Bounty by Kevin - Artesania Latina - 1:48 - started August 2025

[Kevin]

Lnk to the wikki wrt this build

 

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photos from the kits web page

Wooden Model Ship Kit: Merchant Vessel HMS Bounty at 1:48

 

 

 

 

 

[Kevin]

a conversation between the wife and myself last week (yes we do talk)

 

wife. i love that Viking thingy, i like the  wood effect

me. oh

wife, will you build something for  just me

me oh 

wife yeah 

me, what

wife, something like that, no copper tiles, no colours  on the hull, just natural wood, sails, bit of lighting, and see something inside like on that big thingy you build from chris

me.  you mean Indy

wife yeah

 

Now i have everything i want in life, Ruth never asks for things very often, so i have to say yes,

we ruled out all my on hold builds and spent a few days looking around, 

in the end this build suited all the requirements, so it was ordered and i found a copy of the AOTS by 

John Mckay 2md hand

 

 

[Kevin]

kit contents

[Ronald-V]

Have fun with this one Kevin! Will be something else with all the quality kits you have build so far. The open hull structure will be interesting to construct  

[Kevin]

1 hour ago, Ronald-V said:

Have fun with this one Kevin! Will be something else with all the quality kits you have build so far. The open hull structure will be interesting to construct  

so many build logs on MSW, but very few ever completed, maybe i will find out why in the coming weeks/months

[Kevin]

first build post day 3

 

day 1

clear room, only long enough to get a good clean done, and did the kit review photos

 

After marking identification numbers on all the parts All the plywood bits removed . shame they dont do this at the stage they are made, after test fitting

 

 day 2

i painted them in Oak, using the OcCre dye, then made the hull up using titebond original

too yellow

day 3

what about walnut?

 

im happier with that, becomes a nice shade on top of the oak

 

lower hold forward half deck

on one side of each plank i marked with a permanent marker - in black 

painted the deck black, laid planks in a 3 shift butt system

drilled holes to represent nails

stained in oak

this is how she stands tonight 

 

 

 

Edited yesterday at 06:35 PM by Kevin