So why should we expect to have our pleasure and then expect someone else to pay for it ( for that is what you are doing if you expect a high price for your now unwanted model).
This sort of quote really annoys me. It is the mental attitude of a lot of model boaters nowadays. They want everything for nothing.
I advertised a lot of model boat stuff a few months back, and the people who came to see me and purchased, got a lot more than what they paid for, didn't we Stav. Unfortunately I still have two rather expensive boats left, never to be finished or sailed again, purely because the cost of building them with all the interior electronics cost far more than I put them up for sale for.
Am I not supposed to try and recoup some of my losses because I cannot build them any more, or sell them to someone who thinks I should give them away because I have had a bit of pleasure out of making them.
I build my boats with quality in mind and to last, and there are many of them in careful hands being enjoyed by people over twenty years after I have made them. Personally I would rather put them into the loft and let them rot away rather than be forced into letting them go for a pittance. In fact in a couple of months I am redoing all my workshop, so if they don't go, they will be put up in the loft until I snuff it, then they will most probably end up down the local tip.
Yet these sort of people will buy off the wheelie bin shop (sorry ebay), and are surprised when they get a bagful of garbage that takes more money to put right than the original kit cost.
I don't think that £650 for a part built kit that has WELL over £1000 invested in it is a bad buy, and even at that stage it has more time invested because of the special anchor winch that I have manufactured and slomo units that have been put into it. Again bits not found on ordinary models. All the hard work and research has been done, just cosmetic from now on.
Very sorry gents, you want quality, you got to pay for it. You want junk and hassle, go buy it from elsewhere, you will soon have a big enough collection of junk to burn on bonfire night (or pass on to some other gullible person after a BARGAIN on ebay).
Just don't think that all modellers make junk. Some of us do care how we build them, and we would not think of overcharging for our time and expertise.
John