James w rogers

Started rigging the shrouds on the masts, these strips will be cut to short lengths and glued inside bulwarks when inside the bottle. Trying to get a suitable green paint to match the picture is proving troublesome, mixed some yellow in 3 times now to lighten it but every time it dries to dark, so I’ve given up, that’s the colour now, take it or leave it!😂

That’s a beautifully made model you have there, Very impressive! Can’t wait to see the small one! I could see the advantage of a 10 litre bottle, at least you’d probably be able to get both arms in the neck!😂😂

Great words! Really enjoyed reading that, thanks.😎

Welcome aboard!😀

As usual, I’m sure it will be well worth the wait! Something to look forward to! You do a great job!

Getting there ! Slow progress as spent more time trying to trace this ship. It is definitely documented as a merchant ship but can’t find any surviving plans or pictures, so apart from this stamp the rest of the decks fittings are a total guess. Here’s the story so far, needs a bit more shaping and sanding prior to paint, so have started on the masts and yards. This is is how I bend planks and other wood items, I soak the wood and then strap to the bottle with an elastic band, then fill bottle with boiling water and just leave over night, usually works quite well as long as the grain of the wood allows. If you need a bigger or smaller bend you can just use different diameter bottles!

Great job! Beam me up Jeffy !😁

That's looking really good! 😎

Trying to fathom out what to put on deck as I can't find any info or pictures of this ship, it appears to be a merchantship so it's artistic licence time. Started with a hatch, from a thin piece of walnut ply left over from a ship kit I've been doing. Drilled some 0.5mm holes and just trying to square them out.

That looks really good, I like it a lot, great details. The launch boat is a really good nice touch, bet those oars where fun to do! 😁

Thanks, I will look it up 😁

Just started this, it is going to be a gift for someone that has done a lot for an elderly family member, Loved doing the lateen rigged la nina so much that I'm going to do it again. Only problem seems to be, at the moment, is a lack of info on this ship apart from this postage stamp, but that could give me a bit of artistic licence, so might be a good thing as far as detail goes! 😂

Excellent work, looks great! 😎

Super job! 😎

Love it! 😎

Welcome aboard shipmate!

Welcome aboard shipmate!

Happy international ships in bottles day 4th October.

Welcome aboard shipmate!😀

Sorry, but I have only just started up again after quite a long break and only just noticed your request. I can scan the book for you if you still need it?

My phone ran out of storage once, but it was phones storage, so I have installed and sd card and now save photos to that instead. Have you checked your phone to see if it's got a memory card slot? Could be an easy option for you. Otherwise we don't mind drawings! 😂Great looking ship by the way! 👍

Welcome aboard lobo! You’ve joined a great place. Definitely agree that it’s a different feel to plank on frame, I’ve only done 4 sibs so far, but recently started a plank on frame model and not enjoying it half as much, that and I can’t find a bottle big enough!😂

That’s a really good looking ship, can’t wait to see it bottled!👍👍

Welcome aboard mick!👍

Fantastic!😎