As my screen name might suggest, I am an aged modeler who's been at it for decades. Having retired over a decade ago, I have quite the collection of aircraft models inasmuch as modeling is my main recreation in retirement. A friend remarks that I have the second largest air force in the world.
Anyway....
I have been giving thought to what happens to my collection when I Go West. I have an adult daughter (no sons) who shows little interest in my hobby and most likely would toss my decades' worth of effort into the garbage bin. I had a friend who might have taken it for his model-related business but he's passed on.
I was a member of the local Commemorative Air Force chapter (Airbase Arizona) but they have a professed dislike for models that might otherwise grace their aircraft collection.
There is only one hobby shop in my area but I have not scoped them out -- and anyway, not knowing when I might Go West, it seems infeasible to plan on a business that might not be there when they are needed -- assuming they would be interested at all.
So what's an aged modeler to do when planning for a future after they have eternally ceased modeling?
Any thoughts would be appreciated.