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Model Forum / General / Models / March 2006too many kits?
Hi Troops: I regularly see references from guys with large stashes of unbuilt kits both on here and on Hyperscale. Someone posted a comment about it being a form of obsessive-compulsive disease. How about we form a new self help group; "Pack Rats anonymous"? Bill Shuey >Hi Troops: > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Bill Shuey ocd is not a disease, it's an aquired taste. just ask my kits, books, coins, bikes and ex's. and i need 7 backup pc's. > Hi Troops: > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Bill Shuey I don't want any help thank you ;) If it wasn't for OCD I would be unemployed. Like the Pharoahs of old, I plan on being surrounded by my stash for eternity! =8-D "The Old Man" <Braungart@verizon.net> wrote in news:1141578983.694771.6690 @v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com: > Like the Pharoahs of old, I plan on being surrounded by my stash for > eternity! =8-D Nice. I like the sound of that. Hi Bill, I think it's more of an algebraic equation: (Number of models desired to build x Purchasing power) over speed of model construction and finiishing raised to the power of Advanced Modeler's Syndrome = Stash in the house, basement, attic, or storage At some point (about age 30 or so) the number turns into a postive factor and continues to grow expodentially until we all basically become collectors...! Cooie Sewell > Hi Bill, > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Cooie Sewell The rivets you collect grow in direct exponential proportion to the rivets you have counted?..hmmnn...I think I finally understand infinite series...  Signature- Rufus > > Hi Bill, > > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > -- > - Rufus Sounds like my Hot Wheels collection. Enouph to wallpaper a large room. And to think when I was a kid(early 70's), I wanted to see what effect one of those clamp on cast iron meat grinders would have on them. BIG OOOPS! Now that I see how much vintage HW's are worth. Now I'm up to about 800-1000 cars, all mint on the card, and neatly packed in sealed boxes. Obsessive, perhaps. I once visited a Model Train Show and over one of the Club Displays was a sign " He who dies with the most trains wins" thought it said it all. regards jimboD >> > Hi Bill, >> > [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > to about 800-1000 cars, all mint on the card, and neatly > packed in sealed boxes. Obsessive, perhaps. > Hi Troops: > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Bill Shuey I dunno. If it weren't model kits there's no telling what I'd obsess about. Much of which could get me divorced. Frank The word procastinate come s up for me,like some one said-you arent getting paid for doing it,what's the hurry.It's gotta be a mind set,just do it.dont'plan' on doing it.Building them is alot easier than painting. >> Hi Troops: >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >Frank > Hi Troops: > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Bill Shuey I can quit any time I want to, really! Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. >>Hi Troops: >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. When you do send me the list cause these new meds aren't working out and I just added an addition to the house. But seriously tomorrow I am doing a kit inventory, not to see what to get rid of, but to see what I am still lacking. I will post some pics when I am done ;) > >>Hi Troops: > >> [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > see what to get rid of, but to see what I am still lacking. > I will post some pics when I am done ;) FWIW Those kit inventories can be sobering exercises. I used a database program to set up an inventory of my kits and was shocked at the total. I'm still in shock. I'm not in the same league as that guy who just passed away down in the Carolinas but I've certainly got a hell of a lot more than I will ever live to build. Can you say O.C.D.? Bill Shuey "William H. Shuey" <whshuey@starpower.net> wrote in >> >>Hi Troops: >> >> [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Bill Shuey I've made a Database in Filemaker that helps me keep track on how what I got and how many. Some info added on where and/or how I got it, picture of he box top etc. I never put down the price though. Don't want to be reminded of that. Dennis >> >>Hi Troops: >> >> [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Bill Shuey I made the huge mistake of not only inventorying my stash of kits but also put the price w/tax and totaling it up, lets just say my truck would be paid off Compounding the problem are those firms that keep a kit in production for a very short run. I feel much less compulsion to buy an RM kit. It will be in production for a long time, and released many times. Some of the short run houses though- the fear is when I get to the point in my que when I want to actually build that model, it won't be available, and I won't pay eBay prices, so I'd better buy it now. Same reason for all the other dozens of kits in my stash. > > >>Hi Troops: > > >> [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Bill Shuey Worse, I can spell it. I've been keeping an inventory since 1975 on paper and since '95 on a computer. I forget which side of 1500 the total lies. I do keep a record of the purchase prices but I've never bothered to add them. There's also a field for replacement prices. That's usually the most sobering datum. Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. I wish there were more modelers near me ( SF Bay Area) so I could unload some without going thru the hassle of packing, postage, etc... thinning the stash out by 20-30 would make me feel so much better, but its so hard to go thru the process putting up want ads works sometime, but you never know if anyone has read them, if your stuff is overpriced, etc ebay is a nightmare and too slow. I will probably just put a mess of them out in the driveway some spring day with $5 and $10 and have some kind of casual garage sale. the hobby is not that interesting to me anymore. Been building since 1964. It's time for guitars, saxophones and keyboards. Craig > I wish there were more modelers near me ( SF Bay Area) so I could > unload some [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Craig Craig: Go over to Hyperscale. Among their discussion groups is one for kit trading, list what you have for sale and a suggested price and see what turns up. I have sold a couple of kits there (and acquired a couple too) and it seems to work. Bill Shuey http://www.hyperscale.com/ > I wish there were more modelers near me ( SF Bay Area) so I could > unload some [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Craig Or: Worst-Case scenario: I'm living in germany and there was lately a new seniors & childrens meeting-point build here, in an old farmhouse from 18th century. They discuss at the moment what they might offer as a thing of interest to both youngsters and seniors, and I took part, as an IT-Student, teaching them basic PC-knowledge.... like "What is a mouse?". I bet there are similar things also in Frisco's Bay Area - not directly identical, but think about if you're really needing the money - and if not, why not go to a school nearby and ask if they'd be interested in offering something like "scale modeling classes" - and donate them as a start some models...? Modelers usually are not often mentioned in the news - why not get known with something generous and positive? SignatureSincerely Ruediger Craig Please let me know the night before and include your address. I'm in Corte Madera. You? Tom |
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