HMAV Bounty By cobra1951 - Artesania Latina - 1:48

[foxy]

Nice work Bob.

 

Them rats look good enuff to eat lol.

 

Coming along fine you are ship mate.

 

Frank 

[cobra1951]

Thanks Frank

                      And mighty tasty they be arrrrr

[Robert29]

I love the detail you go into Bob, very accurate. 

 

Robert

[cobra1951]

Thanks Robert

It's all to distract from the bad hull planking to come lol

[cobra1951]

When i dry fitted the middle deck and ladders i noticed that the top rung of the ladder protruded above the deck height slightly. So i glued a small piece of spare planking to the underside of the middle deck to allow me to drop the ladder slightly so that the top rung is level with the deck.

 

Then i fitted the first half of the middle deck onto the cross beams

 

Fitted the ladders before fitting the other half of the middle deck as this made it a lot easier than doing it after fitting the other deck half as the instructions suggest

Having the extra thickness has allowed me to lower the ladder so now it fits flush with the deck and the top rung also hides the piece of planking i glued in there

 

 

 

[cobra1951]

Fitted both halves of the middle deck now, and double checked that the masts fit through both the middle deck and the forward and aft holds

 

 

Made up the gratings for the middle deck. I must say these are the worst gratings i have ever had to put together. They are made of totally inferior wood and the cutouts in them where they fit into each other are not spaced evenly or even cut to the same depth. These are going to have a lot of cleaning up, if they can't be i will have to replace them.

Normally i would just replace them straight away with Caldercraft ones, but i have already had to replace all the decking and the Walnut dowel for all 3 lower masts and the Bowsprit. I still might have to replace all the Walnut hull planking yet as some of it is warped. Really bad quality parts if you ask me and in the end replacing stuff could well double the cost of the kit

 

 

Right Rant over lol, on with some work

 

 

 

 

 

[AntonyUK]

Hi Bob.

I know the feeling about replacing components that come with kits.

With the cost of the kit you would think the contents would be up to Chucks (Syren model ship company) quality level.

Some kit manufactures really do put some rubbish in the kits.

 

Still following this Exelent build. Should be starting mine next week all being well.

 

Regards Antony.

[cobra1951]

Thanks Antony

                         Firstly good luck with your build when you make a start. Condition of some of the wood and the sad instructions apart it really is basically a good model

 Chucks stuff is good quality in fact i have just been looking at his miniature rope.

Good job the manufacturer AL is in Spain. If they were local i'd be getting them to replace it all free.

I'm going to ring John at Caldercraft in the morning and get some good quality gratings in the same size as the AL ones, these are really beyond rescue for my liking

 

Note the jagged misshaped edges of the cross section in the 1st picture these are not broken that's the way they come

 

In this picture you can see how the width of the cross sections vary greatly also they are not straight or the same height

 

 

 

[cobra1951]

While waiting for the new gratings i made a start on the rear of the Cabin/Greenhouse

Looking at the picture in the instructions, i did not like the look of it as it's just bare plywood and the decoration strips look strange at the angles they were fitted

 

I decided to make mine a bit different. I used some of the supplied planking for the decks of the holds and planked the plywood background then laid the decoration strips over the planking square to the deck instead of the angled way in the instructions

As this part is hardly visible once the model is built i was not too precise with the joints

Once the matt varnish has dried i will fit it into the hull

Edited February 4, 2016 by Cobr@

[cobra1951]

Wow that Acrylic varnish sure dries fast

Rear wall now fitted in place in the hull

[cobra1951]

Received my new gratings kits earlier so i will be able to carry on with the middle deck.

I think the quality difference between the new gratings (first photo) and the kit supplied ones is plain to see

[cobra1951]

Made up the grating covers, chamfered the edges and rounded the corners, then fitted them to the middle deck.

Also blackened and glued the anchor hawser fittings in place

 

The instructions said to use 2mm x 2mm edging for the covers but as the gratings are 3mm thick i think this is another mistake, anyway i used 2mm x 3mm and got a much better result

 

[cobra1951]

Next is to build the cabin bulkheads, again i am doing it different from the instructions, one reason is the instructions look a mess IMO, but mainly because who in their right mind would design a bulkhead with a door that if you use it you will more than likely fall down the companion way stair well

 

Door i am blocking off

 

Reason for blocking it off

 

[thomaslambo]

Not to mention on the other bulkhead the door opens into a bilge pipe      

Edited February 8, 2016 by thomaslambo

[cobra1951]

Thanks Boyd didn't catch that one

Looks like i will leave a window in that bulkhead and either move the door or eliminate it altogether

I will work it out later, for now my brain hurts with this vast amount of research AL have done

Edited February 8, 2016 by Cobr@

[AntonyUK]

Hi Bob.

Making excellent progress with some really good mods.

The difference between the gratings does justifiy replacing them.

Outstanding build. Keep up the good work.

 

 

Regards Antony.

[cobra1951]

Hi Antony, thanks.

                               yeah those supplied gratings were really horrible....

Must be getting near the time for your build being started now

Edited February 9, 2016 by Cobr@

[cobra1951]

Hi Lawrence

Thanks for your remarks. rats are cool so no traps lol

I know what you mean about missing out on some of the building going on in this fine forum, when we have are own builds going on, because sometimes we get fixated on it

[cobra1951]

Started changing the bulkheads

First i wanted to block up one of the doors that came out into the stairs and get rid of the middle window.

 

Cut a piece of wood to fit the gap leaving the same size space as the other windows

 

then glued it into the gap

 

Then i planked all the bulkheads

Just need to decide where to place a new door in the bulkhead in the last picture so that it doesn't open into the bilge pipes.

Cant move it to the middle because then it will open into the mainmast so as far as possible to the right is most likely.

Once done just a sanding and a coat of varnish on the planks before i fit the rest of the beams etc to the bulkheads

Edited February 9, 2016 by Cobr@

[cobra1951]

Fitted rope balustrades around the forward and aft middle deck stairways.

 

Blocked off the outer door that opened up straight into the stairway and the window as well. Also made smaller rings for the door handles

 

Fitted all 3 of the cabin bulkheads

 

Blocked off the original doorway that opened out straight into the bilge pipes and mainmast

Created a new one further over, however because of the slope of the main deck above this bulkhead is lower then the one into the greenhouse/captains cabin bulkead, so the door had to be made slightly lower than the others but i find it's better then having it open onto obstructions

 

 

[cobra1951]

Hi Lawrence, Thanks for your comments

The gratings in the doors are standard 1mm hole size from either Caldercraft or Amati fittings. Both are good quality and can be bought here

http://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/acatalog/caldercraft_gratings.html

 

The deck gratings are from Caldercraft too and are 2mm hole size

 

They should be available from any Caldrcraft or Amati stockists where you are too

Edited February 22, 2016 by Cobr@

[cobra1951]

I cut out a piece of 1.5mm Birchwood ply in the shape of another bulkhead

 

Then i planked it in the same manner as i did the previous bulkheads and then fitted it to the deck just aft of the forward middle deck stairway

 

As this is where the stove is to be located, the bow area is now a separate galley area

Edited February 21, 2016 by Cobr@

[AntonyUK]

Hi Bob.

As they say from down here. "proper job"

Making excellent progress on the model.

And I have to second Lawrence in his comments.

 

Regards Antony.

[cobra1951]

Hi Antony

Thanks for your comments

[cobra1951]

Finished off the Greenhouse/Captains cabin area

 

[Nirvana]

Bob,

 

I hope those plants are of the legal style, don't want to see your captain in trouble with the customs.

That is amazing, I like it.

[cobra1951]

Bob,

 

I hope those plants are of the legal style, don't want to see your captain in trouble with the customs.

That is amazing, I like it.

Thanks for your remarks

Haha i hope the plants are legal too, i got them from some guy named Fletcher Christian, on the quayside

Edited February 23, 2016 by Cobr@

[cobra1951]

Got some of the items for the galley ready

[Nirvana]

Bob, no wonder the rats are so fat..... 

leaving food on the table like that...

[cobra1951]

Bob, no wonder the rats are so fat..... 

leaving food on the table like that...

 

Yes they are almost the same scale as me (over scale)