exwafoo Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 Hi All, I was steered to this forum by Gwyl after posting a link on MSB. I've been dabbling with SIBs for a number of years, never really getting one done to my own satisfaction, and usually taking it out again for further work or shelving (I'm very self critical. I've been a member of The European Association of Ships in Bottles for a number of years and am currently their archivist. Presently redoing a generic Brigantine because when I launched it into the bottle I let go of the home made pincers holding it, for getting they were brass and a lot heavier than the SIB - result one shipwreck with both masts and jib smashed. I'm now taking the opportunity during the build to experiment and learn as I go. Looking forward to a bit of correspondence on the forum and seeing what others do Alan IgorSky and Gwyl Blaser 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwyl Blaser Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 Hi Alan, Welcome to BSB. I am happy to see you made it here. We look forward to your questions, as well as your insight about SIB's. Again, welcome to BSB. Gwyl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubjugger Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 Welcome Alan, I hope you find your membership both entertaining and informative. There was a brief discussion about building generics a couple of weeks ago in here, and there's an ongoing topic about disasters in bottles, i think you have come to the right place. TJ Gwyl Blaser 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chasseur Posted May 14, 2015 Report Share Posted May 14, 2015 Hey Alan nice to have you here with us. A great article on the dividers. Where do you reside? Jeff Gwyl Blaser 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exwafoo Posted May 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 Jeff, I live in the North West of England at present. I will probably move when I retire in a few years and offspring have finished university. Thanks for the comments on the dividers. As I said, I've used them a few times and would probably try and use brass if I was to make another set. I have a set of plans I downloaded for a 'Proper Set' somewhere, but I don't have the tooling at present to make them. I haven't done much modeling for a couple of years now, as most free time is taken up with other family commitments, and the garden takes precedence in the right season, so I mainly spend the rest of the time catching up on reading and planning, and the odd bit of modeling on rainy days. The other longstanding model I have been building (not a SIB) is a 1/350 Brig from Langton Miniatures that I was given as present. It has a resin hull, white metal masts and photo etched sails and fittings including shrouds. A lot of SIB techniques come in handy, I'm still trying to come up with a method of making reasonable looking blocks at this scale for this model, and am tending to perhaps not use the PE shrouds, but loom some up out of thread. I'm enjoying catching up on the rest of the threads More time needed Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exwafoo Posted May 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 All, I found some photos of the Brigantine before I shipwrecked it. It is now (slowly) being rebuilt, with some design changes. And one of the Langton Brig Alan Gwyl Blaser and IgorSky 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwyl Blaser Posted May 17, 2015 Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 Nice looking models Alan. Gwyl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSiemens Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 Very impressive work Alan. Gwyl Blaser 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exwafoo Posted May 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 My thanks for the complements Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chasseur Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 Nice job Alan. I recognize the Rob Langton brig from my war gaming days. Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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