Ship-in-a-Bottle

[Shultzy]

For those who were at the Brum bash here are the pics (and for those who weren't as well).

The ship is made from an unfinished kit, the sea is plastercene, and the bottle size 3.5"x3.5" with a 7/8" hole.

A discussion started at the bash about perseverance. I mentioned that when I was building this boat I measured the inside hight of the bottle but hadn't realised that the thickness of glass was greater in the middle than at the neck. Imagine my shock when I put the ship in and raised the masts, and they didn't fit.

I had to fashion a hacksaw and holding tools to cut the middle and front masts to fit, this is where the perseverance came in.

There's about 100 hours of work involved in the making.

 

[Doug B]

Thanks for posting the photos Shultzy, it looks terrific.

Still can`t believe your patience, particularly with the problems you encountered. =D>

 

[OPJ]

Outstanding! :shock:

 

[Hobbyist1943]

Wonderful and thanks for sharing

 

[Woodmagnet]

Excellent job Shultzy. 8)

 

[woodbloke]

I've done a few of these and they are good fun...bit hard on the eyeballs though :shock: which is why I stopped - Rob

 

[RogerM]

Looks nice. Is that based on the method shown in Peter Thorne's book, "Secrets of Ships in Bottles"? I made a couple of these using that book in my teens when my eyes were younger and fingers smaller!

 

[Shultzy]

RogerM, the model came with Dutch instructions translated into English, rather crudely, so I had to guess a few times. I like the "Turks Head" knot, should have been one on mine but I never got around to it.

 

[Mattty]

Wow... I Just can not imagine the patience rquired to make these. Great job M.

 

[Mr Ed]

You can't see the glueline where you join the 2 halves of the bottle back together at all - amazing!

Nice work guys

Ed