Rich1234 Posted December 1, 2023 Share #1 Posted December 1, 2023 Hello, I am looking at buying a ship and I am wondering if this site is reputable? https://www.shipmodelshop-store.com/about-us/ Thanks. Keith Black 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted December 1, 2023 Share #2 Posted December 1, 2023 I wouldn't trust them. All of their kits are listed for under 100 GBP -- an extremely unlikely proposition. allanyed, Keith Black, Rik Thistle and 2 others 5 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Hawker Hurricane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Black Posted December 2, 2023 Share #3 Posted December 2, 2023 (edited) A bit sketchy to say the least. For example the 1:100 Mantua Amerigo Vespucci model is normally $400.00 plus but they're selling it for 95.99 pounds. I didn't play with adding the kit to a cart and seeing what shipping cost are. I think the old saw 'if something seems too good to be true, it probably is' applies. https://www.shipmodelshop-store.com/amerigo-vespucci-ship-model-kit-mantua-models-799/ Rich, welcome to MSW. I wish you the best in search of a kit. Glad to have you aboard. Edited December 2, 2023 by Keith Black allanyed, mtaylor and Rik Thistle 3 Quote Current Builds: Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee Decorative Carrack Warship Restoration, the Amelia Completed: Early Swift 1805 Model Restoration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich1234 Posted December 2, 2023 Author Share #4 Posted December 2, 2023 Thanks for the quick responses. I will look elsewhere. Appreciate the feedback mtaylor, Keith Black and thibaultron 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark P Posted December 2, 2023 Share #5 Posted December 2, 2023 And everybody here will appreciate your doing so, I assure you. Theft of another's work undermines the whole ethos behind developing a kit in the first place. All the best, Mark P mtaylor, allanyed and Keith Black 3 Quote Previously built models (long ago, aged 18-25ish) POB construction. 32 gun frigate, scratch-built sailing model, Underhill plans. 2 masted topsail schooner, Underhill plans. Started at around that time, but unfinished: 74 gun ship 'Bellona' NMM plans. POB On the drawing board: POF model of Royal Caroline 1749, part-planked with interior details. My own plans, based on Admiralty draughts and archival research. Always on the go: Research into Royal Navy sailing warship design, construction and use, from Tudor times to 1790. Member of NRG, SNR, NRS, SMS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OllieS Posted December 2, 2023 Share #6 Posted December 2, 2023 The head office is a Poundland in Inverness Scotland. Presumably the CEO is sitting in the doorway. Keith Black, mtaylor and thibaultron 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanyed Posted December 2, 2023 Share #7 Posted December 2, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, OllieS said: Poundland That one threw me so I looked it up and it is what we in the US call dollar stores. NOT a place to find ship models or ship model kits. Their ads show finished models for the same price as kits, what's up with that? Allan Edited December 2, 2023 by allanyed Keith Black and mtaylor 1 1 Quote PLEASE take 30 SECONDS and sign up for the epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series. Click on http://trafalgar.tv There is no cost other than the 30 seconds of your time. THANK YOU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OllieS Posted December 2, 2023 Share #8 Posted December 2, 2023 25 minutes ago, allanyed said: That one threw me so I looked it up and it is what we in the US call dollar stores. NOT a place to find ship models or ship model kits. Their ads show finished models for the same price as kits, what's up with that? Allan You may also not know that we have a social problem with homeless unemployed (and employed unfortunately) who camp out in shop doorways amongst other places. That was of course a joke. In reality a genuine site has been hijacked and altered is my guess. In Britain the website would be co.uk not .com thibaultron, allanyed, Keith Black and 2 others 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Black Posted December 2, 2023 Share #9 Posted December 2, 2023 3 hours ago, OllieS said: In Britain the website would be co.uk not .com Of course........ *Keith dope slaps forehead. mtaylor and bridgman 2 Quote Current Builds: Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee Decorative Carrack Warship Restoration, the Amelia Completed: Early Swift 1805 Model Restoration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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