Stash Storage

[Guest]

I have 20 kits all but 3 scheduled for diorama.

A question. Why do people buy so many kits when there is no realistic possibility of building them ?

Laurie

[AlanG]

I have 20 kits all but 3 scheduled for diorama.

A question. Why do people buy so many kits when there is no realistic possibility of building them ?

Laurie

Beats wasting money on booze or gambling. I've got kits that i still 'hope' to build. But i'm a sucker for 1/32 Hasegawa/Revell Fw190 kits, so when they come up for a price i can afford i grab them. Especially the Hasegawa ones. They are like hens teeth.

[Ian M]

I have 20 kits all but 3 scheduled for diorama.

A question. Why do people buy so many kits when there is no realistic possibility of building them ?

Laurie

A modern trend of companies doing limited runs. If you don't get one when they come out, you risk either never getting one or having to pay through the nose to get one.

[Guest]

Beats wasting money on booze or gambling. I've got kits that i still 'hope' to build. But i'm a sucker for 1/32 Hasegawa/Revell Fw190 kits, so when they come up for a price i can afford i grab them. Especially the Hasegawa ones. They are like hens teeth.

Yes Alan but I have never bought 144 bottles of wine to look at on the shelf :tears-of-joy: :tongue-out2::tongue-out:

Sacrilege at it's worst.

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[Ian M]

Back on topic. And let's keep the comments helpfull to the original posters question.

[AlanG]

Yes Alan but I have never bought 144 bottles of wine to look at on the shelf :tears-of-joy: :tongue-out2::tongue-out:

Sacrilege at it's worst.

My family collects malt whisky. They don't get drunk. Just an investment (given current interest rates).

PS> Sorry Ian. My bad. Sorry to OP

[Guest]

A modern trend of companies doing limited runs. If you don't get one when they come out, you risk either never getting one or having to pay through the nose to get one.

At 82 going on 83 Ian do not think that will bother me.

Got enough for probably 3 years. Mmm 86. W

Laurie

[Guest]

Why do people buy so many kits when there is no realistic possibility of building them ?

Because you have a good idea for a model, buy the basic kit (and possibly accessories to use with it), and then another good idea comes along and this repeats.

[Guest]

Now very seriously.

If you do have to many kits or can spare some then perhaps you could spare some for this organization.
I can see nothing better.

These servicemen (and women must not for get as they are equal) serve us & look after us in this wild world. We should be looking after them.

This is the article which will explain. I came across it some years ago. So any kits which now bore you, must be some mateys.

So have a look here. They send you a mug as well emblazoned with Models for Heroes. Great stuff. Cannot be bad can it

https://www.modelsforheroes.org.uk/

https://www.pointsoflight.gov.uk/models-for-heroes/

Laurie

[flyjoe180]

Hi all, I have a stash of about 144 kits which is not massive, but they are filling up all under my desk, in the bookcase on now flowing out onto the floor space. How and where are people storing their kits?

Mine are kept in two locations. A few in my shed where I build, and are next up on the bench. The rest are inside large plastic storage containers in my garage, elevated off the ground and sealed with the lids that come with the containers.

I keep an Excel sheet so I know which container I can locate them, and I make notes and keep reference pictures in folders on my laptop so I don't have to research again. When I build them I do a simple build log with brief notes on the process. I can then identify paints and materials used, how I did any adjustments or conversions, and it doubles up as a note sheet for when I post my finished builds here.

[Guest]

If you do have to many kits or can spare some then perhaps you could spare some for this organization.
I can see nothing better.

Laurie

Thanks for the heads-up on this one, Laurie. I'll make up a box of kits for them this morning.

[Guest]

Thanks for the heads-up on this one, Laurie. I'll make up a box of kits for them this morning.

Superb Murfie :smiling::smiling2:

Got 3 so they will go.

Got a Marquette. No that would be very cruel :tired::astonished::dizzy: unthinkable even to your worst enemy.

Good idea to say initiated by Scale Model Forum. Is that OK Mr Moderator. ?

Laurie

[Guest]

Re: Models for Heroes ... 4 kits - 3 x 1/72 and 1 x 1/48 - plus some sprue cutters, a set of tweezers and a craft knife all on their way ...

And just to keep this on topic, stash reduced by 4 units.

[Guest]

Re: Models for Heroes ... 4 kits - 3 x 1/72 and 1 x 1/48 - plus some sprue cutters, a set of tweezers and a craft knife all on their way ...

And just to keep this on topic, stash reduced by 4 units.

Murfie very nice. Given me the idea. Got the same tools duplicated. So they will go as well.

And just to keep this on topic, stash reduced by 4 units.

Yes same here.

Laurie

[Guest]

Although I buy materials which don't count as stash I'm ok. Have enough kits to keep me going, although I search for obscure Russian armour and Truck a lot.
When I've finished a kit, I cut the end off the box, date it and store in a draw. I've lists of the stash but don't refer to them much, rather go and look .