Revell 1:110 HMS Bounty

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Thanks, Tim, John and Andrew for taking the time to add such good positive feedback and thanks to Steve for the information about the book and the two boxes of "goodies" which the postman brought. As John says "this is what a modelling forum is all about, helping one another".

Should have posted this photograph yesterday of the bow, I've now added the winch, catheads and belfry. Its looking quite a "busy" deck now. The book which Steve advised gave the information about the anthracite colour of the catheads, on some ships these were untreated wood. Again the book corrected me, at the stern there was a housing over the rudder linkage, which isn't included in the Revell kit, I will need to scratch build this.

Oh well, almost there with the easy part, other than the canons, the "fun" is about to start with the masts, sails and rigging.

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The summer months always seems to slow progress on the model making part of life. Grass to cut, weeds to clear painting to do and and a whole host of other things which "life" throws at us.

Moan over, here is the latest progress with this Revell miniature. Deck canons fitted, side windows painted and glued, lanyards + deadeyes now ready for the shrouds. Figurehead and bowsprit also done. The masts and yards are currently being worked on, I intend to replace the kit supplied shrouds and ratlines with own made. As previously mentioned the anchors and canons have been put into storage until later. I also plan to scratch build a couple of stern lanterns and add some scrollwork to the stern.

Thanks for taking a look.

[Jim R]

Hi Tony
That looks great with some colour. Seems to have gone together well. Found THIS build on YouTube.
Jim

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Hi Tony
That looks great with some colour. Seems to have gone together well. Found THIS build on YouTube.
Jim

Thanks for good feedback and the link Jim,
Harry Houdini has certainly done an excellent job, both with the build and they way it is presented in the videos.
Tony

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Still making slow and steady progress with this lovely little sailing ship kit. The current work being carried out is on the masts. The wooldlings (heavy rope bands, on some ships they were iron), around the foremast were tricky but nevertheless an interesting little job to do. The mainmast and mizzen masts are now being worked on, for ease of access, they wont be glued in place until after the shrouds and ratlines have been completed on the foremast.

Tony

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Bit of a change of plan with this model, decided to build using the kit supplied sails and shrouds/ratlines. After spending time making my own shrouds/ratlines, they looked awful and I decided to use the kit supplied ones. These are a little on the heavy side but they are acceptable (my thoughts), and they will be partly covered with the full sails.
Next is the rigging and sails.

[adt70hk]

That's looking really good. Better slightly oversized ones that look good, than correct scale that look 'ropey'..... at least IMHO.

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Some progress has been made with the standing rigging, there is still more to do before the running rigging and sails. Despite there being far better builds than mine when I look on the internet, I'm really enjoying building this kit.

Thanks for looking
Tony

[Mark1]

Looking good enjoying your build is what it's all about :thumb2:

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That's looking really good. Better slightly oversized ones that look good, than correct scale that look 'ropey'..... at least IMHO.

Looking good enjoying your build is what it's all about :thumb2:

Andrew, Mark, - Thanks for the good feedback, it's a good kit to build, perhaps not to a modern standard, but nevertheless an enjoyable build.

[Jim R]

Hi Tony
I totally agree with you - a cracking model despite the age of the kit. You've made a great job of it and not far to go. A bit of subtle weathering and the kit sails will look fine.
... and you're enjoying it :smiling: :thumb2:
Jim

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Hi Tony
I totally agree with you - a cracking model despite the age of the kit. You've made a great job of it and not far to go. A bit of subtle weathering and the kit sails will look fine.
... and you're enjoying it :smiling: :thumb2:
Jim

Thank you Jim. I enjoyed following the build of your HMS Victory cross section. These sailing ship kits might build into good attractive models, but on the full sized ships in real life it was a hard way of life.
Tony

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The rigging has now been completed to the stage prior to fixing the sails in place. There is then some further running rigging, the swivel canons to glue in place and finally add the crew.

[scottie3158]

Tony,
That is a cracking build mate.

[JR]

Beautiful Tony , that rigging looks very complicated. How do you manage to get the tension in each line with out upsetting the previous ones ? That bow set of 4 for example .