Kevin

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

26 minutes ago, chris watton said:

I am very happy to tell you that igorcap (igorcap - Model Ship World™) is now my digital carver. Igor has already done the lower quarter drop for Surprise for me, and his first main project for me will be the decoration for my next development, Agamemnon.

 

Thank you, Igor!

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

2 hours ago, LyleK1 said:

Great start Kevin!

I'm from one of those logs you mentioned, that hasn't been finished...

Long story but after a hiatus, I've returned to finish her up.

I look forward to watching your progress too.

Best of luck!

Lyle

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 

1 hour ago, Ronald-V said:

Have fun with this one Kevin! Will be something else with all the quality kits you have build so far. The open hull structure will be interesting to construct  

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™

finished, will post better photos later

1 hour ago, Jase said:

Maybe a D-Day landing craft next Chris 😬

or maybe def not

good morning everyone

took a while to get the sail to look more realistic, but i think this looks better, most of the fittings are now in place, except the shields and mast stands along with the bow and stern scrolls

still have to trim some excess thread from the sail, and cut the bolt rope ends.

5 seconds after the last photo the breeze caught her and she landed on the puppy, puppy is ok though, and build was repaired

good evening everyone

thank you for comments and likes

i seam to have missed a post, so lets play catch up

seat lockers day 29-2

nice and simple with just 28 to make up, stain and varnish

oar storage brackets stained and fitted

name plate two tone stained and varnished

day 29-2

barrels made up along with cradles and the rudder

oars required a lot of clean up due to laser char, then stained

1st August 2025 day 34-2

stand cleaned up, stained and varnished 

outside contractors employed (Ruth)(wifeypoos) for sail building

3rd August day 36-3 started rigging

i fed a bolt rope around three sides, and room for a wire if im unable to get the sail to sit right

not many rigging lines to fit, but getting the sail to sit right took longer than most other things

today was spent tidying her up. and adding a few bits like the rudder, oars, seats, rope coils

more to add tomorrow, before the big reveal, and move on to the next project

great start @James H Thank you

4 hours ago, md1400cs said:

Kevin,

Great work !!! - I saw your image on "at a glance" -- Did you add the oar hole covers, or did those also come with the kit? Nice detail.....

 

I'm waiting for the 1/35th to be available in the US - shipping directly from the Ukraine is very "OUCH". 

 

Again great work - looks awesome indeed.

 

Need to get back into this hobby - been MIA for too long......

 

Cheers,

The shaped inserts come with the kit, the handles per the instructions are shaped dowel, but i used some out of scale belaying pins

lovely build

4 hours ago, James H said:

Don't worry about it. You were perfectly happy until you saw that.

 

I'm definitely not bothered about that change.

im very pleased that he is continuing to update the builds, this is the 2nd change in design since i started mine, the oars originally had to be made up, but the billet that had the blades on also had the handles to the shields, which has not been added to any of the run since i believe they are sending them out to me. no big deal i will make some