| That seems to be about the going rate for these things although this one may be a touch on the high side. I have seen others slightly larger going for about the £1500.00 mark.
I personally think the prices are being inflated by these so called antique dealers. What this model has to merit it as an antique I don't know.
The standard plant runs at about £500.00 with say another hundred for tanks, valves fixtures etc. The model should be around £200.00-£300.00 and a two channel radio 50 quid.
An open launch is not the most challenging of model boats to put together and models such as this one are supplied with fibre glass hulls so it's not even a wooden hull.
I would say that a thousand is plenty for something such as this but, as long as there are idiots prepared to pay these prices and there are so called antique dealer prepared to sell them, we are going to see prices such as this.
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