Need Advice on unfinished tail!

[Kae]

Hey everyone!

Going to try to make a very long story short. I started my tail around 3 or 4 years ago, but I was never able to finish it. Now I have two halves of an unfinished tail and no time to devote to the hobby. It breaks my heart, but I think I need to try and sell it. We are turning a garage into a tiny home and have another baby on the way, we could use any money we can get!

Some details on the tail: The fluke has a core of clear lexan polycarbonate, which allows light to pass through like a fish fin! The shoe size is around 8 1/2 to 9. The foot pockets are Finis Zoomers. The two halves are unattached, but I have enough silicone to attach them. The tail is completely unpainted.

So! What I'm needing help with is deciding how much it's worth. If we decide it's only worth it's silicone price of $400 I'm keeping the tail! If you guys think it is worth enough that I should try listing it on ebay, I will.

Sorry about the terrible pictures. The tail is filthy from sitting uncovered so long. And the area I took the pics is dirty (it's the garage we're turning into a tiny home). The tail WILL be cleaned and look much better. Also the seams are pretty messy but face the back. Oh, and it isn't really sized, I'll measure it tomorrow but I had planned on trimming it down a bit in the waist.

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[Kae]

No ideas? :(

I think I will have to put it together and paint it to sell it. I thought an unpainted tail might be good for aomeone who wanted to do their own paint job.

[Theobromine]

I think at the very least you'll need to clean it up and get some better pictures (not a dis, just so people can get a better idea how it looks). It's probably best if you at least finish constructing it, too. Maybe someone would want to buy it and paint it themselves, but you also have to consider the age of the silicone and the fact that it's past its ideal bonding period. Paint won't bond as well to old silicone as it will to new silicone, and you might have some trouble with sealing it up, as well. I'd say it's still worth a try, though, just make sure you clean the silicone very thoroughly before sealing it up. Good luck!