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Stash Dilemma
Posted by Devil Dawg on Saturday, August 8, 2015 1:11 PM

Anybody have this problem? My modeling room & area hasn't increased since I moved in back in 2013, but my stash has increased and has outgrown it's available storage space. ARGGHHHHHH!!!

Devil Dawg

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Posted by fermis on Saturday, August 8, 2015 1:22 PM

Yes.

 

I used to have my entire stash in a cabinet under my main display case...

 

Stash WAS dominated by 1/48, with just a couple 72nds and 32nds.

I got more into 72nd...stash grew...I moved all the 32nd stuff to the utility side of the basement, making plenty of room for more! 

Well, that extra space filled up...had to get rid of a bunch of junk that was on the shelves in the utility room to make room for the 1/48 stash.

Modern/early jet/choppers on bottom shelf, WW2 in the middle, and the top is a bit of a mish-mash of everything.

The cabinet now only has a few armor kits and 1/72...plus spares boxes

PLenty of room for more 72nd kits!!!

 

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Posted by dirkpitt77 on Saturday, August 8, 2015 5:05 PM

Yep, I feel your pain. I have around 45 kits in my stash, until recently all stored neatly on glass shelves on either side of my office, mounted about 1 foot from the ceiling, sort of hobby shop style. I picked up another 8 recently through vendor tables at shows, or on the clearance rack at Hobby Lobby. They are piled on the floor and on top of my display case. I'm currently in the process of building 3 more display cases, with storage compartments in their base to hide more kits. Stick out tongue

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Posted by Tojo72 on Saturday, August 8, 2015 5:34 PM
Maybe I can help,which ones don't you want,I can probably take some off your hands.No charge for me ,but just as a favor for you.

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Posted by Cdn Colin on Saturday, August 8, 2015 8:08 PM
I could take a few off your hands, too, if they're a problem!

I build 1/48 scale WW2 fighters.

Have fun.

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Posted by DURR on Saturday, August 8, 2015 9:31 PM

i know everyone is going to joke you about you sending them some of your stash    ...........  but  check out the charity/goodwill  forum here  if you r serious about thinning your stash out

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Posted by Arved on Saturday, August 8, 2015 11:25 PM
Some of you have more kits than my local hobby shop!

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Posted by Sprue-ce Goose on Saturday, August 8, 2015 11:31 PM

I always thought the ideal situation was to die surrounded by very expensive plastic models.  Hmm

 

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Posted by CheesyMeatBurrito on Sunday, August 9, 2015 12:45 AM

If you can still feed your family and pay the bills I see no problem.

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Posted by Bish on Sunday, August 9, 2015 1:46 AM

O ye, seriously haveing trouble squeezing new kits in, and i have cut down on what on am buying. But even worse, i have run out of space to display bult kits. I have had to box someup and put them in the shed with the stash, which of course means even less room for that as well.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

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Posted by Nomad53 on Sunday, August 9, 2015 6:31 AM

Sorry double post.

Nomad53


 

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Posted by Nomad53 on Sunday, August 9, 2015 6:33 AM

I wish I had the problem that you all have. I can't even get a kit to build most of the time.

Doug

Nomad53


 

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Posted by Bish on Sunday, August 9, 2015 6:58 AM

Nomad53

I wish I had the problem that you all have. I can't even get a kit to build most of the time.

Doug

 

I am sure we have all been there Nomad. I know it can be frustrating not being able to buy the stuff you wnat for the hobby. I think many of us have been up our stashes over many years, they are a WiP all by themselves.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

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Posted by tankerbuilder on Sunday, August 9, 2015 10:09 AM

Hello Bish !

   Listen I am running out of room too .Did you know you can ( Like a Hoarder ) stack the kits into kind of a tunnel to your workspace ? L.O.L. Or you can send half to me and I will take them to the V.A.     T.B.

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Posted by tankerbuilder on Sunday, August 9, 2015 10:14 AM

Yo ! Fermis !

 just ask Humper next time you see him for my address .I would be glad to recieve a free gift set of those ships and A-10 aircraft you have ! L.O.L. Have a good un !    T.B.

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Posted by Don Stauffer on Sunday, August 9, 2015 11:03 AM

Both the size of my stash, and the number of power tools I own have grown, but not size of shop!  When we moved into this house about twenty years ago, it had a nice size basement, and I appropriated a large area for a shop, 12 x 20.  I could not imagine needing a bigger shop. It is now crammed to a lack of breathing space!  Like one of Parkinson's laws, both unbuilt kits and tools increase without limit to use all the available space.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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Posted by waynec on Sunday, August 9, 2015 11:48 AM

CheesyMeatBurrito

If you can still feed your family and pay the bills I see no problem.

 

and fit both cars in a two car garage. i have 300 in the bunker and another 300 in the garage. i really need to thin stuff out, probably most fixed wing, ww2 armor, wooden ship kits, and some boats. stick with modern warwheels, 1/72, dinosaurs, RR, helos, fire trucks.

Никто не Забыт    (No one is Forgotten)
Ничто не Забыто  (Nothing is Forgotten)

 

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Posted by patrick206 on Sunday, August 9, 2015 12:19 PM

Man, I thought I must have a near record stash at 140, but Waynec, you're a stand alone industry. I'm 74, zero chance to finish many of what I have, even after giving away dozens prior I should make some more kids happy in the neighborhood. 

 

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Posted by armornut on Monday, August 10, 2015 11:46 AM

when i moved back from Shreveport I asked my wife to rent a storage unit for my kits, worked out great til the little monster in my head said the house wasn't mine unless there was atleast a dozen kits laying around, well another trip to the storage unit is in order and more therapy to quiet the unruly beast. my stash has a life of its own and occasionally invites me to parties, unfortunatly i'm obliged to bring a new gift LOL.

we're modelers it's what we do

AT6
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Posted by AT6 on Tuesday, August 11, 2015 12:59 AM

I was only going to lurk today but couldn't resist this thread. When I moved in to my home in 1978 I only had ten model kits. They mated and now the population is around 500.

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Posted by iraqiwildman on Tuesday, August 11, 2015 2:49 PM

I felt bad a few months ago because I bought 3 kits off ebay and increase my stash from 4 to 7. But after looking at this post, I really don't fell to bad now.

Tim Wilding

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Posted by Sprue-ce Goose on Tuesday, August 11, 2015 8:17 PM

AT6

I was only going to lurk today but couldn't resist this thread. When I moved in to my home in 1978 I only had ten model kits. They mated and now the population is around 500.

 

Be happy they aren't Tribbles.............Wink
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The big problem isn't so much the kit stash as the assembled kits- especially when a move must be contemplated.Boo Hoo
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Posted by panzerpilot on Tuesday, August 11, 2015 10:36 PM

I've got over a hundred kits in my hobby room closet, so I know what you mean. There's not much room for much else. Then there's all the paint stash over by the desk. That's a dilemma since it has a shelf life. I bet I have every RLM color a dozen times over and all sorts of others. Probably enough paint to build at least all the kits I have.

-Tom

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Posted by tankerbuilder on Wednesday, August 12, 2015 5:11 PM

Hey ;

    Waynec ?

    When you say Boats , to what are you referring ? Warships , Yachts or what ?    T.B.

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Posted by the doog on Sunday, August 23, 2015 12:43 PM

iraqiwildman

I felt bad a few months ago because I bought 3 kits off ebay and increase my stash from 4 to 7. But after looking at this post, I really don't fell to bad now.

 

"SEVEN"??

That's not a "stash"--that's "starvation rations", lol.Big Smile

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Posted by the doog on Sunday, August 23, 2015 12:49 PM

Devil Dawg

Anybody have this problem? My modeling room & area hasn't increased since I moved in back in 2013, but my stash has increased and has outgrown it's available storage space. ARGGHHHHHH!!!

 

Best thing to do is to start going through it and being honest with yourself about how many kits of a certain mark you need, or will actually build. For istance, I used to have like,  a dozen German Panthers: two or three "D" models, for different tiny details or finishes, a couple "A" models with minor detail differences, two or three "G" ones, early, middle, late, etc. an "F", two "Panther II"s, etc---and now I have like, only eleven, lol. Had to be honest that I just wouldn't need a third "D" model with shortened fenders and a different exhaust arrangement in the display case.

Seriously though--eBay is a great place to get rid of excess stash. New molds replace old molds regularly in my stash, and Iusually do an inventory every year or so and see what just doesn't light a fire for me any more and then someone on eBay takes it off my hands.....

Hey, it frees up money for that new release coming out soon... Big Smile

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