Queen Anne's Revenge in a Bottle 1:1250

[DSiemens]

I thought I would get back to the Satisfaction sooner but I had some other projects as well as school get in the way. I decided to take on a much smaller and much shorter build before I get back to it. Mostly this is because of time. I'm working and in school now so I don't have much of it. I have a week or so between semesters so I'm going to try and put a ship in bottle together in that time.

Here's my photo's so far.

I started with what's called a wood plug. This is kind of a mold for the actual ship. It's sealed with clear nail polish and coated in wax.

I then stain paper with a wood stain and cut it in 1mm strips. I glue the top ones to the plug and the rest to each lapped one over the other.

Once it's dry I coat it with clear nail polish to seal it and stiffen the paper. I then can cut the bow to shape. Once the polish is dry I pull it out of the plug.

I then took another piece of the stained paper drew on the planks and cut out the deck.

I tried to drill through the bulwarks to add the cannons but it tore them up so I cut them off and cut 1mm by 2mm pieces and glued them in with a space between them for the gun ports. I added the cap rail and channels after that. Still need to do the port side.

That's all I have for now. More to come.

[William Brand]

Fantastic beginning! Having done my share of hologram models, I can appreciate the scale alone.

[DSiemens]

More updates. Here I have the port side gun ports done and in on the starboard side.

I then put the rest of the lower deck cannons in and added the upper decks and bulwarks.

At this point I want to add some paint so any help on the colors I should use is very much appreciated.

[DSiemens]

Just noticed I haven't updated in a little while he're some more progress.

I did some research on paint styles and found in this day in age ships generally came in three colors. Ocher, red and black. Usually a mixture of the three. The colors came from different things mixed in the paint. Black was created from ash. Red from oxidization or essentially rust. I'm not sure about ocher I'd have to ask again. A very common theme for the day was a black ship with an ocher stripe a long the gun ports and red on the inside of the bulwarks. This seemed to fit so I went with it.

The masts are in place but I plan on cutting them down and stepping them. Still more to do.

[DSiemens]

I forgot to add this link. http://wayback.archive-it.org/org-67/20120515002435/http://www.qaronline.org/techSeries/QAR-R-09-02.pdf A friend from the ship modeling forum sent me this. It is probably the most comprehensive study I've seen on the Queen Ann's Revenge. 28 pages of incredible information. A great read for any one wanting to know the real history of this ship.

Edited December 20, 2013 by DSiemens

[DSiemens]

More updates. The ship is almost done. I had some trouble with the masts at this size. I did an even smaller model using a new technique and found my solution. The base of the mast is now made from wire and the rest of the mast and spars are made from paint brush bristles. They are small and extremely flexible. Perfect for fitting small ships in small bottles.

Here's the other little sloop. Mast and spars are made from paint brush bristles.

[DSiemens]

A few more.

[Jas. Hook]

Awesome!

[DSiemens]

Thanks Hook!

Here's the ship in the bottle. It was quiet the battle going in and her sails are a bit ruffled. I thought that might be the case and set the sails to a battle position with the mains furled for better visibility and fire prevention. At this point she'll come around, board and plunder. So the battle damage works in a way.

I may update the stopper with a cork and put a turks head on it but for now she's complete.

[William Brand]

Another great little ship in a bottle!

[DSiemens]

Thanks William.