I'm not sure how interesting it might be to folks here, but this morning I received notification that Quinetic are auctioning off some model ships.
The collection of ships offered for auction are all commissioned custom hand built to a 1/50th scale from copper by craftsman (Pre DERA) in the late 1970’s to the mid 1980’s, their purpose was not for display but for the signature data collection specific to the ship that they represent.
They are all manufactured from soldered copper, and have hollow flat drop bottom hulls.
Further details are to be found here:
http://www.ppauctions.com/eshots/20141128/