John Heather R.I.P.
incredible, beautiful model sailing ship HMAV Bounty built by John
It took nearly a year to construct, working almost every day.
The hull double planked then over 800 copper tiles were cut and fixed. The rigging an extraordinary achievement of detail
John Heather R.I.P.
First steps constructing the hull
Planking
and cross planking
800 copper plates to trim and fix
the hull being plated
Detail of the deck taking shape
Detail on the mast
First mast being stepped
Adding the second mast
Third mast
Staggering detail
The completed boat. working most days it took seven months to complete
John has been constructing these beautiful model ships for several years.
He has built the Cutty Sark, The Victory, Darwin's The Beagle and many others.
The work involved is detailed and painstaking.
For example the hull is made in skeleton form, then like the real ship is planked with strips of wood only 4mm wide, each individually shaped. It is then covered with cross planking as it was in real life. Most of the hull is then tiled with approximately 800 copper plates, many of them individually trimmed and shaped.
As you can see from the slide show the detail is incredible from the detail on the decks to the rigging.
a wonderful job John! Amazing!
