Chris,

Like you and DJinFlorida my "stash" is pretty small.  I currently only have 12 kits total.  The first one that I put together after a LONG absence was a Revell 1:72 Skill Level 1 i.e. a Snap Tite kit.  I have 7 cars and 5 aircraft's.  My next build is going to be the AMT 2009 Chevy Corvette Coupe.  I will also probably be purchasing the Eduard PE parts for the SR-71 Blackbird.

I've been lucky in that the HHV (Helping Hospitalized Veterans) provide Veterans with various types of craft kits, they are woodcraft, leathercraft, and scale models.  That is one wood or plastic scale model and one leathercraft kit.

They don't supply paint or glue, just the kit.  The leathercraft kits do come with lacing material and the woodcraft kits do come with a small container (or two or three) of white glue.

I would say that having to buy my own glue and paint is agreeable to being able to go in and pick out my own model.  As well as giving me the opportunity to rebuild my stash.

I'm also lucky in that my GF is supportive of my getting back into model building, and she purchased Monogram's SR-71 Blackbird for me as an early birthday present.  As I said I'm just waiting on getting the PE parts before I start in on it.

I think that all of the reasons that you listed are valid, especially how quickly models do come on and off of the market.  I think that another reason for "stashing" models is that buying a model that you like but don't yet have the skill/confidence yet to build.

That way it gives one something to look forward to.  Plus it doesn't hurt to have "extra" kits to work on, on a rainy day.

Greymack;

That is a good start, I'd say.

Those benches, and re-stocking ideas, are excellent plans, when

it comes to stashing kits, 100's are nice round numbers.

I bought a nice starter chunk of my stash from an estate sale of

a gentleman who ended up with 10's of thousands of kits, and another guy

who sold off a smaller collection of about 5,000 kits. Mostly old Monogram

stuff, and I still love every one of them like my first styrene kit.

You are in good company Mack, around these parts, you are quite a normal guy.

Happy stashing!!!

Dom

Hi there everyone  well reguarding the topic I'v got a strange way of thinking when it comes too stashing kits.My hobby has tooken over half of my basement and have 3 workbenches so that being said I figured on having 100-200 kits per bench that way there is always something going on.Or I'm nuts.

See the kit....buy the kit.......

You lot are not bloody well helping! Time to join stashaholics annonymous. Grrrrrrrrrrr!

Ha!  Its mostly Ebay.  Although that F-22 was found on some Auto/Marine store's website.  Weird.  I also got an Italeri 1/48 MV-22 for $30.50 with S/H from some automotive store.

...Because passing up that 1/48 Hasegawa F/A-18C with the Legends cockpit for $38 with shipping is a crime.

Or that 1/48 Hasegawa F-22.  Did I need it?  For $26 with shipping...yes, I did.

What about that Fine Molds 1/48 X-wing that normally goes for $75+??  For $52 with shipping it was hard to say no.  

Good luck collecting guys.

This is the problem, im already in a gb and struggling to complete it and i have started despruing and cleaning mmy next build already so it would just increase my roll of shame oh god, oh god, im going to buy the bloody thing, arent i :-(

Did someone say "Flanker"?   Get it and join the GB!!!

talentless

you are a cruel, cruel bugger

Thank you, I'm here all week. Try the Swordfish....

you are a cruel, cruel bugger

...you know you waaaannnnt to...  there's even a group build just waiting for you and your Flanker! ;)

am desperately trying not to buy a 1/48 su-27...i can feel my resistance ebbing away...plz send help.

professordeath

VanceCrozier

Forgive me father, for I have stashed. Again. Or rather, I've ordered something that will in all likelihood end up stashed for several months before I ever get to it.  But I've been waiting for Airfix's Swordfish with floats, and it finally came out, so I pounced on it. What can I say, I just don't have the $$s to throw at the giant Tamiya kit...

I think we all know who's to blame for this one....just sayin'

....yes and no....

Forgive me father, for I have stashed. Again. Or rather, I've ordered something that will in all likelihood end up stashed for several months before I ever get to it.  But I've been waiting for Airfix's Swordfish with floats, and it finally came out, so I pounced on it. What can I say, I just don't have the $$s to throw at the giant Tamiya kit...

As it's been said before it's so hard to resist getting something 25% to 50% off........

'Well, even if I can't get to this kit right away I'll buy one some day and it's 35% off so I might as well buy it now right???' 

At the next *MBA meeting:

Hi - my name is John and I'm a plastic model builder . . . . .

(*MBA = Model Builders Anonymous)

hardcore!!!!

pfft, who ever let a lack of room dictate their kit intake. I just keep piling them up. Ive got another couple square feet to cram them into. And a few more flat surfaces. When theyre all full up ill start storing them at work.

iraqiwildman

I only have 5 in my stash after three years back in the hobby.

I can see how guys overbuy kits. I look at Ebay a lot and droll over some kits, but them my willpower and financial reality kicks in. I hope to have all these kits built by next summer and then start buying again.

willpower went out the window long ago (around the time i got married i think). i only have my little room to store in so my stash is limited to about 10. they are in the wardrobe, under my desk, behind the desk, in the desk draws, besiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide the fishtank and under it in the cupboard. no more room = no more kits. :-(

Ordie:

It's not nice to fool Mother Nature....if She wants Real Plastic....

man made.....Can't mess with that....

Dom

I only have 5 in my stash after three years back in the hobby.

I can see how guys overbuy kits. I look at Ebay a lot and droll over some kits, but them my willpower and financial reality kicks in. I hope to have all these kits built by next summer and then start buying again.

Dom,

No, you won't live forever, but your stash will ... maybe that's why we're here - Mother Nature needs plastic, but can't make it without our help ...

Ordie

Ordie,

So, waxing metaphysical, if I buy his stash, does that guarantee me I will live forever?

Always urrounded by 100 MIB unopened kits......lol

Dom

Ninetalis

Because people are temporary,
the stash is forever...

At last, a truly metaphysical answer.

Because people are temporary,
the stash is forever...

AnythingScifi

I have more kits than I can ever build at around 340 give or take. Ranging from may Sc-Fi kits to tanks to cars and planes. I just turned 50 and the way I look at it my grand children will have them when I am gone.

I buy kits because I want them and I have no regrets.

Kenny

41 here and have over 400 if you count all the li'l bitty 1:200 Macross kits and the collection of small Star Blazers kits individually.

I've slowed down quite a bit on the purchases, though, under 10 in the past year.  I should be finishing more than I'm buying soon at this rate.