There is something called retail price and wholesale. If you buy a pair of jeans at your neighborhood Chique Boutique, you're buying retail, but if you go to China and buy a boatload of jeans directly from the manufacturer, you're buying wholesale. Obviously, because you are buying 1000ths of those Jeans, the price per pair would be much, much cheaper...then, in your own store, you put the price tag as you consider profitable...Hello Darren, Jim, thank you for your answers. Yes, it may be that eight years ago I was very lucky to discover the ebay offer when browsing the net for the model of the Confederacy. Yes, there is inflation, but the example of this special model showed me that there is a wide range of prices depending on the provider.
Werner
That' s true, enjoy your build!I wish I could keep it, but, Im starting a scratch build of a 1/48 Le Fleuron and this will most likely take me 6-8 years to build if not more, im 51 now so time is running out haha, so many models so little time!
Another explanation for the lower price you paid could also be that some years back the owner of Model Expo used to offer substantial discounts on his kits.I am sometimes wondering how the prices differ between different providers. I bought my model of the Confederacy back in Sept 2014 as an ebay offer for $ 310,09 plus $ 53,11 fees and shipping
Greetings
Werner
This may beAnother explanation for the lower price you paid could also be that some years back the owner of Model Expo used to offer substantial discounts on his kits.
Same tough for me, I Will have 60 in septembre and my Bounty and HMS Fly are on the shelves. I hope I will have time for s POF kit or a big galeon !That' s true, enjoy your build!
I hope to finish my Confederacy next year, then I will continue with a started model of an AIDA cruise ship from Revell. After that I' m looking forward to build another historic sailing ship
As a future build of an historic sailing ship I can imagine the POF kit of the sloop "Speedwell" which is actually developed by Chuck Passaro, see the topic at www.modelshipworld.comSame tough for me, I Will have 60 in septembre and my Bounty and HMS Fly are on the shelves. I hope I will have time for s POF kit or a big galeon !
I saw it. Seem's really good as the Winchelsea. But it is a sloop. I wait for a real old big spanish galeon of good quality. I saw nothing in the market as POF. Dusek have the Nuestra Señora de la Concepción y de las Ánimas as POB. Or the Occre version of San Idelfonso wich I am not sure of the wood quality. I have the HMS Fly as a sloop (british) and do not want to make an another similar.As a future build of an historic sailing ship I can imagine the POF kit of the sloop "Speedwell" which is actually developed by Chuck Passaro, see the topic at www.modelshipworld.com
Looks like you did a huge bargain... That's a damn good kit!I am sometimes wondering how the prices differ between different providers. I bought my model of the Confederacy back in Sept 2014 as an ebay offer for $ 310,09 plus $ 53,11 fees and shipping
Greetings
Werner
I'm 54 and I'm esperiencing your very same warries. "How many good models i'm allowed until I pass away" ... hahah!I wish I could keep it, but, Im starting a scratch build of a 1/48 Le Fleuron and this will most likely take me 6-8 years to build if not more, im 51 now so time is running out haha, so many models so little time!