Moab 26 Posted December 24, 2020 Report Share Posted December 24, 2020 Mick; great looking ship! What is the sail material?...Moab Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MickyK 219 Posted December 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 Hi All, After the debacle of getting all the lines tangled inside the bottle, I was able to remove the mizzen mast without damage. However, by that stage, I had lines caught around anything in the bottle that could trap a piece of string, from the yards on the sprite, to the flagpole at the transom, including the cannons, gunnels, ships wheel, anything on deck! So I spent a month trying to straighten things out, I made up pokey tools, hooky tools, pushy and pully tools, all to no avail! The boat hull is still firmly glued inside the bottle! Then little bits and pieces started to break off, (yards on the sprit, Ships wheel, etc) , so ultimately, I have decided to give the whole project a miss. Maybe my ambition exceeded my talents, these are the things in life that we have to learn! It was an enjoyable 12 months, though! Moab, the sails are made from some very light-weight sail material, I think it is kevlar (mylar?) reinforced plastic (?) stuff. Stay safe, and enjoy your builds. Cheers Mick James w rogers, Moab, Onni and 3 others 2 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
James w rogers 914 Posted December 28, 2020 Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 16 hours ago, MickyK said: Hi All, After the debacle of getting all the lines tangled inside the bottle, I was able to remove the mizzen mast without damage. However, by that stage, I had lines caught around anything in the bottle that could trap a piece of string, from the yards on the sprite, to the flagpole at the transom, including the cannons, gunnels, ships wheel, anything on deck! So I spent a month trying to straighten things out, I made up pokey tools, hooky tools, pushy and pully tools, all to no avail! The boat hull is still firmly glued inside the bottle! Then little bits and pieces started to break off, (yards on the sprit, Ships wheel, etc) , so ultimately, I have decided to give the whole project a miss. Maybe my ambition exceeded my talents, these are the things in life that we have to learn! It was an enjoyable 12 months, though! Moab, the sails are made from some very light-weight sail material, I think it is kevlar (mylar?) reinforced plastic (?) stuff. Stay safe, and enjoy your builds. Cheers Mick Oh no, thats not good to hear, i really feel for you after all that hard work! I actually only rig seperate parts and then do all the assembly inside the bottle with lots of made up poky pushy and pully tools, mabe now its in you could try a different approach to finish it, have, a rest and a think and go back to it in a while, i think you will be pleasantly surprised at what you can achieve! Bernard Kelly and Donald 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Fox III 494 Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 On 12/27/2020 at 6:48 PM, MickyK said: Hi All, After the debacle of getting all the lines tangled inside the bottle, I was able to remove the mizzen mast without damage. However, by that stage, I had lines caught around anything in the bottle that could trap a piece of string, from the yards on the sprite, to the flagpole at the transom, including the cannons, gunnels, ships wheel, anything on deck! So I spent a month trying to straighten things out, I made up pokey tools, hooky tools, pushy and pully tools, all to no avail! The boat hull is still firmly glued inside the bottle! Then little bits and pieces started to break off, (yards on the sprit, Ships wheel, etc) , so ultimately, I have decided to give the whole project a miss. Maybe my ambition exceeded my talents, these are the things in life that we have to learn! It was an enjoyable 12 months, though! Moab, the sails are made from some very light-weight sail material, I think it is kevlar (mylar?) reinforced plastic (?) stuff. Stay safe, and enjoy your builds. Cheers Mick Greetings Mikey, Had that happen a few times in all the models I have built. My solution was to break the bottle, carefully, remove the model, then fix it all up. I would then buy or build a small case for the finished model. Not the ship in bottle I intended, but it saved all that work and still made for a nice model presentation. Anchor's A Weigh! John Fox III Bernard Kelly, exwafoo and Donald 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jeff B 634 Posted December 31, 2020 Report Share Posted December 31, 2020 Ahoy Mick! I feel Your pain. I spent my 2020 wrecking a clipper in a bottle 3 times. One for the record book for sure! Once again; taking time away, contemplating my next. Maybe for you, attempt #2 will be the one to celebrate! Maybe for me, attempt #4 will be the one. Cheers, mate! Bernard Kelly and Donald 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tazam0827 135 Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 My second ship I definitely over-reached and tried the same thing as you, detaching the masts and assembling in the bottle. I ended up with a rat's nest that would never be untangled. Not willing to give up on the hundred hours I'd invested, after taking a few months off, I took a hammer to the bottle, rescued the ship, refit her using wire hinges on the masts, found a slightly bigger bottle, and successfully re-launched her. I hope you don't give up on SIBs permanently! Good luck! Bernard Kelly and Donald 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moab 26 Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 Amen! I'm the king of over reach...Moab Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DSiemens 1,803 Posted January 23 Report Share Posted January 23 I don't know if you have seen the film with George Fulfit. Its a fun watch but theres a part where he talks about getting into ships in bottls and hes like, "I got excited. I'm gonna build me a three master. Wo I says, I'm doing to much I better do another two master." Its all part of the fun of this hobby. Donald 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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