Stashes-Built and Unbuilt

The first thing I do on a project is look up the history, anything I can find on the model.  WWII and WWI were my favorite subjects in high school, I even built a gillows control line P-61 for a project in the class

John

Aha !

   Got your two cents though , didn't I . I don't know . I think " Stashing " for want of a better name comes about , because we love the history of say , The IOWA class B.B.s . Well  , how many iterations are there and How many conversion kits for them are there ? This goes for planes too . Ad infinitum . Therefore our collection seems to take on a life of it's own for whatever reason . A good for instance . I have four , yep , four TITANIC " Deluxe " editions .Why ? well , I bought the first one for myself and worked on it till I had to move . It has lighting and fiber optics all over the place ( it's not finished yet  ,either ! ) . Well , I made a comment one time (My Bad ) that I would maybe get one or two more so I could do the three sisters and use one as a base for the " ILE De FRANCE " like she was the day the Andrea Doria " went down  Three birthdays later I had the whole set ( number wise ) . I'm still looking for the REVELL releases of the " Oriana/Canberra  "twins and the Brazil/Brasil Release ,(  I use both spellings of the name because they were both used on this model of a Moore/ Mcormack liner ) .Why ? well I would use one " Brazil/Brasil " as a base to do the " Andrea Doria . " So you see , that's how , to most , a stash becomes just that , A stash .Now we all say we are going to build them some day .When ?

     To end this conversation from me at least , remember , the Stash for some is a part of their history , their interests and their life over the years . I still look at the boxtop from REVELL'S 57 Ford Country Squire and wish I had that model . At todays prices , that'll never happen . I look at the photo and think of a wonderful / aweful fishing trip with my very dear foster dad . We did get those fish though . And I just felt so safe in Dad's Car , just like the picture .See what I mean ?          Model On  !       Tanker - Builder

Tankbuilder,  you hit it on the head with the "I had one as a kid".  I stopped building after the first TMO move I did in the Air Force.  Learned quickly they do not have the love for the plastic!  But I kept buying kits!  A lot came when I was stationed in Germany.  As the built kits got destroyed after many moves, I would look for those kits.  After retiring from the AF and settling down, I now have an official "Youth Wish List" of kits I'm trying to get.  Just like you said, the old nostalgic ones you remember as a kid.  Now the prices are not he same as back then, so I wait for the deals to pop up.  Now in the mean time, new interests come up or just some good deals you can't refuse happen....thus increasing the stash.  I used  some old 1/72 kits I got in an estate sale to warm back into the hobby.  Which brings us to what falconmod said, "kits that I want to do when I feel I have the experience to do it right and be happy with my build".  Amen!  I have some seriously good kits I got for a steal (like my Tamiya 1/48 Lancaster) that I don't want to do until I'm "ready" for it.  So, do I have a stash?  Oh yeah, not as big as a lot of the folks here (about 290), but I sure have fun getting them!  Now I too have done some house keeping and have a small "to trade" stash of kits I don't have a high priority to build or want to build, they just came with a lot sale or an estate sale.  But now I have a little something I might be able to trade for one of those "Youth Wish List" kits!  

So if you stash...great!  If you don't see it and don't "hoard" them....great!  It's a hobby that you started to make you happy.  Be happy!  

Just doesn't make sense to me to have hundreds of models sitting and collecting dust in their boxes,but hey it's just my 2-cents,anyone can do what they want.

I'm with you Tanker-builder,

  Over thirty years my stash has grown to over 300. I buy what I like at the moment and also kits that I want to do when I feel I have the experience to do it right and will be happy with my build. I did do a house cleaning several years ago and got rid of about 150 kits I lost interest in. but hey that's the way it goes.

I also love the challenge of getting a kit at a auction or what ever that I missed when it came out.   I learned the same thing with aviation books, get them when you see them cuz you won't see them again, and if you do, not at the old price.  Just my 2 cents worth

John

Hey :  C.C.

You know what ? I never thought that years ago I would do this .You know the stash thing . I was probably about eight or ten when REVELL came out with The " VICTORY at SEA  " sets and the American Commerce kits . Well the grownups had different ideas about life , needless to say . Bouncing from one relative to another , all over this great land is hard on a kid's collection of built and unbuilt models !   Forge Ahead .This same model-lover from childhood is in a bookstoreoutside his Navy Base , and finds a bagged Airfix British Destroyer and the early AURORA " Graff Spee . Oops , started that engine again ! Well all these years later I have those wonderful Revell kits and every other kit I wanted (that I had as a kid ) and a whole lot  ,I just wanted .Kinda like a woman with one hundred pairs of shoes thinking she needs four more pair .

          I do build many and there are many sitting half built in their boxes because of lack of space  . Will I stop , shoot no ! It's too much fun building and buying more , especially at shows where I might find an affordable copy of that model that won my first model car contest ,for instance .Now , in defense of those who do not believe in " Stashing " what is your other main hobby ? How many " Super Bowl tapes , cd's and sports mags do you have on that subject .Then there's the collectors of the ubiquitis " National Geographic " . I know someone here in TEXAS that has issue number one and there's not a missing year or month to date .Now that's a stash !I say this If you want it buy it , If you build it , so be it .But don't make snide remarks about " our toys  ", Right ? Everyone that's a real person has some kind of stash or in today's lexicon " Hoard " So What ? As I said I love mine .        Tanker - Builder     P.S." I love the smell of fresh plastic in the box in the morning"

I have maybe 15 kits in my stash and probably won't live long enough to build them.. .If I buy something new, it is something I really like and start on it right away!

well, I've only been 2-3 years on 'stashing unbuilt' kits. I buy the one I like/have interest in builing someday, and every now and then just look at the boxes!! it's only 18 now, but i'm sure it'll grow. certainly not to 100's but if it does, i'm sure I could find good homes for them that wouldn't bother me a bit to 'give them away.  or I could slap 'em together and have fun with minor explosives!!!! b4 anyone gets upset, that's a joke 10-4!!

Hey !

 T.S. Chill man ! I want you to know that I LOVE my stash .I caress those boxes like (well , almost like ) my ladies . Gently and with feeling .I still love that wonderful smell of unbuilt kit plastic beckoning me into the shop. Now , that said I counted (should've never done that ! ! ) would you believe that  I had two hundred forty five kits ! I guess I will have to live to 125 just to make sure I build them all ! My stash brings back memories of many folks and times in my life .So , I DO love my stash !    Tanker - Builder

Why didn't you just post this in the "thread" that you referenced?  Seems kinda pointless to start a thread answering a question in another thread when you could have just posted in the original thread in the first place.

my stash has grown and is the bunker i really want to build and the garage maybe build. many of the garage stash kits are airplnes from sales, club auctions, venders, etc. some themes such as a lot of float/sea planes. also a lot of my 2s and 3s in ships and all my wood ship kits and big plastic ships given to me. my bunker stash is almost every modern warwheel andmodern military  truck produced, GB kits, a bunch of modern warships and my eclectic struff; deep research submarines 19th century submarines, chinese pre-dreadnoughts, turboprop engine and car engine, wheel bucket excavator and a bunch of 1/72 and 1/35 railroad and patrol boats. my stash is a road map of what areas i have been interested in  many of them have been built in my head.

Rex, I don't think this has been turned into an anti stash thread. Just the guys saying how they prefer to do thing.

As for me, I am in the grouping of buy it while I can. I used to build just about anything. But I found I was doing kits I had little interest in. Now I am very specific about the types of kits I buy and build and my stash is bigger than ever. 200+. There are several reason I like to have a big stash. First, it gives me plenty of choice for my next build. I also like to plan well ahead. Before I start a build, I like to make sure I have everything I need. This includes not only the AM for the kit, but everything else that goes to make the diorama I am doing for that kit. And then there's the risk that it might not be around when I want it.

But, my buying has slowed down quite a bit in the last year or so, I am now being even more specific about the kits I get.

I read this same rebuttal over and over,,,,,,,,and I never say what I am thinking when it gets posted,,,,,,,so here goes, my "most likely bannable rebuttal to the rebuttal"

Some people, apparently a very few, DO NOT build on the "let's see what there is in plastic to build today" principle,,,,,to them, if they say "I will buy something, anything, today, then build it",,,,,,,it doesn't matter what is sold, in what scale, and if they can get one or not,,,,,,,no Mustang?, no problem,,,,,,they just buy a Tiger tank instead

it is like the "spit on the woodstove" method of kit choice

others, have a plan,,,,,,,and have missed kits,,,,,,so have learned to just go and get what they WILL need, even if it is not needed today (those people are the ones that get targeted on forums as having a mental disease of some sort,,,,,,,,the ones that think they will just pick up a Matchbox Skyknight for $5 when they need one are considered "normal")

this was a thread *in favor* of stashes,,,,,,that is why I posted in it,,,,,,,,,,I don't understand why it HAD to be turned into the 10,000th anti-stash thread

Rex

Tojo72

I have no interest in accumulating kits I will never build,my 30 or so kits is managable,i have been bulding 6-7 a year.

 

I have no interest in accumulating kits I will never build,my 30 or so kits is managable,i have been bulding 6-7 a year.

I imagine on retiring,I won't be able to buy as much and will need to be more selective.

I am one of the people that actually enjoys having a stash

I cut down the number of unbuilts I had once, reset my build goals,,,,,,,,,and then went out and picked up all the model kits that were available to build what I want to have in my finished model collection,,,,,if I saw 4 Panthers, I got them, 2 cougars here, 1 more later,,,,,,,,,,another just 6 months ago (they went OOP, and came back as veryyyyy expensive 2-packs)

This way, when I get to VA-212 Skyhawk,,,,,,I won't have to search for 2 weeks, bid, get beat, bid again, and then finally have the "pleasure" of "winning" a 1/72 Skyhawk that will probably cost $50 in 5 years,,,,,,,,,,I will just pull it down off of the shelf holding the dozens of bagged kits I got for $2.99 each

same with the "new" refueling pod in 1/72 resin,,,,,,,,,I still have 4 of the KA-6D Intruders that included one in injected plastic

and you sure can't swap weapons around to make a specific load out unless you have a few kits around the house

Rex