H.M.S. BOUNTY by Jerry's Admiral - FINISHED - Amati - Scale 1:60

[Jerry's Admiral]

Grant...Jerry's a good "contractor" but he charges too much.  

Charlene

[Jerry's Admiral]

Hi Lawrence,

Jerry and I are waiting for your next project to begin.  I know from what Jerry told me that you're going to build the African Queen.  I think that's a good idea because it's so different from all the typical models I see on this site.  I wish you the best and look forward to your progress.  Say hello to your Admiral.

Charlene

[popeye the sailor]

the ultimate  'group build'       my admiral is my color coordinator too     {olive drag on what!?!?!.............get outa here!    }   it's a good thing to join forces.........plenty of time for that solo build.   your progress looks great!

[Jerry's Admiral]

Hey Popeye:

Thanks for the visit.  It's nice to know that there are other builders who get help from their spouse.  I do know that Lawrence gets assistance from his admiral (Bernadette) when it comes to making sails.  I was standing next to Jerry one day when I heard him talking to Lawrence on Skype about his admiral sewing the sails.  So we're not the only builder/admiral team on this site.

 

And Hi everyone else..

 

Yep, I'm finding it very difficult to find the time to make steady progress on this build.  Too much work at school these days...So, with great reluctance,I asked jerry to step in and do a little more than I originally wanmted him to do.  I caught him with his nose in a model ship catalogue as he had been talking about starting another kit.  Since I have ways to convince him to do things it was real easy to get him to agree to spend more time on Bounty.  LOL....In the following sequence of photos, I manged to get two wales done and Jerry did the rest.  I wonder if ayone can tell which wales I applied?

 

So after a bit of sanding and hull varnishing we'll be ready to begin fitting out the deck.  Even though the directions call for hinging the rudder to the hull next, Jerry says that it's been his experience that we should wait to do this later as the rudder and its chain only gets in the way.  So I agreed to move on to do something else.  Here are some pics of what we have done and where we presently stand:

 

Charlene

Edited November 3, 2015 by Jerry's Admiral

[jct]

Hi Charlene,

my best to Jerry, your Bounty is coming along nicely.  I really like the blue accents, would you be able to share the brand and shade?  She is really gonna pop once you apply your finish to the walnut, nice job.

J

[Jerry's Admiral]

Hi J,

Thank you for your visit and encouragement.  The blue paint is Model Expo, "True Blue",  MS4964.  I  hope this is helpful.  Have a good night.

Charlene

[jct]

very much thx

[Jerry's Admiral]

Good morning,

I didn't give my kids any homework assignments so that freed me up for a couple of hours last night to work on the Bounty. (No papers to grade)  I used the time to highlight the hull's walnut planking by applying a couple of coats of satin finish.  I hope you like the way it looks. 

Have a nice day,

Charlene

Edited November 5, 2015 by Jerry's Admiral

[Jparsley]

Wow the satin finish gave her a nice look What brand did you use

[Jerry's Admiral]

Hi JP..

I used Model Expo Clear Satin,  MS4972.  Thanks for the compliment and I hope the info helps.  Have a great day.

Charlene

[Jparsley]

Thank you Charlene it is very helpful

[Jerry's Admiral]

You are most welcome JP...and..

I was able to get a little work done over the weekend even though Jerry didn't help me too much because of all the football games he wanted to see.  But his favorite team (The Giants) won so he happily taught me how to make the bulwark stanchions which weren't too hard because I had a little experience using the chop cutter when doing the deck planking.  I decided to color the gun port framings red just for the fun of it.  Now it's another week of school and 8th grade kids.  

Charlene

Edited November 9, 2015 by Jerry's Admiral

[vossy]

Hi Charlene, I am following your build log with great interest. You are doing a fabulous job. I really like the copper plating. I am also building this kit and have just started first planking. Unfortunately i gave to put it on hold for an even more important build - my new house! Anyway i just wanted to say that i like your work, and now think that once i get back to her i will too give her a copper bottom!

 

Chris

[Nirvana]

Charlene,

Seems like the 8th grader are holding you back from modeling (ship, that is).

Here is a suggestion.

You take along what small project that is in need to be done for the Bounty, now in order to keep the kids from bothering you have them to read the story of the Bounty.

It's a win win situation......    

Edited November 10, 2015 by Nirvana

[Jerry's Admiral]

Hi Brian..

Good to hear from you.  No, I haven't mentioned my hobby yet to the kids at school.  I don't know why not but I guess the thought never came up.  Besides teaching 8th grade American History I am also in charge of creating the annual yearbook for the school so you can probably understand what occupies so much of my time.  But it may be a good idea to let the students know at some point, hopefully when and if I can not only tell them,but show them too.  The problem is they'll probably graduate long befroe the model is completed at the rate I'm going.  I have also asked Jerry if he could do a little more work on it as I think he's about to make a decision to get another kit.  I need to get him to hold off and spend more time working on Bounty.

Charlene

[Jerry's Admiral]

Hi Chris..

It's good to know that someone else on this site is building the Bounty. Are you making the same Amati kit or some other version?  And have you created a build log so I can see your work?  The copper plated bottom is more accurate to the original Bounty as noted by McKay in his book.  That's where I got the idea.  And many thanks for your positive opinion of my work; it helps to know that others like my progress.  But, in all honesty, there's quite a bit of Jerry's touch in this build.  Thank you again.

Charlene

[Jerry's Admiral]

Good morning, Per..

Today's a hjoliday, Veteran;s Day, so I'm home from school.

I appreciate your suggestion but here's the problem:

None of the 8th graders are interested in model boats..

The girls are interested in the boys,  and the boys are interested in the girls..

Fat chance to get them to change..  LOL..

Charlene

Edited November 11, 2015 by Jerry's Admiral

[Mirabell61]

Hi Charlene,

 

there is good Progress on your "Bounty" and the coppering Looks very nice, lovely work...

 

Nils

[Jparsley]

Have you thought about building pivotal ships in American history and use them as props when giving your lessons

[Jerry's Admiral]

I appreciate your visit, Nils...Come again and watch my mistakes.  Nice to meet you.

Charlene

[Jerry's Admiral]

JP..

By the time I complete a model, the kids will be finishing their sophomore year in high school.  Nice thought, anyway,

Have a great evening,

Charlene

[vossy]

Hi Charlene, yes i am building the Amati kit. Same as yours. Somewhere on this site is the beginnings of a build log. i didn't get very far and have since stopped to concentrate on my house. I do need somewhere to live! hahaha. Are you familiar with Roman's work on this kit? He is a Russian mathematician who just happens to build the most beautiful models imaginable. As i say he has done this kit but has greatly enhanced it with truly stunning scratch building. I have a link to one of his logs here http://serikoffshipmodels.com/forum/4-165-1but he has an even better, far more extensive build log on another russian site. i will post that when i grab it off my other computer. He actually CAD draws and laser cuts the side stern windows to make them out of wood instead of metal. Also he is a very friendly and helpful guy. i have emailed him many times and he is always willing to pass on tips and knowledge. Anyway as i said i really like your progress and look forward to seeing more!

 

Chris

[Jerry's Admiral]

Hi Chris..

Yes, I have your Bounty build site bookmarked in my favorite section and did refer to it as I began the build.  It was certainly useful and I thank you for posting it.  I must admit I was disappointed that it didn't go beyond a little more than a page and I'm happy to hear that you plan to continue on.

Thank you for the information on Roman's work; I'll certainly check it out when I can.  At this time I have been trying to get as much done while I was on a holiday from school but it was only one day so I'm back at the grind again.  I just walked in the door from school and I'm very tired.

Thank you very much for your visit and information; I appreciate your contact.

Charlene

[Jerry's Admiral]

Hello everyone..

Before I take it easy for the rest of the evening I thought I might post some pictures of my work from the weekend and yesterday, a day off from work.  I was very disappointed with Amati's method to build the belaying pin racks as their suggestion to use 1mm x 5mm strip wood was ridiculous.  For one thing they're too narrow and too thin.  As soon as I tried to drill the holes for the belaying pins, the wood split lengthwise.  Jerry told me not to worry and that he would show me how to scratch build the racks from left over 1.5mm plywood he had.  So I got another lesson on the scroll saw and drill press and together we made the racks, painted and installed them.  The pictures follow:

Edited November 12, 2015 by Jerry's Admiral

[Jparsley]

nice job  you two    charlene the racks look great  your hinges came out lovely  

[Jerry]

Hi Lawrence..

I saw the email you sent to Jerry about your trip and it looks like you two had a wonderful time.  Thanks for looking in on my log and for your favorable remarks.  it's been difficult to find time to work on the model because of all the extra work piled on at school.  I asked Jerry to do some of the building so that the project can keep moving along.  I believe he's going to make the next post which will reflect his contribution to this endeavor.  Hope to see you  building the African Queen soon and best to Bernadette.

Charlene

[Jerry's Admiral]

Hi JP..

Looks like I'll be doing a little less on this build for awhile as I am being swamped with work at school.  But I do appreciate your visit and remarks and hope you have a great day.

Charlene

[Jerry's Admiral]

Hello Everybody...

This is Jerry writing...Charlene has asked me to do a little more work as she has little time available these days for model ship building.  So, I made her a deal: I will do a little more of the work if she would at least take a few minutes to observe the different operations as progress is made.  She agreed so I took over for a couple of days while she was at work and the accompanying pictures show what has been done and where we are presently at.  This by no means is to imply that I am going to complete the build without Charlene's help and contribution.  She has all next week off from school (Thanksgiving holiday) so I expect she  will get some work done on Bounty.  In the meantime here are some pictures of our progress.  Reminder:  place mouse pointer on picture for caption..

Best,

Jerry (for Charlene)

Edited November 18, 2015 by Jerry's Admiral

[ZyXuz]

nice work, Charlene and I love che chopper, really makes cutting thin strips easier and more accurate 

[Jerry's Admiral]

ZyXuz..

Many thanks for the visit and thoughts.  The "chopper" has been around for awhile.  Jerry had it when he built the Cutty Sark 18 years ago.  This is the second one because the first one was slowly destroyed by tightening the stop screws too much and the razor eating into the surface of the board.  Hope your day went well.

Charlene