Best if you are going to sell started kits?

[ubjs]

Unfortunately, I have a few boats where I glued the frame but didn't get any further than that.
If I'm going to sell them, will it be easier to find buyers for them if I finish planking the hulls or try to remove the frames and possibly make some new ones?
Two of them are Billing boats Denmark and Arnanes.

 

[AllanKP69]

It may help if you post some photos.
Allan

 

[ubjs]

Sorry, but I don't have the opportunity to take photos of them now.
But the only thing that is built is the frames glued with white glue to the keel.

 

[Smithy]

I am assuming that you plan to sell on eBay.

I recommend that you dismantle the frames using alcohol to soften the glue. This will make packing easier.

However, when advertising the kits you must mention that they are started, and you should expect to get very low prices for them.

 

[Y.T.]

People are reluctant buying started kits as
- it is main enjoyment of working on the kit from very beginning
- people are anticipating some errors done by original builder which will be hard to fix
As mentioned above I would suggest to unglue and restore the parts to their original state.
It is required to mention what you had done with the kit when selling it.

 

[KAYAK GIRL]

Just an encouraging thought: When I started wooden boat building, I bought boats on EBAY that had been started because they were less expensive, but my thinking was that if it needed better work, a mistake was had, or whatever, it would give me the experience making corrections working with wood and learning how to plank! I truly believe it helped me having that experience on something inexpensive, so I would know how to fix my own "oopsies."

One that I got for super cheap had been started by the Seller's dad. It was meticulous, so I have held getting more experience, hoping I can finish it as meticulously. Then, I want to surprise the Seller and send the finished model back to him.

BTW: I LOVE this site. I am a 71-year-old female who started building in August 2022 to avoid RX for RA. Spent a month with plastic models including the USS Constitution by Revell. In Sept 2022 met Nic Dumac (sp) at BlueJacket and got hooked on wood. At the present time, I have a bench for wooden models and another for plastic military models, building for a local military museum.

Thank you for such an inspiring site!

Blessings!

 

[fourseas]

Several years ago a friend appeared at my door with a hull from a badly constructed model of a Billings Cutty Sark along with the rest of the kit and fittings which he had purchased at a garage sale for $12 dollars. After tearing things apart ( the bow was the width of a barge) I was able to use all the bulk heads, timbers for the masts, and fittings to construct a descent model. Personally, I don't think anything will turn you into a scratch builder any quicker than trying to salvage a ship model which has already been started (destroyed ) by the original owner. I don't think a kit which has already been started at one point will ever bring a big dollar return.