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| Model Competition Display - HMAV Bounty By Model Shipwright - dhartwick (David) | ||||||||
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Year or period represented: The ship is depicted on April 27, 1789. History: Bought by the Admiralty in 1787, renamed and re rigged from Bethia to Bounty. The ship is depicted on April 27, 1789. The day before the mutiny. The Bounty's mission was to transport Breadfruit from Tahiti to the West Indies to be cultivated and grown to feed plantation slaves in that area. It was considered to be the perfect food for them at the time. Mutiny occurred on April 28, 1789. 19 People including Bligh were placed in the launch which was sailed 3600 miles to Timor. A still unbeaten record. Scale and / or dimensions: 1:48 (LxWxH) 38"x12"x32" Construction method / materials used: Artisania Latina Wood used: boxwood, maple, box elder, African mahogany, Honduran mahogany, aromatic cedar, black walnut, ebony, teak, cherry, basswood. The figures (from Model Expo) are cast and painted. Additional information: The internal layout and rigging are from plans in John McKays Anatomy book. There are 18 LEDs powered from 4 AA batteries. One in the binnacle, one each in the stern lanterns. The rest are in the cabins or hanging from micro-lanterns. The circuit to drive them is in the bread room. The anchor rope is from morope and the tops are "grate tops" (grating style). The sails are permanently shaped to simulate wind filled sails. Research: The crew consisted of 44 people with the main characters Lt. Bligh and Fletcher Christian. Most of my research came from the Internet, John McKay's anatomy book, Caroline Alexander's "The Bounty, The True Story".
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