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Thank you gents.

I managed to get my glue and few other bits. but my long awaited trip to seaside had to be postponed. Weather outside looks nice, but it's quite cold and looks like rain is about to hit, so I chose to stay at home and start building Hannah.

I thought it might be good idea to get few bits done to check if I am not too rusty, and I can tell you - I am rusty as hell . Hands are shaking little bit more, eyes are not as good as they used to, it'll be fun build .

So my first step was to prepare little stand for the ship. Since my smallest drill bit is too big (1.5mm...) for mounting columns, I just inserted one into my hand drill and pushed it onto the base - this made nice holes that will allow me to glue brass part on it and to accomodate all remaining columns without any wobbling etc. Here is the pic so far - with some small accessory I bought to make building even nicer . I  know it's not the top stick, but it's name seems to match the climate of my build



Brass part will be glued to wood with CA glue.

More to follow in a bit, I guess it'll be almost live transmission of  what happens

Regards


Edit

So the first step would be done.



For now I inserted only two columns as per instructions. The other two have to be shortened to accomodate keel, but I will do it all when the hull is built. They look straight-ish, also the base was slightl sanded, but will receive coat of paint later on.

I've spent some time with bottle stopper and Washington's family crest, but my painting skills will need to be refreshed... Not happy at all with the result I've put parts away and moved onto the hull - at least for now it does not require painting

Firstly, sheet of ply was given slight sanding, just to make it smoother and get rid of some discolouration, after that parts were numbered as shown in instructions



Then I removed all components and tried them on the plan. It looks like fair amount of them is not exactly as they were meant to be....



... but it's nothing that sand paper will not sort out later

Hi Tom:
 
Well there's not actually that much left to document, and I don't have many photos of the ship in process and none of the various construction stages.....as I say I'll try to get some good photos of the ship going into the bottle and to document that....
 
The keen-eyed among you will notice that I replaced the brass pins on the stand with some rough-hewn walnut strips shaped for the hull to rest upon. I thought this would make mounting the hull in the bottle a bit easier - someone (either here or in another place) compared putting the hull on the pins to a carnival game.....not really in the mood for that sort of finagling.......I'm going to have a try at getting her into the bottle this evening, so check for an update (good or bad) later. 
hamilton

I've spent some time with bottle stopper and Washington's family crest, but my painting skills will need to be refreshed... Not happy at all with the result I've put parts away and moved onto the hull - at least for now it does not require painting

Firstly, sheet of ply was given slight sanding, just to make it smoother and get rid of some discolouration, after that parts were numbered as shown in instructions



Then I removed all components and tried them on the plan. It looks like fair amount of them is not exactly as they were meant to be....



... but it's nothing that sand paper will not sort out later

Thank you gents.

I managed to get my glue and few other bits. but my long awaited trip to seaside had to be postponed. Weather outside looks nice, but it's quite cold and looks like rain is about to hit, so I chose to stay at home and start building Hannah.

I thought it might be good idea to get few bits done to check if I am not too rusty, and I can tell you - I am rusty as hell . Hands are shaking little bit more, eyes are not as good as they used to, it'll be fun build .

So my first step was to prepare little stand for the ship. Since my smallest drill bit is too big (1.5mm...) for mounting columns, I just inserted one into my hand drill and pushed it onto the base - this made nice holes that will allow me to glue brass part on it and to accomodate all remaining columns without any wobbling etc. Here is the pic so far - with some small accessory I bought to make building even nicer . I  know it's not the top stick, but it's name seems to match the climate of my build



Brass part will be glued to wood with CA glue.

More to follow in a bit, I guess it'll be almost live transmission of  what happens

Regards


Edit

So the first step would be done.



For now I inserted only two columns as per instructions. The other two have to be shortened to accomodate keel, but I will do it all when the hull is built. They look straight-ish, also the base was slightl sanded, but will receive coat of paint later on.

Good morning everyone.
 
 
 
After few years I finally got my first ship kit - received still warm box yesterday morning . For some reason I expected something more... or bigger... or maybe just a box filled with some more stuff... but when I started to look closely at all parts included, the scale of this ship has hit me like a tiny, micro bag of potatoes. My "previous small scale modelling" seems totally irrelevant now, seems like smallest bits I have painted before are of average size of Hannah bits....

 
First thoughts and impressions are the most positive. Plywood is of good quality, details on metal parts are amazing, there was even a strip of 180 grade sand paper included . However, the bottle included in the kit is not the clearest one I have ever seen (hope a good wash will make it better) and brass parts will require a little attention. Some have marks, some have fingerprints, but I will try and clean it all up - and if that's not possible, I'll just try and repaint them.
I aim to use some build logs from here, as well as one @ Tigersbay blog as help. With all that information it seems easy, well - seemed easy till I have seen the parts, but I hope to finish it in maybe few weeks time.

 
Will try and include some pictures of the build, just so I can share my progress and maybe some future builders of same kit will find it helpful .
 
 
My modelling background stretches in time for more than 20 years now (how quickly that passed....), I started as a kid when my mum bought me first plastic aircraft kit - I remember it was Jak 1M . Since then I made planes, tanks, cars, railway, more planes, some figures like Mantic and Warhammer, RC planes made of balsa (electric and nitro powered), so I hope that it will be enough to start with my little girl.
 
 
To compare scale of painted bits, here is a photo of  Warhammer figures I painted few years ago. The pic was taken just now, so they faded a little bit. Height is about 4cm.




And to fulfil MSW's tradition , two unboxing pics





Now I will have to ride to my lms to get some glue - I can't find bottle of aliphatic anywhere, also few small drill bits might come handy. Then I plan to ride to seaside for few hours and start to build this little beauty later today.

All the best.
Tom

Congratulations on getting underway Tom. I'll follow along with interest too. This one is on my bucket list of builds.

Hi Tom!
Congratulations on the start of construction!
 
Best Regards!
Igoe.

Good luck on your first build...will follow along if you don't mind.
 
Doubt you will have much problem painting the hull given your skills!
 
Cheers,
 
Nigel.

Good morning everyone.
 
 
 
After few years I finally got my first ship kit - received still warm box yesterday morning . For some reason I expected something more... or bigger... or maybe just a box filled with some more stuff... but when I started to look closely at all parts included, the scale of this ship has hit me like a tiny, micro bag of potatoes. My "previous small scale modelling" seems totally irrelevant now, seems like smallest bits I have painted before are of average size of Hannah bits....

 
First thoughts and impressions are the most positive. Plywood is of good quality, details on metal parts are amazing, there was even a strip of 180 grade sand paper included . However, the bottle included in the kit is not the clearest one I have ever seen (hope a good wash will make it better) and brass parts will require a little attention. Some have marks, some have fingerprints, but I will try and clean it all up - and if that's not possible, I'll just try and repaint them.
I aim to use some build logs from here, as well as one @ Tigersbay blog as help. With all that information it seems easy, well - seemed easy till I have seen the parts, but I hope to finish it in maybe few weeks time.

 
Will try and include some pictures of the build, just so I can share my progress and maybe some future builders of same kit will find it helpful .
 
 
My modelling background stretches in time for more than 20 years now (how quickly that passed....), I started as a kid when my mum bought me first plastic aircraft kit - I remember it was Jak 1M . Since then I made planes, tanks, cars, railway, more planes, some figures like Mantic and Warhammer, RC planes made of balsa (electric and nitro powered), so I hope that it will be enough to start with my little girl.
 
 
To compare scale of painted bits, here is a photo of  Warhammer figures I painted few years ago. The pic was taken just now, so they faded a little bit. Height is about 4cm.




And to fulfil MSW's tradition , two unboxing pics





Now I will have to ride to my lms to get some glue - I can't find bottle of aliphatic anywhere, also few small drill bits might come handy. Then I plan to ride to seaside for few hours and start to build this little beauty later today.

All the best.
Tom

Good morning everyone.
 
 
 
After few years I finally got my first ship kit - received still warm box yesterday morning . For some reason I expected something more... or bigger... or maybe just a box filled with some more stuff... but when I started to look closely at all parts included, the scale of this ship has hit me like a tiny, micro bag of potatoes. My "previous small scale modelling" seems totally irrelevant now, seems like smallest bits I have painted before are of average size of Hannah bits....

 
First thoughts and impressions are the most positive. Plywood is of good quality, details on metal parts are amazing, there was even a strip of 180 grade sand paper included . However, the bottle included in the kit is not the clearest one I have ever seen (hope a good wash will make it better) and brass parts will require a little attention. Some have marks, some have fingerprints, but I will try and clean it all up - and if that's not possible, I'll just try and repaint them.
I aim to use some build logs from here, as well as one @ Tigersbay blog as help. With all that information it seems easy, well - seemed easy till I have seen the parts, but I hope to finish it in maybe few weeks time.

 
Will try and include some pictures of the build, just so I can share my progress and maybe some future builders of same kit will find it helpful .
 
 
My modelling background stretches in time for more than 20 years now (how quickly that passed....), I started as a kid when my mum bought me first plastic aircraft kit - I remember it was Jak 1M . Since then I made planes, tanks, cars, railway, more planes, some figures like Mantic and Warhammer, RC planes made of balsa (electric and nitro powered), so I hope that it will be enough to start with my little girl.
 
 
To compare scale of painted bits, here is a photo of  Warhammer figures I painted few years ago. The pic was taken just now, so they faded a little bit. Height is about 4cm.




And to fulfil MSW's tradition , two unboxing pics





Now I will have to ride to my lms to get some glue - I can't find bottle of aliphatic anywhere, also few small drill bits might come handy. Then I plan to ride to seaside for few hours and start to build this little beauty later today.

All the best.
Tom

Igor, I don't have any idea how you can make such great work on such small areas/detail etc. "You mad bro!!" Great pleasure to watch your progress.

Awesome skills you have!

Next small update today
 

 

 

Since I did not face the problem myself, can't speak from own experience, but I have seen that guy behind Tigersbay blog tested few glues during his SiB builds and was happy with the effect slow setting CA gave him.

http://s.kahn.lyshanpress.com/blog/blog1.php

I think I have seen it mentioned in Golden Yacht build, but have a look yourself .

And since you didn't start your log for Hannah, how about posting some pics here, just so we can see how you get on? I;d love to see your progress .

Regards
Tom

Hello all:
 
I'm not sure if this is the right area for this question, but....moderator's I'm happy if you move this wherever you think it belongs.
 
I'm at the final stages of building Amati's Hannah in a bottle and am nearing the point where I'll have to actually put the tiny vessel inside the bottle....
 
The instructions say to first fix the stand inside the bottle and then manoeuvre the ship onto the stand....my first instinct was to use CA to install the stand in the bottle, but I was nervous about crystalization of the CA vapours on the interior glass....I had thought of using a 5-minute epoxy, but wondered if this would produce the same effect?
 
Can anyone tell me if the epoxy is the way to go, or if there is another adhesive I should use that won't have any adverse effects on the glass? 
 
Thanks very much in advance! And happy modelling to all
hamilton

Thank you Tom,
I think that to make all this is not as difficult as it seems ))
 
Yesterday I have done some inconspicuous works, so I have the quite a little to show.
 

 

 
Best Regards!
Igor.

Hi Carl,
I made these 4 boats shown on the photo from the kits with laser-cutted parts. I was wondering just to try to do it.
 
The method shown in the link is also very pleasant to me. It seems to me it's quite simple, but effective. It is not my method, I found it on the internet a long time ago.
 
The method that I used for building these 2 lifeboats for LENA, I use quite often in my SIBs. Using this method I was able to build the really very small boats -
 

 

 

Don't really know what to say, so I'll just pull a chair and will watch in silence. Looking forward to next update Igor, your work is truly amazing!