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HMS Laurentic is a 1/1250 scale waterline metal model of the transatlantic liner as an armed merchant cruiser between 1914 and 1917. This model was made by CM Miniaturen, CM-P1223. The model is in light grey overall, see photograph.

Z31 is a second-hand, 1/1250 scale, waterline, metal model of a German Super Destroyer completed during WW2. This factory painted model is in good, original, condition and was made by Neptun in Germany, catalogue number, 1061A; see photograph.

The weight of the twin turret made these ships very wet in a seaway and many were fitted with a single gun in a lightweight shield to reduce pitching.

Z9-14 represents a group of German Destroyers completed around the outbreak of WW2. This is a second-hand, 1/1250 scale, waterline model that was cast and painted by Navis Neptun in Germany, and given the catalogue number, 1064. This model is is in very good condition, see photograph.

Four members of this sub-class were at the Battle of Narvik.

USS Fletcher is a second-hand, 1/1250 scale, waterline, metal model of the famous WW2 standard wartime utility Destroyer of the US Navy. Themodel is fully painted at the Navis Neptun factory in Germany and has catalogue number 1361. This model is in very good, original conditin, see photograph.

USS Gearing is a second-hand, 1/1250 scale, waterline, metal model of USS Gearing made and painted by Neptun in Germany, catalogue number 1360A. Essentially a stretched Sumner type, both classes continued to give long and active service in post war years in various guises (see the Fram conversions) and in many Allied navies.
This model is in very good condition. The casting is sharp and the painting overall is to a good . There is a small area of the mast with a blemish in the paintwork, more marked on the port side facing the camera (see photograph).

USS Alaska and Uss Guam is a pack containing two second-hand 1/1200 scale, waterline models of the large cruisers with 9x12in guns. The models are white metal castings of Alaska by Authenticast and Superior and painted in the different camouflage patterns that were on the ships in 1944 and into 1945, see photographs. These models are in very good condition and since they came to Antics from the same collector, we have kept them together as a pair.

HMS Emerald is a second-hand, 1/1250 scale, waterline, metal model of a Royal Navy light cruiser during WW2 by Neptun, catalogue number 1147. The model is in excellent, original condition (see photograph).

Nachi is a second-hand, 1/1250 scale, metal, waterline model of the Japanese heavy cruiser in WW2 by Neptun, 1233. This model is in excellent condition, see photgraph.

Montecuccoli is a second-hand, 1/1250 scale waterline, metal model of the Italian light cruiser in WW2 by Neptun 1542. This model is in excellent, original condition, see photograph.

This HMS Edinburgh is a second-hand, 1/1250 scale, waterline metal model of the ship  as built modelled by Albatros SM, Alk82A. This model is no longer available, having been replaced in the catalogue by Alk82A-n with the raised bulwarks and beakwaterwhich were fitted to the ship after a major refit designed to allow her to carry more AA defences well forward. This second-hand model is in excellent condition, see photograph.

HMS Glasgow is a 1/1250 scale, second-hand. waterline, metal model of a Type 42 destroyer by Albatros SM, Alk83. This model is in excellent, original, condition, see the photograph. This particular model represents the ship after her 1991-2 refit.

This Naval  Harbour Set is a second-hand Hornby Minic from the 1970s. All models are present and in good, original condition, see photograph. The cardboard box lid is a little torn and scuffed but the contents are complete , including the unique Hornby parts.

This HMS Ocean is a 1/1250 scale second hand model of the LPH in her early days. This model has dark green landing craftand these were original on models made at that time
This model is in very good original condition; the deck printing is above average but the grey spray painting has failed to reach into some port side recesses and undercuts and the mast on top of the island hasa slight S bend, see photograph.

Yamashiro is a Fuso-class battleship after updating before WW2. This is a second-hand, 1/1250 ascale, waterline, metal model made by Neptun, catalogue number 1204a. The model is in very good condition but the original casting has a slight fault around the aircraft-handling crane on the port quarter, see photograph.


She met a spectacular end when faced by a whole fleet of American Battleships in the night action of Suriago Straight, the last battleship gun action of WW2.

Salt Lake City is a second-hand, 1/1250 scale, waterline, metal model of USS Salt Lake City in 1943 by Neptun 1336A. The model is in very good condition, see photograph.

Atlanta is a second-hand, 1/1250 scale, waterline, metal model of USS Atlanta in 1942 by Neptun, catalogue number 1341. This model is in excellent condition,see photograph.

USS Marblehead is a second-hand, 1/1250 scale, waterline, metal modell in "as new" condition at a saving on the new price. The model is made by Neptun, model number 1343A. See photograph

Texas is a second-hand, 1/1250 scale, waterline, metal model of USS Texas in 1943 by Navis Neptun 1308. This model is in excellent, original condition, see photograph.

Frobisher is a 1/1250 scale, waterline, metal model of a Hawkins-class cruiser at the end of her active life as a bombardment ship for the D-Day landings in 1944. This particular model is second-hand but it is in superb, original condition, having been stored under glass and out of direct sunlight for over 20 years.

Emden is a second-hand, 1/1250 scale, waterline metal model of a light cruiser built in the 1920s to provide a modern training ship for the small German Navy permitted by the Treaty of Verseilles. This example is in excellent, original condition and is a fine example of Navis Neptun production in the heyday of the company, see the photograph of Neptun 1045.

Modelled as she was at the start of WW2.

All the German light cruisers suffered from having a short range and rarely strayed outside the Baltic during WW2. Nurnberg survived the war and was transferred to USSR in 1946 to be renamed Admiral Makarov.

Mobile gantry crane for handling containers shoreside at smaller ports or conjested locations. See photograph. These models are made by Rhenania Junior as accessories for his Rolldock Star ship models. One blue crane per pack.

Strasbourg is a second-hand, 1/1250 scale waterline , metal model of the French battlecruiser in 1939-42. Made by Neptun, catalogue number 1403 this model is in excellent, original condition (see photograph).