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Hello guys, I just joined the forums today and would like to share my sib build. Now please hold back any rude and unnecessary comments, this is my very first ship in a bottle build. I am a novice wood carver, I first started carving faces in trees about 8 years ago. From what I seen so far from sib builders is that their level of detail and craftsman"ship" far exceeds the skills needed to carve faces in trees. I would love to be a part of this group. I took some pictures of my project so far and I came across a hiccup. I would like to shape the ship to represent a real ship. With faces, I'm allowed to wing it. And I started doing that with this, trying to make sure the hull fills up a good portion of the bottle. The hull fits snugly in the bottle neck and there should be enough room to add railing and hinged masts on top of the deck. What I would like to hear is some suggests of ships that I should attemp to build and which one best represent the shape and style of the hull I got semi completed. Also which one would fill the bottle up nicely.

Hi All, There's been a bit of talk over plans, their availability, cost and so on. I thought I'd start this thread to help out. I've listed a few books with plans in them, some are only page sized, others are full blown pull outs. The Authors are all well respected and some quite famous in the modelling world for their drawings. A search of the various pre-loved book sites (Abe books, Book Depository, The Wordery, etc,) may help locate them. Brown, Son and Ferguson still publish a number if Santa can help. Title Author Publisher Plans, etc How to Make Old Time Ship Models EW Hobbs Brown, Son & Ferguson Full Size Water Line Carrack circa 1450 Full Size Ark Royal, Flagship of Walter Raleigh Full Size Royal Albert, circa 1700 How to Make Clipper Ship Models EW Hobbs Brown, Son & Ferguson Large detailed plans of Loch Torrens (4 masts) Waterline plans for Cutty Sark Masting & Rigging the Clipper Ship & Ocean Carrier Harold A Underhill Brown, Son & Ferguson Numerous Illustrations of Clippers and rigging Plans Deep-Water Sail Harold A Underhill Brown, Son & Ferguson ISBN 0-85174-172-X Numerous Illustrations of Clippers and Pull Out Plans by the Author The Last of the Windjammers Basil Lubbock Brown, Son & Ferguson Vol 1 – 126 Illustrations, 17 Plans Vol 2 – 174 Illustrations 16 Plans Plans are ‘Pull out’ The Merchant Schooners Basil Greenhill Conway Numerous Illustrations and Plans, well suitable for working at SIB scale The Tea Clippers – Their History and Development 1833-1875 David R MacGregor Naval Institute Press Numerous Illustrations and Plans, well suitable for working at SIB scale The Schooner – Its Design and Development from 1600 to the Present David R MacGregor Chatham Publishing Numerous Illustrations and Plans, well suitable for working at SIB scale Alan