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

[Kevin]

Lnk to the wikki wrt this build

 

HMS Bounty - Wikiwand

 

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 August 12 by Kevin

[Kevin]

good evening everyone

thank you for likes and comments

 

Lower decks

perhaps overdid the staining on these, they turn much darker than anticipated, they they have been secured into the hull after the support beams were placed

 

 

Hold well

must have attempted this 5 times at least, i didnt want the open side and every time i redid it i found bits i did like, or it didnt fit as well as the previous version

when i had a version built that  i liked i then saw something that made me rethink it all.

 

The AL version is more towards the the ship Bethia before she was purchased and renamed Bounty, as part of the conversion she had extra cabins built, and one of these sits in front of the mast well

 

so i had to move the door forward and make room to put in a small extension deck, which will become the deck of the extra cabin

 

 

access to this deck is via a ladder from above

the next stage is to put in 5 cabins on the port side, but unsure how to do this, as the deck above has been reduced to allow the insides to be seen, bearing in mind the kit has nothing provided  in this area, 

hopefully i will be able to show the middle deck in place to show the problem i have created for my self

Edited August 17 by Kevin

[Kevin]

Good morning everyone

progress has been made, but a lot of going back and forth, and reworks

 

my problem with this kit is the lack of any upper hull strength, all the frames are just  supported by the keel, the only deck that helps to keep the frames in place is one side of the middle deck, the rest are either been designed for the internal viewing, or are only small sections , therefore allowing the keel to flex all over the place

 

thinking ahead i have been making templates to help kee things stable, but hope to show this as i move along

 

lower foredeck

removed and reduced in size, it was far to long and was adapted for the Bethia conversion to Bounty

im currently in the process  of making up some bulkheads, although unsure of what will be seen , as im undecided what cutaway needs to be done on the middle deck

after deck remains the same

templates

before doing anything to the hold i duplicated the middle deck half to give me a fighting change of keeping the frames in place

Cargo hold

ongoing,

i wanted to to be able to use this space, even more so after the fore deck was shortened, but the frames  where they fit to the keel were all different widths, do the three middle ones were de-bonded and made the same, i also traced the outlines to allow template to be added to the frames under the fwd cabins and the pump well

now im able to use some stained 1X5mm stained lime strips to plank the hold

 

 

Edited Saturday at 07:52 AM by Kevin