discussion What do folks do with their builds?

[BBdave]

I am about to embark on building but have no idea what to do with the finished builds I have no room to display them, all I can do is keep them in boxes out of harms way.

So what does everyone do with all their finished models?

Dave

 

[eddiesolo]

I sell some on, give others away and keep a few.

Si

 

[peterairfix]

I put mine on display and every year or so i have a clear out normaly at a boot sale.

Peter t

 

[Alan 45]

I display them I got rid of I mean my daughter moved out so I claimed her room in the name of our god tamiyatus

Well I put some shelves and racking in it

 

[Guest]

I have mine on display in the man cave

 

[john i am]

I just enjoy building and they take pride of place good or bad around the house for a while until I lose interest in them when normally something more recent takes there place and the old one goes up into the loft on shelves were my modelling bench is . I couldn't bring myself to sell them and I am not sure anyone would pay money for mine anyways

 

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

I attend model shows and show mine on our club table

Adrian

 

[eddiesolo]

I am not sure anyone would pay money for mine anyways

I don't get much for mine-well not the time involved element-and I did hate getting rid of stuff but now, it is either they go or I stop modelling.

Si

 

[eddiesolo]

I attend model shows and show mine on our club table Adrian

Yeah, but yours a rather good Adrian, I show only some of mine...the rest are hidden in the depths of the mancave.

Si

 

[Guest]

I put so much of me into every model that I just cannot part with them otherwise I will feel I have wasted my time.

I put them on shelves above my work area. The large beasts hang from the higher shelves which make a good effect and free up more shelf space.

With a bit of ingenuity there is considerable scope for display.

Just been looking and in an area about 4 feet long by 15 " high I can get in quite comfortably 15 models about 3 hanging from the shelf above. Most are 1/48. With another layer of the smaller ones about another 6 suspended below the bigger ones. Bit crushed then but all the little darlings, 20 of them, will be cosily displayed.

At least you could get 15 over the bed suspended from the ceiling. 2 in the kitchen couple in the lounge and three seaplanes in the bog area.

The world is your oyster. Depends a lot on whether it is also your wife's pleasure. But there we are 40 models quite easily "stashed".

Laurie

 

[Guest]

My first attempts have mostly found their way to my 7-y-o son. They don't last long after that. I have to be very specific about ones I want to remain in one piece - they're not very sturdy toys...! As I get better I'm going to be more strict about which ones he can play with...

 

[eddiesolo]

At least you could get 15 over the bed suspended from the ceiling. 2 in the kitchen couple in the lounge and three seaplanes in the bog area.

...I like it Laurie.

Si

 

[Guest]

Pleased about that Si.

My model area is and has been a complete wretched mess for a fortnight with a complete make over. Withdrawal symptoms have set in and that is just Pauline.

Models all over the place. But nearly there and all models will be treated to pride of place. And they will be even the first that 1/72 WW11 Typhoon (the one I had to buy another Typhoon to finish the first).

Laurie

 

[PaulTRose]

display cases in the corner............every now and then i have a tidy out and box up some to make room for new stuff.....all the boxed up stuff goes in the loft

one day, when i win the lottery and can afford a big house with a big mancave they will all come out again

 

[BBdave]

I think I'll get away with a couple out and store the rest rotating them now and then.

Dave

 

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

Yeah, but yours a rather good Adrian, I show only some of mine...the rest are hidden in the depths of the mancave.Si

I'm no where near your league or many of the modellers on here ! I only take them to shows because if I didn't I would have them in boxes in the shed packed away!

Adrian

 

[BarryW]

Most of mine are on display shelves in a spare room. These shelves can hold a dozen 1/32 scale kits easily and I have room for two more..... I have one 1/32 in my lounge while there are a few 1/48s scattered around in my office and home study.

Space is a problem with 1/32 and have room on my shelves for two more then I will have some hard decisions to make....

 

[stona]

I have about 10 on display in our front room which is rarely used. 2 are displayed in our main living room under license from SWMBO. These are all 1/32. A bunch of 1/72 models I've somehow acquired are on top of a cupboard in my modelling room, and are soon to increase in number (that's your fault Polux ).

The rest, and it's a lot, are stuck up in the loft. I did get rid of about a dozen not so long ago. They went to the great model repository in the sky, also known as the Tyseley recycling centre!

Cheers

Steve

 

[Guest]

I'm getting the problem now, the wife is getting annoyed by me displaying planes everywhere. I can't part with them coz nobody would pay for it I guess. I'll donate some to friend's house in the near future

 

[tanktrack]

my problem is that all my models tell a story or have a theme and I like to look at them after all the work I put into them, at the moment I have 3 display cases in the spare room and a small case in the downstairs loo , I am trying to push up my build standards and so am taking longer to complete and am saving time I have 4 ships that I don't know when or if I will build and some are BIG , I have 1 Sunderland that I would like to make but again it is a size problem.