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First you go on a holiday ... probablay much deserved ... and keep us waiting for the grand finale ... and now you stop after having pored some sea water in a bottle ...

 

Looking fantastic Igor, nice to have you back!!!

 

Cheers

Carl

"Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson
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Hi Igor

 

Four centimetres in length! Well, in actual fact, my Mystic motor yacht is 5 cms in length; a mere giant in comparison. I tell ya, it takes some serious skills to do what you're doing.

 

Nicely done!

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

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Igor, amazing work as always.  So inspirational!

 

Can I ask a couple of questions?  Are you hinging the masts or leaving them free?  Also, how are you constructing your deadeyes?  I'm almost finished with the hull on my current SIB build, but have been struggling with how to approach the standing rigging on my ship.

 

Thanks in advance!

Mike

 

Current Wooden builds:  Amati/Victory Pegasus  MS Charles W. Morgan  Euromodel La Renommèe  

 

Plastic builds:    SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48  Five Star Yaeyama 1/700  Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama  Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700  Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32  Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72  IJN Notoro 1/700  Akitsu Maru 1/700

 

Completed builds :  Caldercraft Brig Badger   Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle  Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700   Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350

F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72  Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48  Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48  Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48

Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya  Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16

 

Terminated build:  HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn)  

 

On the shelf:  Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits

 

Future potential scratch builds:  HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans)

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Hi Mike!

Thank you for your feedback!!

Now I will try to answer your questions (if my English will allow me it to do well enough :) )

 

I'm going to use 2 ways for install the masts.

Foremast equipped with standing rigging, but its lower end is not fixed to the deck. There is a small recess in the deck for the mast's lower end.

Then I'll just push the lower end of the mast and the mast is deepening as I need to get up.

Please, look at this picture

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Are these small parts the deadeyes? (see photo, please)

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Igor, thanks very much for the pictures.  

 

I had a feeling you were using the mast recess.  Your drawing is really helpful to envision how the mast can lay flat on the deck and not be constrained by the standing rigging.  I'm also building a schooner, and am thinking about how to fold the masts down.  I wanted to avoid the look of using a hinge.  Also, the masts are so tall on my ship that I will have a hard time getting the ship in my bottle - the bottle is an upright bottle, and the overall length of the ship if I folded the masts towards the stern would be too long to turn the ship in the bottle (if that makes sense).

 

One more question if you do not mind - do you ever fold the masts forward towards the bow?  Or do you always fold them back towards the stern?

 

For the deadeyes, yes, those are the items I was referring to.  They look really nice, and structurally strong to keep the standing rigging taut.

 

Thanks so much!  Sorry for asking questions on your build log, I should start my own :)

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Mike

 

Current Wooden builds:  Amati/Victory Pegasus  MS Charles W. Morgan  Euromodel La Renommèe  

 

Plastic builds:    SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48  Five Star Yaeyama 1/700  Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama  Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700  Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32  Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72  IJN Notoro 1/700  Akitsu Maru 1/700

 

Completed builds :  Caldercraft Brig Badger   Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle  Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700   Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350

F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72  Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48  Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48  Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48

Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya  Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16

 

Terminated build:  HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn)  

 

On the shelf:  Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits

 

Future potential scratch builds:  HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans)

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Lovely work, Igor.  It should look great in the bottle you have selected.

Mark
"The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me

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Past Builds:
 La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD           Triton Cross-Section   

 NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit                                                                            HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64               

 

Non-Ship Model:                                                                                         On hold, maybe forever:           

CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed                                                   Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

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Fantastic looking model Igor and looking very handsome inside the bottle.

What did you use for the water?

 

Cheers,

Piet, The Flying Dutchman.

 

"Your greatest asset is not the quantity of your friends , rather the quality of your friends."  (old Chinese proverb)

 

Current Builds: Hr. Ms. Java 1925-1942

                       VOC Ship Surabaya

 

Planned Builds: Young America Diorama - scale 1:3000

 

Future Builds: KPM ship "MS Musi."  Zuiderzee Botter - scale 1:25. VOC Jacht in a 6" lamp,  Buginese fishing Prauw.  Hr. Ms. Java - Royal Navy Netherlands Cruiser.

 

Completed Builds:   Hr. Ms. O16 Submarine

                             Hr. Ms. O19 - Submarine Royal Navy Netherlands

                             Ship Yard Diorama with Topsail schooner -

                             Friendship Sloop Gwenfra

                           Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack    

                             Golden Hind - Cutte Sark (both not in this forum)

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Well done Igor. She looks great. I like what you've done with the split hull method.

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Many thanks Mark, Piet, Daniel and to all who LIKE this little project!

 

Piet, I use an epoxy resin with the addition of a color pigment for the production of sea bases in all of my projects. In addition, I use white acrylic paint to simulate foam and transparent acrylic gel to simulate waves.

 

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The whole process of making the sea looks so: epoxy - a little white paint - gel - a little white paint - a little gel.

 

This morning I put the first portion of the gel, and now it dries.

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I had a feeling you were using the mast recess.  Your drawing is really helpful to envision how the mast can lay flat on the deck and not be constrained by the standing rigging.  I'm also building a schooner, and am thinking about how to fold the masts down.  I wanted to avoid the look of using a hinge.  Also, the masts are so tall on my ship that I will have a hard time getting the ship in my bottle - the bottle is an upright bottle, and the overall length of the ship if I folded the masts towards the stern would be too long to turn the ship in the bottle (if that makes sense).

One more question if you do not mind - do you ever fold the masts forward towards the bow?  Or do you always fold them back towards the stern?

For the deadeyes, yes, those are the items I was referring to.  They look really nice, and structurally strong to keep the standing rigging taut.

Hi Mike!

So I am ready to continue))

Deadeyes... In this case, I used the photo-etched parts.

 

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But this is only one of the possible options. It is always possible to come up with something else, depending on need.

For example, in this case I made them from a wire of 0.15 mm diameter -

 

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do you ever fold the masts forward towards the bow?  Or do you always fold them back towards the stern?

I think that it does not really matter. I stack the mast, depending on the circumstances. In this case, this option has been easier.

 

Mainmast... In this case, I'm going to use another method. The deck has an opening for the mast. The mast will be placed in the bottle separately from the yacht.

 

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I want to test this method for my other project.

 

I am ready to answer other questions, if it will be necessary for you.

 

Best Regards!

Igor.

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The only rigging problem I currently see is the rigging taped to the outside of the bottle ... I'm certain you'll figure the problem out and solve it in the wink of an eye !!!

 

Cheers

Carl

"Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson
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Thanks for the water info Igor, I kinda figured so because of the way it looks.  Model looks fantastic in the bottle my friend and hope you can fix the rigging without too much trouble.

 

Cheers,

Piet, The Flying Dutchman.

 

"Your greatest asset is not the quantity of your friends , rather the quality of your friends."  (old Chinese proverb)

 

Current Builds: Hr. Ms. Java 1925-1942

                       VOC Ship Surabaya

 

Planned Builds: Young America Diorama - scale 1:3000

 

Future Builds: KPM ship "MS Musi."  Zuiderzee Botter - scale 1:25. VOC Jacht in a 6" lamp,  Buginese fishing Prauw.  Hr. Ms. Java - Royal Navy Netherlands Cruiser.

 

Completed Builds:   Hr. Ms. O16 Submarine

                             Hr. Ms. O19 - Submarine Royal Navy Netherlands

                             Ship Yard Diorama with Topsail schooner -

                             Friendship Sloop Gwenfra

                           Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack    

                             Golden Hind - Cutte Sark (both not in this forum)

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Wow, amazing work Igor!  Very impressive, as is your collection of ships in bottles.  Congratulations on a fantastic model!

Mike

 

Current Wooden builds:  Amati/Victory Pegasus  MS Charles W. Morgan  Euromodel La Renommèe  

 

Plastic builds:    SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48  Five Star Yaeyama 1/700  Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama  Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700  Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32  Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72  IJN Notoro 1/700  Akitsu Maru 1/700

 

Completed builds :  Caldercraft Brig Badger   Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle  Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700   Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350

F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72  Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48  Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48  Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48

Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya  Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16

 

Terminated build:  HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn)  

 

On the shelf:  Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits

 

Future potential scratch builds:  HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans)

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