Hi, At ITALERI site it's marked 35 € (Euro). HTH

The price at Blast Models in France is 36 US dollars. http://www.phpshopxml.com/blamod.shop/CID/dd96a2185d02f34d8227398e1508c481/function/itemPageDisplay/shopItemCode/ITL5612 A suggestion/request to people who take pics, of something like this, for reviews... it would be really helpful to have a figure or a built model next to the items for size comparison. Hisham

Yes, perhaps though someone will launch (literally ) the Graf Spee in 1/35th though? I qualified my comments later on with this - and yes, I DO know the difference between a boat and a ship...

Me likey..............

Hmmm.. Seems that I#m the only one who found 35 Euros for some flat styrene pieces a bit pricey?!?!

$45 - $50 may seem a little pricey, but so is a model vehicle. Considering you get nearly a two foot length by 8 inch deep platform to work with, that 'aint bad. A similar piece could be scratch-built for maybe half the cost in materials and accessories, but then, not everyone wants to scratch-build. Wonder if the two sections can be assembled back-to-back to form a jetty, or pier, surrounded on three sides by water.

Do you have the dimensions for the gauge of the rails built into the top deck (preferably in mm)?

Scale Hobbyist, which I find usually has the lowest price for almost anything, lists these for $42. They also have the shorter section with steps descending to water level for $27. If you live in New England, you often get next day delivery for their regular shipping price. I have several sections of these, and as I recall the track is a correct 41 mm for 1:35 SG. LINK Actually, the only thing new is their packing two of them in a single box. There's no reason they couldn't be built back to back, but you'd have to create a convincing end facade. I agree that they're perhaps more appropriate for an industrial dio than a nautical scene. It could be really impressive with a gantry crane doing a road or rail to ship transfer (perhaps with the load in mid-air, and the ship not modeled), but it would be a scratch build. You could probably use structural castings from relatively inexpensive O-scale truss bridge kits, or even this Walthers HO scale bridge crane: CMK has a kit for a steam harbor crane, but I've never cared for the look of it - I think mostly because they represent the crane boom as a solid structure, with pseudo-lattice work cast on the side. It would be expensive, but you could keep the cabin and build a new boom, although it would be relatively easy to scratch something similar. I checked to see if anything might be available in the British 7mm model railroad scale (1:43.5), but no luck. Here's a Marklin HO scale digitally controlled gantry crane: LINK A skilled modeler might be able to build a larger superstructure around the mechanism, but it would be an expensive risk. If you do want something in the water, a barge would be easier to fit and perhaps more typical. Something like an LCM hull could be a possible starting point. Some were converted to ferries after the war, and an aggregate barge with the ramp welded closed might be reasonable - perhaps a railway wagon dumping coal into it. Maybe something along these lines: I found what looks like a good article on various types of cranes here: LINK Charles

Thanks for the info Charles.