Harrier/Viper Fan Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 I have 45 mixed scales 1/72, 1/48, 1/32, 1/35 & 1/144. Plus 3 more on the way. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scooby Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 A friend of mine passed away a few years ago. He had over 10,000 unbuilt kits. He was divorced so our IPMS Chapter helped his daughter sell of his estate. He had a three bedroom house, there were kits everywhere, every bedroom and the basement was full. Even the kitchen had kits stacked. The official number was over 10,000 but it sure felt like more. I almost sat on a couch once in his house only to find another kit under the cushions. He had a couple under construction but nothing finished. He also had books, decals, and aftermarket. It took us six months to a year to clear out his house. We had sales in the house. Another member of our chapter had over 2,000 kits. When he saw this he started selling off all his kits. He is now down to less than 200. When he passes away he has directed his wife to invite us all over. He wants her to spread all the remaining sprues on the driveway and while we are watching he wants her to drive over and crush all the sprues with the family car. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Big Daddy Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Wow. You guys are scaring me. I just started up again after about 45 years away from modelling. I have 2 on the bench and 2 in the stash and I am thinking,"Hmmm, I better get to work on these." :o Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CorsairMan Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 10000... that's a lot. I guess it would take about 3 rooms to stuff them all into. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dmthamade Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Twenty-five, all 1/32. Been pretty good at restraint when it comes to buying new kits. Different story when it come to decals and other aftermarket. Don Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DONG Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 More than I thought. 70 1/48 13 1/32 3 1/72 3 1/35 5 egg planes Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Yeah and he has YET to finish any of them!!!!! OK, one or two. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DONG Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Yeah and he has YET to finish any of them!!!!! OK, one or two. nobody asked you Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AeroCommander690 Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 The idea of an aircraft in its full glory is sometimes greater then the will to build,look at history and "FEEL NO SHAME". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lancer512 Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Today I counted 77... Err.. I mean, 77 F-16 kits in my stash. The stash reached 350 today. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ventris Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 My stash. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
caughtinthemiddle Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 About 250 1/72 scale (including about 50 Hasegawa's Fw 190s, 15 Ju 88s and 30 Fine Molds' Bf 109s:) ), Zvezda's 1/48 Bf 109 F-2 and a few 1/32. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CorsairMan Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 My stash. Hellcats, wildcats... even a skyraider... but no Corsairs.... for shame... :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flyboyf18 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 More than I thought. 70 1/48 13 1/32 3 1/72 3 1/35 5 egg planes You are 7 egg planes short??? Maybe 8??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scapilot Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Man, oh man. Whole lot of people hoarding plastic. lol. I too am curious as to how some of these folks think it's going to be possible to even put a dent in these stashes in a life time. Granted, some take less time to build than others, but even if you spent a week a piece (which I would assume would yield rather 'not so pretty' results) it would still take ages to build 1000+ models. I just started with my 'collecting', but I know what I like, and what I have an interest in building, and ultimately I wish to have a model collection that would roughly reflect all of the planes that one would see on static display at a moden day airshow. A mixture of current trainers, modern fighters, vintage, cargo haulers, and even helo's. After that, I'm not sure what I would want to build. I'm at 15, including the two that I have in work at the moment, but I plan on building all of them in a very timely fashion....down to the order in which I want to assemble them in order to build the "airshow collection". It's no cheap hobby, that's for sure, and I can't justify spending money now on something that I know that I won't need to build until at least a year down the road. I do, however see some peoples justification in buying a model out of fear of it slipping out of production for another few years, or possibly forever, but I can't justify buying a model that I have no interest in just to satisfy that urge. I just want to build what I see when I go to airshows, and do a few customs for planes that I've personally worked on in my time in the Navy, and then after that maybe do builds for people for sentimental gifts. Because even if you were to build 1000+ models, where in the world would you possible display them all?? lol. To each their own though. People thought I was crazy when I built a home cockpit for my flight simulator, but some just don't understand what makes others tick. I say as long as no one gets hurt, or neglected in the process, then stash away my plastic fascinated friends!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
caughtinthemiddle Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 (edited) Well, if each modeller bought only the kit he will build immediatelly, most of the kit and aftermarket producers would have to find other jobs. Edited March 15, 2012 by caughtinthemiddle Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Model-Junkie Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Its hard for me to get an accurate count as I have a lot of them stored in large boxes but I believe I have 500+ 1/72 kits. I also have around 50 1/200 airliners & maybe 12 1/24 cars. Hmm... I think I have a plastic-holic problem Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Boss Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 16 kits after a 10 year hiatus....what have I been doing in that time? Um - 23 electric guitars.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
caughtinthemiddle Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Its hard for me to get an accurate count as I have a lot of them stored in large boxes but I believe I have 500+ 1/72 kits. I also have around 50 1/200 airliners & maybe 12 1/24 cars. Hmm... I think I have a plastic-holic problem I'm happy to hear that there are 1/72 scale aficionados in US too. I had an impression that most of US-modellers tend to build large scale kits. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ventris Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Hellcats, wildcats... even a skyraider... but no Corsairs.... for shame... :) Well, Corsairs do lack the "cat" part in the name Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Big Daddy Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 About 250 1/72 scale (including about 50 Hasegawa's Fw 190s, 15 Ju 88s and 30 Fine Molds' Bf 109s:) ), Zvezda's 1/48 Bf 109 F-2 and a few 1/32. You've got enough there to stage a pretty good-sized raid on London. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
caughtinthemiddle Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I'm not sure about the exact destination, but the whole idea is nice Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wolfgun33 Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 I think some people need to share. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Air Fix Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 116, including Shelf-O-Doomers 5 primed and waiting for paint 7 more very close 18 on the trade shelf. Plus a couple of paint mules that aren't counted in the total. So, if I get my act together, I could reduce the stash to about 85ish reasonably quickly. I wasn't going to add to it until it got down to what I felt was a reasonable level and then I went to a show.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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