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Greetings Omni,
Thanks! I do try!
Anchor's A Weigh!
John Fox III

Excellent poem;John you are a multi talented person! Merry Christmas everyone.
Onni.

Greetings All,
I wrote this a number of years ago, and have shared it in the past, but thought it was appropriate to put it up again for those who had not previously seen it.
 
A Ship Modeler's Rhyme
 
'Tis the night before Christmas,
And out in the shop,
Not a creature is stirring
As I sit deep in thought.
 
I sit with hot cocoa,
Or coffee or rum,
While thinking about
All the work that's been done.
 
The frames are all glued
To the keel and faired,
While visions of me planking
Hang in mid-air.
 
I envision planking completed,
The hull looks so fine.
Then I get to check out
That new air brush of mine.
 
While the hull sits a drying,
I start on the spars.
I love this hand carving!
My hands bear the scars.
 
Then it's on to the details,
The one's no one sees.
Like framing 'neath decks,
And partners and knees.
 
Finally on to the rigging,
Those ratlines and shrouds,
Those forestays and backstays
For crying out loud!
 
There's no end to this rigging!
It just isn't fair!
I could have built modern,
And had time left to spare!
 
My late night "mind building"
Is at last all complete.
My cocoa is finished,
As I get to my feet.
 
I go to the door,
And turn out the lights,
I think Merry Modeling To All!
And to All a Good Night!
 
Anchor's A Weigh!
John Fox III

Finally made some more progress on this. I had used an old watch gear to make a ship's wheel the last time I made this SIB so I reprised that method and also made a capstan out of a gear. Then I found some watches that I think I might be able to repair and got sidetracked repairing all my old watches and bands! Another hobby for another forum I suppose.
Well here is my current progress. I have the deck detail done so now it's on to grinding down dowels for the masts, yards and spars. I left the ship's boat loose on deck to see if it doesn't interfere with folding down the foremast once I've installed it.
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I finally got back to this model. I've gotten as far as rigging the mainmast, next onto the foremast and jibs. I couldn't decide if I should use paper or cloth for the sails so I used both. I first cut paper sails, I didn't like the way they looked so I pasted cloth on top of them. The paper provides rigidity and the cloth has a better look. I used coffee to stain the sails for a taupe effect. I hope to paste the picture of the sea battle into the bottle as a backdrop.

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Hi everyone I have been making ships in a bottle for years and just found this wonderful site for sharing in this unusual hobby 
not sure yet how to post and communicate but will keep trying 

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