Your lurking stash?

It doesn't take too long to amass a stash. 

MIne is down to about 30, with a Semovente on my bench. I'm trying to be really picky anymore. When I first got back into the hobby deep, I bought a lot of outdated Tamiya and italeri kits. As new releases popped up, I sold them all off, as I didn't want to go backwards per say.

These posts come up time to time.

I can only try and remember what's in my stash.  Two years ago I had to forfeit my shop to create a nursery.  This stash is boxed in a storage unit waiting for our new house.  In the meantime I've accrued about 50 or so more that are shelved in our garage (boy does my wife love me). I can't wait to break into all those boxes in the storage unit.  I'm sure I've forgotten about many and will be pleasantly surprised.  The first one I plan on doing is my Tamiya 1/32 Zero.  Or my Monogram B-29.  Or my Trumpeter 1/32 F-14D.  Or my 1/48 Revell F-15E.  It's gonna be like Christmas!

I've got close to 30 i think.

I've been pretty good - haven't bought any this year.  Acquired about 5 or so last year, only 1 the year before - have been trying to build them rather than just collect them.

Despite the relatively low number (compared to some others) i still have trouble deciding upon the next kit to build...

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PS: DiscoStu: how's the F-14 build going?  I'm still yet to acquire the Academy kit for my stash, but hope to have it one day.

Ive knocked the number down over the summer, but I still have over 30 in the stash:

there's another stack on the other side, mostly 1/48 scale ww2 and some 1/72 scale stuff

tigerman

It doesn't take too long to amass a stash. 

Tigerman: just noticed all the kanji on your Hasegawa kits - is that because you purchased them/imported from Japan?  Or are they sold like that where you are?  (PS: i'm assuming you're based in the US).

Some of it:

More of it:

Not all of it. Cool thing is I found some really great spots for tucking new acquisitions away. There's a deep drawer that fits Hasegawa's 1/32 kits almost exactly. Got a 190 Dora, 109G-6 and Ki-44 in there. There's a shelf on the old entertainment center I use as a backstop to my bench that's PERFECT for the bigger 1/48 Monogram boxes. It's holding the Black Cat PBY, B-24J and Ju 88. 

Planning to sell of some chunks of the stash I just know I'm never going to build. But that's a hard game to play. 

Here...

And..here:

Accumulated over the past several years. I also have some huge drawers full of paint, etc. etc...

It has reached 'critical mass'...

I couldn't resist!

The stash four years ago (Jan, 2008):

And now (more or less)!

There's a little over 100 now in the stash.

Thanks for this thread....the stash has been dying to get re-organized!

Pulled everything out and stacked it up.

With everything organized by box size more-so than subject relation, I can probably squeeze in another 20 or so!!!!!

 WOW Fermis - that is an awesome display cabinet you've got!

cml

 

tigerman:

 

It doesn't take too long to amass a stash. 

 

 

Tigerman: just noticed all the kanji on your Hasegawa kits - is that because you purchased them/imported from Japan?  Or are they sold like that where you are?  (PS: i'm assuming you're based in the US).

Yes, I live in the US and purchased them all here. I got the Frank, Jack and Val at model shows for a total of $36. Two of them were sealed!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jDzV3qycOqM#t=6s

Rob:

Very nicely stored stash.

Kinda reminds me of the vault scene in the movie "Goldfinger"........................

Nice seeing those Aurora armor kits, BTW.

Manstein's revenge

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jDzV3qycOqM#t=6s

My favorite scene..........

Being a psychology major (yeah, it's about as marketable as an art history major) I could come up with all sorts of rationalizations for why one ends up hoarding a styrene stash.  I will only say that it's much less disturbing and dirty than being a cat person shut-in.

Holy cat, man! You could have a lot of fun with a laser pointer in there. Yes, dirty. Bathtub as a litter box?

I seem to be maintaining between 25-30. I build a few and by a few

I'm liking that Akagi and Independence in your stash Anthony.

tigerman

I'm liking that Akagi and Independence in your stash Anthony.

Thanks Erik,I'm saving them for a a few years after I retire and move out of state.There is no way that I want to try and move a completed Akagi across state lines,it probably wouldn't survive,but I really am looking forward to diving in to the both of them.

fermis

Thanks for this thread....the stash has been dying to get re-organized!

Pulled everything out and stacked it up.

 

With everything organized by box size more-so than subject relation, I can probably squeeze in another 20 or so!!!!!

I think someone needs to share with the rest of his friends.

Here's my current stash. I'm going to out IPMS model show at the end of the month so that stash may expand some.

I'm liking a lot of stuff that I see here, I thaught that my stash would be small, compared to other stuff I've allready seen on the net, seems that I'm quite wrong...

Fermis You're welcome, I was waiting and waiting to find one, but got sick of it and made my own now.

Medicman, be sure to upload your new aquirements by then!
Next week I'm going to have a few new of my own, maybe we could make this a (sticky) buy and stash topic?
if it's popular enough...

With regards, Ninetalis.

Here's my own, relatively modest stash, starting with a set of shelves to the left of my bench:

panning left to the shelves behind me when I sit at the bench:

and next traveling up from the cellar to the spare bedroom on the first floor:

and a box on the floor in that room:

I took those at least a year ago.  The stack on the right side of the photo from the spare bedroom now reaches to the top of the frame, and includes the Revell-Monogram Ventura, and the newer RM P-47 bubbletop, among some odds and ends.

There are also some small (about 8"x4"x4") plastic storage bins on and under the bench, with more of my kit figure stash.  Oh, and some copier paper box lids that I use for storage trays for figures, scattered about the horizontal surfaces in the basement.  I'd like someday to get a wheeled sheet pan rack from the restaurant trade, add pieces of 1/2" plywood for shelves, and use it as a storage caddy at the bench.

I think that it's pretty neat to get a glance at everyone's hoard- it helps flesh out that poster's modeling interests. 

Sweet mother - Rob Gronovius is running his very own LHS...

Most of my stash is tucked away in Rubbermaid storage bins, not easy to photograph all at once. I've got a list  80+, but lists just aren't as impressive as pics. I'll post something later.

ACTIVE…………………………………………………………….

1/72        Airfix            Heinkel He-177
1/72        Italeri        Saab JAS39a Gripen        -
1/48        ESCI            Henschel Hs-129B

NEXT UP…………………………………………………………

1/48        Revell        B25J Mitchell
1/72        Italeri        Su-27 Sea Flanker
1/72        Special Hobby    Pucara
1/72        Heller        Super Etandard
1/72        Airfix            Saab J37 Draken
1/48        Academy        Messerschmitt Bf109G-14
1/48        Accurate Miniatures    FW 190A
1/48        ProModeler    Ta-154 Moskito-A-0
1/48        ProModeler    FW-190-D11
1/48        ProModeler    FW-190-G2/G3
1/48        ProModeler    Messerschmitt Me 410B-1
1/48        Italeri        Me262 A-1a  (former Dragon kit)
1/48        Hasegawa    Messerschmitt Bf109F
1/48        Hobbycraft    DH-100 Vampire Mk1
1/48         Hobbycraft    Supermarine Seafire MkXIV
1/48        ICM            Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX (aftermarket decals in stash
1/48        Tamiya        FW-190D-9
1/48        Tamiya        Bf109 E4/7
1/48        Tamiya        Me262 A2a (w/kettenkraftrad)
1/48        Hobbycraft    Avia s-199
1/48        Hobbycraft    Messerschmitt Bf109 E4/7 Trop
1/48        Revell        SBD Dauntless
1/48        Revell        P38J Lightning x2
1/48        Revell        F4 Phantom
1/48        Revell        Spitfire Mk II
1/48        Testors        P-47D Thunderbolt
1/72        Academy        FW 190D-9 "Papagei Staffel"
1/72        Academy        FW 190A-6/8
1/72        Academy        A6M5c Zero type 52c
1/72        Academy        Grumman F6F-3/5 Hellcat
1/72        Academy        Me163 Komet
1/72        Academy        Sopwith Camel
1/72        Academy        Messerschmitt Bf109G-14
1/72        Airfix            Saab J35 Viggen
1/72        Airfix            Polikarpov I-153
1/72        Airfix            Bf109 G6
1/72        Airfix            Kamov Ka-25A/C twin rotor helo
1/72        Airfix            Hawker Typhoon Ib
1/72        Dragon        Dornier Do-335
1/72        Fujimi        Mig 21 PF - Indian or Egyptian markings options
1/72        Hasegawa    FW190 D9
1/72        Hasegawa    FW190 D-9 "Fall of the Reich"
1/72        Hasegawa    P51D Mustang "Blue Nose"
1/72        Hasegawa    Sabre F
1/72        Hasegawa    Mosquito FB Mk VI
1/72        Heller        Potez 631
1/72        Heller        Dewoitine 520
1/72        Heller        P39Q Airacobra
1/72        Heller        M.D. 450 Ouragan
1/72        Heller        AMD Etandard
1/72        Heller        Saab J21A
1/72        Heller        Saab J29 Tunnan
1/72        Heller        Saab J32 Lansen
1/72        Heller        Saab J35 Viggen AJ-37 / SF-37 / SK-37
1/72        Heller        F86F Sabre
1/72        Heller        Spitfire Mk XVI
1/72        Heller        Polikarpov I.153 Chaïka
1/72        Italeri        Messerschmitt    Bf110-C3/C4 Zerstorer
1/72        Italeri        Ju-88 C-6
1/72        Italeri        Henschel Hs126
1/72        Italeri        Westland HU-5 Wessex
1/72        Italeri        Su-32/34 Strike Flanker
1/72        Italeri        Su-27 Flanker B
1/72        Italeri        Su-27 Sea Flanker
1/72        Italeri        Mig-29 UB Fulcrum
1/72        Italeri        Sukhoi Su-22M-4 Fitter "K"
1/72        Italeri        IAI Kfir
1/72        Italeri        Henschel HS126
1/72        MPC            E. E. Lightning
1/72        MPC            Saab J37 Draken
1/72        Revell        Arado Ar 240C-02 nightighter
1/72        Revell Germany    Focke-Wulf TL-Jâger "Flitzer"
1/39        Revell        Wright Flyer
?/??        AMT            Star Wars Snowspeeder
?/??        AMT            Star Wars STAP with Battle Droid
?/??        AMT            Star Wars Trade Federation Tank
?/??        BanDai        Gundam Sandrock
1/35        Italeri        Jagdpanther SD KFZ 173

Good god Baron, you've been building in that place all the time?
I wouldn't be able do to that at all...

Dre, Indeed, that's why I started this thread, I really like to see other people's stash, sometimes you see boxes that you didn't even know they excisted, or that you hadn't found yet.

VanceCrozier, great, we'll be waiting right here!

With regards, Ninetalis.

Can't wait to see Manny's. He probably has a storage locker full of them. Or should I say "cooler"?

tigerman

Can't wait to see Manny's. He probably has a storage locker full of them. Or should I say "cooler"?