davevw Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Looking for creative ways to store spare parts. How do you? And when do you toss some? Dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
farmerboy Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 In a old model kit box. Yes, I am very creative. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kenlilly106 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 I used to do what farmerboy did but it was a 1/72 space shuttle with boosters box so it was a pain to search for anything, especially if it was on the bottom. I got a couple of those parts organizer cabinets from the hardware store, get one with several sizes of trays and make sure it has a couple of deep ones for larger parts. Pick a day/night that you don't feel like building anything and sit down in front of the TV and sort the spare parts you have now into different compartments. I have mine sorted into compartments such as: missiles, landing gear, ejection seats, PE frets, clear parts, etc. Pick a system that works for you. Every couple of years I end up going through part of it doing the "why do I have this again?" Q&A session with myself. Ken Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Keep like parts in a another un-started kit of the same type. Others odds and sods in a old cookie tin. Used to have a 30 year stash of parts stored in Hasegawa boxes. Till I noticed some of those parts are......30 years old. So if I don't figure I will use the parts witin 5 years now I toss them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Netz Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 (edited) I still have bulk parts stored in kit boxes... But now I like to keep my parts in sealable parts organizers, especially during a build so parts do not get lost. You can organize as you like keeping wheels tires in one compartment weapons in another, however you like to divide them up. I also use them to store paint. Curt Edited August 11, 2016 by Netz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joe Hegedus Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 I have some in the parts organizers with little drawers, some are in plastic shoe bins (for a broad category such as 1/48 jet external tanks, then with different types in ziplock bags within the bin; ie. Phantom tanks in 1 bag, Hornet in another, AERO-1 series in another), and some generic parts, such as odds and ends, wings, fins, stuff like that are tossed in a bulk bin. Then, some are in Rubbermaid boxes arranged by general category, just tossed together (1/48 engines and props, for example). It works for me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rex Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 I use one set of the small parts drawers in a steel frame. That is for very small parts from "sources unknown". For all other parts, I have an empty model box from each aircraft type, with a label on the end so I don't think it is an unbuilt kit. That lets Crusader parts live in the Crusader stacks, Intruder parts with the Intruders, etc. I started doing it this way because of all the spares left over from each Hasegawa Phantom that got finished. I also have the parts sorted into little plastic bags inside the boxes. That way I don't have to push a ton of drop tanks, wheels, and jet exhausts aside while looking for a spare Phantom nose part. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 (edited) In a old model kit box. Yes, I am very creative. And I can be very clumsy. After knocking my box of spare parts off the desk and all over the floor I sorted everything as mentioned above and store them in various sizes of ziploc bags. No spilling everything and I can generally see what's in the clear bag better than I ever could in a box. Edited August 12, 2016 by habu2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
William G Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Similar to y'all Ive set mine into Ziploc bags based on what they are, nosecones/ radomes, landing gear, antennas, canopies, pylons... etc all of these went into a large plastic container that wasn't about to get bumped to the floor. Next one I do will be probably a set of filing cabinets so I can keep them out of sight and off the workbench. William G Quote Link to post Share on other sites
balls47 Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 (edited) Yessir, When I finish a kit, I cut the spare parts away, but leave them on enough sprue to keep them solid. I put the parts along with the instructions in a zip-lock bag. I mark the bag, i.e. 1/48 Monogram F-84F. I keep all of these bags separately. I cut stretches of sprue that can be used for anything from scratching parts to stretching sprue. I keep all of the sprue and other "stuff" that can be used for anything in modeling. Every so often, I go through the box and if there is way too much of something, I thin out the scrap box. Edited October 14, 2016 by balls47 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
randypandy831 Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 I bag and label all my spare parts and store then in 1 of 2 storage bins. either jet or prop. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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