You guys amaze me

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Very true Polux

[Guest]

Some are saying that they lose interest in kits, maybe long ones? I wonder why? Is it when things don't go well? Is it when the end seems a long way off? Does the thought of the next kit override the thoughts of the current kit? That last point makes me think. Some people have huge stashes. Some have said they will never build them all. So why a large stash?

All interesting psychology!

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My experience as a new starter has been great - some fantastic advice, not a whisper of disapproval of newbie habits or skillset, and one member even sent me a starter airbrush kit. "The perfect forum"? As close as I've ever seen!

Yes I totally agree with your sentiments Alasdair.

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I like to have a few kits in the stash to give me choice. If say I get to the end of the jets I am doing and decide I want to do a couple of prop aircraft or rotary I have them to hand. I don't have to go to town or on line and wait. That doesn't mean I don't go to these places how else would I have got the stash. Also if money was to get really tight I have enough kits to keep me happy for a while.

[stona]

It's all about helping each other to build hopefully better models, mutual support. The last thing I (and I hope anyone else) would want is a "my model is better/more accurate than yours" type of pissing match. Everyone builds for fun and to the best of their abilities and that must be good enough for everyone! If you want to build a purple Spitfire then build it. It's your model and you should have your fun building it.

I'd quite like to see it too

Cheers

Steve

[tanktrack]

there is no doubt that modelling can be addictive and we can buy loads of models for our stash , i have learnt personally that variation is the thing that keeps me fresh , build a tank then a ship or maybe a truck, along with you guys on the forum from all parts of the world we have a bit of banter/advise and i don't think there is another forum like this, so keep it up guys , im getting all flushed now must have been that curry

steve

[Dave W]

I must be lucky as this is the first forum I looked at.I liked what I saw so decided to join.I hate clubs or any organised groups that have cliques .Ive joined IPMS and occasionally posted photos on the Facebook page.Despite things I have heard about IPMS,people on there have been very complimentary of my models.Theres a branch that meets in Southend and Ive got as far as emailing the club president but haven't attended a club meeting yet.To me this is just a hobby I enjoy.Im not the best modeller and don't need people pointing out faults in my builds.Im fully aware of the mistakes I make.I don't get enough modelling time.So an evening at a club meeting would be lost model making time.What happens at these meetings anyway?.Part of me wants to go along to one some day.On the subject of the stash, I like to have a selection of kits to choose from.I may read about a certain aircraft and get an urge to build it,so i buy a kit of it.Then by the time ive finished the one im making at the time of the purchase i will probably want to build something else.So the previously purchased kit gets put in the stash.And thats how the stash grows.At the moment Ive got 22'which for me is enough.Four of them are 1/72 scale and I will probably never make them as I only do 1/48 these days.So really Ive only got 18!.