Wood by Raven Posted May 26, 2020 Report Share Posted May 26, 2020 Hi everyone, I am new to your site and through the little bit of checking out the pics before I registered I already love the place. I was introduced to ships in bottles by my dad and our first ship was a Cutty Sark in a Dimple bottle, dad did 99% of the project as I was still young but the bug bit. I did not immediately start building ships at that time but built a lot of aircraft from kits until school and socializing got in the way. I did continue woodworking at school as a subject though and loved it. I took up trying to build a ship to fit a dimple bottle 15 years ago but again a newborn and life got in the way but I loved it so much I kept on tinkering when I had a bit of free time. So why am I here, I now have a bit more free time and after finishing a project that had me make a grip, cheek piece and front grip for a competition FT air rifle from South African Kiaat I simply had to make my next project a completed boat. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEqCD4jX74s) Excuse the glitchy video it was my first attempt at youtube. So I have found three empty dimple bottles and have again decided to make this a Cutty Sark project as I kind of wanted to do the same thing and get my sons involved, as my dad did. The plan is to build a slightly larger Cutty Sark (Stern to tip of Bowsprit 22cm total), this to be kept in a small glass display case. The idea is to present the ship moored at a dock, sails folded and some activity on the dock like provisions and crates or drums ready to be loaded. Once this is done we plan to make project #2 our Cutty Sark in a Dimple bottle at sea, full sails. Any advice on rigging for this scale, what items to make for the dock scene or even links to a similar project would be great. Hope to make many new friends here! Ian Robjames, James w rogers, Bernard Kelly and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseLee Posted May 27, 2020 Report Share Posted May 27, 2020 (edited) Hello Ian, welcome to the forum! Your plan sounds like a good one. Wonderful to hear that your sons are interested in SIBs. Sometimes it seems like it is a dying craft so it is great to hear that some younger people are learning too. Jesse Edited May 28, 2020 by JesseLee exwafoo, Wood by Raven and Bernard Kelly 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onni Posted May 27, 2020 Report Share Posted May 27, 2020 Welcome aboard Ian.Dimple bottles are a great choice for a ship in a bottle. Wood by Raven and Bernard Kelly 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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