discussion Spares?

[Gern]

I have a large box of spares - from the 1/16 HobbyBoss Tiger which I may get round to finishing since it's been sat on the shelf for 5-6 years now. I get lots of spares because I don't finish a large percentage of the kits I start - but even then I find it really hard to find bits that are useable for what I want.

How do you guys get your spares as you give the impression you finish most of what you start and yet you always seem to find something suitable?

 

[Airborne01]

Good question Gern! Apart from the obvious over-supply (ie Dragon kits) most of my spares are as a result of binning past models to make room for new iterations, breaking down elements of present models to replace them with better representations, freebies or just frustration with sh--e kits! PS I'm in the process of scrapping loads of past productions - I thought I'd post up some of the 'victims' before they go to the plastic Valhalla!) Does this help?
Steve

 

[minitnkr]

"Found Items", junk yard offers on Ebay, and same as Steve above.

 

[Geoffers]

I generally keep any spare parts that I end up with when I’ve finished a kit.

I have an old biscuit tin with a multitude of bits and pieces, bombs, rockets spare aircraft parts etc.

I keep them thinking that they may come in useful but they rarely do

I know though that if I get rid of them then I’ll definitely need one of the parts that have gone

Geoff.

 

[flyjoe180]

My spares box has all manner of left over parts, parts from dismantled old models, and scraps of styrene or plastic salvaged here and there. I need to sort it out a bit, but that box of spares has saved me on more than a few occasions

 

[pjgtech]

Being still relatively newly back to the hobby, I don't have many spares. But, I have amassed two small plastic trays worth, various bits unused from previous builds, bits of sprue, plus any small bits that I think might be useful for builds, foam, balsa, wire, small stones, gravel, card, old pipettes, etc.
Surprising what little odds and sods can come in handy on a build, especially for Dio's....