How to they fit those model ships in a bottle?

[look 171]

I saw one today that was large and very detailed. Talking about having time on your hands, but how is it done?

[dw1]

The ships are build outside of the bottle and the masts "hinge" upward using an attached thread after inserting the model through the neck of the bottle.

There are many illustrations of this on the web, and here's a good one:

How to build a ship in a bottle - By Captain Dan Berg - YouTube

[GWN7]

Tiny little Ooompa Loompas. You pay them in pomegranate seeds.

[Bill Douglas]

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[intakexhaust]

Tall ship model makers -
I realize this isn't a sight for selling these types of things but thought I'd offer this vintage Billing Boats (Denmark) complete with fittings kit to any fellow Pelican (for a bargain) before flea-bay.

1:50 scale - Santa Maria #488 with seperate fittings kit #489. Perfect and complete except the plan print had been hanging and shows age. More pics available by request. PM if interested.

[fred cook]

Originally Posted by look 171

I saw one today that was large and very detailed. Talking about having time on your hands, but how is it done?

In addition to hinging/pulling into place the masts, sometimes the hull is inserted in layers using long tweezers. Getting the masts and rigging just right so that it hinges up into place is a real art form unto itself. When I was in elementary school, there was a neighbor that built these things. Sometimes he would let me sit and watch as long as I did not try to talk too much!

[Steve Carlton]

Aww, laddy...