Angus Konstam's Edinburgh Wargames
The Mike Earll Collection
Scratch built perfection in 1/1200 scale
I've included this page for two reasons - one is as a tribute to the skill of Mike Earll - a ship modeller who passed away recently, and also to help his pal Jim Prentice sell the collection of 1/1200 ship models on behalf of Mike's widow. Jim is a thoroughly nice guy, and approached me after visiting this website. I took one look at the ships and was hooked. So far I've bought about 16 models from the collection, but I want more!
Jim has slowly being going through Mike's collection, which runs to hundreds of ship models. These superb models are all up for sale over the next few months, as Jim ploughs his way through the boxes and sorts them out. they range from Pre-Dreadnoughts (my particular favourite) through the First World War to the Second World War and beyond. Jim is selling them for anything from £6 to £20 a model (excluding shipping), and given that these are hand-made and really beautiful, then I'm sure they'll all eventually find a good home.
The only problem is shipment - Jim lives in Motherwell (in Central Scotland), and these are fragile little beauties. As I live in Edinburgh this isn't really a problem, but for others it may prove a real challenge. I'll happily act as a collection point at wargame shows, but otherwise you best sort out the details with Jim himself.
Here are the latest models on offer from Jim Prentice.
I suspect some of the more modern ones aren't 1/1200 scale, but something a bit larger. Anyway, if you're interested, drop him an e-mail.
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American Civil War Pre-Dreadnought WW2 Coastal Forces WW2 Pacific