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Model Forum / General / Models / April 2008How Many Models Do You Have On Display?
I know most of us have some kind of compulsive disorder that makes us buy kits even though we know we shouldn't...and god forbid we actually finish one... so for those who have found a way around this, how many kits do you have on display around the house? I really do not know how anyone does it actually. I have around 15 feet of submarines waiting to be built, around 12 feet of WWII battleships,.... No idea at all where they will go Craig I have over 300 1/48 scale aircraft on display in three display cases. Hub >I know most of us have some kind of compulsive disorder that makes us > buy kits even though we know we shouldn't...and god forbid we actually [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Craig >I know most of us have some kind of compulsive disorder that makes us > buy kits even though we know we shouldn't...and god forbid we actually [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > No idea at all where they will go About 250 models of 1/72nd scale things... Shelves, mostly. Rapidly reaching a choke point, where I'll have to move a bunch to semi-retirement (joining about 100 others) or put up more shelves. Don H. > so for those who have found a way around this, how many kits do you > have on display around the house? Around the house, maybe 3 or 4 dozen. At work I have six display cases full (in the lobby of the LAX air traffic control tower).  SignatureDale G Elhardt Cypress Ca You can't have everything. Where would you put it? http://www.jetphotos.net/showphotos.php?userid=7702 Hello In my Bunker around 450 models of different scale... Greetings The Bunker Collection 1965-2008 TDC >I know most of us have some kind of compulsive disorder that makes us > buy kits even though we know we shouldn't...and god forbid we actually [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Craig >Hello > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >> >> Craig wow, you guys have it sorted out. >I know most of us have some kind of compulsive disorder that makes us >buy kits even though we know we shouldn't...and god forbid we actually [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >Craig 21 in all possible spaces. the music collection takes up 98% of space. "crw59@earthlink.net" <crw59@earthlink.net> wrote in news:c69f8a9e-3f48- 4fcd-9024-177d5512a1aa@e67g2000hsa.googlegroups.com: > I know most of us have some kind of compulsive disorder that makes us > buy kits even though we know we shouldn't...and god forbid we actually [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Craig 65, predominately 48th and 72nd aircraft, in a single, 6 shelf case from IKEA, which is about to max out. I've got over 300 waiting to build. To quote from "Jaws"...."You're gonna need a bigger boat." Gary Anderson > "cr...@earthlink.net" <cr...@earthlink.net> wrote in news:c69f8a9e-3f48- > 4fcd-9024-177d5512a...@e67g2000hsa.googlegroups.com: [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Gary Anderson Currently about 40 on display. Some are going to have to go soon. I am also going to thin my stash down to about 40. It's currently near 80. A lot of the stash is out of production so it will be easy to liquidate. I already sold all the Pocher kits for a tidy sum. I have been working on my skill level and will probably go through several more experiments while I get better with the airbrush. I hope to have just about 25 kits that I really want to build after I retire. I am sure I will add a few more along the way but I really want to try to keep it to a realistic level. >> "cr...@earthlink.net" <cr...@earthlink.net> wrote in news:c69f8a9e-3f48- >> 4fcd-9024-177d5512a...@e67g2000hsa.googlegroups.com: [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] >retire. I am sure I will add a few more along the way but I really >want to try to keep it to a realistic level. where's the fun in that? > I know most of us have some kind of compulsive disorder that makes us > buy kits even though we know we shouldn't...and god forbid we actually > finish one... > > so for those who have found a way around this, how many kits do you > have on display around the house? I have 58 aircraft. 1/48: 9 Bf-109s 1 P-40 1 Hurricane 1 F-104 15 Spitfires/Seafires 1/72: 6 Hawker Hunters 2 Gloster Meteors 3 F-16s 2 F-8s 2 A-7s 3 F-104s 1 F-86 12 F-4s Plus another F-4 and and F-15 on my workbench Plus two "what-ifs". An RF-4C used as a testbed for the F-15 ICS and painted in air superiority blue and dayglo orange, and an RAF F-16K Falcon FGR3. Then there are the dozens of steam locomotives and rolling stock for my model railway. However, they are not usually kept on display. I need more shelves. SignatureEnzo I wear the cheese. It does not wear me. On Apr 7, 5:00 pm, "cr...@earthlink.net" <cr...@earthlink.net> wrote: > I know most of us have some kind of compulsive disorder that makes us > buy kits even though we know we shouldn't...and god forbid we actually [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Craig At last count,I have over 1200 planes,roughly 90% of which are 1/72. About 1000 cars,mostly in storage (I gave up on that part of the hobby) a couple tanks,space vehicles,sci fi stuff...maybe a dozen ships/ carriers/subs. Not to mention several hundred unopened planes,maybe 100 unopened cars (might be for sale...) I passed the point of needing to retire some,a few years ago... Well, I have about 50 cars on display in the house, another 30 or so in boxes in the garage yet to be unpacked, and about 250 unbuilt! I've given away around 300 or so over the years....my wife made me thin out my collection every time we moved..... I am divorced now, so the stash is growing!...lol Mike SignatureDo not value the things you have in your life, but value who you have in your life! > Well, I have about 50 cars on display in the house, another 30 or so in boxes in the garage yet to be unpacked, and about 250 > unbuilt! I've given away around 300 or so over the years....my wife made me thin out my collection every time we moved..... > I am divorced now, so the stash is growing!...lol Funny how that happens. The same thing went on here for about 10 years but I have pruned an amazing amount of stuff through E-bay. I don't have a figure for the cars but at one time the aircraft models would be an estimated 500 built, 200 in rebuild and about 700 kits. They sat on steel shelving bought here and there over the years. Now the remaining kits to go are closer to 30 in number. There are still built models to go too and they are probably of a similar quantity. Then there are the never-finished models still littering several shelves and a tabletop. Oy! Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. > > Well, I have about 50 cars on display in the house, another 30 or so in boxes in the garage yet to be unpacked, and about 250 > > unbuilt! I've given away around 300 or so over the years....my wife made me thin out my collection every time we moved..... [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. now has anyone ever bothered to dust the little buggers? all my kits are spread all around the garage, each with a nice coating of dust... Craig > now has anyone ever bothered to dust the little buggers? all my kits > are spread all around the garage, each with a nice coating of dust... > > Craig Almost the same story here. 20 year old,several mm thick dust can be interesting to get off. And it leaves such amazing designs in a gloss paint job! on 4/9/2008 12:24 PM eyeball said the following: >> now has anyone ever bothered to dust the little buggers? all my kits >> are spread all around the garage, each with a nice coating of dust... [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > interesting to get off. And it leaves such amazing designs in a gloss > paint job! I cleaned my 25 year old models, that were stored under the basement stairs, by spraying them with 'Simple Green' and then running warm water over them. Windex can be used as well. SignatureBill In Hamptonburgh, NY To email, remove the double zeroes after @ > on 4/9/2008 12:24 PM eyeball said the following: > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > In Hamptonburgh, NY > To email, remove the double zeroes after @ Yep...I used windex as well. Some of the older glossy paints were rough to the touch but buffed out. In a few extreme cases a coat of future helped. And the flat finishes faired far better. >> now has anyone ever bothered to dust the little buggers? all my kits >> are spread all around the garage, each with a nice coating of dust... [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >interesting to get off. And it leaves such amazing designs in a gloss >paint job! i use lukewarm water with dish soap in it. gotta have sealed decals! don't axe how i know. i fill the sink, invert the peiece and hole it in for 30 seconds. turn it over, let sit until it starts to dry, then do the process again in clean water. i cleaned a friend's collection after he had a stroke and it got them pretty clean. some needed multiple dips but it gradually all came off. works best on tough kits like armor. on ac, it will takes of antennas unless you are really gentle. On Apr 9, 7:41 pm, some...@some.domain wrote: > In article <328fa3cc-9c2e-4e0e-98e3-8bb7ea3fc...@d45g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>, eyeball <eyeball2002...@aol.com> wrote:>> now has anyone ever bothered to dust the little buggers? all my kits > >> are spread all around the garage, each with a nice coating of dust... [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > works best on tough kits like armor. on ac, it will takes of antennas unless > you are really gentle. I agree on sealed decals,but in the last century I hadn't yet learned of future. In cleaning those old kits, I did learn about decals that flaked off! It gave me the fun of hunting down new markings for old kits... >On Apr 9, 7:41 pm, some...@some.domain wrote: >> In article [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >flaked off! It gave me the fun of hunting down new markings for old >kits... yeah, my story almost eggsackerly. > > > Well, I have about 50 cars on display in the house, another 30 or so in boxes in the garage yet to be unpacked, and about 250 > > > unbuilt! I've given away around 300 or so over the years....my wife made me thin out my collection every time we moved..... [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Craig Yes, I did. About once a year I spent days doing every last one. I usually used a 1 inch-wide brush but later on I also used those dust rags they sell that pick up dust with static. Those worked very well on cleaning canopies. Invariably my return to building was in re-attaching parts knocked off in the cleaning. In an attempt to cut down on the dust I bought some clear plastic and draped it over the shelves and kept it tight with magnets I bought at a fabric store. That worked very well at keeping the dust off but I really couldn't see through it all that well. Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. > now has anyone ever bothered to dust the little buggers? all my kits > are spread all around the garage, each with a nice coating of dust... > I've stuck most of mine in book cases with removable sheets of glass over the front. Pat On Apr 10, 4:27 pm, Pat Flannery <flan...@daktel.com> wrote:> cr...@earthlink.net wrote:> > now has anyone ever bothered to dust the little buggers? all my kits> > are spread all around the garage, each with a nice coating of dust...> > I've stuck most of mine in book cases with removable sheets of glass> over the front.> > PatTwo dozen from kits, another dozen diecast, a couple of prototypes done for customers.Only a few of the diecasts are on shelves and need dusting. The rest are in display cases and a few plastic display/storage boxes from the Container Store. The only one that is too big is the Russian glider/truck/wagon diorama, which should fit in the new corner display case later this summer.Tom >> > Well, I have about 50 cars on display in the house, another 30 or >> > so in [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Craig Ah, yes, dust. When I decided to get back into modelling, I had already packed all my remaining models surviving from previous decades. I took the opportunity, after moving to our present location, to sort through them. A few unbuilts, but most of the builts were in boxes with the dust they had gathered when last on display. (As a matter of fact, more of my models met their demise from my mother's attempt at dusting them with a feather duster than from any other activity, such as nephews or firecrackers.) I picked out a few to refurbish (Revell 1/72 Me-262; Revell/Monogram (don't remember which) 1/48 Bf-109E, Monogram 1/48 P- 51D), and, after making sure I had all the fiddly bits, I used a soft- bristle toothbrush and Ivory soap to clean them off, rinsed with tap water. I did lose some decals, but I had intended to strip off the paint, anyway, so no big loss. When I get my own house (not this rental place), I'll get a glassed-in display case. Well, I can dream... Signature"Evolution can be mean -- there's no 'dumb-a.s' vaccine." -- Jimmy Buffett On Apr 7, 5:00 pm, "cr...@earthlink.net" <cr...@earthlink.net> wrote: > I know most of us have some kind of compulsive disorder that makes us > buy kits even though we know we shouldn't...and god forbid we actually [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Craig I have about the same range as most of the posts. However, too many of them are large scale. I love large scale for the extra detail, especially for scratch projects and ships. But I have absolutely run out of space and must now get rid of some of my many larger scale models. > so for those who have found a way around this, how many kits do you > have on display around the house? > I've sold quite a few recently, but still have139 in my one-bedroom apartment. Pat >> so for those who have found a way around this, how many kits do you >> have on display around the house? [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Pat sounds like my boston place. do you have a huge record collection, too? > sounds like my boston place. do you have a huge record collection, too? > Topped out at over 550 CDs. Converted all of them that I wanted to save to MP3s and sold them. Here's a good one...how many _unbuilt_ models do I have sitting around? Answer...1. Pat >> sounds like my boston place. do you have a huge record collection, too? >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Pat he ain't human, i tells ya, mugsy. he just ain't human. > he ain't human, i tells ya, mugsy. he just ain't human. > Beats the hell out of all those half-built models I had when I was a kid. Firm rule now: Don't get a new model until you've finished the last one you bought. If nothing else, it gives you a inspiration to finish up what you've started before moving forwards to something else that intrigues you. Women really appreciate it when a man has this approach to life, as it shows "commitment". The fact that "commitment" generally refers to being involuntarily sent to a mental asylum should not be considered a negative aspect to this approach to life, as let's face it, we're all a little off of our rockers, each in our own unique and individual way. Near as I can figure, Homo Sapiens went nuts as a species and individuals about the time we started carving model woolly mammoths out of slaughtered Neanderthal soup-bones around 50,000 years ago. From that moment on, Aurora's "Famous Monsters Of Filmland" series of of model kits was pretty much inevitable. :-D pat >> he ain't human, i tells ya, mugsy. he just ain't human. >> [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > >pat oh no, mugsy, he's spoutin' detoiminism! > > sounds like my boston place. do you have a huge record collection, too? > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Pat What? no LPs? no 45s? no 8-tracks? no 78s? ;) Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. >> > sounds like my boston place. do you have a huge record collection, too? >> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. no cylinders, wax, or dvd's? horrors! someone@some.domain wrote >>What? no LPs? no 45s? no 8-tracks? no 78s? >>;) >> >>Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. > no cylinders, wax, or dvd's? > horrors! Y'all forgot them there wire recording thingummies, too. RobG (The Aussie one) >someone@some.domain wrote >>>What? no LPs? no 45s? no 8-tracks? no 78s? [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >RobG >(The Aussie one) i don't have a wire recorder. everything else, though... > Y'all forgot them there wire recording thingummies, too. > I actually played around with a wire recorder as a kid, the sound fidelity was pretty poor to put it mildly. Pat > What? no LPs? no 45s? no 8-tracks? no 78s? > ;) > Nope, just a few CDs left. The unbuilt model is the EVA models Harrison Schmitt resin astronaut kit in 1:32 scale. Pat >> What? no LPs? no 45s? no 8-tracks? no 78s? >> ;) [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Pat never seen one. >> Nope, just a few CDs left. >> The unbuilt model is the EVA models Harrison Schmitt resin astronaut kit [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > never seen one. > http://www.starshipmodeler.com/real/vh_schmitt.htm Pat >>> Nope, just a few CDs left. >>> The unbuilt model is the EVA models Harrison Schmitt resin astronaut kit [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >Pat actually, i saw one built. a museum, i believe >> http://www.starshipmodeler.com/real/vh_schmitt.htm >> >> Pat >> > actually, i saw one built. a museum, i believe > Probably a very small museum, given the size of the kit. "And if you'll step over into this broom closet, we'll have a look at the Apollo Program." :-D Pat "crw59@earthlink.net" <crw59@earthlink.net> wrote in news:c69f8a9e-3f48- 4fcd-9024-177d5512a1aa@e67g2000hsa.googlegroups.com: > I know most of us have some kind of compulsive disorder that makes us > buy kits even though we know we shouldn't...and god forbid we actually [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Craig Heh. 8, on a bookshelf. But, then, I've only been back in the hobby for a year. And I don't spend a whole lot of time building. Much of it is research -- trying to find out what color is the top of the axle plane on Berthold's D VII; how to duplicate the nozzle color on the F-18A. Just what is the camo pattern on the AVG P-40B. And, of course, I get sidetracked by other questions. I have a lot of info built up. I've got several "in progress," because I get bored with one, or can't find info on some detail, or don't have that color paint yet, or just want to change it up a bit. So now I've almost finished my Kitech 1/72 F-14A, and am well along on my AMT (nee Matchbox) 1/72 F-86A. My Revell 1/72 Me-262 is awaiting RLM 81/82 paint. My Polar Lights Klingon D-7 needs its paint job. Soon, I hope to start on some quality kit, now that I've done my share of mistakes on the cheapy kits. Signature"Evolution can be mean -- there's no 'dumb-a.s' vaccine." -- Jimmy Buffett >"crw59@earthlink.net" <crw59@earthlink.net> wrote in news:c69f8a9e-3f48- >4fcd-9024-177d5512a1aa@e67g2000hsa.googlegroups.com: [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] >Soon, I hope to start on some quality kit, now that I've done my share >of mistakes on the cheapy kits. careful, you can get addicted to super detailing the cheap kits to eliminate their short comings. like making a lindberg gladiator look as good as the roden. to the extent of making all the 3rd paty detaol kits mean for a roden work on the lindberg. just a little sanding and putty, hmm, can i vacform those details....? 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