HMS Bounty by Trond - Billing Boats - 1:50

[AJohnson]

Very good Trond, are you having to scratch build most of the deck fittings?  Are the kit ones no good or missing.  Doing a fine job.  👍

[Trond]

All the top fitting is scratch build and will be. The only thing I can use from the kit now on is 3 types of rope and maybe the mast and spare.

So It is sometime frustrating, but at the same time satisfying. I learn alot and it's fun to see the ship beeing built kind out by my self, using HMS Bounty book.

 

Edited August 10, 2022 by Trond

[Trond]

Found a piece (tail rudder) from the kit i could use, but need modifying( alot).

Here I've made groves for the hinges, that I've blacked. Also added piece of wood on the bottom and back.

The top of the tail rudder is way to thin.

 

 

Had to glue on some wood and than afterward make it suitable.

 

 

[LyleK1]

Just got caught up on your progress... some very impressive work. Especially the ship's wheel!

Your kit seems to rival mine in the lack of instructions, material and drawings. The AL instructions are non-existent once the main deck is done. The masting and rigging is all drawings... not great ones!

I'm enjoying your log.

[Trond]

Next is the rudder. I accually could use the on in the kit with some modifications. Added on some wood and made som notches for the hinges. 

I cheated and bought the hinges.

 

 Had to paint it several times to get an ok finish.

 

At the same time I'm working on the Timberhead. The challange has been making the hole at the tip. My drill jig is not stable enough.

The with of the holes are 1.2mm. So I need to figure how to make them even and parallel.

 

I definitely should by my self a good columnar drill. Need to look around.

 

Anybody have any referance on good ones?

[LyleK1]

6 hours ago, Trond said:

 

I definitely should by my self a good columnar drill. Need to look around.

 

Anybody have any referance on good ones?

Proxxan makes a great mini mill that would've done that job very easily!

Good machine and so many things it can help with.

[Trond]

31 minutes ago, LyleK1 said:

Proxxan makes a great mini mill that would've done that job very easily!

Good machine and so many things it can help with.

Thanks, I will have a look

[Trond]

On 8/24/2022 at 7:06 AM, Trond said:

Thanks, I will have a look

Found a Proxxon drill on sale and bought that, online. So nowjust wait.

[LyleK1]

4 hours ago, Trond said:

Found a Proxxon drill on sale and bought that, online. So nowjust wait.

You are gonna love it! I assume you mean the mini mill?

I use mine for a lot of things and I haven't even begun to use it for its full value!

[Trond]

On 8/26/2022 at 4:57 AM, LyleK1 said:

You are gonna love it! I assume you mean the mini mill?

I use mine for a lot of things and I haven't even begun to use it for its full value!

I screwed up with my order and bought something that I really didn't need. Thank to you Lyle I did another going through my thought and what I had and what I needed. I got stop my order right before it left the shop. Know I'm going through what I really need.

So, I have a lath with a mill.

 

What I didn't know or though about was by getting a set of collets other than Proxxon, since what they have are to big.

By that I mean my very small drills 0.1-1.0mm which have a base stem of 3mm, which is to small for what Proxxon supplies or what I have. I also saw that it is possible to get a gear tooth chuck (10mm) with adapter that I can fit into my mill.

So I've asked for price and delivery of small collets and a gear chuck. It saves me a lot of money and is more accurate than what I've used so far.

 

[Trond]

Finished adding the rudder. Learned that neext time it is beeing attached early and before adding deck fittings.

 

Looking at the picture now I might paint top part rudder brown. The only problem is getting the same color. Any thoughts guys?

 

[LyleK1]

"So, I have a lath with a mill."

That's quite the set up!

Well done!

[LyleK1]

37 minutes ago, Trond said:

Finished adding the rudder. Learned that neext time it is beeing attached early and before adding deck fittings.

 

Looking at the picture now I might paint top part rudder brown. The only problem is getting the same color. Any thoughts guys?

 

 

If you don't know the formula for the color, I'd just leave it. It looks fine and if you repaint it and the color doesn't match... well, you won't be happy with it!

[Trond]

1 hour ago, LyleK1 said:

If you don't know the formula for the color, I'd just leave it. It looks fine and if you repaint it and the color doesn't match... well, you won't be happy with it!

Got a point there. I'll put it on my learning account of what to do and don't

[Trond]

The "break" is over and it's back to building and hopefully my personnal distraction is over for some time.

 

Well, trying to finish details on ship outer part.

I see there is so many ways of doing these decoration on bow of ship. So I've taken some personnal liberties.

[LyleK1]

Good to see you back at it!

I just restarted mine as well... been a few months and i need to get back up to speed but it won't take long!

[DaveBaxt]

13 hours ago, Trond said:

The "break" is over and it's back to building and hopefully my personnal distraction is over for some time.

 

Well, trying to finish details on ship outer part.

I see there is so many ways of doing these decoration on bow of ship. So I've taken some personnal liberties.

Good to see you back and not too far to go either. Sometimes it is good to take a break which is what I have done with my Endeavour build which is almost a year now. I had planned on just taking a short break from the rigging to start on the HMS Diana butt his has taking me a lot longer than I thought and  I am still nowhere near at the same level as the Endeavour. Good luck with your Bounty and I look forward to watching your progress. Regards Dave

[Trond]

Finaly got the side "support" (don't know the name) in place. Needed to do some soldering which I haven't done before, but it when ok. 

Practice make perfect .

[Trond]

I see there is many interpritation on how the bow is suppose to be, both in shapoe and color.

So here is mine.

 

I need to get some more stain, same as the rest of the ship.

[DaveBaxt]

Nice work on the soldering. Well done!

[Trond]

Making these holes for the disc wheels was challenging. The milling machine did not work, so I had to trill by free hand.

Not the best, but ok enough.

[Trond]

 

 

 

The bell is in place.

 

Whentthrough what size and how many deadeys I needed, more than I had. The bough a supplement package to the original kit with fittings, canons +++, but that was missing a lot and not very up to scale. So need to buy all blocks (boght some earlier) and other supplemtns for rigging.

 

Also startet with the figure. So this is take 1 and I'll see how many tries  before I get it right. 1st time carving.

 

 

 

[Trond]

Took some work, but not finished. And I think it is a huge improvment with my new carving compared to the one with the kit.

 

Any suggestion to colors?

And yes I'm going to paint the ship bow, just need to get the time to go and visit the same shop again (not in my city)

[Trond]

Finaly got my deadeys, but now have a new challange and that is sodering.

 

My deadeys are 6, 4 and 3mm

I've looked at Youtune and done a lot of tries, but it is a not easy

 

I've made a tool for holding the largest

 

Have finishe one of many

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[DaveBaxt]

Nice soldering work and love the ebony deadeyes