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    Time for a clear out !

    Evening all.
    I'm sure we've all been there when the shelves are full
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    The time comes when there is just no room left , even on the front . So the packing away into the loft was started.

    The first to go was the.

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    Failure to get it through the hatch in to the prepared space.:cold-sweat: So took it back down stairs and stripped it down ! Kept all the figures, including some from Peter Day.These are now packed in bubble wrap for use again.
    The armour and that truck are saved also for use in dio builds. The rest has gone in to the landfill bin, it's been on my mind for some time as to what I'm going to do with them all .Glad that it's done. I taken some photos to print off.

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    Next was the KV2 quite an early build, members from MM might well remember both of these. This went through the hatch and is going to be the families job to ditch it later .

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    Saved kits to reuse. Esp the StuG's :smiling::smiling::smiling:.

    So that leaves a nice gap . Soon filled the top shelf.

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    The new dio will go on the left.

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    Finished this as well as found the cockpit.

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    Might now feel more like working at the bench .

    John.
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  • Graeme C.
    • Apr 2018
    • 1628
    • Graeme
    • UK

    #2
    You should just build more shelves..........:anguished:

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    • Guest

      #3
      Originally posted by Graeme C.
      You should just build more shelves..........:anguished:
      Graeme it was suggested we have another shed !:smiling3::smiling3:

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      • minitnkr
        SMF Supporters
        • Apr 2018
        • 7622
        • Paul
        • Dayton, OH USA

        #4
        Agree w/Graeme. Sad to see it broken-up. PaulE

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        • AlanG
          • Dec 2008
          • 6296

          #5
          Could have sold them on evilbay for charity

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          • Allen Dewire
            • Apr 2018
            • 4741
            • Allen
            • Bamberg

            #6
            Wow Buddy,

            I knew this was playing on your mind not having enough space, but I didn't think you would bin the wonderful buildings in the dio. You worked so hard and did such a wonderful job on them. I can understand it though....Still it's a shame......

            Maybe you should have put it in evilbay and made a few quid from it. For pick-up of course as it would have been a bear to ship in the post....

            Onwards and upwards I guess, but still a sad day.............

            Allen
            Life's to short to be a sheep...

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            • Si Benson
              • Apr 2018
              • 3572

              #7
              Evening Mr R,
              Great to see the KV2 dio....that was a cracker And the street science with the two StuGs....another gem. In fact they’re all very good indeed!

              Shame to do it John, but it’s got to be done to make way for the future projects.

              Been doing it myself and even sold a couple on eBay ...good way of earning moggeling tokens :thumb2:

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              • spanner570
                • May 2009
                • 15564

                #8
                Nice models 453.

                Luckily I don't have a shelf problem. Apart from a couple of my favourites, or special kits 'donated' to me by folks, when built and photographed, most of my dioramas are dismantled straight away, or if you like 'Re- cycled'.

                Not much point keeping my stuff, as I get all my fun just in the making of them.

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                • Mickc1440
                  SMF Supporters
                  • Apr 2018
                  • 4810

                  #9
                  That's the only problem we have when building DIO's I've no display room so they sit in my cupboards which is such a shame.

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                  • Guest

                    #10
                    It's the only way John - brave man! Think of all the fun you'll have refilling the shelves.

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                    • Guest

                      #11
                      Originally posted by AlanG
                      Could have sold them on evilbay for charity
                      Nice Idea Alan but they would have to be collected, The KV in the attic is safe.

                      Originally posted by minitnkr
                      Agree w/Graeme. Sad to see it broken-up. PaulE
                      Yes it was Paul but it was bothering me where to put the new ones.At least I have the photos, and the models and figures.
                      Originally posted by Allen Dewire
                      Wow Buddy,

                      I knew this was playing on your mind not having enough space, but I didn't think you would bin the wonderful buildings in the dio. You worked so hard and did such a wonderful job on them. I can understand it though....Still it's a shame......

                      Maybe you should have put it in evilbay and made a few quid from it. For pick-up of course as it would have been a bear to ship in the post....

                      Onwards and upwards I guess, but still a sad day.............

                      Allen
                      Allen , it was ok but the models were coming loose. I've saved several sections of the roof board. Actually feel much better, after all the fun is had in building them.

                      Pm later tonight.

                      Originally posted by Si Benson
                      Evening Mr R,
                      Great to see the KV2 dio....that was a cracker And the street science with the two StuGs....another gem. In fact they’re all very good indeed!

                      Shame to do it John, but it’s got to be done to make way for the future projects.

                      Been doing it myself and even sold a couple on eBay ...good way of earning moggeling tokens :thumb2:
                      Hi Si, yes a good ideas as Alan has suggested, but these were just too big to send and quite fragile.

                      Originally posted by spanner570
                      Nice models 453.

                      Luckily I don't have a shelf problem. Apart from a couple of my favourites, or special kits 'donated' to me by folks, when built and photographed, most of my dioramas are dismantled straight away, or if you like 'Re- cycled'.

                      Not much point keeping my stuff, as I get all my fun just in the making of them.
                      Well that is the fun 570 in the building, nice to look at but when they start to get in the way.......... the axe falls !

                      Originally posted by Mickc1440
                      That's the only problem we have when building DIO's I've no display room so they sit in my cupboards which is such a shame.
                      That is the problem Mick, no good if you can't see them. The family will just dump those that end up in the attic. As for selling a lot of them are quite fragile.

                      Originally posted by Peter Day
                      It's the only way John - brave man! Think of all the fun you'll have refilling the shelves.
                      Peter it's been bugging me for some time, last night I made the decision just to put then out of the way, but beaten by the size of the street scene. At least your figures will make another appearance in due course:smiling3:

                      Do you know now those two have gone I'm not in the least bothered, I can have the photos printed and enjoy looking at them. Did the same with the jobs I did at work, have several albums of them, and always fun to look back .

                      John.

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                      • Allen Dewire
                        • Apr 2018
                        • 4741
                        • Allen
                        • Bamberg

                        #12
                        Spoken like a true gentleman John, I did the same with my model RR stuff. I will always have the pics to look at too....

                        Prost
                        Dude 1
                        Life's to short to be a sheep...

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                        • Lee Drennen
                          SMF Supporters
                          • Apr 2018
                          • 7711

                          #13
                          John. One door closes another opens. Sad to see some of those early builds go into storage.

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                          • Mini Me
                            • Jun 2018
                            • 10711

                            #14
                            I don't like closing doors...........I can understand the need for more space but I think I would try to find a "home" for an out of date Dio before disassembling it......my mind would play hard on the amount of work that went into it. You are a Brave man JR. :thumb2:














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                            • Guest

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Allen Dewire
                              Spoken like a true gentleman John, I did the same with my model RR stuff. I will always have the pics to look at too....

                              Prost
                              Dude 1
                              That's the good thing Allen about the photos, I've taken quite a lot from different angles, including that picture of Stalin that was on the wall in the front room .:smiling2: Horrible man !
                              Originally posted by Lee Drennen
                              John. One door closes another opens. Sad to see some of those early builds go into storage.
                              Thanks Lee, suppose asking as I have the photos and can see improvement I'll be happy .

                              Originally posted by Mini Me
                              I don't like closing doors...........I can understand the need for more space but I think I would try to find a "home" for an out of date Dio before disassembling it......my mind would play hard on the amount of work that went into it. You are a Brave man JR. :thumb2:

                              Rick there comes a time when being sentimental about a diorama has to close, no more room means no new diorama's, can you imagine not being able to model !

                              Thanks guys ?












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