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Welcome Bruce. It’s a ship and it’s in a bottle! That’s how it begins. Your first effort looks way better than mine ever did. Onni.

USS Maine 1898

Thanks Dave.

Must say that I never thought about using toilet wipes for sails. Could be a good idea. Maybe have to try them out sometime (dried). Can't believe I'm repling to a topic about toilet wipes

Nice work. They look great.

“Vesikko “. Finnish submarine,now a museum situated on the island of Suomenlinna,Helsinki.

Welcome aboard.

Nice to see you back. It’s been a long time.

Fantastic detail Igor. Beautiful work. Well done!

Hi Ed, thanks for the compliments. The building is Savonlinna castle in South eastern Finland. We have a long,cold and snowy winter this year. Onni.

S.S.Salama Launched 1874, sunk 1898 and raised 1971/2.

Welcome Howard.

A warm welcome Michel!

SS Great Western.

Nice to see you Igor. Enjoy the rest of Summer!

Hi Joe, As a first SIB that looks amazing. The sea looks very realistic, well done. Welcome to the forum.

Nice work and the stand looks great 👍🏻

Great job,looks excellent.Well done!

Managed to finish it in time.

Hi, my Grandson wanted a “Battleship in a bottle “ for his tenth birthday next month,so I am building him ’Grober Kurfurst’ from the 1st ww era. Hope to finish it in time but still rigging,painting to do,plus to actually get it in the bottle. Hope that he’s going to like it when it’s finished!

Great first build. Welcome to the forum. Onni.

Okay, your guess for the age could be about right, sometimes it’s easier to judge the age from the bottle itself, does it look old with bubbles in the glass or more of a modern mass produced bottle? It also depends on the size of the bottle but saying that I don’t think value could be more than 100€ and probably a lot lower but I’m no expert. It can be helpful sometimes to compare other examples on online auctions to get a rough estimate. Perhaps someone else on the forum can offer their opinion. PS love the mermaid modelled underneath the ship.

I’m not sure what the ship model is but it’s beautiful and especially valuable to you as it was made by your late father. Enjoy it rather than thinking of selling it. The value is only what one person would be prepared to pay for it but priceless to you.Hope this helps. Happy New Year. Onni.

Nice work;looking good.

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