discussion Ghosts of a modelling past - well it is nearly Halloween!

[Nicko]

Came across this lot recently, most of its been following me for about 50 years, some maybe a little longer than that. I dare say I'm not the only one.





Needless to say, the decals have now gone in the bin.

Anyone else care to share their 'ghosts'?

Nick

 

[flyjoe180]

I've got boxes of decals and parts. I really should have a cull and clean up.

 

[PaulTRose]

Well.........
Five storage boxes full of spares.....1/35 Armour, 1/35 figures, 1/24 cars, 1/12 bike, 1/72 plane



Decals are in a folder..... Aircraft sorted by Nation.... Sections for things like numbers and stripes and logo's..... Sections for armour and cars

 

[Tim Marlow]

I’ve got a folder like that . I’ve also got several boxes of unused kit parts. Don’t know why I keep them really, I don’t think I’ve ever used them

 

[yak face]

Ive got a decal stash like that too , some of them nigh on fifty years old too . Thing is a lot of them will still be usable , they made them tough in the old days! Proof of point is the Frog gypsy moth I did recently , the original decals performed brilliantly despite being at least 50 years old .

 

[flyjoe180]

That is very organised Paul. I need to up my game!

 

[Neil]

er, well I have time on my hands now, I can make time to pretend I may get organised - I won't, but I can always hope that I might.

 

[colin m]

I keep decals, but have sort of given up keeping spare parts. They 'collection' just got bigger and bigger, but I rarely ever dipped into it.

 

[John Race]

Have several plastic cases full of German in one box and Russian in the other. Keep all spare decals in a Flora container (other types are available at supermarkets). Loads of those rubber tracks, where I used Fruil instead. I do occasionally use the parts, so it's worth keeping.

 

[Darian Frey]

Ive got a decal stash like that too , some of them nigh on fifty years old too . Thing is a lot of them will still be usable , they made them tough in the old days! Proof of point is the Frog gypsy moth I did recently , the original decals performed brilliantly despite being at least 50 years old .

I always found FROG decals to be very well behaved.

 

[LeicsExpat]

Decals give me tremors.
I really don't like them at all.