I'm not sure why, but I always put the background behind why I am selling things. I spent ages trying to get one of these - they seem to have been out of production for a few years. I bought it purely because I wanted the Gunboat, and it was not available separately (I already have a Flyhawk HMS Hermes to build). The intention was to buy this, build the gunboat and the Flyhawk Hermes and sell just the Aoshima Hermes, but I've now sourced a model of IJN Suma, which can be built as a similar gunboat.
So if you aren't bored and are still reading this, this is unbuilt, still in the bags and complete - I have only opened it to check the instructions to make sure Suma was similar enough and to check what weapons I should source for it. All the parts are still in the bags. It also has the metal weight to put in the base. My starting price is just under what I paid for it - it was blooming hard to find one that was under £80 at the time, and I had to get it from Japan! I normally post within two working days of payment.
PLEASE NOTE, the box has a photo of a photo etch set - this is an Advert for an additional product that can be purchased separately