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HMAV BOUNTY - A “face lift “

Good morning everyone. I decided to do some work on my Bounty.

I printed the Lady Bertha figure head and started to do some painting. This is work in progress but I have not posted for a while so thought I had better.

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I have to do some modifications to the Knee of the head-
Here is a pic of how the Lady is mounted to the knee :
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Here is how mine fits - obviously the vintage billings kit had a different and out of scale figurehead so some shaping and perhaps filling is needed - (She is stuck on with prestick). Note the positioning of her feet.
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Cheers Grant
 
GrantTyler said:
Good morning everyone. I decided to do some work on my Bounty.

I printed the Lady Bertha figure head and started to do some painting. This is work in progress but I have not posted for a while so thought I had better.

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I have to do some modifications to the Knee of the head-
Here is a pic of how the Lady is mounted to the knee :
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Here is how mine fits - obviously the vintage billings kit had a different and out of scale figurehead so some shaping and perhaps filling is needed - (She is stuck on with prestick). Note the positioning of her feet.
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Cheers Grant
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Dear Grant
she is a beautiful Lady, well done my friend
 
You are much better at painting figureheads than I am, my friend. As suggested by @Steef66 , you can build up the billowing cloth with epoxy putty. I used Tamiya epoxy for my Fair American, which in her final configuration, fortunately required less cloth than Lady Bertha ROTF
 
shota70 said:
Dear Grant
she is a beautiful Lady, well done my friend
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Steef66 said:
use green stuff to let her cloth fit.
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pugwash said:
I do believe 'Bertha' was dressed in green, not black.

Smashing thread, thank you.
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Namabiiru said:
You are much better at painting figureheads than I am, my friend. As suggested by @Steef66 , you can build up the billowing cloth with epoxy putty. I used Tamiya epoxy for my Fair American, which in her final configuration, fortunately required less cloth than Lady Bertha ROTF
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Daniel20 said:
She has a lot of potential Grant. I can't distinguish between the black and green so that green must be a very dark green.
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Walterone said:
Drybrushing with dark green colour over the black base will create a nice effect, I think.
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Good evening Gentlemen. Thank you for the comments. I am chuffed with how the printing came out. OH BOY- I thought her dress etc was black. Even now on almost all pics it looks black but I can now see a hint of green. Not a biggie to change-thanks for pointing this out. Cheers Grant
 
GrantTyler said:
Good evening Gentlemen. Thank you for the comments. I am chuffed with how the printing came out. OH BOY- I thought her dress etc was black. Even now on almost all pics it looks black but I can now see a hint of green. Not a biggie to change-thanks for pointing this out. Cheers Grant
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You only need to dry-brush green onto the highlights. Leave it black within the folds, etc., and I’ll wager the effect will be astonishing.
 
GrantTyler said:
Good morning everyone. I decided to do some work on my Bounty.

I printed the Lady Bertha figure head and started to do some painting. This is work in progress but I have not posted for a while so thought I had better.

View attachment 550001View attachment 550002
I have to do some modifications to the Knee of the head-
Here is a pic of how the Lady is mounted to the knee :
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Here is how mine fits - obviously the vintage billings kit had a different and out of scale figurehead so some shaping and perhaps filling is needed - (She is stuck on with prestick). Note the positioning of her feet.
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Cheers Grant
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What?!!? A figurehead that is not nude? What is the world coming to?
 
GrantTyler said:
Good evening Gentlemen. Thank you for the comments. I am chuffed with how the printing came out. OH BOY- I thought her dress etc was black. Even now on almost all pics it looks black but I can now see a hint of green. Not a biggie to change-thanks for pointing this out. Cheers Grant
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When you search on ‘Grachten Groen’ you got a very nice very dark green. A bad calibrated screen will show it like black.
In RGB: R-48, G-52, B-49. Or RAL-6064.
But the lady looks very nice on the bow.
Regards, Peter
 
Namabiiru said:
You only need to dry-brush green onto the highlights. Leave it black within the folds, etc., and I’ll wager the effect will be astonishing.
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Thanks for advice. I've never tried dry brushing before so some you tube searching will be required.
Steef66 said:
I wasn't talking about the colour of the dress, just to adjusting the shape with green stuff.

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AHHH I get it now. I will have a look but this will push my "as close to zero cost" up a bit. ROTF. My first thought of "green stuff" was the stuff you get in Amsterdam coffee shopsROTF.
Vfordyce said:
What?!!? A figurehead that is not nude? What is the world coming to?
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I know right- a total disappointmentROTF
Gravman said:
Nicely done Sir.
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Thank you kindly
Peter Voogt said:
When you search on ‘Grachten Groen’ you got a very nice very dark green. A bad calibrated screen will show it like black.
In RGB: R-48, G-52, B-49. Or RAL-6064.
But the lady looks very nice on the bow.
Regards, Peter
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Thank you Peter. I will have a look at this green. Once the knee of the head is shaped I think she will fit really nicely.

Cheers Grant
 
Good morning everyone. I have spent time fixing my Vintage motocross bike. Got it going again and took it for my first ride since my knee op. Everything went surprisingly well. I have change my avatar as my previous one was rather old.

Anyway I attempted the quarter cabin/badge. Was a disaster so will have to redo. To keep my “zero cost” challenge I 3D printed it and included windows to match the stern. Stuck on with prestick.

Nope failure ROTF. Anyway here are some pics-
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I’m running out of scraps of wood and ideas……. Never give up.
Cheers Grant
 
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