Onni

Wow,that was quick. Looks like it's going to be a cool build😎

Its a bottle that I picked up here in Finland which is a one use bottle with calibrations on the side of it(which will be hidden under the sea; so to speak) It's a bottle that I have never seen before .Has 'Kertapullo' stamped on the bottom which roughly translates to 'one time bottle;' (disposable I suppose).Liquid volume of the bottle is about 2 pints if that gives any indication of the size of the bottle.Hope that helps.

Sorry everyone ,especially James as I mistakenly posted my stuff on James's great build log. I was reading through his log and forgot to switch to my own log. Thats what silly old men do!😭

Positioned and checked mast heights. Drilled holes through the thin veneer for them and the jib. Also drilled holes carefully through the hull both horizontally and vertically so that the hull should go back together the same after cutting it in half and quarters by joining it with small pegs (cocktail sticks) The outside hull will be covered by a thin styreene that will hide any drill holes. I will have to cut carefully following my pencil line on the deck top so as to keep the mast holes secure and on the centre line. I won't cut the actual deck;it should go in whole.Have to travel to my craft/hobby club ( about half hours drive) to do the cutting of the hull on a band saw as I don't have one here at home.

Very nice model. Camouflage colours are always going to pose a problem. My late father served on an 'F' class Destroyer during the Second world war but couldn't really remember the camouflage colours she had in the build up to D-Day after the Western Approaches (blue and white)were painted over .

Nicely balanced model that fits the bottle well. Congrats, looks great!

Thanks Jesse.

Jim,Thanks for your info on the flags. I know very little about the American Civil war so it is useful to get some advice. I presume your referring to these two flags so one can choose oneself which to use, anyway; its gonna be a long time before I haul a flag up on this build!😣

Nicely carved hull.

Feel a bit of a sweat coming on when I looked at your beautiful models. I will try to do my best 😌

Built in secrecy by John Laird in Birkenhead, England in 1862 for the Confederate States Navy Alabama became a feared raider; sinking or destroying many Union vessels until she was finally sunk herself by USS Kearsarge near Cherbourg, France June 19th 1864.In 1984 the wreck of the Alabama was discovered by a French minesweeper in the western approaches of Cherbourg roads at a depth of 60 metres (200 ft). I will do this build log in more or less real time with 'warts and all' (mistakes) just to show that our hobby is not so easy or straight forward as it sometimes seems.Select a bottle (which determines size of ship) and construct a simple stand for it.Had some old wood laying around that I thought would be good to use but actually wasn't,cuts badly and doesn't sand well.Cut out the deck using a 0.4 mm wood veneer that I will sand down and stain later on.

Thanks Daniel 😁

Glad you like it Jesse.😁

Thanks James.

Thanks John Fox and Bruce. Onni

Set the Black Pearl inside a small half barrel with a moonlight sky as a backdrop and lit by a small battery Led light. That was the image I had when I first started the model so I'm happy with the way that it turned out.

Welcome oldflyer.

Your build is looking great James. Sorry to hear about your leaking roof, hope everything is ok now.

Nice job Spanky. Looks great .

Thanks John,much appreciated.

Thanks Igor😁

Thank you Bruce. Glad you like her. Merry Christmas everyone!

On my workbench;actually the kitchen table ,The Black Pearl..... in a bottle! Mananged to reach my deadline to bottle her before Christmas.Difficult to get a decent photo of her. Looks better 'in the flesh' so to speak.The stand is just a temporary one that I had laying around. Will build a new stand for her to sit on after the holidays.

Beautiful modelling. What do you use to make the sea look so realistic?