James w rogers

Beautiful job igor, love it! 😎

Love it, great looking sib! 😎

Love it 😎, looks really great, nice job Onni. 😁

Hi Nials, welcome aboard, im just up the m11 in harlow! 😁👋👋

Slow progress, haven't really done anything since november, kind of lost the will with current situation, but thought it was about time to knuckle down and crack on with it. probably not going to do much more to the hull apart from a few small deckdetails. Time to start the lateen rigged masts,the holes are drilled and lined up ready. 😁

16 hours ago, MickyK said:

Hi All,

After the debacle of getting all the lines tangled inside the bottle, I was able to remove the mizzen mast without damage.

 However, by that stage, I had lines caught around anything in the bottle that could trap a piece of string, from the yards on the sprite, to the flagpole at the transom, including the cannons, gunnels, ships wheel, anything on deck! 

So I spent a month trying to straighten things out, I made up pokey tools, hooky tools, pushy and pully tools,  all to no avail!

The boat hull is still firmly glued inside the bottle!

Then  little bits and pieces started to break off, (yards on the sprit, Ships wheel, etc) , so ultimately, I have decided to give the whole project a miss.

Maybe my ambition exceeded my talents, these are the things in life that we have to learn!

It was an enjoyable 12 months, though!

Moab, the sails are made from some very light-weight sail material, I think it is kevlar (mylar?) reinforced plastic (?) stuff.

Stay safe, and enjoy your builds.

Cheers

Mick

 

 

 

Oh no, thats not good to hear, i really feel for you after all that hard work! I actually only rig seperate parts and then do all the assembly inside the bottle with lots of made up poky pushy and pully tools, mabe now its in you could try a different approach to finish it, have, a rest and a think and go back to it in a while, i think you will be pleasantly surprised at what you can achieve! 

I use quilting threat and polyester thread, both are nice and smooth and also glue well. 

Stunning donald, looks fantastic, love the stand, real work of art! 😎

Looking amazing donald, loving this sib, great details! 😎

Finally got back to it, not much change apart from a couple of ladders and a hatch cover, just need to keep away from distractions and crack on! 😁

Its been 3 months since the mould problem, and luckily it hasnt returned, made sure to glue the cork in aswell. Thanks to all who contributed the great advise, it really helped! 😁

That was a great read, thanks. 

Great job!😎

50 minutes ago, Bernard Kelly said:

I notice that you have your bottle stood on end James,. Try putting a piece of tissue in the neck. I find it helps draw the moisture. 

Bernard

 

I Will do that, good idea, i didnt think of that! Thanks bernard. 😁

2 hours ago, exwafoo said:

You are welcome. Hope it all goes OK. Many, many moons ago, in the days of my youth in the Fleet Air Arm, one of the routine servicing operations on aircraft radios was to replace the desiccant crystals in the aircraft radios. The forced air cooling was blown through these to keep the inside of the radio dry. They were blue and turned pink when 'wet'.  They could be dried out in an oven and used again if need be. Later designs had single use disposable (more money to the radio manufacturer) desiccant cartridges with an indicator paper. I've looked on line, but can't find the reusable ones (they were poisonous), but they would be very useful in cases like this.

Best

Alan 

Lucky for me, my wife works in a clothing store and keeps bringing me packets of desiccant silica gel home! The sun still hasnt come out, so ive got my uv heatlamp on the go aswell. Thanks alan. 

1 hour ago, exwafoo said:

My experience with acrylic paints once they have dried is that they are very resistant to solvents, even acrylic paint thinners. I'd try a touch of cleaning agent such as that used for baby's bottles or the steriliser/cleaner used in home brew, which are designed not to damage the things they are cleaning, on an area on the 'off side' of the SIB first and see what happens. If that works OK, then move on to the rest.  I'd also give it a couple of hours in the sunlight afterwards - nothing like UV rays to kill fungal spores etc. This may also dry out any remaining moisture. I have heard of using an aquarium air pump to force air in to the bottle for a while to dry things out. Wish you luck.

Ive just tried a fungal/mould cleaner and it seems so far so good, i have also got an aquarium air pump set up and some packets of silica gel inside, so now its a waiting game! Will put it out in the sun later if it decides to come out today! Its been rather wet of late here in essex😢. Thanks for the great advice, i was very nervous as of what to do as its a first time for me and hopefully a last. I will update later, thanks exwafoo. 😊

So ive just seen the sib i made for my dad back in may and much to my dismay discovered mould growing all over the ship, im thinking that maybe it was corked to quickly and still had too much moisture content, as this was built in very very short notice. 

So now i have brought it home to try and carry out emergency mould removal, hopefully i can cure it before its irreparable! 

So was wondering before i make a huge mistake, does anyone have any advice as to what to use to remove the mould without damaging the acrylic paint! Thanks. 😁

The black marks on the hull and the furry growth on mizzen and foremast, also the whale tail are most affected. 

4 hours ago, JesseLee said:

I wondered the same thing. Maybe have fishing line tied to it?

Maybe a fishing rod with line and just a weight on the end with a large unbarbed hook, cast out over the boat and hopfully reel it back in. 

Looks amazing! 😎

Coming along. 

Made a simple stand and fitted cork, now its finished. 

Hi robjames, great looking sib, Nicely done! If your looking for another gin bottle then this one from sainsbury is pretty good and has a good size neck width and  is the only one I’ve found of this shape that has the least thick base! Only draw back is the screw cap, but you can trim down regular corks to fit and then wrap round cord to cover the screw thread. Only other draw back is it’s £16 a bottle and I don’t like gin! So I buy it for my mum and dad and it comes back to me a week later empty and cleaned!😂

One side pretty much done, i wont tell you how many bits ive glued back in though! 😂😂

1 hour ago, JesseLee said:

Looking so nice, I love this. I collect stamps and this has made me think about along with my 1800s US and Us B.O.B. I would like to have a separate album with boats and ships of sail from all over the world.

Jesse

Ive got some stamp albums from when i was small and another that my gran and mum filled up, but alas not one single boat or ship in sight! 😔

Back on this today, its going to take alot of dedication to not let myself become distracted and put it to oneside again! 

So the first job on the list is to make the cannon ports and holes for the oars, drilled holes first, now the painstaking process of cutting them all square, they are only about 1.5mm so i might be quite a while!