Kevin

4 years later yes the fwd 1/2 deck is to short by 3 frames, an access ladder comes from the 1/2 deck upto the lower deck, i presumed the ladder went fwd to aft so i set my basis on that, in fact it goes port to stbd. i there fore ripped the 1/2 deck out and made a new one by extending it by 3 frames the deck frames now fit much better after being sanded, and all the storerooms have been remade, to me it looks better

good evening everyone Before i mention the build i would like to thank everyone for the morale support given to me over the last few months, for anyone who doesn't know, my wife went into hospital on September 2nd for a planned appointment, they admitted her there and then, and she passed away on 4th November, ov things were deteriorating prior to this event, my demise on the forums shows the decline. Christmas just gone was orrible, i hate new year anyway, and our 20 wedding anniversary would have been 29th December. Just the 12 February date to get out of the way, would have been Ruths 75 birthday. As of now im moving forward, i have new boats i want to build and unfinished projects i wish to finish, Enterprise, this kit frightened me, i was never comfortable with it, and i never enjoyed posting about it, because im stoooopid, i tried to do more than the kit provided for and never understood the terms being used when being asked questions about her, and so i abandoned her 0ct 2021. i have changed, ive build some good kits since then, i love the hobby i will have more free time to do things, subject to the bois and all the things i have to do and the 1001 things that the wife did lol this is my last full profile photo of her in 0ct 21 the kit only provides for the man upper deck, i wanted to put in the lower and 1/2 decks, so just before i put her away nothing quite fits and i have a horrible feeling i have underestimated the the 1/2 deck length

What a lovely Christmas treat, thank you @James H and @chris watton

Good afternoon everyone following on from my thread, Life continues" Life continues - i have decide to bring this build back to the table whilst i get the mancave sorted out, i would like to say Merry Christmas everyone from the Boi's and myself

is there room for me and two dogs to help you out now

good morning everyone without notice the wife has been admitted into hospital, which has thrown a massive curveball in my direction, so i have decided to put all my present builds on hold like the Bounty, however i fancied doing a bit of rigging, if and when i get chance, so have brought the EX Amerigo back to the table to redo all the shrouds and rats

great result

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?