Putting a ship in a bottle

Ship in a bottle. This is a model of a Brigantine it's about 2 1/2 inches long. It's built so that the masts may be folded and this allows it to be inserted into the bottle. You can see that I pull on the threads to make the masts return to their proper position inside the bottle. Later I reach in with a stick and put a drop of glue onto every bit of thread as it exits the ship model. I let it dry and then I cut it off.

[@LosCoombs]

The most anticlimactic search idea I’ve had yet

[@1992jamo]

I feel the same. I wish I had kept the magic alive. I honestly thought these were painstakingly made by a 100 year old man using tweezers and surgical loupes.

[@sark-]

Damn, same...

[@johnathanbrown9192]

And here I thought they built the ship in the bottle

[@anguish.]

Jon Brown same

[@pewpew1159]

I thought they built the bottle around the ship

[@valentinosiracusa9103]

The bigger boats are made inside the bottles

[@purple-crayon]

Same 😭

[@alexpollard450]

I was in a magicians club that never really went anywhere, but one time I won a raffle and got this tiny ship in a bottle kit. I had such a fun time building it but they are frustrating.

[@Concepcion30]

I always thought they somehow built the bottle around the ship!

[@crweewrc1388]

Same

[@shweeppsm2656]

Me too

[@Chelsey-Ann]

Same 😂😂😂 was just debating with my bf and came to look

[@JG-oc8ov]

This pissed me off for some reason, it shouldn't be that easy

[@nobitwhat8325]

J Garcia I had the same feeling

[@pregnantnun6873]

...Same...

[@catseance]

same 😂😂

[@Him-cx7fh]

It probably takes years of practice

[@AJ-xc4nm]

I know, ever since I was a kid I thought it was some kind of craft that takes years to master...this feels like cheating.

[@FlameSlayer1901]

and here I was thinking for years they just sliced off the edge of the bottle and put it back

[@dadchisugamama5838]

LMAOO PLSS SAME 🤚😭😂🤣

[@shawoo]

Same

[@goldentoast69]

Same hahah

[@istopdabbingnowok1455]

Oh so that's how they do it

[@garetkonigsfeld2]

I wish youtube was around when my grandfather was alive. I always tell people it's a working ship. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@RealCoolGuy]

UA-cam...ruining the wonders of our childhood...

[@HalitorianEmpire]

Finally, I can rest peacefully.

[@lirey9768]

This is really cool and interesting and all, but did anyone else feel physical pain as they folded the masts down??

[@riseabovehate9476]

Haha same. I was worried if that would distort the ship

[@FloppyFlipFlap]

Yea, I was like “Isn’t going to get ruined?”

[@spinf.6662]

The sounds were very satisfying

[@drankfrebin]

I'm kind of disgusted this is how it's done
I expected some 107 year old Chinese man doing it with precision tweezers and tools and techniques that have been around for centuries

[@kay-bc3vl]

Same - I’m mortified

[@auggiecontreras8068]

That's some good CGI. Real ship in a bottle is made by cutting the glass in half, then gluing it back together.

[@capi9445]

Bro what

[@bfnfamily]

My childhood question is answered.

[@Geojr815]

I always thought they built the ship from back to front using long tweezers and real small pieces

[@Autisticguywithacamera]

So that's how it's done? I always wondered how they made ships in bottles.

[@DarkGravity03G]

I always thought they just made the glass around it using two half bottles XD

[@alexletiny5155]

​@@DarkGravity03G or (according to the top comment at the time of saying this) building this ship INSIDE the bottle.

[@DarkGravity03G]

@@alexletiny5155 They'd need some very skinny fingers for that or something lol -and a LOT of patience.

[@alexletiny5155]

@@DarkGravity03G or, yknow, long tweasers and surgeonlike persision

[@DarkGravity03G]

@@alexletiny5155 Yes, like metal fingers. Same thing lol jkjk

[@Kirito178-]

and then after he folded down the sails he realised there were no hinges under them and he had just snapped them in half

[@tharris7290]

This is like surgery

[@jasperastra]

Well the curiosity was far more interesting than the answer 😂

[@patchet315]

my curiosity was not satisfied and satisfied at the same time

[@bigbadzeus8321]

Put this under solved Mysteries right beside Shrimp Fried Rice

[@MariusYT1]

And finnaly after years of thinking about this when im in bed trying to sleep doing my homework gaming taking a walk doing working at school I finnaly know it and I can rest peacefully

[@Alicia-ip7gz]

sure, but how did special agent gibbs get his boat o u t of his basement??????

[@TheBasher-_-]

Lmao

[@DoodleDan]

Why do I feel claustrophobic watching this

[@Miffwa]

that fast i nwas like how they do that.

[@user-LLPp9yy9om4sos]

Excellent 👍👍👍
Bravissimo 👏👏👏

[@TheRealAnakinSkywalker66]

I feel like the only one they cut the bottle in half, put the ship in, and put on the other half with a clear glue but they use such a thing but strong glue it looks like nothing was cut

[@A.M.D.S.]

When I Was little, I thought people just made the bottle arround the ship

[@UmairIftikhar]

same bro same

[@LuluBanzai]

My life was a lie

[@bwah9481]

Does it stay put though?

[@Yoohoohooo]

I've seen a version of this the opening of the bottle is small and the body si wide and there is a ship there like wtf that method wouldn't work on that bottle 😅😅

[@mijitomx8314]

Who came here from good mythical mornin

[@Kirito178-]

me

[@still_a_piece_of_garbage9944]

What am I doing here? It’s 2 in the morning, I have school tomorrow. I didn’t even ask for this

[@dravenpalmer]

So that's how they do it.

[@Angrybird_Ringpop]

So that's how they're made

[@alyssiastryker8295]

Wait what about the ones made out of glassl

[@theseancolnel]

Well that explain everything

[@mattdcay2126]

Is this the Privateer Ship in a bottle kit

[@minh-hieunguyen6096]

Now take it out please 😂😂😂😂

[@lusting1000]

CHISTOSO EL BARCO AUNQUE POCO DETALLADO

[@Kirito178-]

yeh very little detailed tho dont know why you needed all caps

[@drankfrebin]

@@Kirito178- YEAH ME EITHER

[@Cobaltoad]

this is some next level shit

[@kuyamofransheesh]

now to scratch off one of the things that is bothering my curious mind

[@S.Gamedev-zc2wp]

Does it hurt the ship

[@kosmik_goddess_sumoochi]

Where can I find a ship like this I would like to try this hobby 😊

[@The_belligerant_servo_skull]

Buying something completely made isn't hobby. Build it.

[@adrianmendoza3170]

Where can I buy these ships from

[@sanjanrifty8424]

What is that blue goo in the bottle?

[@mr.peanutbutter6969]

I think it's blue whale seamen. Arrgh

[@crazywind3214]

Plastaseal

[@BillMcHale]

It's something to simulate water so the ship looks like it is sailing. It could be a number of things, putty is traditional, plasticene is more common.

[@bababooey5314]

when I ws kid, maybe 5 or 6, my father would ask me stupid sht like this. Well I am 60 years old now and finally know how it's done. FU dad - you should have just taught me. I didn;t get it

[@VenHayz]

Well, that answered the question pretty fucking fast.

[@Ridli8476]

my whole life was a lie..

[@Michael97Moore]

Me too bro

[@Great-Santini]

How do he get the strings off the boat

[@Rust_Rust_Rust]

They use a stick with glue to glue part of the strings to the front of the ship then use a sticks with a razor blade to cut off the rest of the string. This makes it so the string holding the sails is glued down to the ship and sails stay up.

[@teekay7460]

Still didn't actually show us...

[@ShayDSoles]

oh

[@annamariamoci5835]

i screamed

[@focusmicro]

ok

[@housememe9210]

7/10, bit tacky but so is your voice lol

[@KevinRegalado1117]

hewwo

[@TheJimmyjimmyB]

Sham it's all a sham

[@chrishandy76]

Lost your voice?

[@AgentZoro]

What? I can’t hear you Chris. I see words

[@dbraven1981]

Cheating

[@ApostolosChionas1]

Had no idea!!!