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

[Jerry's Admiral]

Hello Popeye.

 

So nice to see you again.  Many thanks for stopping by and for your good word.  I wish you a very Happy New Year and hope the season has been good to you.

 

So Jerry and I will close out the year with the Bounty ready for masting and yards.... and then the rigging...

 

Here are a couple of pictures of our model with all (4) cannons mounted and rigged.  I have learned a lot and struggled to the last step as I rigged the final cannon.  Fortunately my hubby was close by and coached the process so that I was able to finish.  I can't believe how much work there is to building one of these ships.  Jerry tells me the best is yet to come.

 

Happy New Year Everyone!!

 

Charlene

Edited December 31, 2015 by Jerry's Admiral

[ca.shipwright]

Charlene,

Outstanding!!

Happy New Year to you and Jerry.

 

Regards

[riverboat]

Hi Charlene....... very impressive!! work from someone new to this hobby... Enjoy.. and have fun!! (not quite as stressful as teaching )

 

Frank

[Kevin]

hello Charlene, after following Jerrys build, i seam to have lost you in the down time of doing my own, do you mind me following on from here

 

Happy new year to you both

[Jerry's Admiral]

Hi Michael

and Happy New Year to ypu, too. And many thanks for being so nice.

Charlene

[Jerry's Admiral]

Hi Frank.

I appreciate your looking in to my log.  After the tie i have spent learning ship modelling, I'm beginning to think that building these "things" can be as stressful as teaching.  Thank goodness the hubby is around.  Come back again.

Charlene

[Jerry's Admiral]

Kevin,,

Nice to see you.  

Jerry told me that he found your log invaluable when bulding the Victory.  He joins me in wishing you a very Happy new year and we both hope to see you more often.

Charlene,

[Jerry's Admiral]

Hi Everybody,

 

It looks like jerry and I have made a little more progress during the past week.  I'm really excited because now I can see what my model is really going to look like.  Jerry said not to get too excited since the rigging will probably dampen my enthusiasm but knowing that he's around makes me not worry.  I finally got to use the drill press, even though for a short time as Jerry thought I was going too fast.  The mast dowels are very soft walnut (that sounds like an oxymoron) and they trim very quickly.  It didn't take long to sand down the couple of milimeters necessary on the three lowwer masts.  The hard part for me was trying to figure out how to turn a round dowel into a square stick.  Jerry files the first mast and I did the next two.  I really think I did a better job than he did.  LOL.  So we mounted the cheeks and tried on the platforms and all seemed to go together okay.  Next comes the mast rings  (wound thread), some blocks and setting the lower masts permanently into the hull so we can begin the standing rigging.  Here are some photos of our progress.

Charlene

Edited January 9, 2016 by Jerry's Admiral

[popeye the sailor]

whoaaaa.......I was just gonna say.......wuz that lipstick on the main mast top?!?!?   then I saw the red paint and said to myself.....OK    kidding aside,  the first mast step and tops look super!   she coming along great!    keep up the good work  

[Jerry's Admiral]

Hi Popeye,

 

Thanks for keeping up with us.  I'm still making a little progress but have run into a kit shortage problem which I hope to fix.  Some metal parts are missing from the kit for which I have requested from the distributor.  Hopefully I'll get them replaced and if not, I'm sure hubby will figure a way to compensate.  In the meantime I'm going to press ahead as I'm really enjoying the build.  Here are some pictures of where we're at.  Hope you have a great day,

Charlene

Edited January 14, 2016 by Jerry's Admiral

[popeye the sailor]

much nicer with the paint and woolings.......really looks super!

[vossy]

Hey Charlene, this is looking really good. Can i ask what metal parts are missing from your kit? Also any other missing parts you have identified?

 

cheers

 

Chris

[Jerry's Admiral]

Hi Popeye..

Good to hear from you again and thanks for your like of the progress.  Have a great day..

Charlene

[Jerry's Admiral]

Hi Chris.

 

I'll have to back over the directions to answer your question but I have off from school tomorrow and will try and get the info for you then.  Luckily, Jerry made some of the missing wooden parts for me.   Take good care,

Charlene

[Jerry's Admiral]

Hi Chris..

 

Bad news!!  Jerry is cracking the whip and won't let me take the time to go back over the directions and material list to determine the parts that are missing from this kit.  He's real bad!

 

However, I do remember for sure that the metal inside gun port frames were missing, as was one of the culverins (small cannon), and all 24 of the bumpkin guides,  That is what's missing, so far.  The wooden bowsprit cheeks were not supplied, nor were the small dowels for mounting the blocks below the mid deck belaying pin racks and we were shorted on the 1x2mm strip wood. This is from memory; some more parts were missing but without a thorough check I can't say what they were for sure.  As mentioned Jerry  made the wooden parts from scrap wood and we're hoping that the distributor will sell us the mikssing metal parts.

 

That's the best I can do right now.

 

Charlene

[popeye the sailor]

to learn to scratch produce parts is a useful tool.......with the quality control some manufacturers supposedly have,  it a wonder why there are shortages 

 

hope you at least get the cannons........the frames can easily be dealt with  

[Burroak]

Charlene your doing a great job. Very nice!

 

Greg H.

[Jerry's Admiral]

Good morning Popeye.

Jerry designed some wooden frames for inside the bulwarks and they look pretty good.  Thanks for your continued interest in my site. I had some correspondence from Ages of Sail, the distributor for Amati kits,  and they will try and get the missing parts we need.  It looks like they're going to have to go to Amati in Italy since they don't have what we need in stock.  So it's going to be some time if and when we get what we need but as they say in this hobby, "Patience is a virtue."  We're just missing one small canon and I believe that is something the distributor does have.  So I hope you have a terrific day and stay warm.

Charlene

[Jerry's Admiral]

Hi Greg H, and many thanks for stopping by our site.  We appreciate your visit and sincerely welcome your comments.  We are continuing to work on the Bounty in spite of some part shortages and as you can see from the  pictures below, we are making good progress.  Please come back and let me know what you think.  Have a great day,

Charlene

[Jerry's Admiral]

Hello Everyone..

 

I don't have to be at work until later today so I thought i'd take a little time to post some pictures showing where we are at with our build of the HMS Bounty.  I'm really excited as we are now ready to begin the standing rigging.  But first, Jerry promised to give me a lesson on how to serve the rigging thread.  So when I get back from school tonight I hope to learn how to do that.  We plan to rig as much as we can on the lower masts and then step the next mast sections so we can continue the rigging process.  I know that I have complained about the plans and directions in the past and after looking at them in preparation for the rigging, i'm really nervous.  Jerry and my knowledge of the Italian language is pretty bad but we'll do the best we can.

Here are some pictures of Bounty as she sits now.

Charlene

Edited January 21, 2016 by Jerry's Admiral

[Mirabell61]

lovely work Charlene,

 

ship and fitting out look very good, also the color giving...

 

Nils

[Jerry's Admiral]

Greetings Nils,

 

Thank you for taking time to visit our site.  It was very nice of you to compliment our work and we sincerely appreciate your kindness.  Please come see us again as we continue our path to completion (we hope) of this famous ship's model.  We wish you a very happy evening.

 

Charlene

[Jerry's Admiral]

Good evening everybody,

 

When I got home from school today Jerry surprised me with what he calls my "next lesson."  We are now in the standing rigging phase of construction and it took Jerry more than an hour to explain the difference between "standing" and "running" rigging.  My first guess was that it would be necessary for one to stand (in order to reach the top of the masts) to do the standing rigging and that's why it's called "standing" rigging.  Jerry immediately asked me if I thought I would have to run around the work area to do the running rigging.  This did seem foolish to me so I knew there's a better reason.  So, I finally got it...the standing rigging, except for some occassional  up and down movement,  is stationary for the most part and the ruinning rigging  is  manipuilated often to control the sails and operate the ship.  Big deal...Jerry did get a start on the deadeyes and shroud connections which I will copy to complete this phase during the weekend.  Have a very nice weekend everyone.

Charlene

Edited January 22, 2016 by Jerry's Admiral

[Jerry's Admiral]

Happy Sunday everybody..

A little more work has been done.  Jerry pointed out to me that we overlooked some small deck pieces which he feels should be placed before going any further with the standing rigging.  He's talking about several eyelet-rings and cleats.  So that will be the next project.  In the meantime here are some pictures of how I have tackled the tackle.  LOL..

Charlene

Edited January 24, 2016 by Jerry's Admiral

[Nirvana]

Charlene, nice work.

Is your husband waiting by the door with Bounty when you are coming home?

[Jerry's Admiral]

Hi Dr. Per..

 

Thanks for looking in; my husband is always waiting for me by the door, but happily, not with Bounty. Have a great day.

Charlene

[popeye the sailor]

very nicely done Charlene!  

[Jerry's Admiral]

Hi Popeye..

 

Nice to see you and thanks...

 

Charlene

[Jerry]

Hello Everybody..

 

This is Jerry tuning in for Charlene who has been overwhelmed with school work and thus unable to do much on Bounty.  So, after, being cajoled, I did some of the building in order to keep the project going but most importantly to keep peace in the family..  After Charlene completed the deadeye work for the lower shrouds she asked me if I would begin making the stays.  I had a feeling she was a bit timid with respect to the anchoring tackle of the lower mizzen stay so i agreed to do that one but only if she would learn from it.  So, last night, when she returned from work I explained the process that I planned to do today and will go over the final results when I see her later.  It was necessary to remove one of the pumps next to the main mast in order to get access to the deck where the anchor eyelet had to be inserted. This was no problem and that deck piece is now back in its correct place.  The stay was seized at the top and the mouse wound over the seizing and it all worked well.  Here are some pictures as to where we are at.  I hope everyone has a great evening.

Best,

Jerry

Edited February 2, 2016 by Jerry

[Jerry]

Good afternoon everyone...

 

Well, to tell the truth, today was a bitter-sweet day.  Charlene decided that she could no longer work on Bounty since she felt stressed trying to build the Bounty and cope with her job. I tried to tell her that there are no time restraints and she can go as slowly as she likes but she felt it would be better to let this project go and maybe do something in the future.  It has always amazed me how much work is piled on to teachers without ever compensating them for the addiotnal time.  It seems that there is always something additional to do because the school board has seen fit to reduce the staff but increase the work load.  It's bitter to see her stop building because I was happy to know that i could share my hobby with my wife and have a building buddy so nearby.  I'm sure you know that I have been doing work on the Bounty and it seems like it was more and more each day.  I finally discussed the situation with Charlene and we both decided that her livlihood was more important.  The sweet part is that I can go forward now and not worry that I am taking away anything from Charlene's enjoyment and that after she retires she tries once again to build another ship model.

 

So here's the progress to date:

 

I am presently working on the stays.  So far the mizzen and main stays are complete including the crow's feet which were not too difficult once I figured out a method to make them.  I have decided to do the rigging from the bottom up and so I will continue with the stays and add the top masts when necessary .  When the stays are completed i intend to construct the rat lines and then will come the yards and running rigging.

 

it is my intention to continue this log under the title of Jerry's Admiral.

 

 

 Here are some photos as to where we are.

 

Best regards,

Jerry

Edited February 5, 2016 by Jerry