In Box Review of Revell 1/110th Scale
H.M.S. Bounty
Kit no 5424
By Ray Mehlberger
Copyright: 1985
By Ray Mehlberger
Copyright: 1985
HISTORY:
HMS Bounty, also known as HM Armed Vessel Bounty, was a small merchant vessel that the Royal Navy purchased in 1787 for a botanical mission. The ship was sent to the South Pacific Ocean under the command of William Bligh to acquire breadfruit plants and transport them to the West Indies.
That mission was never completed owing to a 1789 mutiny led by acting lieutenant Fletcher Christian, an incident now popularly known as the mutiny on the Bounty. The mutineers later burned Bounty while she was moored at Pitcairn Island.
An American adventurer helped land several remains of Bounty in 1957.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Name: Bethia
Owner: Private merchant service
Builder: Blaydes Yard, Kingston-upon-Hull, England
Launched: 1784
In service: 1784–1787
Fate: sold to the Royal Navy, 23 May 1787
Royal Navy Ensign: Great Britain
Name Change: H.M.S. Bounty
Cost: purchased for £1,950
Acquired: 23 May 1787
Commissioned: 16 August 1787
In service: 1787–1790
Fate: Burned by mutineers, 23 January 1790
Tons burthen: 22026⁄94 (bm)
Length: 90 ft 10 in (27.7 m)
Beam: 24 ft 4 in (7.4 m)
Depth of hold: 11 ft 4 in (3.5 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full-rigged ship
Complement: 44 officers and men
Armament: 4 × 4-pounder (1.8 kg) guns, 10 × swivel guns
HMS Bounty, also known as HM Armed Vessel Bounty, was a small merchant vessel that the Royal Navy purchased in 1787 for a botanical mission. The ship was sent to the South Pacific Ocean under the command of William Bligh to acquire breadfruit plants and transport them to the West Indies.
That mission was never completed owing to a 1789 mutiny led by acting lieutenant Fletcher Christian, an incident now popularly known as the mutiny on the Bounty. The mutineers later burned Bounty while she was moored at Pitcairn Island.
An American adventurer helped land several remains of Bounty in 1957.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Name: Bethia
Owner: Private merchant service
Builder: Blaydes Yard, Kingston-upon-Hull, England
Launched: 1784
In service: 1784–1787
Fate: sold to the Royal Navy, 23 May 1787
Royal Navy Ensign: Great Britain
Name Change: H.M.S. Bounty
Cost: purchased for £1,950
Acquired: 23 May 1787
Commissioned: 16 August 1787
In service: 1787–1790
Fate: Burned by mutineers, 23 January 1790
Tons burthen: 22026⁄94 (bm)
Length: 90 ft 10 in (27.7 m)
Beam: 24 ft 4 in (7.4 m)
Depth of hold: 11 ft 4 in (3.5 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full-rigged ship
Complement: 44 officers and men
Armament: 4 × 4-pounder (1.8 kg) guns, 10 × swivel guns
THE KIT:
Revell is an old prolific model company based in Venice, CA. They manufacture all manner of model subjects in the popular scales.
The kit came in a shrink-wrapped tray & lid type box.
The cover art shows a color illustration of the H.M.S. Bounty sailing past islands. A mountain is shown in the background and the top of a palm tree is on the left.
One side panel of the box has a one-paragraph history of the Bounty and features of the kit: Detailed hull & deck. Detailed stern, prefabricated shrouds. lifeboat, anchor, display stand and flag, in 4 languages, including English.
Followed by 2 color walk-around type photos of the model made up.
Revell is an old prolific model company based in Venice, CA. They manufacture all manner of model subjects in the popular scales.
The kit came in a shrink-wrapped tray & lid type box.
The cover art shows a color illustration of the H.M.S. Bounty sailing past islands. A mountain is shown in the background and the top of a palm tree is on the left.
One side panel of the box has a one-paragraph history of the Bounty and features of the kit: Detailed hull & deck. Detailed stern, prefabricated shrouds. lifeboat, anchor, display stand and flag, in 4 languages, including English.
Followed by 2 color walk-around type photos of the model made up.
The other side panel of the box begins with a suggested paint color listing of Revell brand paints, in 3 languages,
including English. Followed by: An unassembled plastic model kit. Paint and cement (not included) are needed to complete the model as shown. 1/110th scale. Length 24.2 cm (9 1/2” ). Pictorial, multilingual instruction sheet provides precise assembly instructions. Kit suitable for ages 10 to adult. In German, English, French, Nederlands, Swedish, Italian and Spanish.
Copyright of the kit is 1985. Revell’s address in Venice, CA is provided and kit was made and printed in W. Germany at Revell’s plant there.
including English. Followed by: An unassembled plastic model kit. Paint and cement (not included) are needed to complete the model as shown. 1/110th scale. Length 24.2 cm (9 1/2” ). Pictorial, multilingual instruction sheet provides precise assembly instructions. Kit suitable for ages 10 to adult. In German, English, French, Nederlands, Swedish, Italian and Spanish.
Copyright of the kit is 1985. Revell’s address in Venice, CA is provided and kit was made and printed in W. Germany at Revell’s plant there.
WHAT’S IN THE BOX:
This kit contains 6 brown parts trees, one black parts tree, a white vacu-formed sheet of sails, a spool of black thread and a spool of tan thread and a sheet with a flag printed on it, in 3 sealed clear cello bags.
The instructions consist of a single sheet that accordion-folds out into 6 pages in 7 ¼” x 11 ¼” page format, folded once again to fit the box.
Page one begins with REVIEW BEFORE CONSTRUCTION instructions, over international assembly symbol
explanations, an illustration of the flag being cut from its sheet with scissors and folded and a paint color listing in 7 languages, including English.
Page 2 through 6 give a grand total of 7 assembly steps. Colors are called out for parts in each step.
Trees are not alphabetized or illustrated in the instructions. They do, however, have part number tabs next to the parts on the trees.
The first brown parts tree holds: the deck, name plate for the display stand, masts etc. (13 parts)
This kit contains 6 brown parts trees, one black parts tree, a white vacu-formed sheet of sails, a spool of black thread and a spool of tan thread and a sheet with a flag printed on it, in 3 sealed clear cello bags.
The instructions consist of a single sheet that accordion-folds out into 6 pages in 7 ¼” x 11 ¼” page format, folded once again to fit the box.
Page one begins with REVIEW BEFORE CONSTRUCTION instructions, over international assembly symbol
explanations, an illustration of the flag being cut from its sheet with scissors and folded and a paint color listing in 7 languages, including English.
Page 2 through 6 give a grand total of 7 assembly steps. Colors are called out for parts in each step.
Trees are not alphabetized or illustrated in the instructions. They do, however, have part number tabs next to the parts on the trees.
The first brown parts tree holds: the deck, name plate for the display stand, masts etc. (13 parts)
The second brown parts tree holds: more masts, display stand parts, rear hull wall, etc. (15 parts)
The third brown parts tree holds half of the hull (1 part)
The fourth brown parts tree holds the other half of the hull (1 part)
The fifth brown parts tree holds: the lifeboats, anchors, cannons and small deck parts etc. (11 parts)
The sixth brown parts tree holds: the steering wheel, another small deck part etc. (21 parts)
The black parts tree holds woven rope ladders (12 parts)
The white vacu-formed sheet holds the sails (8 parts)
Next is the spools of black and tan thread to be used for a lot of rigging.
The sheet with the flag printed on it, to be cut out with scissors completes the kit's contents.
There are no crew figures included in the kit.
This kit will make-up quite detailed with a lot of work needed to do the rigging with the threads. Not a weekend project.
Highly recommended.
This kit will make-up quite detailed with a lot of work needed to do the rigging with the threads. Not a weekend project.
Highly recommended.