Shipbuilder

I read the book, and finding a small plan in it, produced this little model of the Essex.
Bob
 

And here is a small model of the Dundee steam  whaling barque Esquimaux, laid alongside an ice shelf.
Bob
 

I read the book, and finding a small plan in it, produced this little model of the Essex.
Bob
 

And here is a small model of the Dundee steam  whaling barque Esquimaux, laid alongside an ice shelf.
Bob
 

I read the book, and finding a small plan in it, produced this little model of the Essex.
Bob
 

And here is a small model of the Dundee steam  whaling barque Esquimaux, laid alongside an ice shelf.
Bob
 

I read the book, and finding a small plan in it, produced this little model of the Essex.
Bob
 

And here is a small model of the Dundee steam  whaling barque Esquimaux, laid alongside an ice shelf.
Bob
 

And for all you whaling enthusiasts, here is a splendid little whaling song from U Tube.
Bob
https://youtu.be/K6OYb_7bhME

I read the book, and finding a small plan in it, produced this little model of the Essex.
Bob
 

Look at this!     Someone sent me the link, and it is a really good example of a SIB.
Bob
http://iloapp.flaskskepparna.se/data/_gallery/public/25/139187549600598800_resized.jpg?width=1280&height=515
Here are some more in the same site.   Click on links to left to see even more.
http://www.flaskskepparna.se/galleri/flermaster.htm

Look at this!     Someone sent me the link, and it is a really good example of a SIB.
Bob
http://iloapp.flaskskepparna.se/data/_gallery/public/25/139187549600598800_resized.jpg?width=1280&height=515
Here are some more in the same site.   Click on links to left to see even more.
http://www.flaskskepparna.se/galleri/flermaster.htm

Look at this!     Someone sent me the link, and it is a really good example of a SIB.
Bob
http://iloapp.flaskskepparna.se/data/_gallery/public/25/139187549600598800_resized.jpg?width=1280&height=515
Here are some more in the same site.   Click on links to left to see even more.
http://www.flaskskepparna.se/galleri/flermaster.htm

Look at this!     Someone sent me the link, and it is a really good example of a SIB.
Bob
http://iloapp.flaskskepparna.se/data/_gallery/public/25/139187549600598800_resized.jpg?width=1280&height=515
Here are some more in the same site.   Click on links to left to see even more.
http://www.flaskskepparna.se/galleri/flermaster.htm

Last night, I watched the interesting U Tube clip of JerseyCityFrankie putting a ship in a bottle.   After it finished, the next clip was of the wooden ball  version of the above, much larger.    As I specialise in miniatures, I felt a smaller version in brass and steel would provide me with a challenge.    I suppose it took me about 40  minutes, but by the time I finally managed to get the top nut on, I was pretty fed up.      Therefore I sealed it on with superglue as I don't suppose I will ever make another!
Bob

Here is an exercise in ingenuity and dexterity.    The two photographs are not faked in any way and the bottle is whole, and has NOT had the bottom cut off, and later replaced.     The brass rod is 1/4 inch diameter with an  1/8th inch hole drilled in the end.     The bolt is 6ba, 0.9 inches long (larger than the bottle neck, of course!).     The nut closest to the head was put on outside the bottle, and glued with a spot of superglue.   The brass rod, two washers and the other nut were put on inside the bottle, and the top nut made permanent with a spot of superglue.   The close-up photograph is taken through the bottle!    It made me realise how difficult it must be to put a complex ship in a bottle.   It took me ages and was very frustrating at times.
Bob   

32 feet to 1 inch.     Completed some years ago, from plans found in Deepwater Sail by Harold A Underhill.
Bob
 

British four-masted barque Primrose Hill, 32 feet to 1 inch.     It was in this ship, that Charles Ligtoller, 2nd officer of the Titanic, began his sea career.
Bob
 

British four-masted barque Primrose Hill, 32 feet to 1 inch.     It was in this ship, that Charles Ligtoller, 2nd officer of the Titanic, began his sea career.
Bob
 

I haven't been aboard Glenlee, but I have heard they made a very good job of her.    Here is a model of the Caithness-Shire, one of the sister ships.    Quite a few of this type were built in the 1890s - stump t'gallant rig (no royals above the t'gallants).     This model is 32 feet to 1 inch.    But very few modelmakers will even consider building this type of ship - No guns - not romantic enough     
Bob

Yes it did.     New Zealand and Australia from the UK was its trading route.   She belonged to Henderson, and they had a few sailing ships with New Zealand names - Dunedin, Canterbury, Invercargill, Auckland, Nelson, Wellington, Oamaru and Timaru.     Some of them were the first ships to carry frozen meat home from NZ using dry air compressers powered by coal, even though the ships were only propelled by sail.   Dunedin carried the first frozen lamb carcasses in 1882, leaving Port Chalmers on February 15th, and arriving in London on May 26th, with the cargo in perfect condition.  
It is a great pity that very few modellers are interested in these magnificent iron and steel sailing shipsof the late 19th century.
The square ports on the sides were just painted on for decoration, they did not conceal guns!
Bob

British four-masted barque Primrose Hill, 32 feet to 1 inch.     It was in this ship, that Charles Ligtoller, 2nd officer of the Titanic, began his sea career.
Bob
 

British four-masted barque Primrose Hill, 32 feet to 1 inch.     It was in this ship, that Charles Ligtoller, 2nd officer of the Titanic, began his sea career.
Bob
 

British four-masted barque Primrose Hill, 32 feet to 1 inch.     It was in this ship, that Charles Ligtoller, 2nd officer of the Titanic, began his sea career.
Bob
 

British four-masted barque Primrose Hill, 32 feet to 1 inch.     It was in this ship, that Charles Ligtoller, 2nd officer of the Titanic, began his sea career.
Bob