Shipbuilder Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 Here is an exercise in ingenuity and dexterity. The two photographs are not faked in any way and the bottle is whole, and has NOT had the bottom cut off, and later replaced. The brass rod is 1/4 inch diameter with an 1/8th inch hole drilled in the end. The bolt is 6ba, 0.9 inches long (larger than the bottle neck, of course!). The nut closest to the head was put on outside the bottle, and glued with a spot of superglue. The brass rod, two washers and the other nut were put on inside the bottle, and the top nut made permanent with a spot of superglue. The close-up photograph is taken through the bottle! It made me realise how difficult it must be to put a complex ship in a bottle. It took me ages and was very frustrating at times. Bob JesseLee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raindog Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 Good job! My Brother has a 'puzzle bottle' he made, with a similar setup. He didn't glue the last nut on, though, as he likes to take it apart and put it back together now and then, just for fun! He put a large ball bearing in the bottle, too, which can be ingeniously used to help with undoing the nut, when placed a certain way. I haven't tried to get it apart....Never enough time when I'm over there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipbuilder Posted January 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 Last night, I watched the interesting U Tube clip of JerseyCityFrankie putting a ship in a bottle. After it finished, the next clip was of the wooden ball version of the above, much larger. As I specialise in miniatures, I felt a smaller version in brass and steel would provide me with a challenge. I suppose it took me about 40 minutes, but by the time I finally managed to get the top nut on, I was pretty fed up. Therefore I sealed it on with superglue as I don't suppose I will ever make another! Bob Raindog 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raindog Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 I don't blame you At least with a ship in a bottle you don't have to keep taking it in and out of the bottle......Usually! ModelsInBottles 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ModelsInBottles Posted January 11, 2016 Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 I don't blame you At least with a ship in a bottle you don't have to keep taking it in and out of the bottle......Usually! Ha! You should have stood over my shoulder on my first attempt. I must have inserted and removed that thing at least six times! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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