Bonhomme Richard

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I understand that Adm. Jones had the ship painted black. Is that so?

A while back there was a post about John Paul Jones’ ship the" Bonhomme Richard". I can’t find it in the search bar here but there was a plan shown that I believe was by J. Boudroit. I would like to re-read the post.

Thanks if you can help.

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A ship model of Bonhomme Richard is on display at the crypt of Capt. John Paul Jones, which is below the Naval Academy Chapel. (Alison Harbaugh | The Annapolis Capital)

And http://seagrant.uconn.edu/publications/magazines/wracklines/fallwinter06/bonhomme.pdf

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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Thanks for the quick really TomZ2. I appreciate it, I was given a Monogram kit of this ship as gift. I do believe that there are some glaring liberties taken by Monogram in their interpretation of the ship.

I thought that there was a thread here with a discussion of the kit and its shortcomings. As the kit was a gift I do expect to build it but needed a little more info on it.

Jean Boudriot book on the ship and it’s reconstruction was also mentioned in the thread. In trying to find a copy of the book I find it’s quite expensive now.

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The thread in question might be the one that I dug up and bumped up. It is an Aurora version being discussed, not a Monogram though.

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Thanks subfixer. Yes, that’s the thread I was thinking of. Well… I’ll still make the build, but I don’t think I’ll be spending a lot of extra time/effort on it. The person who gave me the kit as a birth day present knew of my love of sailing and old ships, so she thought this was right up my ally. I know she’ll be pleased to see it built. Thanks again sir.

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According to Boudriot, she was painted black. Here is an image of the painting done by William Gilkerson which appears in Boudriot’s book and based on his plans.

http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/viewImage.do?id=60650&aid=36229

Hope it helps,

John

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Thanks you cerberusjf. That is the one I will use to paint her.