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The Mike Earll Collection

 Scratch built perfection in 1/1200 scale    

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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 his 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 half a dozen models from the collection, and I've earmarked half a dozen more.

So far Jim has only scratched the surface of 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.

jprentice23@yahoo.co.uk

Here is a selection of the latest batch of ships Jim has unearthed, and which are now offered for sale:

Great Britain: HMS  Belfast (1939) light cruiser                                                       Great Britain: HMS  Garland (1935) "G" Class destroyer

Russia: Imperator Pavel (1910) pre-dreadnought battleship                                    France:  Voltaire (1911) semi-dreadnought battleship

Great Britain: HMS Bellerophon (1909) dreadnought battleship                                   Great Britain: HMS Alexandra (1875)  Central Battery Ironclad

Great Britain: HMS Sultan (1871) Central Battery Ironclad                                            Great Britain: HMS Inflexible (1881)  Turreted Ironclad

             Japan: Satsuma (1910) semi-dreadnought battleship                                               Germany: SMS Westfalen  (1910) dreadnought battleship

    Great Britain: HMS Inflexible (1908) battlecruiser                                                 Germany: SMS Bayern  (1916) dreadnought battleship

Great Britain: HMS Queen Elizabeth (1913) battleship c.1941                                               Germany: SMS Von Der Tann (1911) battlecruiser

                Germany: SMS Schliessen (1908) pre-dreadnought battleship                               Germany: SMS Wittelsbach (1902) pre-dreadnought battleship c.1916 (main guns removed)

           Great Britain: HMS Edinburgh (1939) light cruiser                                               Great Britain: HMS Sheffield (1937) light cruiser - c. 1944 (X turret removed)

Great Britain: HMS Royal Sovereign (1892) pre-dreadnought battleship                                  Great Britain: HMS Renown (1897) pre-dreadnought battleship

             Japan: Chitose (1936) Seaplane Carrier                                               Japan: Ise  (1916) battleship - as she looked 1937-43

 Italy: Bombadiere (1942) "Soldati" Class destroyer                                                  Great Britain : HMS  Legion (1939)    "L & M" Class destroyer

                  Italy: Giulio Cesare(1911) "Conti di Cavour" Class battleship   - as she looked 1937-43         Germany : Z-1 "lebrecht Maass" (1935)    "1934" (Maass type) destroyer  (Note: 1/600 scale model)

 Japan: Inazuma (1932) "Akatsuki" Class destroyer                                                  Japan : Mutsuki  (1925)  "Mutsuki" Class destroyer

Germany: Z-21  (1937) "1936" (Karl Gaalster) Class destroyer                        Germany: Z-27  (1940) "1936A" (Narvik) Class destroyer

United States: USS Baltimore [CL-68]  (1942) light cruiser                                    United States: USS Canberra [CAG-2] (1952) Guided Missile Cruiser c.1965

United States: USS Lloyd Thomas [DD-764]  (1947) Gearing Class Destroyer c.1965      United States: USS Chevalier [DD-805] (1945) Gearing Class Destroyer c.1965

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