LENA by IgorSky - FINISHED - scale 1/290 - BOTTLE - steam schooner

[IgorSky]

Then finally were glued on the bridge the steering wheel, binnacle and negotiation pipes

 

 

 

[IgorSky]

I also added the waves in remote places of the bottle, to which had not got around and added a little "waviness" in the field of foam crests.

 

[cog]

Very nice work, Igor. Since I started working with PE at 1/350 I now know what you are going through with for example the railing. You are even having more chance to damage items on your build as mine is at a far larger scale. Well done my friend!!

[IgorSky]

Then I laid anchor chains from the deck hawse through the windlass to the steam winch. They especially will not noticeable, but let them be

 

[IgorSky]

Very nice work, Igor. Since I started working with PE at 1/350 I now know what you are going through with for example the railing. You are even having more chance to damage items on your build as mine is at a far larger scale. Well done my friend!!

Hi, Carl!

Many thanks!

The handrails in front part of the hull were broken off several times in the process of the work, because I glued them too early

[IgorSky]

And, finally, I was able to proceed with the final assembly at the stand.

Assembling was carried out in the same order in which it will be made later in the bottle.

At this stage I revealed some mistakes that are likely to affect the assembly in the bottle, but ... something to alter it's too late Although, of course, I will try to fix some of them. For example, I'm going again attach ladder to the bridge and I will to lift up the lifeboats.

 

So, first I installed the rear mast, the engine room and the bridge.

 

 

 

[Omega1234]

Hey Igor

 

At last!  I've been waiting patiently and now, with these updates, I'm not disappointed!

 

Definitely your best model yet. I'm really loving all the fine details that you're adding.

 

Beautiful stuff!

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

Edited February 14, 2017 by Omega1234

[IgorSky]

Installation of the foremast has not created any problems

 

[IgorSky]

Hey Igor 

At last!  I've been waiting patiently and now, with these updates, I'm not disappointed! 

Definitely your best model yet. I'm really loving all the fine details that you're adding. 

Beautiful stuff! 

Cheers 

Patrick

Hi, Patrick!

I am glad to hear you again!

Many thanks!

I would say that this model is a good school for me. I was able to check out a lot of my ideas, technical solutions and technologies. Of course, I could not avoid some mistakes, but I hope that the experience of this project will allow me to avoid them in the future.

 

So, we go ahead

I then installed the davits complete with the lifeboats and began compiling the assembly diagrams and marking of the ends of the rigging

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Omega1234]

Hi Igor

 

Oh my word!  I'd forgotten just how 'teeny tiny' your little beauty is.  The last photo says it ALL!!!!

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

[IgorSky]

Hi Igor 

Oh my word!  I'd forgotten just how 'teeny tiny' your little beauty is.  The last photo says it ALL!!!! 

Cheers 

Patrick

A-ha-ha, Patrick!

"LENA" is one of the biggest of my SIBs, which I built

[captainbob]

Yes, the work went very slowly over the last two months, but still some progress has

 

"Work went very slowly", he says.  From hull to finished ship, that's all.  well done.

 

Bob

[IgorSky]

"Work went very slowly", he says.  From hull to finished ship, that's all.  well done.

 Bob

Hi, Bob!

But I have started this project 1.5 year ago

[kees de mol]

Wow..... Absolutely WOW.....

 

No way this can go trough a bottle's neck....   But I will follow You to watch it happening.

[IgorSky]

Wow..... Absolutely WOW.....

 

No way this can go trough a bottle's neck....   But I will follow You to watch it happening.

Many thanks, Kees!

 

I still hope that I will can shove it in the bottle

 

 

Best Regards!

Igor.

[captainbob]

Hi, Bob!

But I have started this project 1.5 year ago

But just look at all the other SIB's you've done in between.

 

Bob

[Mirabell61]

fantastic work Igor !

must be a bottle with a super wide throat, unless the hull is placed inside bit-wise...

I`m curious what is to come.....

 

Nils

[IgorSky]

But just look at all the other SIB's you've done in between.

 

Bob

Yes, Bob! Sometimes it need to me for a little distraction

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you, Nils!

I also with anxiously and look forward this moment

[captainbob]

What a wonderful chess set.  But I don't have tweezers small enough to move the pieces without knocking all the others off the board.

 

Bob

[IgorSky]

Thank you, Bob and Lawrence!
Yes, it was fun to try to make these chessboards. I used two different techniques to do this.
Now I need to try to make sets of chess pieces.

Best Regards!
Igor.

[cog]

I'll play you when you have the pieces ready

[Omega1234]

Hi Igor

 

That chess set of yours.  Minuscule in stature.  Outstanding in achievement!!!!!

 

Remember not to sneeze next to it...

 

Cheers

 

 

Patrick 

[IgorSky]

Hi Carl and Patrick!
Carl, I think you will not will want to play chess with me, because I am a bad player
Many thanks, Patrick! Yes, I will remember

[IgorSky]

Meanwhile, I continued the preparatory works.
So, I added some quantity of the gel to increase the size of the waves.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I also made this tool for drawing of foam

 

 

Edited February 20, 2017 by IgorSky

[IgorSky]

Then I made the flag at the stern.

 

[IgorSky]

Another small but important detail - the name of the ship.

 

[IgorSky]

As you remember, I set on the deck several lifting eyes for fixing the rigging. Lifting eyes have a hole diameter of 0.2-0.3 mm. Since I'm going to put the mast in the bottle separatly from the hull, it will be quite a difficult task to stretch the thread through the lifting eyes. So I decided to insert the temporary loops from threads into them. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[IgorSky]

I also lifted up the boats and drawed rigging scheme

 

 

I also made one additional tool to work with standing rigging

 

[IgorSky]

And then, finally, came the long-awaited moment

 

 

 

 

[IgorSky]

Then I set the upper part of the body in its place, added a little glue and tightly pressed her to the bottom part of the hull.