I've bid on a couple so far, watching many others. I'm fearful I won't win if I can't outbid the big eBay sellers who I'm sure will pick some off. I hope my "willing to pay price" exceeds their need for a certain margin. We'll see. I have several of the UK ships in 3D prints, that I will drop on eBay if I can get some authentic stuff. Thanks for the heads up! I'll try to help get you "under-extended" for sure.
Yeah this is my worry. There are some really good units but the quantity that others are able to buy at once and being able to pay more means if you're hunting for a ship or two it's a challenge to get it. Managed to snag one of the Bismarcks from last week's auction for $15 so I can give a go at that turret raising technique to try to even out their guns. I only had one of them so I didn't want to chance ruining it without having a backup unit.
Meanwhile seeing some of the sellers on last week's (and I'm sure this week will be the same) people were dropping $300-$400 on auctions in total. I can't compete with that. Lol
Yeah there were some that I really had some eyes on but is seemed like someone was grabbing them last second. I was able to nab an Arizona, Nevada, and West Virginia without selling my first born which was nice.
Also just a note Doug is awesome to work with and talk to, have had a few things from him pretty much each of his auction weeks. 10/10
2 Montanas I tossed some bids out there for, one for $16 and change, one for $21. Expected them to go higher so I was pretty surprised. They've bid and sold for $60+ on eBay so they've been out of the 'reasonable' price range for me for some time.
Side note.... I wonder if there are 3D 18-inch turrets out there somewhere. I could turn one into the USS Ohio design.
2 Montanas I tossed some bids out there for, one for $16 and change, one for $21. Expected them to go higher so I was pretty surprised. They've bid and sold for $60+ on eBay so they've been out of the 'reasonable' price range for me for some time.
Side note.... I wonder if there are 3D 18-inch turrets out there somewhere. I could turn one into the USS Ohio design.