HISTORY OF THE SHIP: HMS BOUNTY MERCHANT VESSEL
Discover the HMS Bounty merchant vessel, the stage of one of the most famous riots in history, thanks to this fantastic wooden model ship kit. Captain William Bligh was embarked on a boat with eighteen loyal sailors and carried out a great feat by sailing more than 3,500 nautical miles for forty-seven days until arriving at port, losing only one of his men.
In December 1787, HMS Bounty departed from England for Tahiti to transport bread trees to the Caribbean, finding a great storm that forced them to change course and arrive in Tahiti several months late. This delay forced them to remain on the island several months until it was again possible to collect the shoots from the bread tree.
The crew became habituated to the customs of the natives and established relations with women of Tahiti, almost forgetting their condition of English sailors. After many difficulties on the part of Bligh to reimpose the discipline, undertook trip the 4 of April of 1789, producing the mutiny twenty-four days later.
CONTENTS OF SHIP MODEL KIT: HMS BOUNTY BOAT
Build your 1:48 scale model of the HMS Bounty merchant vessel, scene of one of the most famous riots in the history of navigation. The system of assembly of this model by means of false keel and frames approximates its design to the one of the real ship.
The wooden model ship kit all the parts the modeler needs to build HMS Bounty. It contains high-precision laser-cut board parts, hardwoods such as birch, brass, cast iron, cotton threads and hand-sewn sails ready to be placed.
With full digital instructions: clear step-by-step photographs, accompanied by plans of the completed boat. Printed instructions not available. Remember that you can download the digital instructions for free from this product sheet by clicking on the button called 'Instructions'. The kit box also includes a QR code that redirects you to the sheet by scanning it with your mobile phone.
Once it is assembled, this faithful miniature replica of HMS Bounty measures 38.58'' (980mm) length, 13.97'' (355mm) width and 30.03'' (763mm) height.
This scale model of the HMS Bounty boat includes the possibility of leaving open one of the hull bands to contemplate in detail the interior of the ship.