HMS Bounty by AdamA - 1:48

[AdamA]

Alaskan Cedar, Boxwood, and a lot more Swiss Pear has arrived.

[AdamA]

These fashion pieces are finished. I'm not sure I will use the same method for the other side. That was a ton of sanding. 

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These two can't frames will be sanded.

[AdamA]

Ok I may have underestimated the amount of work that McKay's drawings entailed. He has scarph joints in every joint in the frames. No chocks. No overlapping single angled joints. All scarphs... I may make an executive decision to use chocks for all the frames.

[AdamA]

On second thought I'm going to cut those scarph joints. I just cut the first one and I'm feeling good about the ease of doing them using a paper template.

[AdamA]

Ok. I had to remove the lower halves of the most aft cant frames so I could cut the scarph joints. Then I had to remove and recut them a second time. Here is the very rough draft of that frame:

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Welp. I learned a hard lesson about transoms. They like to wander off if you're not paying attention. I'm realigning them lol.

[AdamA]

Same goes for frames. I'm doing surgery on the port side aft cant frame.

[AdamA]

Ok. That's got her evened out. Ignore the rough spots!

[AdamA]

I'm back at it. These will be the counter timbers.

[AdamA]

More surgery was needed. When I added bolts to this fashion piece I noticed it was shredded along its aft length. It must have happened when I originally cut it to shape. The shredded area was waiting for me to sand it down then it said "hello."

 

I chiseled it out and will replace it before I move on.

[AdamA]

I cut a piece to fit into the hole. Its thin enough to twist along the curve where the original piece was.

[AdamA]

I'm ok with this repair.

[AdamA]

Stern timbers going on:

[AdamA]

I noticed these six straps connecting the stern timbers to the top two transom pieces in the pic below. They aren't labeled and they are missing in all the other pictures so I'm not sure what they were made from. Considering the Bounty had to have all its iron fittings replaced by brass or copper when it was coppered by the royal navy (something they did apparently to keep the iron fittings from reacting with the copper plates, I'm going to use copper for them and for the five bolts in each.

[AdamA]

If anyone else has come across these straps let me know how you handled them. These are made from three layers of copper tape with 24 gauge copper wire for the bolts. All CA glued down.

[AdamA]

I don’t know how to use software to lift and loft these frames so, for now, I'm gluing the profile for each piece onto the wood and cutting them out on the bandsaw, careful to ensure each piece is wide enough to account for the frame's shape. I'm sure that's clear as mud 

[Trond]

You are doing a great job. It look fantastic.

I'm on my first time building a ship and also have the McKay book for reference on my kit build, so it will be of great interest to follow your work on scratch build of the Bounty.

 

Did you copy the drawings from the book or did you buy the drawing separate from the book? 

[AdamA]

On 4/20/2021 at 5:14 PM, Trond said:

You are doing a great job. It look fantastic.

I'm on my first time building a ship and also have the McKay book for reference on my kit build, so it will be of great interest to follow your work on scratch build of the Bounty.

 

Did you copy the drawings from the book or did you buy the drawing separate from the book? 

I have the book to pull the images from. 

[AdamA]

Its good to see the hull beginning to take shape. There's some variation in the color of Swiss pear I purchased thats evident from the three frames roughed in.

[lesterpalifka]

How much will you charge for the patterns you made for bounty stern? I am having a real problem trying to figure it out. Can you help me with this I am using Hahn’s plans

my email is.   here are some pics of what I have done please pm me as i REALLY NEED HELP WITH THIS...this is first time i have undertaken a project this big.

 

Edited April 29, 2021 by lesterpalifka
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[AdamA]

I used the pictures from McKay for the stern. You already have those I believe.

Hahn's stern has fewer if I recall correctly. Your boat is looking good.

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I put copper bolts through the counter timber and into the aftmost cant frame because I really don't want it to move. The "bolt" is 24 gauge wire pushed into a 0.5 mm hole with super glue.

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