and taking the next step of getting them attached to the Masts. To get them on the Masts that took almost a full day of drilling holes that were missing and finally understanding what one of the drawings actually meant. In hind sight it probably was about 3 very long days and ability to do nothing else (estimate over 16 hours of work), to get them on. It has taken me another week or so to figure out all the sail rigging lines and work through my frustrations. Thanks so much for following this journey.

Request for help. I'm in the last bit of the ship, and just installed the flad but I honestly hate how they look. they aren't hiding any shape and look like stiff boards rather than like everything else. I would like to use completely different material. anyone have a source for British flags (all 4 kinds) in 1:50 scale. Also the kit doesn't have a name plate. any suggestions on making one?

Thanks everyone. I remembered one challenge has is typically adding to my frustration and curious is someone has a trick on how to more precisely do this. Belay pins require a wrap around top and bottom. The first wrap is pretty easy but the second wrap particularly on the underside seems to be really challenging. I'm only doing two wraps on all pins (i dont know if i need to thats just some unconscious decision i made early on). Anyone got a trick for catching the bottom of the belay pin?

Life has been hectic and motivation low for a while but got some energy and few days off during thanksgiving time to sit at the bench a while so i made progress. I noticed early, thankfully, that I needed to lash the sails to the spars before lashing/fixing them to the masts. This realization likely saved me a lot of headache. Had picture but with getting a new phone i cant seem to find it. Then as recommended by others and the plans i started at one end and worked my way stern to bow adding the layers of lines as i go. I'm using a thicker than scale thinner cotton and ironed them with some slight curve. I knew at this point I wouldn't be able to furl the sails as the fabric is too bulky but i also need to figure out how to give some more shape down the line once all the rigging is in. Given this is my first true full sail ship i am allowing myself to just lean into the learning and be okay with it not being perfect or 100% correct. I have 4 more ships in model storage to practice this craft on. For now it is lots of learning. As I made lots of progress and seeing some good results I was motivated to continue the next day building the rigging that attaches to the sails. In just three days I got all the sails up, secured, and now working on the rigging that helps trim the sails (I believe), I have a few more steps before flags get installed. At the moment what I'm trying to imagine is how to get the sails a little more billowed(full) with them on the boat knowing the fabric is heavier than scale. At the moment my thought is to bundle up some cloth to place under the sails, then spray or brush on a water and white glue mixture and then let it dry. Any other ideas given the choices I have made? One last learning moment is the monoculars should be installed after all the rigging. The amount of times I've now broken these monoculars off has driven me crazy. I gave up repairing and plan to complete them once all rigging is done. You can see one of the monocular casualties on the deck in my last photo of this post. Happy building to everyone! Happy holidays too!

Thanks @MikkiC. Hopefully all goes well with rest of sails. The ones Ive done so far look pretty awesome when all finished and laid out. Will be fun once the sails start going on the masts. Much much more to come and do. My first boat was ugears sail boat then small 18th century sail boat, then cross section of victory. So i went from easy to advanced pretty quick but still novice skills and lots of trial and error and so far have some good success. Pretty impressed on the final products but a ton to learn still. Thanks for following along

Sails...I read a variety of posts and watched some videos and various posts. I decided to go down the path of cotton cloth. Im not ready to go down the path of silkspan. I scanned all the plans for a duplicate and bought a natural cotton so its unbleached and there are parts that have some darker strands. I then cut and traced onto the fabric the needed lines. then sat at my sewing machine to sew the lines in. Then folded the edes in and and oinned. Then ran a slightly longer stitch length around the edges. Then hand seeing begins with whip stitching the main thicker string around and making a loop on each corner using slip knot and anchoring it with stitch and continue around with a small overlap of the larger "rope". I've got many more to trace, cut, and sew. I plan to furl most of the sails and keep the ones between the masts out. I dont know the official names for them. Will be a bit till I get them attached but hope to provide more photos as I go.

Wow on use of legos to create jig and ways to clamp. Also love the film canister trick for blackening. Thank you for sharing your tricks along the way. My first bigger ship was a cross section of HMS Victory. Great place to learn and develop skills. Apologies, I'm new here so don't understand the best way to comment on specific posts well and have issues posting without lots of clutter.

Thank you admin (Chuck P) for helping move my build log into the correct launch era. I'll be more careful when creating in future!

Rigging! Rat lines finished up a few weeks ago. This last weekend tackled the lines between the masts. I'm sure I don't have angles right but I was in the space of "this is what it is given its my first full ship and did my best to follow the directions." I have already learned so much from reviewing everyone else's builds that I'm excited to do it more accurately on my next build. As mentioned in my last post I am at a stopping point as I figure out what I am going to do with the sails. Thank you to everyone who has already helped. Hope to make a decision and move forward with sails by this weekend.

Thank you. I likely selected the wrong one on accident. The hull is actually wood stained and has a clear varnish (a semi gloss I think). Overall I really like the look of it but know its potentially not totally accurate.