Title: The Model Boatbuilder,
Author: Shan Jayran

NEW NEW NEW!! TOP-QUALITY PRE-OWNED MODELS!!

After over 25 years of building boats to commission, for a wide variety of happy clients, I am delighted to announce a new venture; pre-owned boats. This is of course in addition to my famous “you want it, I’ll build it” service, which I am proudly maintaining. 
	 Consider the following advantages: 
1) There is no wait; everything on my pre-owned list is available without waiting for it to be built. 
2) The cost is usually between a quarter and a tenth of the cost of a professionally built commission. My commission rate of £7:50 per hour is very low for fine skilled work, but over the length of a complex build-up, 
time, and thus costs, inevitably mount up. 
It is very difficult to build a decently detailed scale model in anything under two hundred hours.
	There are some beautifully made models around, at ridiculously low prices, and I know where to find them. Sometimes the cost is very little more than the cost of the components to build the model. 
Very occasionally, it is even less!
3) Every pre-owned model has been carefully checked in my workshop, and test-run, on the bench and on the water. 
When you buy a pre-owned model from me, you can feel completely secure in the knowledge that you are taking over a going concern, a fully checked model, complete with radio control gear and batteries, 
which you can put straight in the water and sail away.
4) Even though the conditions of use are beyond my control, I will guarantee the mechanism of every pre-owned model for one month from the date of purchase. If something stops working in that period, I will fix it.

 Is stock all listed on this website?
No. Turnover tends to be rapid, and I doubt if I could keep the site updated fast enough. Email me for a current list, and let me know what sort of boat you are interested in. If you see something in my lists that you like, I strongly advise an immediate phone call. I am always happy to discuss boats with clients. And if you like the sound of it, then send a prompt cheque to secure it.

  Finders service:
If I don’t list something you want, this is the service for you. I do several weekly searches for good-quality pre-owned models, though several different resources, starting with my network of contacts, my knowledge of the trade, and the model boating community. If you don’t see what you want in my lists; let us know what you want, and I will search specially for it until I find it. There is no charge for this service.

  What’s in it for me?
Well, it’s why I’m in business, after all, so I feel it’s best to be honest about this. Of course, I do sell models on for more than I pay for them. But I certainly earn my money. Apart from putting an extensive knowledge of the boat modelling trade and community at your disposal, I also spend a lot of time searching for good models, I do a lot of tiresome “go-fetching”, and I also carry all the risk on your behalf. Since I’ve been trading second-hand, I’ve identified three attempts at the Nigerian Scam, several auctions where people were bidding against themselves to drive the prices up, and a couple of cases of goods not being at all as described. 
	The pre-owned market can be a bit of a jungle. If you want to venture into it, you may find comparable models at lower prices. But they won’t be checked over and guaranteed, they won’t have had their mechanisms serviced and tested, they probably won’t be complete (it’s quite rare to find a model with all the electronics in place), and that’s before you even get into any of the more arcane possibilities of outright bad practice. 
	For what you pay me, you purchase peace of mind. Since any hobby is supposed to afford you a release from life’s cares, not to add to them, I regard that as a very good thing.

The Model Boatbuilder.  0772 031 0057 or email me from the site www.modelboatbuilder.co.uk