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Hello all.
I'd like to post some photos of a very old build of mine, Revell's kit of HMS Bounty from 1984. I hav'nt built a plastic sailing ship kit really since then (I've put together some wooden sailing ship kits more recently, without sails!).
This was one of my earliest attempts into modifying and detailing a stock, out of the box kit. First, the hull was all hand painted to resemble the colors seen in the 1962 movie Mutiny On The Bounty with a wash of flat green and thinner to simulate algae on the lower part of the hull. The sails were all aged in a similar way using a wash of thinner with some olive drab coloring. EACH sail has its own working lines with individual reef points added to both the front and back of the sail. The sail plan incorporates both the original's and the movies versions. Additional lines, coiled ropes (made by wrapping string around a paintbrush handle and then using Elmer's glue to seal it), and deck fittings were made. The stern lamps were made from parts trees and some wire with the British Merchant Marine flag made from paper and colored markers (no home color printers back then). I used materials I had on hand at the time: paper, thin wire, and thin stock cardboard.
This is a really small kit (compared with larger scale clippers and warships) and was a test of patience to see how much I could cram into a small build. More than likely I'll won't try this again![URL=http://s1365.photobucket.com/user/mandkdanz/media/HMS%20BOUNTY/AftRigging1_zpsb27dc149.jpg.html]
Great looking ship! It's funny how something that seems so small, like reef-points, can make such a big difference. They really add a lot of personality (I wish I had added more sail detail on my recent Jolly Roger build)! And all of it looks great!
That old Revell kit is a longtime friend of mine. Here's a link to a thread about my version of it: cs.finescale.com/.../155394.aspx .
It's not a state-of-the-art kit any more, but still the best plastic version of the ship on the market. (The newer Airfix one is something of a mess.) I'm not sure I'd ever want to spend that much time on a plastic sailing kit again (I changed so many things about it that working from scratch wouldn't actually have saved me much time), but I'm reasonably happy with the results.
She's a fascinating ship. But don't believe more than about half of the stories that are told in the three movies.
Youth, talent, hard work, and enthusiasm are no match for old age and treachery.
Great looking build !
I especially like the appearance of the sails.
Thanks to all for your comments. Appreciate it.
In retrospect, I was never a big builder of sailing ships (I was a WW1 and WW2 aircraft enthusiast then... and now) and just went ahead and tried this kit for its subject matter. I wasn't advanced enough back then to do wooden model kits ( with all of the hyper-detail and sails) and always used the built model photos on the kit boxes for guides in an effort to out do them. Their were no "after-market" parts, no Internet for references, and yes there were the original hull plans, etc. Now looking back, I guess its not the most accurate kit I've built, but at the time, this WAS state-of-the-art for me. However, I'm not planning to re-do this kit in the near future- this was enough! LOL
Say what you will, pro or con, but I think it's a very fine build you have accomplished. I, too, build WW2 aircraft, but thought I'd try building sailing ships. I found out what I've been missing, so much more you can do with a sailing ship and it's takes alot of time and patience. But we all have our drothers! You did a fine ship. And I know you're fustrations on them, they are alot of hard, tedious work.
Very nice! Hard to believe it's thirty years old...
Thanks all!
Yeah sometimes I wonder how this really made it intact in several home moves and with curious cats too. It sits in a display cabinet now, but still collects minor dust - these are a REAL pain in the ass to keep clean!
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