Need a Pirate Ship for your miniatures, check this bad boy out...

[FCWesel]

Need a Pirate Ship for your miniatures, check this bad boy out...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=14055&item=2284858642&rd=1

 

[francisca]

I don't use this word much, but that is one exquisite model.

 

[Wombat]

...wow...

I mean, I've seen some great mini work in my time, from straight paint to kitbashing, but that is amazing.

I am in awe...

 

[Patryn of Elvenshae]

My wife is buying it for me for Christmas.


...

Or not.

 

[TheAuldGrump]

Some of the model ship builders, particlarly the wooden hull modellers, are obsessed. I have seen some that were built plank by plank (like this guy). Beautiful models, but taking years to complete. The guy has earned every penny he gets.

The Auld Grump

 

[was]

While I agree that it is an impressive piece of work, I think that he'll be lucky to get half of what he wants for it. Not many people are going to go get that 2nd mortgage to buy a model. I think the ship is going to prove extremely difficult to sell, unless Donald Trump shops eBay.

 

[BOZ]

hey cool, i was born on a pirate ship...

 

[Li Shenron]

I've seen many of those wooden models in the past, and even considered it as a possible hobby for a while No doubt they are fantastic, and no doubt they take a long time and an extreme care and patience to build. But it doesn't strike me as odd that there are no bids yet. Not just because of the high price - 10k$ for a decorative furniture - but because the whole point of the hobby is in the building part, not in the finished ship

 

[Li Shenron]

...plus it's going to be a HUGE task to have the ship shipped ( ), I can barely imagine a more fragile object. I would only transport it by hand!

 

[NewJeffCTHome]

It's way too big for the standard miniature scale, I think. Most minis are about 1 inch high, or slightly taller. Say 1.125 inches high, which then translates to about 1:72 scale for a miniature, or maybe 1:64. Since the model ship is 10.5 feet long, it would translate into about 670 to 750 feet long.

Beautiful model, though.