Low-end models are designed to save every penny possible.  They are mass-produced in the hundreds.  Here are some of their characteristics:
- Plastic hulls covered with wood veneer. 
- Chrome-plated plastic accessories. 
- Many parts are made from compressed paper, not wood, to save material cost and to avoid the costly wood treating process.
- Plug-in guns, not metal barrels on wooden carriages.   99% of all scratched built tall ships deploy plug-in guns.  They are either a gun attached to a square frame or a gun stuck into a wooden piece inside the hull.  The reason: building a tall ship with real interior decks and real guns on those decks takes too much time.  This is also the reason that ALL tall ship kits, even the high end ones priced over $1,000, have plug-in guns.