Miniature Model Ship Practicum Dowlloads

[Bob WilsonParticipant @bobwilson59101]

I have recently been preparing a number of ship model building downloads at nominal cost. In the past, I produced the two below highlighted in green on CD disks that were actually mailed to the recipients. Eventually, production costs, plus postage made these too expensive, so I converted them to downloads, slashing the price by 50%. By clicking the links after the titles, you are not committed to purchase, but can read the synopsis of each document. Should you wish to go ahead, there is a Paypal button on each one and the system is fully automatic. On payment, the appropriate download is sent immediately. Miniature Shipbuilding is not for everyone, but many of my miniatures can be seen here on Model Boats where I have been a member for some time.
The following downloads are available:

Scratchbuilding Merchant Sailing Ships – A Dying Art

**LINK** (£2.49)

Merchant Sailing Ships Over Four Decades (Ship Modelling) **LINK** (£2.49)

Miniature Sailing Ship Construction –Norwegian barque “Svaerdstad” **LINK** (£4.99)

Miniature Steam & Motor Ship Construction – (Glenmoor & Kenya)

**LINK** (£4.99)

Miniature Shipbuilding notes – Arran Mail –

**LINK** (£1.49)
Three examples of my miniatures are shown here,Glenmoor, Norman Court & Kenya.

Edited By Bob Wilson on 13/07/2014 09:04:17

Edited By Bob Wilson on 13/07/2014 09:05:39

Edited By Bob Wilson on 13/07/2014 09:06:51

[Bob WilsonParticipant @bobwilson59101]

[Bob WilsonParticipant @bobwilson59101]

The new EEC rules that came into force today, 1st January, 2015 have now put the stoppers on me (and thousands of others) selling downloads. It is too much hassle to deal with the administration. Here are more details for anyone who may be affected:

**LINK**

I have delated all my practicums!

Bob

[Dave_PParticipant @dave_p]

Sorry to hear this Bob.

I am glad I have purchased most of your downloads before this.

Cheers

Dave

[captainslogParticipant @captainslog]

there goes my cheapo online plans service then. (download ones anyway) quicker we have the in/out referendum the better

[Bob WilsonParticipant @bobwilson59101]

Thanks for replies. I am afraid it will not make the slightest bit of difference whether we are in the EEC or not. The rule is that anyone selling automatic digital downloads to any EEC country, is expected to pay them VAT!

Whether the largest countries, USA, Australia etc will go along with this is another matter, and digital sellers are already fighting hard against this. I even wonder if it can be enforced.

It is not the thought of paying the VAT that bothers me unduly (although I don't like the idea), but I am certainly not prepared to go to all the trouble of submitting four VAT returns each year for a small number of sales.

At the moment, I am still undecided about what to do. I do enjoy writing, but don't have the patience to wait for articles to be published, now that Conway Maritime's Shipwright has ceased to exist, (I wrote regularly for them since 1978) especially as there is very little interest in my specific field, (miniature merchant ships 1850 – 1965).

I toyed with the idea of writing some books along the lines of the late David R. MacGregor's Merchant Ship series, but preliminary enquiries showed that there is almost zero interest in late 19th century, early 20th century sail, these days. For several weeks I have been watching 21 MacGregor books on Ebay, all offered as Buy it Now at rock bottom prices and not a single one has sold. These are all books that years ago, I was paying the teens of pounds each for! Now they are hawking them for, in many cases, less than four pounds, with free delivery!

Bob

[Bob WilsonParticipant @bobwilson59101]

The e-book host that I used, Payhip, has now taken on the task of dealing with the VAT, so I have been able to put my sailing ship and steam/motor ship downloads back on again (Details on my website). The smaller ones are now being included in a proposed conventional printed book that I began when the new rules made it look like the end of the road for digital sales, so they are not going back on Payhip!

Bob

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