John Fox III Posted March 14, 2015 Report Share Posted March 14, 2015 John Fox III here! Some of you probably "know" me, but for those who do not: been building sib's since 1985, have had a number of articles printed in the old Model Ship Builder Magazine, taken over I believe now by Ships In Scale Magazine, the Bottleshipwright and most recently in the Nautical Research Journal. I build only sailing vessels, ships or boats. I am a professional, though i do build to sell, I build more out of a drive to bring a little more respect to our particular genre of model ship building. I am known for extreme detailing, and scale and historic accuracy, and pushing the limit of what can be done. I can't even begin to imagine how many sib's I've completed over the years. I include light bulbs in that as most of my work now days is in light bulbs and not bottles. Reason for this is the clarity of the glass in bulbs is so much better, allows people to see the extreme detailing far better. I almost always scan plan drawings, import them into a CAD program and redraft them at full scale. Using the computer and CAD, one can get very accurate drawings but best of all, one can print those drawings to any scale one wants. Another benefit is that everything on a CAD drawing can be done in what is basically a transparent layer of the drawing, masts one one layer, hull on another, deck structures on another, all the various rigging split onto as many layers as you want, and each layer can be turned on or off before printing a given drawing. This helps tremendously when one wants to see something in particular on a scaled printout, as one can turn off anything that gets in the way or is unwanted on that particular print. My personal advice to anyone working in sib modeling would be to try a little of everything. No one does this sort of thing exactly the same as another person, each finds their own "comfort level" with techniques and methods, but only by trying out different things. See an interesting idea of how to make something, give it a try, it might work for you, or it might not, but you'll never know if you don't give it a go at least once. In most cases, what you will find is that with a little of your own tweaking, it will be the perfect idea for you. Currently working on my 3rd series of 3 models of the Armed Transport Bounty, in 3" globe light bulbs. For some reason my clients seem to like it a lot, hence my 3rd series of such models. As always, the second series was an improvement on the first, and the 3rd will be better than the 2nd series, or at least that is the plan! <Grin> Anyway, if I can be of any help to any members, ask away! If I can help, I certainly will attempt to do so. Anchor's A Weigh! John Fox III Ladysmith, WI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwyl Blaser Posted March 14, 2015 Report Share Posted March 14, 2015 Hi John, Welcome to BSB. We are glad to have you aboard. I have been a follower of your work for many many years. For newcomers to the craft of building ships in bottles, John truly is a master at this craft. I have several of his CD's and many issues of model ship builder, that has his articles in them, that I use often for reference. Again John, Welcome aboard. Gwyl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Fox III Posted March 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 Greetings Gwyl, Thanks for the hearty welcome, and the kind words about my work! I do try! <Grin> Anchor's A Weigh! John Fox III Ladysmith, WI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSiemens Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Good to see you on this forum John. I've appreciated your help and ideas over the few years I've been building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IgorSky Posted March 19, 2015 Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 Hi John, I have visited your website earlier and now I am glad that I can communicate with you here/ Best Regards! Igor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Fox III Posted March 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 Greetings Igor, Welcome aboard! Glad you enjoyed the work displayed on my web site! Forums like this are wonderful ways for all of us to communicate our ideas and thoughts. Access to many different methods and techniques is the best way I know to find the one's that fit an individual's comfort level with ship in bottle modeling. Anchor's A Weigh! John Fox III Ladysmith, WI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IgorSky Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 Yes, John, I agree with you. Best Regards! Igor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Kelly Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 Hi John Just moved over from Yahoo to this group. Yours was the first name I looked for on here. Your help with my modelling has always been appreciated, as you know. I am sure that many bottlers on here will get a lot of benefit from your input. Regards Bernard Gwyl Blaser 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Fox III Posted April 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 Greetings Bernard, Thanks! I try to help when/where I can. Nice to see you over here! Anchor's A Weigh! John Fox III Ladysmith,WI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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