Beautiful work Jessica. I look forward to see what you will do on your next project.
Steve
Jessica, I second doc’s praise. You put this old clumsy fingered coot to shame. Just don’t get burned out with them. The main thing is to have fun and enjoy what you are doing with it.
Thanks everyone for all the encouragement. I’ll get some more photos up after my bonus day off tomorrow. I didn’t get much done this last week- gotta love those times when high-stress work makes you too tired for your stress-relieving activities. 
This hobby really is wonderful though- working on the ship takes all of my attention, which is a very good thing for me.
Progress! Got all of the ratlines on the bottom done and started some of the lifts. I really need to get a better background for my pictures.
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Holy robands and gaskets! Very very clean and orderly work.
Looks great Jessica!
Long time no update. I hadn’t gotten as much work done lately, and the rigging was going a little slowly, but I think she is pretty much done! I ran out of blocks and ended up buying some small wooden ones at the hobby shop. They don’t match, and I kind of wish I would have just used wooden blocks from the beginning, but it’s been a great learning process.
Not too shabby for a $25 kit purchased on impulse.
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my word jessica , that really is a great build , I hope you get some more impulses , I would love to see you attempt a bigger ship !? , I would also like to be able to buy those kit’s for $25 in australia lol .
steve
Wow! That is a beautiful model!! I’m now ashamed to call myself a modeler. Thanks for sharing. gk
Very well done Jessica. Thanks for doing the build log.
A thing of beauty well done, I aspire to be half as good.
Extremely well done, and for a first attempt as well. I don’t have the patience or fortitude to attempt a sailing ship of any kind.
You have a very bright future in this hobby.
Having taken an interest in the HMS Bounty, spurred on by the recent discovery of a couple kits in my possession, I was fascinated by the discussion on this forum post that was quite active a few years ago. As a popular subject, the HMS Bounty maintains a consistent presence among both plastic and wood kit offerings, although the former are more likely to be found on ebay rather than store shelves. I found a kit from the 60s in a box of models I recently unpacked from a storage box that had been sealed for decades as we moved around on one set of orders or another. Also packed away in this particular box I found I had kept the hull of a Revell kit assemble long ago by my uncle (what happened to the rest of the kit is unknown). What fascinates me with this example is the color choices my uncle made: yellow and black with a white hull underbody. Is it possible that these were the hull colors of the Bethia before she came into Royal Navy ownership? Likely her hull bottom was painted while in merchant service rather than sheathed in copper which was done by the navy as she was being refit for her Tahiti mission. Regardless, I find the colors eye catching.
As such, I was motivated to pick up another kit to attempt to replicate what my uncle had done while also building one closer to what is thought to be Bounty’s colors while commissioned in the Royal Navy. Once I get started I’ll move the discussion to a build page while referring to the wealth of information contained above.
Cheers,
“Eddie”
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Once I start building I’ll move to a build post but for the moment I would like to contine on this forum post as there is so much good information here. In addition to the information posted here, I have picked up the following references on the subject of the Bounty. The first is from “The Anatomy of the Ship” series that provides considerable detail regarding actual ship history, measurements, modifications, rig and rigging. It contains a wealth of information for the moderler who is striving for historical accuracy. The next is also an incredible help to the modeler as it is focused not only on the ship itself, but also information concerning current kit offerings from various manufacturers. Together the books offer a wealth of information that adds to the above.
One aftermarket product company mentioned in the second book is HiSModel.com. No doubt the “old salt” ship modelers on the forum are familar with the company but for the sake of the new joins like me I’ll post a link here. They have an impressive amount of aftermarket products to help finish Bounty models including the Airfix 1:87 scale kit and Revell 1:110 scale kit, both of which I happen to have. Equally impressive, they have been very responsive to my inquiries (even providing copies of their detailed rigging plans). The site is also a very good resource for kits other than just Bounty models.
As for my Uncle’s presentation of the Bounty pictured in a post above, based on the research done by the two authors mentioned here, research that included the British Naval regulations of the period that specified ship colors, my take is that his use of yellow and black above the waterline are consistent with the regulations of the time. It remains though that there were no contemporary remarks or paintings of the Bounty while in Naval service so how she was painted and decorated above the copper sheathing is all a guess. All for now.
Cheers,
“Eddie”
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