Post your stash!

[kgambit]

I just got my digital camera working (finally). So I thought I would experiment and take a few pics. This is a pic of 90% of my unfinished kit collection along with some of the reference material and storage I use. (There's about 12 kits on the top shelf of the closet and another 8 on the workbench right now.)





All of those have been bought since January 2006.

[Capt. Vick]

As soon as the move into the new house is complete, I will post my stash as well! Until then I will look to yours to cure my separation anxiety

Stashers act as "(economic) force multipliers"; we do our part to stimulate the economy in the war against recession!

Thanks for posting!

Chew on this: What would happen to model companies if we bought and built one kit at a time?

[ozhawk40]

Great stash there kgambit. I spy plenty of raw material for the MTO build, and you can do up to four.

Cheers

Peter

[ccheese]

Why do you guys do this ???

Most of you have more models/kits than you can build in a lifetime. In that stash of kgambit's, there must be several
hundred dollars worth of kits. In another thread [What's on the workbench] guys posted pic's of closets full of model
plane kits. Some guys have room's full ! Altho I don't do plastic scale models, I never buy more than two balsa/tissue
flying models at a time. {There are 94 kits in that pic of kgambit's}

Anybody have an explanation or a reason ???

Charles

[Catch22]

Charles, with me, there really isn't a reason. I used to only buy one or two at a time, but lately if I see a kit I like I'll buy it to build "later". I think that's how it works for the rest of the guys here too. I don't like the fact that I do it, so as of late I'm trying to stop that. I do only have about 4 in reserve right now though.

[imalko]

....What would happen to model companies if we bought and built one kit at a time?

That is what I do mostly. Currently I have only three unfinished kits - Hurricane for MTO GB, Bf 109K which I bought recently and Me 262 which I bought some 10 years ago but somehow lost motivation to build it...

[kgambit]

Why do you guys do this ???

Most of you have more models/kits than you can build in a lifetime. In that stash of kgambit's, there must be several
hundred dollars worth of kits. In another thread [What's on the workbench] guys posted pic's of closets full of model
plane kits. Some guys have room's full ! Altho I don't do plastic scale models, I never buy more than two balsa/tissue
flying models at a time. {There are 94 kits in that pic of kgambit's}

Anybody have an explanation or a reason ???

Charles

In my case, it's partly because I lost a ton of models during a hurricane (Katrina) and I wanted to rebuild them. Since I am retired I have tons of free time on my hands.

[Heinz]

Nice stash!

Well I think it's the collecting component of the hobby too, either way unbuilt or built you have the model. For me my local retailers have a hit and miss kit stock so I grab things if I like them because generally I most likely won't seem them again, especially if they are RAAF subjects.

Cheers.

[kgambit]

Nice stash!

Well I think it's the collecting component of the hobby too, either way unbuilt or built you have the model. For me my local retailers have a hit and miss kit stock so I grab things if I like them because generally I most likely won't seem them again, especially if they are RAAF subjects.

Cheers.

Yeah there is a collecting component as well. PLUS I used to live just outside of Dallas - and Squadron was less than an hour away! They always had a once a year sale that was impossible for me to resist!

[Capt. Vick]

Because in the back of my mind I envision my own miniature airplane museum (yes with its own miniature gift shop where you can buy miniature Squadron Signal "In Action" books) and as head curator I keep shifting the focus of the collection. My initial mandate focused on the Luftwaffe and has shifted a half dozen times in the intervening years. Now its current focus is on prototype, failures, also-rans and one-offs. All of which proves that I'm quite insane, but I recently shed my addiction to tobacco so there may be hope in getting this "habit" under control. It seems now that I only buy kits that are so-called bargains and will get rid of the ho-hum ordinary stuff after the move to get back some money and free up space. Anyone wanna swap? Get in touch with me in two months!

[kgambit]

Great stash there kgambit. I spy plenty of raw material for the MTO build, and you can do up to four.

Cheers

Peter

LOL I just did a quick count and came up with almost a dozen potential builds for the MTO.

[109ROAMING]

Beaut stash mate! very cool

[badbear]

Holy cow he,s bought an entire shop HeHe.BB

[Wayne Little]

Charles....it's called "best intentions"

[Airframes]

Yep, I was once bought a small dish, with the words 'A Roundtuet' printed around the rim. My wife (at the time) gave me it, as I kept saying the kits where for 'when I get around to it' !! Still got the kits.....not the wife!!!