HMS Bounty Jolly Boat by Peter S - Artesania Latina - 1:25 - First Build

[Peter S]

Thanks Jeff. Was thinking I might have to go this route though was hoping that there was some magic solution that I hadn't yet found 🙃. Appreciate the feedback!

[Jonny 007]

A bit of sanding needed I’m afraid! As mentioned mask of the areas to protect the bits you aren’t going to sand.

[Peter S]

Finally managed to attach the wales, although need to work out how to bend the last few mm's at the bow to attach to the hull. Had a few dramas getting the cap rails attached as well. Took a number of attempts to get the rail bent into the correct shape. Unfortunately I did manage to break one but luckily there was spare piece of timber so had to do it all over again. 

 

Have now positioned the thwarts and glued them in place. Next step is work on the rudder. This is currently undergoing painting in readiness. After that will start on the spars.

 

Some pictures below - still a bit rough in parts and needs some touch-up on some of the paint work but starting to look like a Jolly Boat!

[Peter S]

Has anyone got any pointers and/or videos on how best to taper  the spars to ensure that the tape is even and centred? Remember reading somewhere about using a drill but can't find where I read that or if there was any pointers on how it was used. Tks

[Jonny 007]

This is the method I used. Was really easy and quick.

[Peter S]

Thanks for this. Where did you get that information/diagram from? Is there a bigger document with more information. Always looking for documents/books with useful information. Really appreciate the feedback. I did try the drill method with spectacular failure. The drill was way too fast and the spar got the wobbles and snapped at the chuck. Oh well it was a learning exercise and fortunately I had decided to do this test knowing that I had enough for a spare. Phew! Might have to invest in a miniature plane at some point. I did these by hand, continually turning while moving the sandpaper up and down. Seemed to work out pretty well. Managed to to do the 4 spars this afternoon!

 

Working on the rudder assembly now. And then it will be onto the rigging.

[Peter S]

Finished rudder assembly though not without some drama. Managed to break a drill bit in the rudder (where the tiller is attached).  Was unable to get it out as it broke without leaving anything protruding. Anyone have any ideas on how to remove the broken piece? With the bit broken it impedes inserting the tiller. Only solution I can think of is to remake the rudder.

[Desertanimal]

What if you drill it from the opposite side, push out the drill bit piece then you can patch that hole and paint. Should be invisible. You can probably even use a smaller size bit. 
Chris

[Peter S]

Thanks for your suggestion Chris. In the end I used the broken bit and pushed the piece that was broken further in which left just enough room to fix the tiller. Reasonably happy with the outcome.  Rudder is now installed. 

 

One question I have is do you let the rudder swing freely or do you lock it amidships with some glue?

 

Started building the deadeye assemblies while waiting for some pain to dry. The kit calls for the chain plate to be seized to the deadeye. However trying to pass the thread through the chain plate  is near impossible. Or at least I have not yet been able to manage it. The thread just starts to fray. The hole in the chain plate is 1mm and the thread is 0.5mm. Has anyone got any ideas on how to achieve threading the chain plate.

 

 

The pic above is from the instructions.  Hoping there might be a few tricks to try that I am not aware about. I suspect that a big part of the problem is that quality of the thread is not very good.

 

Cheers Peter