Bounty Launch by CaptainSteve - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:16 Scale - SMALL

[patrickmil]

Very clean looking frames and also a nice color on the interior.

[CaptainSteve]

Thanks, Guys.

 

Patrick. I really liked the way all the internal detail stood out on Meredith's build, hence the reason I went ahead with the idea to paint the interior.

[mtaylor]

It was a pity to paint over the interior...  but, I understand why you did it.  Well done, sir.

[edmay]

:cheers:Youeth dideth a niceth jobeth,looking ye fairly welleth,a measure of ye blacketh rum is in order,or maybeth a flagon of ale,cheers me heartyeth,After asking the Admiral  a few  spelling questions,I feareth I mighteth be going overboard ,so long Matey,Edwin . Bubblesssssssssss

[Captain Slog]

Hi Steve,

 

Excellent build so far.  I like the interior colour chosen, goes well with the natural exterior.

 

Cheers

Slog

Edited April 18, 2014 by Captain Slog

[usedtosail]

I agree with the others - excellent build so far, Steve.

[CaptainSteve]

Hi Steve,

 

Excellent build so far.  I like the interior colour chosen, goes well with the natural exterior.

 

Cheers

Slog

 

Thanks, Slog. The colour is Tamiya Medium Blue with a bit of White mixed in to lighten it. 

 

It was a pity to paint over the interior...  but, I understand why you did it.  Well done, sir.

 

Yeah. I had to hide my previous stuff-up, Mark. By the way, who is this "sir" of which you speak ??

[dgbot]

Well you are a captain are you not?

David B

Edited April 18, 2014 by dgbot

[mtaylor]

Thanks, Slog. The colour is Tamiya Medium Blue with a bit of White mixed in to lighten it. 

 

 

Yeah. I had to hide my previous stuff-up, Mark. By the way, who is this "sir" of which you speak ??

 

 

Well you are a captain are you not?

David B

 

You, are an Officer, sir.  I'm a mere lackey down in the bilges. 

[CaptainSteve]

I'm a mere lackey down in the bilges. 

 

.... with a truck-load more modelling skill than I !!!!

Edited November 12, 2014 by CaptainSteve

[Bindy]

That looks terrific Captainsteve!

 

The interior colour has transformed it from "fantastic" to umm, ahhh, "more fantastic"?  And although the red and white checkered ocean does set it off, I think it will still look just as good with a more traditional stand and base ....

[CaptainSteve]

Ain't ALL oceans red & white checkered ??

 

Actually, Bindy, I'm thinking along the lines of a pedestal stand - as opposed to the one which comes with the kit - for when I finally get this thing completed.

 

Work has continued this weekend. I've fitted the thwart-risers, winch-holders and mast-steps. Am currently working on floor-boards as this very moment. I've been keeping in mind that, according to Bligh's log, during their journey, the Launch was continually being bailed. Thusly, my thinking is that the floor-boards would have suffered a degree of water-damage.

 

Family commitments tomorrow, and then it's off to CaptainAndrew's to watch footy and consume his barbecued goodies. So I wanna get as much done as possible before then to be able to show him.

 

More pics soon ....

Edited April 19, 2014 by CaptainSteve

[WackoWolf]

Steve your right aabout the water being in the ship it would have made the color different. Remember your the Captain and you do it the way you want it to be. We all have that option all the time. A good amount of people change a good deal from the way the kit is, do it to your likeing and I am sure it will turn out Beautiful. Just my 2 cents. And keep the pictures coming they are better than looking at porn LMAO

Edited April 19, 2014 by WackoWolf

[CaptainSteve]

I yam a kit-basher, Wacko !!!

[dgbot]

Cap't Steve, I like the way your bounty is shaping up.  A while back I posted a photo I took of one version.  That is what makes this model so interesting.  It is a typical launch from that era.  You are only limited by your imagination.  Go for the top and you might attain the rank of rear admiral of the fleet.

David B

[CaptainSteve]

Thanks DG,

I recall that pic. For now, I'm thinking I'd like to go with what Amfibius/Keith did and re-create a sculpture of Bligh sitting in the back (just hope I can do as good a job of it as he did).

But, as for rank, knowing how the software MSW uses to determine those, I would need to ramble on quite a bit more before I attain that level. 

(REAR-Admiral, huh ?? Not sure that I swing that way.)

 

Edited November 12, 2014 by CaptainSteve

[CaptainSteve]

Just a few pics to show where I'm up to at the moment ...

 

Firstly, the water-damaged floor-planks laid out prior to installation:

 

 

.... and how they look so far ...

 

 

 

[michael mott]

The launch is looking very good Steve.

 

Michael

[dgbot]

Outstanding.  Are you going to make figures as well?

David B

[JesseLee]

Very nice!

[Meredith]

Looking really good Steve

[CaptainSteve]

Thanks Michael, DG, Jesse, Meredith and everyone.

 

Progress slowed a little this week with me being on the late-shift at work (I HATE the late-shift). But this week, I did manage to add the last two floor-boards and install the supports for the quarter-deck. Must say I was a little bemused (though shouldn't have been surprised) that Bob the Builder has completely skipped any mention of the quarter-deck installation in this kit's instructions.

 

Prior to adding the planks to this area, I'm planning on distressing the floor-boards a little, in a similar fashion to how I did the external planks. Also, as the quarter-deck sits at a bit of a slant, I have something in mind to show off the water-damaged effect a little better.

 

Once this is done, I'm hoping to begin tree-nailing of the floor-boards and quarter-deck planks.

 

Stay tuned for further Adventures of CaptainSteve ....

Edited April 24, 2014 by CaptainSteve

[patrickmil]

Those floor planks are very nice! This is starting to look more like an actual boat than a model. Very nice work!

[CaptainSteve]

Whence last we didst leave our Hero, CaptainSteve be just in the process of finishing installing the last of the floorboards. It hadst been his intention to distress and fadeth the colouration of these. As hast been written afore, Bligh and company didst findeth it most necessary to bail constantly.

 

"I doest wisheth to show further the extremes of the Journey undertaken by Bligh and Co," he didst state.

 

 

"They be most distressed now," he added. "And much water-damage be evident."

 

Our Hero then didst turneth his gaze astern, his intention being to next worketh upon the Quarterdeck. As others who hadst goneth before him had done, he hadst intended to constructeth the Quarterdeck arrangement directly onto the Plans. But, Lo, he was to findeth minor vagaries and variations betwixt a tracing he didst maketh and this Launch itself !!

 

"Arrrgeth!! I shalt noteth be beaten so easily," he didst declare.

 

Thusly, adopting Plan B, CaptainSteve tooketh the very last remaining pieces of Cherrywood and didst begineth working out an erstwhile solution to this problem. Firsteth, he didst install some of the pieces as guides for the placement of the Deck, which was yet to come ...

 

 

... and, thence, didst he use the last pieces as a frame for the now-distressed planks to maketh up the Deck.

 

 

Having thus achievedeth some level of success in this matter, he then didst turneth his attentions again unto matters of colouration. 

 

"As the Quarterdeck doth lieth at an angle, I wouldst fadeth the lower portion of the planking, showing further the trials and tribulations that Bligh didst meeteth with," CaptainSteve didst endeavour to explaineth.

 

 

"But I must maketh a hatchway," our Hero proclaimed. "For how else couldst Bligh hideth the Rum, as indeedeth he must."

 

And so he didst, adding a small rope loop to alloweth for the opening of the hatch ...

 

 

Surveying his work, CaptainSteve doth feeleth that the hatch doest lack for hinges. But this be a matter for another day ...

Edited April 27, 2014 by CaptainSteve

[patrickmil]

CaptainSteve, very nice quarterdeck! Thou hast quite the talent for this hobby.

[dgbot]

Keep up the good work. It is really coming together.

David B

[JesseLee]

The more I look back over this log the more I love this! The paint color looks great & the water damaged looking planks makes this look like the real thing. I really like the distressed method you used. Hope you don't mind if I use this method in a future build! Great thinking & great skills!

Edited April 27, 2014 by JesseLee

[alde]

Steve, Your weathering is all coming together very nicely. The interior looks like some well used boats I have seen on the fishing boat wharves. It might look nice in a partly run up on the beach diorama with just the bow on the sand and the rest in the water. You could deploy the anchor. Just a crazy thought from the peanut gallery.   

[Bindy]

I have to agree, your Launch just keeps getting better and better

[CaptainSteve]

Thanks heaps for all the likes and comments from the Horde !!!

(CaptainSteve doth blush a deep crimson in colouration)

 

The more I look back over this log the more I love this! The paint color looks great & the water damaged looking planks makes this look like the real thing. I really like the distressed method you used. Hope you don't mind if I use this method in a future build! Great thinking & great skills!

 

Jesse,

I really don't mind in the least if you (or anyone else) wishes to try my distressing methods. In fact, I'd consider it an honour and would love to see how it turns out on your own build.

 

Steve, Your weathering is all coming together very nicely. The interior looks like some well used boats I have seen on the fishing boat wharves. It might look nice in a partly run up on the beach diorama with just the bow on the sand and the rest in the water. You could deploy the anchor. Just a crazy thought from the peanut gallery.   

 

Alde,

That's not a bad idea at all. Though, beyond attempting to sculpt a model of Bligh (like Amfibius did) I really hadn't considered doing a diorama with this boat. Will give it some thought, but no promises.

EDIT: See Cap't Rat Fink's final diorama here.

Edited November 12, 2014 by CaptainSteve