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Here is the history.
I opened a small shop in Berlin Schöneberg Hauptstraße in 1991.
Some time later I moved to Berlin Wilmersdorf to a bigger shop in Isoldestr.
Since I made my hobby my profession, I turned to model products.
I started the model series Optatus and WDS (World of Ship Miniatures).
I build the WDS and WDS-K original models myself.
Like for example:
HMAS Canberra,Savage,Niels Juel,Mizuho,Indrapoera,Baloeran and Gelria etc .
I have also adapted to the times and have had master models made as 3D prints.
These are as follows:
Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov,Marshal Nedelin,Crystal Endeavor,Kediri,Igor Belousov Project 21300,Akademik Nikolay Pilyugin,Seven Seas Navigator,Shturman Albanov and 50 Let Pobedy.
Which does not mean that I do not continue to build prototypes.
I have bought up other manufacturers in the course of time.
They were Sextant, Ostrowski, Vindobona, Bille, Argonaut and Aquarius.
After a while of production.
I decided to sell the original models and moulds with the series name Optatus.
As life goes, I got some of the original models and moulds back.
Since the series name Optatus was no longer available, I have now published my series completely under WDS World of Ship Miniatures.
In order to clearly distinguish the individual series and to show the collectors that the models have already been produced by another manufacturer, I have chosen the designation as for example
WDS LIZ AR.
I myself have marked my Optatus models with LIZ (licence).
I gave up the shop in Isoldestr. and started selling them on eBay in 2006.
Also via my homepage
www.schiffmini.de
collectors can have a look at all the models that have been released under the different series.
All models where the moulds are still in order can be reproduced on request.
Also the novelties can be ordered in advance under
Mail under : ka1164-293@ online.de
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Have a nice day Oliver&Martin

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