HMS Bounty Launch by builder_Nick - Model Shipways - 1:16

[Ronald-V]

That's going to be a beautiful boat! Nicely done.  

[RVB]

I have the 1-2-3 blocks but no holes. When I got mine they were very heavily oiled. You are right, they can make a mess of the build. They do work well in the right situation. 
Best RVB

[builder_Nick]

I made new thwarts to fit the slightly wider hull. More to do, but I roughly placed them to compare the stain color to the rest of the boat. I'll add the cutout for the rear mast and clear finish them. 

[Some Idea]

builder_nick what a lovely build and it looks so fragile - amazing

[builder_Nick]

Thwarts- Mast cutout added, clear finished, and glued in place. Before I move on, the next big step was cleaning up my work area. It gets cluttered quickly. 

[builder_Nick]

Masts are cut to length and tapered. I put the mast into a long clamp that would hold it at an angle with one end flush and the other protruding above the surface. This made it easy to sand down to the surface of the clamp creating a tapered faceting of the mast. I did this multiple times rotating after each facet was sanded. Final sanding was done by hand to remove the transitions from facet to facet rounding the surface. I tried to take pictures of the process, but they didn't seem clear enough to be helpful. 

[builder_Nick]

I installed the thole pins and mast partners. These parts were straight forward, not much to add regarding the work. I also decided that the decking was too similar of a color to the thwarts so I added a darker gel stain to get more of a contrast. 

[builder_Nick]

In thinking ahead, I need to do some research on how to handle the rigging. I didn't drill holes in my thwarts to add belaying pins because I thought I had read somewhere that this would not have been used on the real boat. Am I correct or not? And if so, would anyone be able to point me in the right direction for proper rigging attachment points?

[tmj]

3 hours ago, builder_Nick said:

I didn't drill holes in my thwarts to add belaying pins because I thought I had read somewhere that this would not have been used on the real boat. Am I correct or not? And if so, would anyone be able to point me in the right direction for proper rigging attachment points?

Without belaying pins, how would the sails have been properly set, tied off and fixed into any needed position for 'sailing'? The sails would just swing wildly in the wind with nothing to hold them in place! 

Edited Friday at 01:03 AM by tmj

[builder_Nick]

Not that there aren’t belaying points but their location. I have seen a few discussions and a few examples that gave me enough pause to do more research. I believe that the full size replica in Norfolk has no holes in the thwarts.