USS Enterprise on Ebay

[Wolfala]

If I had the cash and a way to display it to do the ship justice - I would.

[Nilsen]

Outstanding model but only a very disturbed retard would pay that for it.

For 250 i would buy it. For 2500 id buy it as an investment.

[DiabloTX]

Originally posted by NUKE
It's definately painted.

I'm guessing he used a lot of styrene ( sp?) plastic, which is usually white,  and  some wood for the big things that require some strength just to hold together something that big.

But I can see what Nash is saying.....all the rigging/equipment/rails/ etc. and equipment is the exact same color grey, with no differing shades.

Still, it's painted....no way can it not be painted.....but he should have varied the paint shades a little on the details.

Navy only uses one shade of grey, Haze Grey.  Even when a new coat is put on over the old its only "slightly" lighter than the old coat.  He did good IMHO, looks like all the bird farms I unrepped back in the late 80's.


Oh, and Nash is an arse, always has been, always will be.

[Charon]

That is so unique It might just sell to some collector with the bucks and space. A good retirement fund if it works out. Wonder what he will start next

Charon

[Replicant]

It is cool.... but $250,000!  I bet you could commission someone to make one for a 10th of that.

[Skydancer]

Look don't knock it. That is a totaly amazing thing. A masterpiece. Should be in a Museum so that the public can enjoy.

[Red Tail 444]

Does that sum***** float? for 250k it better, and it better produce its own freshwater as well, otherwise it's a very expensive and extrordinarily well built dust collector.

[indy007]

Originally posted by DiabloTX
Navy only uses one shade of grey, Haze Grey.  Even when a new coat is put on over the old its only "slightly" lighter than the old coat.  He did good IMHO, looks like all the bird farms I unrepped back in the late 80's.


Oh, and Nash is an arse, always has been, always will be.

Nash has a very valid point though. Modelling is only 1/2 construction. The paintjob is weak. The model itself is amazing, but there's dozens of techniques you can use when painting personell, vehicles, etc... and I don't see any of them. Look at the deck crane. It looks like it's straight from a Tonka box.

[SuperDud]

If the planes are detachable, and I can make them do pretend CAP I'm....... IN

[Replicant]

Originally posted by Red Tail 444
Does that sum***** float? for 250k it better, and it better produce its own freshwater as well, otherwise it's a very expensive and extrordinarily well built dust collector.

Float?  Perhaps you want one of these instead?  Perhaps a little smaller but it can fit a man inside!




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[Seagoon]

Ya know,

I'd buy it, but then 2 days later, I'd find my sons sitting on top of it - having squashed almost everything on the deck - saying ! Within a week you'd know what every component was made out of it and have a rough estimate of their tensile strength.

Only the Tonka crane would survive.

- SEAGOON

[RightF00T]

Damn, thought it was gonna be the one from star trek

[Furball]

i would buy it, and promptly melt it using a blowtorch infront of the guy that made it

if i had the money to waste of course...

[-sudz-]

Many of his friends and relatives can not believe that he even considered parting with it.

This looks like a domestic deal to me.  The wife told him to get rid of it 'cause it's taking too much space and eating to much of his (read 'her') time.  Then he says he should at least sell it.  She's okay with that.  The $250,000 pricetag is so that no one will buy it and he gets to keep it - "I tried, honey.  I'll put it up for auction again next year.  Meanwhile I'll add this and this and this to make sure it's more valuable then."

Pretty cagey, I'd say.

- sudz

[midnight Target]

At the Air and Space Museum.

Also at the A&SM