Shipbuilder Posted June 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 The model of the Minnie is now complete. The total building time came to 16.6 hours, spread over 9 days – an average of 1.84 hours per day. I still have to build the display case and carrying case, although that does not take very long in actual work. A lot of the time is used up waiting for glue and French Polish to dry. Bob Gwyl Blaser and IgorSky 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubjugger Posted June 26, 2015 Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 Fine work Bob. If Minnie were a painting art critics would be praising the economy of your brushstrokes and the confidence with which you captured her spirit. TJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IgorSky Posted June 26, 2015 Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 Bob, Lower yards John's technique, uppers .5 mm wire turned to a taper on end. Just another tricky day ... Jeff Hi Jeff! Try to pay attention to the bamboo for the making of masts for SIB. It is possible that the mast with the top part thickness of 0.5 mm with 0.3 mm aperture still retains sufficient strength. Igor. Tubjugger and Chasseur 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSiemens Posted June 26, 2015 Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 Beautiful work. She looks amazing. I wonder if your rigging technique might be usable with sibs. If the shrouds are connected to the mast and lower section glued to the hull after the ship is in the bottle it might work. I may have to take a swing at it when I get moved and my shop re set up. This is why it's good to have you in the forum. Despite the fact your ships are not in bottles they give me a lot of ideas. Thank you for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipbuilder Posted June 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 I suppose you cold put them (shrouds & ratlines) in the bottle after the masts are up, using the skills that you already have in this field, but it is not something that I would like to try. A bit like keyhole surgery, I suppose! Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubjugger Posted June 26, 2015 Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 Copper wire rigging units would be a bit difficult to work with inside a bottle, but bristle would almost certainly work for the shrouds, perhaps with flyline ratlines. The model is delightful, so naturally showing something that appealing to a pack of bottlers is going to set minds spinning over ways of getting the vessel into a bottle, reminds me a bit of when the Seven Dwarves put the comatose Snow White under glass. TJ Gwyl Blaser and IgorSky 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwyl Blaser Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 The model is delightful, so naturally showing something that appealing to a pack of bottlers is going to set minds spinning over ways of getting the vessel into a bottle. TJ TJ, You are 100% correct. My mind is spinning with ideas etc. Bob, This is magnificent! Beautiful. Gwyl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipbuilder Posted June 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 Thanks, The problem with wire is that although it can be made straight or curved very easily, it must not be messed with after that, because if you bend it whilst it is in position on the model (when folding down or up), it will not go back to being straight or having a smooth curve again! The only SIBs I have made, I cut the bottom off the bottle and put them in the wide end, replacing the bottom when complete. Naturally I was told that this was cheating but they were very popular. I made several of them at sea and they were raffled to passengers, the money going to seamen's charities! I doubt whether I will make another, because I always felt the opitical clarity of glass bottles was generally not very good. Light bulbs have perfect clarity, but are more difficut to open! I am also lacking in patience and was getting a bit tired of the Minnie by the time she was complete! Bob Gwyl Blaser and IgorSky 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exwafoo Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 BZ as we used to say in the RN. (translated it means Bravo Zulu (from signal flags) and means job well done A really nice model Alan Chasseur and Gwyl Blaser 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipbuilder Posted July 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 Although it will not be of much interest here for obvious reasons, I have now made the display case for the Minnie. The white sides are the protective plastic coating on both sides of the acrylic. These will not be removed until I have French Polished the woodwork. It took six hours to make the case. It seems a long time, but not really when spread over a few days. It was made from leftovers from larger models. Bob DSiemens 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwyl Blaser Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 The case looks like it will be another nice one. I like how you describe your method in your books. Gwyl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipbuilder Posted July 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 The British topsail schooner Minnie is now complete, although I have not yet built the carrying case. The scale is 32 feet to 1 inch and the model has a hull length of 2.6 inches on the waterline. Bob Dave Fellingham, DSiemens, exwafoo and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwyl Blaser Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 Bob, This is fantastic. Great build. Thanks for sharing with us. Gwyl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Bellinger Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 Sorry if I missed it above, but about how many hours? Thanks, Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipbuilder Posted July 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 It took exactly 24 1/2 hours (including making the display case). There is still some work to do. I need to fix it in the sea and the display case, and also need to make the carrying case. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markking1114@gmail.com Posted July 6, 2015 Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 wow! Gwyl Blaser 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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