Building Model Ships To Sell

Building  Model Ships to Sell
Published Tuesday, 3rd May, 2022
This download discusses the pros and cons of selling ship models, and a lot of advice  based on my experiences of more than 50 years of ship modelling, and selling..
Subjects covered,: 
Selling kit-built models..   Selling Scratch-built models.   Advice on what types to build
Auction houses.  Online selling.   Private selling
Cost overheads, fee and commission deductions, Income Tax  etc
This download, if printed, will make an A4-sized document of 22 pages,
With 5,255 words and 38 images of various grades of ship models built by myself over the past fifty years.    Examples of auction estimates, and prices actually realised.
Sample auction house results of a selection of ship models built by others.
A list of where to find plans of merchant sailing ships, steamships, or motor ships in books.
I have not covered selling warship models in any great detail as I do not build them, although some examples of auction sales for warships are included.   But the principle is the same for all ship models.
A number of interesting links are also included, that will work as long as your computer, tablet etc, is connected to the Internet at the time.