Graham_T Posted September 17 #1 Posted September 17 Hi everyone. I turned 73 this summer, 2024, and am looking to start a wooden ship kit as a winter project with the hope it turns into a new hobby. I have chosen the popular AL HMS Bounty Jolly Boat as my first project (at the time of writing it is sailing its way to me from the supplier). I see from the many posts on here that this is a common project and, thankfully for me, there is loads of great information on MSW already. I may start a build log but as it has been covered so much, I don’t want to bore people with yet another Jolly Boat build. Many thanks for all the great information that is on here, I am looking forward to my first build. Keith Black, Thukydides, AJohnson and 7 others 10 Quote
GrandpaPhil Posted September 17 #2 Posted September 17 Welcome! AJohnson, Graham_T, Keith Black and 1 other 4 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
bruce d Posted September 17 #3 Posted September 17 Hello Graham and a warm welcome from Sussex. Bruce Keith Black, AJohnson, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote 🌻 STAY SAFE A model shipwright and an amateur historian are heads & tails of the same coin current builds: HMS Berwick 1775, 1/192 scratchbuild; a Slade 74 in the Navy Board style Mediator sloop, 1/48 - an 18th century transport scratchbuild French longboat - CAF - 1/48, on hold
Knocklouder Posted September 17 #4 Posted September 17 Bob M. AJohnson, Keith Black, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote Start so you can Finish !! Finished: The Sea of Galilee Boat-Scott Miller-1:20 , Amati } Hannah Ship in a Bottle:Santa Maria : LA Pinta : La Nana : The Mayflower : Viking Ship Drakkar The King Of the Mississippi Artesania Latina 1:80 Current Build: Royal Yacht, Duchess of Kingston-Vanguard Models
ccoyle Posted September 17 #5 Posted September 17 3 hours ago, Graham_T said: I may start a build log but as it has been covered so much, I don’t want to bore people with yet another Jolly Boat build. Bear in mind that a build log also serves as a place for you to ask questions, get feedback, and receive encouragement. That's true for any log, no matter how many times the subject has been featured! Graham_T, mtaylor, AJohnson and 1 other 4 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, DS Børøysund
Thukydides Posted September 17 #6 Posted September 17 Welcome to MSW Keith Black, AJohnson, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote Current Builds: HMS Perseus (Scratch) Completed Builds: Type VII C U Boat (HobbyBoss); HM Cutter Alert (Vanguard Models)
AJohnson Posted September 17 #7 Posted September 17 Welcome to MSW Graham. As Chris said the logs are a two way thing, so yes there are more Bounty and Victory related (and a few other old chestnuts that always crop up) logs than you can shake a stick at, but you are amongst friends who never bore of looking at the same thing! Not sure what that says about us 🤣 So please do a log if you have time. 👍 Graham_T, Keith Black and mtaylor 3 Quote Andrew Current builds:- HM Gun-brig Sparkler - Vanguard (1/64) , HMAV Bounty - Caldercraft (1/64) Completed (Kits):- Vanguard Models (1/64) :- HM Cutter Trial , Nisha - Brixham trawler Caldercraft (1/64) :- HMS Orestes(Mars), HM Cutter Sherbourne Paper Shipwright (1/250) :- TSS Earnslaw, Puffer Starlight
Ronald-V Posted September 17 #8 Posted September 17 Graham_T, AJohnson, Keith Black and 1 other 4 Quote Currently working on the HMS Sphinx from Vanguard Models
Graham_T Posted September 17 Author #9 Posted September 17 Many thanks for the warm welcome. I will certainly consider a build log, it does make sense 😊 AJohnson, Keith Black, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote
Baker Posted September 17 #10 Posted September 17 Keith Black, mtaylor, Graham_T and 1 other 4 Quote Regards, Patrick Finished : Soleil Royal Heller 1/100 Wasa Billing Boats Bounty Revell 1/110 plastic (semi scratch) Pelican / Golden Hind 1/45 scratch Current build : Mary Rose 1/50 scratch große-jacht / Yacht D'Oro 1/50 Corel Gallery : Revell Bounty Pelican/Golden hind 1/45 scratch Shore leave, non ship models build logs : ADGZ M35 funkwagen 1/72 Einhets Pkw. Kfz.2 and 4 1/72 Autoblinda AB40 1/72 122mm A-19 & 152mm ML-20 & 12.8cm Pak.44 {K8 1/2} 1/72 10.5cm Howitzer 16 on Mark. VI(e) Centurion Mk.1 conversion M29 Weasel 1/72 SAM6 1/72 T26 Finland T26 TN 1/72 Autoprotetto S37 1/72 Opel Blitz buses 1/72 Boxer and MAN trucks 1/72 Hetzer38(t) Starr 1/72 Cleaning the 1/72 military collection Si vis pacem, para bellum
Keith Black Posted September 17 #11 Posted September 17 Graham, welcome to MSW. Hoping all goes well with your Jolly Boat build. Glad to have you aboard. mtaylor, AJohnson and Graham_T 3 Quote Current Builds: 1870's Sternwheeler, Lula Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee Decorative Carrack Warship Restoration, the Amelia Completed: 1880s Floating Steam Donkey Pile Driver Early Swift 1805 Model Restoration
Jim Lad Posted September 18 #12 Posted September 18 hello Graham, and a warm welcome to mSW from 'Down Under'. John mtaylor, Graham_T and Keith Black 3 Quote
SiriusVoyager Posted September 20 #13 Posted September 20 Welcome to MSW! mtaylor and Keith Black 2 Quote - Eric Drafting: Sultan Arab Dhow Finished: Norwegian Sailing Pram, Lowell Grand Banks Dory, Muscongus bay lobster smack, OcCre Palamos, San Francisco Cross Section
mtaylor Posted September 28 #14 Posted September 28 Keith Black 1 Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)
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