January 3, 2020
Ship in Bottle 3 (part 7)
So it's been a couple of years, but I finally had a stroke of inspiration from my wife and I got it done!
I've done a lot since my last post. What follows will catch you up since then.
I added some guns in front of the first...
Continue Reading...September 15, 2016
Ship in Bottle 3 (part 6)
Guess what? The friggin thing won't fit in the bottle! I don't know how I forgot to check this weeks ago, but I guess I did. The hull was just too wide, no chance this ship was going to fit through the neck of the bottle.
What's more, this...
Continue Reading...September 2, 2016
Ship in Bottle 3 (part 5)
Well hey we're coming along nicely.
Looking pretty cool
I've done a lot in the last few weeks, since we last spoke:
Rounded out the 3x2 5" gun mounts (the big 3)
Added a second tier for the superstructure
Created the bridge
Topped...
Continue Reading...June 27, 2016
The Niña and Pinta
I don't know what it is, but I love the look of old sailing ships--that's why I like building ships in bottles so much, and it's probably why you're here reading about building ships in bottles. Unfortunately, I live in Iowa so I've never...
Continue Reading...May 22, 2016
Ship in Bottle 3 (part 4)
Let's make some guns! The armament is extensive on this destroyer but for now I'm just focusing on the largest guns. I did some research to find out that the USS Lyman K Swenson (all Sumner class destroyers...and apparently most of the US...
Continue Reading...May 15, 2016
Ship in Bottle 3 (part 3)
This will be a short post as I haven't made too much progress since the last post but I did get the hull numbers on there and I'm pretty happy about how they look so I figured I'd share. USS Lyman K Swenson had hull number 729, so here's what...
Continue Reading...May 9, 2016
Ship in Bottle 3 (part 2)
Alright, we've done our research and we've completed planning the scale for a historically accurate ship, so we're ready to get some real work done.
As in my previous two builds, I started by stacking wood planks (visit...
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