Kevin

Bye Bye Mule, i will look forward to one of your offspring

so sorry to hear of yr bad news, and hopefully you are fully ready to proceed with your build

Good Morning Lyle im actually been looking at yr build as it is the most advanced one i have seen and has given me quite a few ideas, thank you, link to yr build is here HMS Bounty by LyleK1 - Artesania Latina - 1:48 scale my build will be renamed as she will bear little resemblance to the original build and adapted from the kit, the wife wanted me to build her, so she will possibly be renamed "Ruth" i very quickly realised why so many of this kit go unfinished Internally the kit although bears very little resemblance to the vessel, and the kit contents to make something out of it is sparse and not very well thought out is pants to say the least, for example the cargo hold is to short as the lower foredeck is far to long, and the very high centre line, gives you a W shaped space lol. But i have found the biggest issue with adapting her, is keeping the frames in the correct position, other than the keel and the one side of the middle deck there is nothing to keep them lined up, the very least AL could have done was put some indications on the top deck if this is classed as a entry level build then double planking should have been included, i will be doing that with mine, this could be a fantastic kit, had they spent a few more Friday afternoons thinking about builders making and completing her

Chris yr mule looks better than my completed version will look lol

Good morning everyone progress has been made, but a lot of going back and forth, and reworks my problem with this kit is the lack of any upper hull strength, all the frames are just supported by the keel, the only deck that helps to keep the frames in place is one side of the middle deck, the rest are either been designed for the internal viewing, or are only small sections , therefore allowing the keel to flex all over the place thinking ahead i have been making templates to help kee things stable, but hope to show this as i move along lower foredeck removed and reduced in size, it was far to long and was adapted for the Bethia conversion to Bounty im currently in the process of making up some bulkheads, although unsure of what will be seen , as im undecided what cutaway needs to be done on the middle deck after deck remains the same templates before doing anything to the hold i duplicated the middle deck half to give me a fighting change of keeping the frames in place Cargo hold ongoing, i wanted to to be able to use this space, even more so after the fore deck was shortened, but the frames where they fit to the keel were all different widths, do the three middle ones were de-bonded and made the same, i also traced the outlines to allow template to be added to the frames under the fwd cabins and the pump well now im able to use some stained 1X5mm stained lime strips to plank the hold

Fantastic

good evening everyone thank you for likes and comments Lower decks perhaps overdid the staining on these, they turn much darker than anticipated, they they have been secured into the hull after the support beams were placed Hold well must have attempted this 5 times at least, i didnt want the open side and every time i redid it i found bits i did like, or it didnt fit as well as the previous version when i had a version built that i liked i then saw something that made me rethink it all. The AL version is more towards the the ship Bethia before she was purchased and renamed Bounty, as part of the conversion she had extra cabins built, and one of these sits in front of the mast well so i had to move the door forward and make room to put in a small extension deck, which will become the deck of the extra cabin access to this deck is via a ladder from above the next stage is to put in 5 cabins on the port side, but unsure how to do this, as the deck above has been reduced to allow the insides to be seen, bearing in mind the kit has nothing provided in this area, hopefully i will be able to show the middle deck in place to show the problem i have created for my self

did you ever progress this build?

first build post day 3 day 1 clear room, only long enough to get a good clean done, and did the kit review photos After marking identification numbers on all the parts All the plywood bits removed . shame they dont do this at the stage they are made, after test fitting day 2 i painted them in Oak, using the OcCre dye, then made the hull up using titebond original too yellow day 3 what about walnut? im happier with that, becomes a nice shade on top of the oak lower hold forward half deck on one side of each plank i marked with a permanent marker - in black painted the deck black, laid planks in a 3 shift butt system drilled holes to represent nails stained in oak this is how she stands tonight

so many build logs on MSW, but very few ever completed, maybe i will find out why in the coming weeks/months

kit contents

a conversation between the wife and myself last week (yes we do talk) wife. i love that Viking thingy, i like the wood effect me. oh wife, will you build something for just me me oh wife yeah me, what wife, something like that, no copper tiles, no colours on the hull, just natural wood, sails, bit of lighting, and see something inside like on that big thingy you build from chris me. you mean Indy wife yeah Now i have everything i want in life, Ruth never asks for things very often, so i have to say yes, we ruled out all my on hold builds and spent a few days looking around, in the end this build suited all the requirements, so it was ordered and i found a copy of the AOTS by John Mckay 2md hand

Lnk to the wikki wrt this build HMS Bounty - Wikiwand photos from the kits web page Wooden Model Ship Kit: Merchant Vessel HMS Bounty at 1:48

Thank you everyone for the comments and likes. one final photo before i start my next build me with my happy face

Good evening everyone 42 days on the table and of those i did something on 39 of them and im calling her finished, i have another couple of figures to paint but im not good enough to do them Thoroughly enjoyed this one, quick build, brilliant online tutorials, excellent plans and wooden material, pants supplied thread, instructions, and after sales (but im very well aware of what is going on in their country glues used Titebond original and C/A Occre walnut and oak dyes paint 1 bottle came with the kit, a acrylic metallic colour for the shields figures from Aliexpress i have the Captain John Smith's Shallop ordered at the same time from @chris watton Vanguard Models 1:32 Captain John Smith's Shallop - Ships of Pavel Nikitin - REVIEWS: Model kits - Model Ship World™ but have also recently ordered the San Bartolome 1:48 San Bartolome by Pavel Nikitin - REVIEWS: Model kits - Model Ship World™