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

[gjdale]

Nice to see you back at the work bench Charlene. Progress looks good.

[Jerry's Admiral]

Thanks to Capt-D, Boyd, Grant and J for your visit and appreciated comments.

 Looks like I'm about to begin planking the hull so I hope my Mate is going to be around.  This is all new to me so I guess it'll be "show me, honey" and then try on my own.  Looks like fun.

Charlene

[Heinz6672]

Hello Charlene, 

 

Jerry sent me the link to your build log. I will follow you from now on :-)

 

Keep on the good work! And I am very impatient to see the new copper plates on your bounty       .

 

Best wishes from germany

 

- Heinz -

[Jparsley]

hello charlene   great job  hope you enjoy this hobby as much as we do    just know if you get to frustrated step back take a break and when you return you have a diffrent perspective   good luck 

[Jerry's Admiral]

Lawrence, Heinz, Jparsley, and Brian,

     I thank you all for following the Bounty's build, and additionally thankful that Heinz decided not to use his copper plates. They arrived in great condition, and I know they will make the ship look even more beautiful in the end. I am recovering from a hospital stay and surgery, but some progress on the ship has been made.  I will post the recent photos to keep this log up to date.

Charlene

Edited September 5, 2015 by Jerry's Admiral

[jdbradford]

Hope you are felling better.  I am enjoying your build as I work through my gun port issues on the Fair American.

 

Jeff

[gjdale]

Sorry to hear you've been in hospital Charlene and do hope that all is well now. I look forward to the continuation of your build. You're certainly in good hands with Jerry to guide you (and to make sure you don't over-do things post-hospital!!!).

[ca.shipwright]

Hello Charlene,

It was only last week that I was wondering what happened to the Bounty that I surrendered to J.G. It was good to finally see it on the slips. I hope you enjoy the build as much as others in this hobby. Say hello to the mate for me.

 

Regards,

[Jerry's Admiral]

Jeff, Grant, John, Lawrence, and Michael,

    Thank you so much for your "Get-Well" wiashes.  Some days are better than others, but my energy is slowly coming back to the norm.  I will post more photos when a picture will show more than a little progress.  This ship is chllenging, even with my good mate's help!

 

Charlene

[popeye the sailor]

very glad to see you have an update........this process has rattled the nerves of many....but we've also found it to be the most fun!   your well on your way and your doing fine!      sorry to hear about your being laid up a spell.......I hope your feeling better and are on the mend.

[Jerry's Admiral]

Popeye..

Thank you for your kind wishes.  I am feeling much better having had the surgery two weeks ago today.  And I'm happy to say that i was back in the shipyard working on Bounty's hull and managed (with my mate's help) to get further along on the first planking layer.  Jerry took a picture of me so that I could prove i really was back to work.

 

Charlene

Edited September 8, 2015 by Jerry's Admiral

[popeye the sailor]

this is a shot to treasure Charlene........the most we ever see of US guys......is a thumb,  or the palm of our hands       where there is progress,  there is no doubt 

[Nirvana]

Charlene,

I just found your build log, I am glad you are back at the "yard" and inspire more women to start this great hobby. I am trying to convince my Admiral......

The Bounty is coming along nicely!

Oh, almost forgot, Welcome to MSW

[Jerry's Admiral]

First of all I want to thank Popeye and Dr.Per for their kind posts regarding my recent medical issues.  I'm happy to say that I have returned to work (I'm a teacher) but I still find it difficult to sit too long working on Bounty.  

 

But over the past few days I did manage to get more planking done and after a discussion with Jerry I have decided to stray from the directions of the kit.  Jerry was able to purchases copper plates from Heinz who decided he wasn't going to copper plate his HMS Victory.  The HMS Bounty did have a copper clad hull even though the Amati kit only provides a two layer wooden planking version.  The copper plates that Heinz sent us are close enough to scale so I have decided to complete the first planking with the 6mm x 1.5mm supplied strips and then I'm going to bash a bit.  I will copper plate the hull from the water line down to the keel and walnut plank the hull over the first planking from the water line up.  This ought to be interesting.

 

Jerry said that my first planking job so far is a real mess but what does he know?  Just kidding.....It is a mess and will probably require a quart of wood filler to smooth things out to provide a good base for the walnut above the water line and the copper plates below the water line.  I'm anxious to get more done and pray that I continue to feel good enough to continue.  Once again I sincerely appreciate all of you who have wished me well.

 

Charlene

Edited September 18, 2015 by Jerry's Admiral

[Nirvana]

Charlene, for first planking not bad at all. I think Jerry forgot to mention one thing to you, that is bevelling the frames before planking. He should know

[Jerry's Admiral]

Hi Dr. Per...

Thanks for your comments.  I think you ought to kow that Jerry explained beveling, tapering and chamfering with respet to the planking and I decided to take the easy way out.  My bad. Jerry, in fact, was upset and suggested that I redo the planking in some areas.  I figured that since I'm going to cover the first planking with another layer of walnut strips or copper plates I could get by  (very bad attitude, i admit) with wood filler and sanding. I really had a strong argument over this with Jerry but since i was recovering from my medical situation, he relented.  I promised him that any future build will be planked correctly, the way he has always built his models.  Thanks again for your views; I appreciate your attention to my project.

Charlene

[Jparsley]

Hey the way I look at it you have to start somewhere My first planking job is on my current boat and I did undid redid and undid some more Even after all that work I had to use some filler You've played with the bender you've seen now how it all comes together So your next one will be smoother sailing good effort so far and I am inticipating her to turn out lovely

[Jerry's Admiral]

I appreciate your encouragement, Jparsley....Though the results were mocked by my hubby, I am happy to get where i got because I now have the ambition to go further.  True, it's not a perfect job but when I get through with a super walnut planking job and great copper plate application, Bounty will look okay.  Jerry did admit that his first strip planking was worse than mine but I think he was jazzing me since he probably forgot I saw it.  Thanks again,

Charlene

[Shipyard sid]

Greetings Charlene

Planking is no prob, it does not matter how it looks now. Once it's smoothed off neatly using filler, the second planking will be easy as beds onto the smoothed surface. My first planking was so bad someone asked me were the ship was. I told him it was behind the filler. David

[Jerry's Admiral]

Hi Shipyard Sid and my other partners in this wonderful hobby....

You are so nice to lend me the encouragement that you have and believe me, as you shall soon see from a couple of photos, I used plenty of filler to finally arrive at a smooth underlay suitable for the final planking.  After much discussion with Jerry, who wasn't totally excited with what I plan to do, I'm ready to begin the second "coat."  My hubby thinks I'm taking an easy way out and skimping but he fianlly gave in.

I intend to mark the waterline with a strip of styrene which is something I remember Jerry did with his Victory.  I will then plank the hull with the kit supplied walnut from the waterline up and copper clad the hull from the waterline down to the keel.  I did mention this before but wanted to mention it again to rub it in on Jerry.

Here are a couple of photos as promised.

Thanks again,

Charlene

Edited September 24, 2015 by Jerry's Admiral

[Shipyard sid]

Greetings Charlene

Mine was whiter than that!!!!!, it was so white I got sent out to replace the ice cream !!!! Good luck with walnut planking, keep it very neat above the copper tiling, just take your time and enjoy it...DAVID

[jct]

Hey Charlene...I think your on the right track and for the first time out doing well

[popeye the sailor]

I'm not an expert at planking........I've had a few that gave  'planking'  a new definition.  it's all a learning process.......and you've done very well in your recovery!

   

the hull looks really good 

 

 

actually,  I think faring a hull frame is kinda fun.   when I sand the edges,  I go by the noise it makes.........drives my admiral nutz,  this noise lessens as the bulkheads conform to the contour of the hull shape.   when the noise is gone.......the job's done.  I'm sure I don't have to add anything more 

Edited October 2, 2015 by popeye the sailor

[Dimitris71]

Hello Charlene, i just found your build log. I think you did a great job for your 1st  build. I'm looking forward for the next updates. Give my regards to Jerry. :)

 

Cheers

Dimitris

[Jerry's Admiral]

Hi Everybody:

A lot has transpired since my last post.  What I really should say is that a lot of time has transpired since my last post because there have been many days that I could not even think about building my Bounty.  I still love the idea of working on this model but unfortunately my job (I am an 8th grade history teacher) has taken up more time that I would like.  The beginning of every school year is always very difficult as the administration continuously makes changes to which we have to adapt; this takes a good deal of time.  It has never been easy but for some reason this year seems tougher than most.  I can find very little time to spend on Bounty and that is a shame as my ambition is still great.  

 

Jerry has been very patient with me (I guess he still loves me) but I could see that he has seemed bored many days as he gives me instructions as to what to do and very little has been achieved. We both sat down and discussed the situation and decided to take a new track.  Bounty will no longer be my build exclusively but will become a family project with instructions still to come from Jerry but he will also partially work on the project.  Up until now he has been reluctant to do much as this was to be MY build.  I know by asking Jerry to do some of the work the boredom will disappear.

 

I have learned how to do some planking and how to apply the copper plates.  I did some but must admit, if Jerry hadn't done the lion's share we wouldn't be where we are today.  The hull as well as the rudder is completely planked and copper plated and we are ready to proceed with wales, stringers and strips.  Since Jerry is very bad with colors, it'll be my pleasure to do the painting.  I really hope I spend some quality time with Bounty as I truly believe it'll be a very nice model when completed.

 

Here are some pictures to show OUR progress and I hope I haven't disappointed anyone by asking my hubby to contribute more of his skills.

 

Charlene

Edited October 20, 2015 by Jerry's Admiral

[jct]

Hey Charlene...your Bounty is looking good, have you decided if you are going to leave her shipyard fresh or weather her a bit?

[Jerry's Admiral]

Thanks, Brian, So that you know, Jerry realizes what side of his bread is buttered.  LOL.  (Hope he doesn't see this)

 

and, J, we both agree to let the metal finish change naturally.  Jerry's Cutty Sark is about 17 years old and the copper plates are all very dark; the HMS Victory's hull is still light but not as shiny as when it was finished last year.  They're both in display cases

 

Thank you both for writing..

 

Charlene

[gjdale]

Nice to see some progress there Charlene. Nothing wrong with bringing in an extra "contractor" to help out! Hope you get plenty of time in the shipyard together.

[rcmdrvr]

The copper plating really adds to the hull.  Wish I had considered that for my Bounty.

[Jerry's Admiral]

Hi Don..

Thanks for the good words. The copper plating looks nice but it's difficult to handle.  There seems to be a lot of pointy pieces that catch my fingers when holding the model.  I'm now getting ready to do some more work on the hull and need to talk with Jerry about how to shape some of the pieces that fit the bow.  I hope he still has patience.

Charlene