Ahoy!!

[mostangrypirate]

how's this for a ship in a bottle?

 

[snowman56]

very cool

 

[B727phixer]

That looks awesome... Did you cast it? and if you did would you care to share your cool trick?

 

[pianomanpj]

Sweet! That's gonna be a bottle stopper, yeah? Nice job, Paul!!

 

[PenTurnerfromMaine]

Very nice take on the concept

 

[Tn-Steve]

Cool... I'm sure somebody will honestly want to know how you built that in there.

Nice work, look great in a bottle of Capt. Morgan I'm sure

 

[mostangrypirate]

yeah it's a bottle stopper. I used a testors decal. the method is not worth talking about until I figure out a better way. if you look at it from any other angle, you can see the ceal too good. it looks like a stink is in there. maybe someone can take this idea and make it better.

 

[massmans]

It is pretty easy to cast items in bottle stopper blanks with PR. You would just need to find a ship around 1" diameter or a tad bigger. The pour your base color about 3/4" deep and let harden. Then place the ship in the middle of your mold (i use pill bottles). Then pour clear pr on top and put it under vacuum. I do mine for about 20 minutes. Then put it under pressure. I usually open the paint pot and check it between vacuum and pressure to make sure the item hasnt moved. I also check it about an hour into pressure. After that the clear layer will start to harden.

I attached a picture of a metal flower brad from the scrapbooking section of most craft stores.

 

[mostangrypirate]

I have put objects in the stoppers before, I wanted to see how the decal thing would turn out cuz I was thinkin maybe I could put names and words in there. I would like to find a tiny pirate ship. may lego has'em....