HMS Bounty 1787
- Dimensions: 81 cm (length) × 61 cm (width) × 62 cm (height)
- Scale: 1:60
- Materials: wood, metal
- Difficulty:****
If you have already built a few models and are looking for a new challenge, this kit offers an opportunity to develop your ship modelling skills. The materials used in this wooden model largely match those of the original ship. The parts are assembled using glue and nails.The enclosed plans guide you through construction step by step in English and Italian.
Laser-cut parts ensure accurate dimensions.
Paint, glue and tools are not included.
Sails are available separately.
Ship history:
She initially operated as a coal carrier off the coast of England under the name Bethia. In 1787 she was purchased by the Admiralty and renamed Bounty for a new, special commission. In 1789, the merchant frigate under the command of Captain Bligh was sent to the island of Tahiti to transport breadfruit to the West Indies for naturalization. After leaving Tahiti, the captain’s strictness, almost amounting to cruelty, led to a mutiny on the ship led by a young lieutenant, Christian Fletcher. The captain and his 18 loyal men were put unarmed in a boat on the open sea. Bligh then performed a great seaman’s feat: at the cost of incredible difficulties, covering many thousands of kilometers in the Pacific Ocean, he reached Batavia and then returned home to England. The mutineers returned to Tahiti, some of them settled there, while others sailed on with the Tahitian women on the Bounty and settled on the uninhabited Pitcairn Island. Their descendants still live on the island today.
The Sergal Kit of the Bounty Features: A double plank on frame hull construction, building plans with general details, English instructions, lost wax brass castings walnut and lime planking, wooden masts and spars, brass and walnut fittings, Laser engraved details, rigging cord, sailcloth and silk flag. All sheet ply sections are Laser cut for accuracy.