Revell 5424 HMS Bounty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Test fitting the masts, which are pretty awful - lots of mould lines, flimsy and difficult to clean up. One of them broke, and then I realised I hadn't paid enough attention and had to pull them apart to put the crow's nest platforms on. They need a bit of fiddling still, but they'll be OK. I have learned quite a bit so far. I realised since this kit cost me £3 I can try different ideas out... 

 

OK, so while the masts are awful, I am not the best myself and I don't always pay full attention, so I did them wrong. Had to pull them apart and re-do them, so they are even worse than they might have been, but we're getting there. This is before I realised I had made them incorrectly... 

 

Just got to work these things out now! 

The rigging is so fiddly, this one snapped in half, so I had to glue it back together.. 

I'm not sure if it's my fault or if the rigging is just too short, but the bottom sections aren't long enough to fit, so I need a solution for that now. Also they are so delicate that the ends that sit in the hull just snap off 

I used fishing wire and superglue to pull them in a bit. It looks shocking but I don't mind... 

 

Starting to fit the sails, again using superglue, it's the only thing that seems to work with them 

 

Finished, at least as far as I am concerned; there is an extra step with about 4 miles of tan rigging, but I'm not going to attempt that...