Robjames Posted May 23, 2020 Report Share Posted May 23, 2020 It's definitely not the best most of you guys have seen or done! ha. But this is my third ship and second bottled. It was a massive learning curve!! The bottle was so tight to work with! But personally it looks better the tighter the squeeze! I made alot of mistakes and cursed quite abit too, obviously all part of learning!! It's all done by hand as the book suggests and as I would prefer. Here's the pics in order I hope... exwafoo, Jim Goodwin, Onni and 5 others 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robjames Posted May 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2020 I'm on with the next project and that is the 4 mast barque that is in the book. I've also purchased the story of sail book, which was recommended on this forum, its brilliant! James w rogers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onni Posted May 24, 2020 Report Share Posted May 24, 2020 Nice work, looks great. Maybe with the next one try to add some deck features, cabins, capstan, anchor's etc. They can be added after the masts are raised and increase the realism of the model. Amazing that it's only your second bottled ship! James w rogers, Robjames, Bernard Kelly and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robjames Posted May 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2020 Thanks onni! Agree with you, next one I will give it a go with more detail. I must've attempted to carve the Hull about 5 times before i got it right and I scrapped a set of masts on it aswell. The begginers model which is the same except one mast less was a bit of a disaster, hence didn't get bottled but I could practice putting inside bottles to get an idea. Rob Onni 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickyK Posted May 25, 2020 Report Share Posted May 25, 2020 Well done, Rob! That's an interesting bottle you have. It seems to have a very thick base, or is that just the way the photos show it? Cheers Mick Robjames 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robjames Posted May 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2020 Thanks mick! Yeah you're right it does have quite a thick base on it, I got it from the lidl supermarket. Its their brand called hortus gin (70cl). I'm looking into finding similar bottles as the first sib I did was done in the same style bottle aswell but it was a 20cl (port bottle I saved from Christmas). Cheers Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James w rogers Posted May 28, 2020 Report Share Posted May 28, 2020 (edited) Hi robjames, great looking sib, Nicely done! If your looking for another gin bottle then this one from sainsbury is pretty good and has a good size neck width and is the only one I’ve found of this shape that has the least thick base! Only draw back is the screw cap, but you can trim down regular corks to fit and then wrap round cord to cover the screw thread. Only other draw back is it’s £16 a bottle and I don’t like gin! So I buy it for my mum and dad and it comes back to me a week later empty and cleaned!😂 Edited May 28, 2020 by James w rogers Spelling mistake Robjames and Bernard Kelly 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robjames Posted May 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2020 Thankyou James! Haha bet your parents enjoy that! Mine would too but sadly for them I like gin! Next time I'm near or in sainsburys I will nip in! Cheers for the heads up! I ordered a few empty bottles from a malt whisky website and the clarity was loads better but sadly they was longer instead of wider if you know what I mean, will still make use of them though eventually. Cheers Rob James w rogers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSiemens Posted May 29, 2020 Report Share Posted May 29, 2020 That came out really nice. Great job! I'm glad your enjoying the Story of Sail. I've built so many ships from that book. It really is a great resource. Robjames 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robjames Posted May 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2020 Thanks Dsiemens! I was happy to see it had Sir Francis Drakes galleon ship, the Golden Hind in there amongst others! Im hoping to have ago at that one someday when I get more confident so that was a nice bonus! Cheers Rob DSiemens 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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