Sold a few of my models on eBay. Buyer collects of course. Sold my only scratch built Orca boat I built to a Jaws film fanatic who had a themed nightclub bar as decor. Also Quint from a resin kit I bought and painted. Got £1300 for them.
Here’s a question for all of the multiple ship builders
The Admiralty's comment was... " you can put them anywhere you like, as long as it's the basement. So I notified my next to the next of kin ( one level past my wife ) cinched up my belt and started moving her stuff to the basement to be with my stuff. AND THEN SHE CAME HOME.
couple of things about this..... I'm still alive, I have a couple of boats upstairs and there's 2 ( two ) people living here !
couple of things about this..... I'm still alive, I have a couple of boats upstairs and there's 2 ( two ) people living here !
Good question ! I would like to have kept all my models but I don't have much space. So, I kept the three oldest ones and sold the others.
Building model ships is a wonderful addiction, I don't intend to stop.
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So familiar!
Bill, I am in full agreement with your opinion of Billings Bounty, it is in fact a model of her in previous life as the collier 'Bethia'. I did a lot of mods following 'The Anatomy of Bounty.'- I've put mine aside having completed the hull. I've decided to sell off4 kits & build Caldercraft's Victory as a final model, then keep it on my desk (the only place suitable), no room then to build more, hoping, that is, I complete her!
You are right Luiz! It is an addiction. One that seems to take hold quickly. I am building my first and I am already thinking about the next ones!
Hi Bryian,
I have some models with no space to display. I would like to sell them, not looking for a great price just a good home.
Can you share with us how you sell them in Aus? eBay or gumtree or other, how do you transport them or pickup only?
I don't seem to have this problem. After three years I'm still working on the first one.
I like this book case. It’s deep enough to fit most of my “dream” builds!
As i step up in complexity with each new boat kit, it will take longer and longer to have to come to grips with the space problem.
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what happens to the model ship you build i guess depends on you attitude toward any art form.
Every year there is an ice sculpture show and these artists will spend days on carving fantastic pieces that in a few days end up as a puddle of water.
I asked these artists how they feel to see their work ment away. They all had the same answer which is "so what, i do it because i like doing it"
in the backround behind the red car an artist carved a moose you can see its head above the car. the entire town square is full of ice sculputure for only a few days and it is all gone.
so what happens to the model ships i build? i pile them up and when the pile gets to big i break them up and use them to start fires in my wood burning stove..
Why do it do that? well! because i just like designing and building them.
Every year there is an ice sculpture show and these artists will spend days on carving fantastic pieces that in a few days end up as a puddle of water.
I asked these artists how they feel to see their work ment away. They all had the same answer which is "so what, i do it because i like doing it"
in the backround behind the red car an artist carved a moose you can see its head above the car. the entire town square is full of ice sculputure for only a few days and it is all gone.
so what happens to the model ships i build? i pile them up and when the pile gets to big i break them up and use them to start fires in my wood burning stove..
Why do it do that? well! because i just like designing and building them.
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i do not think i would do that if i spent $700.00 on a kit. These are all scratch built and i have very little invested other than my time and i consider the time well spent.
I don't know. I have them stockpiled in a room and I just don't know what I am going to do.
I wonder if they would float in the St John river...
my sentiments exactly.I try to decide where I am going to put the next ship I am going to build and if I can't find a place I still order and build it
I put them on EBay with local pickup only. You cannot freight a ship model with masts and rigging.
Just because you like to design and build them doesn't justify using them as fireplace wood.
You could give away to someone or donate to a club of your choice...It is just the horrible end for those little models. they are born to die! this is not why we are building our models. But I guess we have a completely different opinion of what the model should be when you build it!