Number of Kits

[Allen Dewire]

I know Tim and we won't mention the 3 more I won on evilbay including the Das Werk RSO pictured on the tweets section here. Like Dave and Alan, when the price is right, go for it.......................

[Tim Marlow]

I know Tim and we won't mention the 3 more I won on evilbay including the Das Werk RSO pictured on the tweets section here. Like Dave and Alan, when the price is right, go for it.......................

That’s “Oh, Shiny” in action Allen….right there LOL….

[outrunner]

Hasegawa do some nice 1/35th construction/farming models, very Japanese orientated , but some clever machines.

https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/search?typ1_c=102&cat=&target=itemseries&searchkey=construction+machine+(hasegawa)

I have built the Hasegawa excavator, wheel loader and the yanmar tractor, I don't fancy the road roller but may have a go at the little rice combine.

Andy.

[Gern]

Embarrassing but just about 500 in the stash! I got the breaking strain of a soggy tissue when it comes to a bargain!

[Guest]

Ahh, Uhh, Ohh, Ummmm, we won't go there, but last count was 164 full kits. Not including figs, wing thingy's or full resin kits.......We also won't talk about accessoires, conversions, Friuls, resin tires, ancient WIP's, scenery materials and on and on and on................I'm hopeless!!!!!!!.......................

Prost
Allen (almost Ret.)

The least said probably the better Dude 1 :smiling:

[Mini Me]

Embarrassing but just about 500 in the stash! I got the breaking strain of a soggy tissue when it comes to a bargain!

I'm right up there with you Dave...........last count, 744 not counting back orders (10). I might add in my defense, I started collecting 1-87 vehicles when I was a teenager......this is the result of a lifetime endeavor! :tongue-out3: Rick H.

[Dave Ward]

There's absolutely no reason to feel guilty or apologetic about the number of kits in your stash! Like any hobby, it can be difficult for other people to understand............................ I could never grasp the concept of collecting stamps, or Pokemon cards!, but that's just my take. As long as it doesn't interfere with, or take over your normal life, and your financial state is OK with it, then why should you be ashamed?
I don't mention it to my friends down the pub ( they know I make models ), but I would rather keep some things to myself! :tongue-out3:
I probably will not live long enough to build all the models in the stash ( especially, as I add to them ), but so what?:tongue-out2:
Dave

[Mini Me]

I'm with you Dave.....the only folks I share this with are those with common interests (like on this forum) and family members that know beyond a shadow of a doubt that I'm a collecting fool!! Rick H.

[Airborne01]

I feel utterly vindicated now - not including boxes of figures (about 60) - only 14! BUT, my wife has a whole room of different size, weights and colours of yarn (Floor to ceiling!) categorised by all sorts of criteria! In that respect I am a rank amateur! :tears-of-joy:
Steve

[The Smythe Meister]

Well, it would be easier for me to take a pick than try and count them,also,as has been said,do you just include AFVs, figures,Dio sets, accessories sets?.... It's a hill of beans really.
I'm with Dave and Tim mind, DON'T feel guilty of whatever you've amassed,or not! AND flitting around due to the "Shiny" syndrome is totally acceptable,(but I would say that wouldn't I ?! )
I no longer smoke, don't go out much,and basically work 5/6 days a week for an average 9 HR day...
..... So WHY shouldn't I buy kits too regularly,that I'll probably never get to build....
..... It's my main interest outside of real life... And I love just looking at the boxes sometimes!!!
Andy

[Airborne01]

To paraphrase Andy '... what do we include...'? 'Shiny'? - soooooooooooo good! And 'don't pick on me, I just can't help it! I must have had a deprived modelling childhood' ...! That means I'm making up for it in my twilight years! Well, that's my excuse!
Steve

[The Smythe Meister]

To paraphrase Andy '... what do we include...'? 'Shiny'? - soooooooooooo good! And 'don't pick on me, I just can't help it! I must have had a deprived modelling childhood' ...! That means I'm making up for it in my twilight years! Well, that's my excuse!
Steve

A bit harsh there Steve!!.... but close!!...
As a youngun i made LOADSA kits,mostly planes back then,and just stopped when i discovered music/girls.... so i`d say i`ve more,"Rediscovered" the hobby,than "Making up" for it!:thumb2:
Andy

[Airborne01]

A bit harsh there Steve!!.... but close!!...
As a youngun i made LOADSA kits,mostly planes back then,and just stopped when i discovered music/girls.... so i`d say i`ve more,"Rediscovered" the hobby,than "Making up" for it!:thumb2:
Andy

Ha, ha mate! I wonder what the weight of 'glue' to plastic was then - I suspect disproportionate! Remember those halcyon days of our fingerprints indelibly engraved on canopy, wings and fuselage!? As for girls and music - let's not start a thread on those ---!

[scottie3158]

Apart from boxes of accessories and figures I only have two or three kits and one of those is the one I'm working on at the time. I amalso not clever enough to have more than one on the go at a time.

[davecov]

I used to maintain around 200 kits in my stash and had intended to sell off at least half of them in 2020 leaving 100 or so. Then I caught Covid-19 and all thoughts of selling went out the window although strangely I got the buying bug really bad and doubled my stash. "I tell yer guv, it was that Covid-19 wot did it!"

What this means is that I now have 443 kits in my stash, many of them are rare ones that won't be made but sold in the distant future for loadsa money (he hopes).

Dave