Dave Sahlberg

Well done. It looks fantastic

This is the result I’ve had from using cotton thread and running it through beeswax. The wax seems to go flaky after passing through the rough holes. I’m not satisfied but, will persevere for this model. Going to try some different techniques going forward. Thank you to all who have given advice in this thread.

Does anyone else get “help” from their pets.

My guess is that it was made by Léon Labistour or his wife Patricia. I have a book on how to make ships in bottles by Léon and a book by Patricia called “A Rum Do” which is about the days of smuggling in Robin Hoods Bay. My first in-laws were from Nottingham and, on a trip they took back to England, they visited Robin Hoods Bay and bought me Patricia’s book while there. I can’t identify the ship in the bottle though.

Thanks for sharing Bob. It’s a really nice video.

I’m also old in my head. My wife jokes that I’m 45 going onto turning 90. 😂🤣. I’ve only just discovered this forum and sadly, it seems, most of its activity is from years ago. There is a lot of great information here. Surely, having a dedicated forum is better than using facebook. Facebook has too many distractions. Keep posting my SIB friends. I have learned so much already and been amazed at how good some of you are.

Thanks Onni. They’re fairly basic compared to other work I’ve been looking at in this forum but, still fun to make.

Thanks for having me as a member. I first bottled a ship about twenty years ago. I found Jack Needhams book in my local library and was amazed that the “secret” was published. I did about half a dozen. I haven’t done any for about fifteen years. Just starting again. I have built myself a workbench that goes over my recliner so that I can model in comfort of an evening after working on noisy construction sites all day. I’m hoping to gradually improve my skills and to bottle ships that are/were important to my local waters. Dave