Where to begin...
Lindberg made a rather nice Bounty in around 1/140 in the 1960's; this is almost a smaller copy of the Revell kit. In fact, during that time period (1966, I believe) Lindberg tooled a number of kits that were literally smaller copies of Revell kits. They were -
HMS Victory
Bounty (should be "HMAV", but I digress...)
Flying Cloud
Santa Maria
The scales on the kits varied; for instance, I've read somewhere that their Victory was 1/384, an old model ship scale (32' = 1"). The Santa Maria was almost 1/144 on the nose.
Then things get confusing in the early 1980's. It was during this time period that LIndberg began releasing kits that were formerly Life-Like, which in turn were formerly Pyro. About this time, the older Lindberg kits mentioned above seem to have gone to Revell-Germany (except the Santa Maria, though I may be wrong). Revell-Germany than released the ex-Pyro Bomb Ketch as well.
Three ex-Pyro dies made it to Academy in Korea; some have said that these are actually copies. These were the Cutty Sark (1/350), Charles W. Morgan (1/200 or thereabouts) and the Bounty. Eventually, the Bounty would disappear from their line.
In 1991, possibly late 1990, Lindberg released a new Flying Cloud and Victory, the smaller Pyro/Life-Like kits. Also released were the smaller Constitution and Golden Hind (I believe the Brig-of-War was as well), all Pyro dies.
In late 1991, Lindberg reissued their 1/144 Santa Maria as well as a mixed scale set of Columbus' ships; the Pyro dies again.
The current Lindberg line of ships is a mixture of both the Pyro and Lindberg dies, with a few Marx thrown in. Their current Bounty is the Pyro kit. As to the whereabouts of the older Lindberg dies, one can only speculate, though I suspect they are with Revell-Germany.
At least I hope.
Cheers,
Rob
"I have loved the stars too dearly to be fearful of the night..."