I was really proud when . . .

[motorhomeless]

I was really proud when I completed this little lighthouse . . .

 

I was excited when I found this uniquely shaped bottle at a junk shop . . . 

 

But I was REALLY PROUD when I got the lighthouse into the bottle . . . 

 

And now for a ship !

[LarryEA]

Hey, You should be quite pleased, that is well worth showing. Thank you.

[Gordster]

Well for sure, you should be happy...fantastic job there.

[Scrolling Steve]

You should be proud!...Nice work!......So are you going to tell me how you got it in the bottle!?

[LarB]

And so you should be...that's a great achievement, and nice job! Looking forward to the ship

[amazingkevin]

AMAZING!!!!!

[terrylee]

I give up,How Did You Get That Lighthouse IN THE BOTTLE                   

[DWSUDEKUM]

Excellently done.   That would be nice to grace anyones nautical decor.  Thanks for sharing this with us.

 

DW 

[Lucky2]

Now that's something different, you should be very proud of your skills. Thanks for sharing it with us.

Len

[wombatie]

Does the bottom come off the bottle? Looks great.

 

Marg

[motorhomeless]

Thanks, everyone, for your kind words.  I am a bit proud of this one and it wasn't really that difficult.

 

The ocean is just a thick piece of fabric that naturally was able to be folded to fit through the neck of the bottle and manipulated with a long stick, actually a chopstick, until it lay flat. Prior to dropping it in I dabbed a few random drops of slow drying epoxy to hold it in place.

 

The island with the rocks is a small piece of plywood that is cut lengthwise so that it folds in half and is hinged with a thin piece of fabric. Folding it in half allowed it to be slipped through the neck and then opened like a book once it was inside.

 

The small house was made in two pieces that fit through the neck and were keyed together for alignment with a small dowel pin. They were slipped through the neck separately and glued together in place inside the bottle. 

 

Similarly, the lighthouse cap and lenses fits atop the tower like a bottle cap and is just small enough in diameter to slip through the neck.

 

The tower itself had to be cut lengthwise into four segments and each one slipped through independently. The base of the tower incorporated a square tenon which fit into a matching mortise in the plywood island to help hold the four pieces together at the base just as the "bottle cap" aspect of the cap and lenses held the four pieces together at the top.  

 

It really was a fun project.

 

Regards to all,

 

Stan 

[lawson56]

Stan it is Awesome.just Awesome! I can understand the since of Pride you have withe your Lighthouse.It is Amazing! :thumbs:

[bobscroll]

Really nice neat work Stan, Thank you for posting,

Bob           

[Honeycow]

That's a definite eye catcher!

[frankorona]

Amazing work!! Looks great.      

[Multifasited]

Well deserved Pride !Excellent !!!

[penquin]

That is great.  Don't think I would ever try it but you did one great job on it.  Even after reading how you did it I am still amazed how it came together.  Thank you for showing this to us.

jim

penquin