Curiosity motivated Exploration

                In my initial research I looked at ships/messages in bottles as you all are aware, however a somewhat obvious detail that somehow managed to pass me by was the method in which people could actually place a solid ship model through the narrow necked of a bottle.

                And so I ask how do you get a ship into a bottle?

Wikipedia despite its bad reputation for meddling with facts has prevailed for me this time, and enlightened me in this matter, and here it is for you.

“There are several ways to put a ship inside a bottle. The simplest way is to rig the masts of the ship and raise it up when the ship is inside the bottle. Masts, spars, and sails are built separately and then attached to the hull of the ship with strings and hinges so the masts can lie flat against the deck. The ship is then placed inside the bottle and the masts are pulled up using the strings attached to the masts.^[1][2] The hull of the ship must still be able to fit through the opening.^[3] Bottles with minor distortions and soft tints are often chosen to hide the small details of the ship such as hinges on the masts.

Alternatively, with specialized long-handled tools, it is possible to build the ship inside the bottle.”

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impossible_bottle#Ship_in_a_bottle)