20 Gun Frigate by DSiemens - FINISHED - BOTTLE

[DSiemens]

Thanks Patrick.  Its all part of the process.  I have some plans that will make tgisbwork though.

 

Starting on the rebuild.

 

[Tigersteve]

It looks awesome. I'm sure you'll make a quick recovery. 

Steve

[popeye the sailor]

found your project Daniel........amazing progress on her    very well done!

[DSiemens]

Thanks every one.  Work continues.  So far my idea is working  The masts are completely removable and the rigging goes right a long with them.  

 

 

[DSiemens]

She's in!  Just a little more work to do. 

 

 

 

[popeye the sailor]

hi there Daniel!........she sure looks good in the bottle    was that a fairly new idea you came up with?.....bet you'll be filing that one away for future reference  

awesome job!

[Landlubber Mike]

Fantastic work Daniel, you're really becoming a master at SIBs.  Thanks for sharing.

[Jim Rogers]

Beautiful work.

[DSiemens]

Thanks every one.  

 

Popeye.  The technique of putting the masts in one at a time has been around for a while.  I've only done it once before and that was on a more folkart style model.  With the way the ship broke up when I first tried to get her in I thought this approach would be better for this model.  It worked out nicely I may have to use it in the future.  

 

  

[Landlubber Mike]

Daniel, were the lines run from the masts to the hull outside of the bottle (i.e., with long slack lines) so that all you had to do was tighten and tie off?  I'm thinking about that approach for my SIB build which is using an upright bottle.

[DSiemens]

Mike,  No long slack lines no.  While puting the masts in one at a time is not new I did take on a new technique as far as the rigging is concerned.  I used paint brush bristles which stay straight but still bend with out breaking and will spring back into place.  All of the rigging was made from paint brush bristles.  I cut the lines precisely so they would line up where they met the hull, masts, yard arms or bowsprit.  Once in I dabbed some glue and glued them down.  I didn't have to cut any lines in the bottle at all.  Just careful manuevering and glueing.  

Edited December 21, 2017 by DSiemens

[DSiemens]

All done. 

 

 

[michael mott]

Brilliant! just Brilliant.

 

Michael

[cwboland]

I've been away for a while and you go and finish this on me. Always beautiful work Daniel. And I get to learn something with every post.

[Landlubber Mike]

Great work Daniel!  Thanks for sharing.  What’s next in the shipyard?

[DSiemens]

Thats a good question.  Right now my ship yeard is in flux.  We are expecting a little one in February so I need to get my workshop out what will be the baby's room.  I am getting a murphy desk so I'll move my workshop there.  

 

From there I have a few projects.  More sibs of coarse but I've also gotten into a miniature naval warfare I made up and now play with my 5 and 8 year old.  The rules are simple enough for them to play and I play as a sort of dungeon master making up ships and monsters that we fight.  I want to make more miniature ships for that game.  I'm doing 1:1200 scratch built ships like my Queen Anne's Revenge.  I might do a Xebec or bermuda sloop at this scale. 

 

 

[Landlubber Mike]

Congratulations on the upcoming arrival of the little one, that’s really great news!  I have three which cut into my time and energy to do hobbies like this one, but wouldn’t have it any other way.

[popeye the sailor]

she looks super Daniel.......glad to see were able to finish with n more trouble.   congratz on the little one....2018 is going to be full of surprises already !   

 

congratz on a job well done!   

[DSiemens]

Thanks Popeye and Mike.

 

Update on the workshop.  I got a murphy desk.  

 

 

 

 

Now on to more fun.

 

 

 

[popeye the sailor]

that is so cool.........and it's all in that cabinet?!?!?!

[DSiemens]

Popeye - I have another cabinet for storage in another room but as far as day to day modeling its all in there.  

[HMS Bellisle]

hello - is the bottled shipbuilder site still around?   - can't access it - a while since i looked!  !    

[HMS Bellisle]

it has come back again!   

[DSiemens]

Yeah sorry.  The domain name didn't auto renew as it should have.  Its fixed now.  I'm glad you are enjoying the site.