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Thanks Popeye. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks David. Yea it's all part of the learning process. It's not the first time I've had a ship back in dry docks and won't be the last I'm sure.
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Thanks Mark. I do appreciate the like even if it's a post of bad news. This problem is a curse and a blessing. I wasn't fond of the main Jib any ways so now I have an excuse to replace it. I did it the same size as the plans but because I wasn't checking them as often as I should I had to tie the line down more forward then it should be. This resulted in the jib hiding behind the other jib. To remedy this I'll make it a little bigger. I think I'll make that darn hole just a tad deeper as well. Thank you too Augie. Strangely enough I find it very fun. I really am doing this the hard way which is part of why it's so tedious. The easy method is to use a hinge to keep the mast in place and glue the hull down before raising the mast. Doing that can make it as easy as pulling a few strings. I like this method though because without the hinge the ship looks more real and more impossible in the bottle. Also it allows for some flexibility since the mast can be held closer to the hull or even to the side as opposed to straight back. A common problem with the hinge is having deck furniture get in the way and the mast not being able to fold down far enough. The shallow hole method does get tricky with more masts though. I've done up to four and it took a while. The other advantage to not gluing it down is I can pull the ship out if things go awry. If the ships glued in tight you may have to break the bottle to get it out. Which can cause a whole other set of problems. Any ways I'm caring on. Thank you for your comments they are very much appreciated.
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Thanks Augie I thought that may be the case but I didn't think the framing beams would be so close together. Makes sense though. She must be a very solid ship.
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Beautiful work as always. The cap rail looks great with all the rope tied on it.
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I created something I thought every one would enjoy. Putting the ship in the bottle on video! Sorry about the bad lighting. So I got her in things were good then this happened. A thread block holding the main job popped open and she had to be pulled out and redone. Since I had already glued the lines for the other jibs they had to come off completely. All well I'll get her fixed up and try again.
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I've had the same issue. I switched to Testors model paint. Not acrylic but I've had much better results.
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Looks great Augie. I actually think the variations in the wood color show off the excellent planking that much more. That's just me. Also I haven't been able to figure out what the rectangular section near the bottom of the hull is.
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You know it's funny. When I first started I used to think the number crunchers and plank counters were crazy. Then I noticed who had the better builds so I started doing some more measuring. I think it's helping. I also found there is fun in squabbling over a couple millimetres. Thanks for the input.
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Texxn I'll trade your cold for my cold any day.
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Augie, There's a challenge. I was just going to do seagulls and allow perspective to dictate sizing ie: Seagulls closer up are large then seagulls far away. Now it makes me wonder. Seagulls wings spans are 100 cm according to Google. 1:300 has them at just over 3 mm.....that may be do able.
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Popeye, I don't know if I was chosen so much as I was the only one. That's alright though I do have a lot of passion for this hobby and have a lot of fun sharing it.
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David, I do like the top shelf liquor bottles. Their clarity is matched only by light bulbs and scientific containers. I prefer a good Barqs on the rocks but I have plenty of friends willing and happy to empty liquor bottles for me. To be honest if I had one that wasn't planned for another project I would use it. This ship I built in the exact same scale as in the book "The Story of Sail" where I got the plans. The bottle happened to be the only one I had that would properly accommodate the ship as in not to big or to small. Good SIB's fill the bottle and doesn't leave a lot of empty space. This is why it's better to pick a bottle first and build the ship in a scale to fit it. The ones I'm building the the Rocky Mountain Shipwrights have been scaled down about an eighth of an inch. That way if I decide to bottle them later I have a bottle picked out.
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Bob - I have a small syrup bottle I'm using. It's actually the same type I used on another cutter. This time it will have sea in it and I'm thinking of adding some seagulls. Thank you for your comments.
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I'm not sure I see anything wrong with the ones you've already built but then maybe I will when I see the ones you build from scratch.
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Thanks Popeye. She is pretty small just the way I like em. I'm actually going to build three or four more of these in different stages. The Rocky Mountain Shipwrights want me to give a presentation on the third week of March. This ship has been such a fun quick build I thought it would be fun to teach as a good first ship in bottle. Most people in the club have never built a ship in bottle before. A few tell me, "better you then me." That's alright it's not for every one. So while I'm almost done with this ship I have a few more to get together yet. I ran into a problem yesterday that I got to figure out. I did a quick test fit and noticed that with the back stays the way they are I can't wrap the main mast around the hull like I'm used to doing. I think I can swing it but she'll take some ingenuity. As I've said before, "We're ship in bottle builders, it's an occupational hazard."
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Shes's coming a long nicely. I've grown to love these fishing schooners. They have such beautiful lines.
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Thanks Popeye and Bob. Well the ships complete! I took a plethora of photos for your enjoyment.
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All of the sudden she's planked. Nice work. I agree with the aged look. Something about Caravels and Junks they just look better with age.
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Work continues. I finally found what I was looking for in a broken cell phone charger. The lower section of the masts will be wire with wood on top. This allows the masts to bend and go in the bottle while being able to pull them back into place with the rigging. Now that I'm starting over I may just add the cross trees as David suggested. Part of me thought of putting her in and saying it's an admiralty style model. She'll be much more impressive fully rigged.
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Sails are going on. The Main sail and the one above it are just set in place until I have the last two spars on.
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Thank you Marc. I thought of another material. Paper. I use paper for the tiny details I can't other wise do but there's another use. At out ship club some one demonstrated making boats out of paper. I had done this before on a much smaller scale and I was surprised to see it on a large scale. Here's the long boat I did for my Mercury build. even the benches are paper stained with wood stain. Here's the process I use. First carve a wood plug in the shape of your boat. I then plank on the paper. For the larger scale this isn't needed. use cigarette paper and paint on big strips with water. You may need to make some cuts around the curves so the paper doesn't crinkle. After it's on paint it with glue and add another layer. They used five or six layers on the bigger models. Once dried details and paint can be added. I trimmed off the edges and got a very small ship. This could be great for dories and whale boats. Making each ship doesn't take as much time as carving or planking.
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Wow quick progress. Looking very clean and precise. Nicely done.
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Popeye I think that's called sleep drunk.
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