Do you keep empty model boxes?

Yes but they are never empty. I have shelves and shelves of same with nearly empty sprues because I just KNOW that when I build that M4A1 I will want the extra drive sprockets with the open holes from that Grant I built last year. Go figure...

No.  Just the box art on the top.

Jim  

Yes I do ..like GM they act as my spare parts bins .I keep the extra parts sprues that some models come with ..bonus parts .

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No.

Don Stauffer

No.

 

No. Too many empty boxes in the house is considered a fire hazard. I put mine in the recycables.

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Yes I do ..like GM they act as my spare parts bins .I keep the extra parts sprues that some models come with ..bonus parts .

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Why not get a plastic container specificaly for spare parts?

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No,I have enough boxes with unbuilt models in them,never mind the empty ones.

with 15-25 builds a yr for close to 50 yrs i would need a whse just for emptys

i cut the top part of boxes and fold them that way it takes apporx the space of a whole box for close to a yrs build

Just starting in this great hobby I have decieded to cut just the box art lid out and will log the basic information on the back of it(Start/Finish date, Pro's&Con's and colors used)

I have a plastic storage bins that I put the extra parts from the spurs into. 

Boxes to recycle. Spare everything in manlia envelopes marked and filed.

BlackSheepTwoOneFour

No. Too many empty boxes in the house is considered a fire hazard. I put mine in the recycables.

 

Sprue-ce Goose

 

BlackSheepTwoOneFour

No. Too many empty boxes in the house is considered a fire hazard. I put mine in the recycables.

 

 

 

Styrene isn't exactly something I would want exposed to flames either.

 

If secure fire proofing is the goal, store the kits in air tight metal containers.

 

As for me:

I try to eliminate as many boxes ( and styrene sprue ) as possible. 

Rarely do I keep even NIB kits in their original form. 

 

No arguments here. I store any spare parts in metal boxes. Excess sprue, I recycle those by cutting in lengths to use as stirring sticks for paint. If a need arises to make antennas, I'll use the sprue from the kit I'm working on. Otherwise I toss them out in the trash.

No

I currently do and I really wish I'd stop it.

I'm too anal, like to keep all the spares  and unused stuff (including aftermarket) in the orig model kit boxes. Luckily I'm very slow. I'd have a room full of these if I were as prolific a builder as many of you gents.

Here's an idea, instead of saving the box for the box art, why not upload the box art of your kits and store it on your flash drive, or burn them on a CD. A flash drive or CD can preserve your records without fear of losing them forever in case your hard drive or worse, your PC craps out on you. 

Another easy way you could do is create a database through scalemates.com.

I keep one box for extra parts and one for decals. I hope to scratch build something out of the extra parts one day.

BlackSheepTwoOneFour

 

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Yes I do ..like GM they act as my spare parts bins .I keep the extra parts sprues that some models come with ..bonus parts .

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Why not get a plastic container specificaly for spare parts?

 

Thats what I do. I stuff the extras in a zplock baggy with a scap of paper marking what kit it came form, then toss it in a bin.

I keep relevant box-tops off of some kits that I hope to frame and hang in my mancave. My spare parts and such go into my plastic drawers that set on my workbench.

Always. You never know when you'll buy a model kit and not get all the parts required to build it, or when you buy something in the same scale and want to modify it to your liking using parts from another kit. The original ILM guys did this and used parts for other builds from one movie to another. I don't know of anyone who threw out their boxes until they were done with them, or it was destroyed, and the contents put in another box.

~ Cobra Chris

The OP was talking about boxes themselves,not extra parts.

Of course I keep a variety of extra parts,especially Dragon kits with extra wheels,tools,and so forthm

Tojo72

The OP was talking about boxes themselves,not extra parts.

 

Of course I keep a variety of extra parts,especially Dragon kits with extra wheels,tools,and so forthm

 

~ Cobra Chris

Cobra 427

 

 

Tojo72

The OP was talking about boxes themselves,not extra parts.

 

Of course I keep a variety of extra parts,especially Dragon kits with extra wheels,tools,and so forthm

 

 

 

 

Thanks for pissing on our parade. He simply asked if anyone saved model boxes. It's obvious that we do. I simply stated why. There's got to be some reason for it - don't you think?

 

 

~ Cobra Chris

 

Nobody's pissing on anyone's parade,so back off,just adding comments.

Over-react much Cobra? No need to get nasty to Tojo.

Cobra

no one is pissing on nothing here. The op asked if we keep the boxes. Some like me said no cause I have no use for them. Others use them for other reasons. We are adding comments and trying to have a civil conversation. 

I keep some as the rough suface is ideal for 72nd concrete. But apart from that, no. I keep my spare parts in plastic box's.

Bish

I keep some as the rough suface is ideal for 72nd concrete.

I never though of that Bish, great idea.

modelcrazy

 

Bish

I keep some as the rough suface is ideal for 72nd concrete.

 

 

I never though of that Bish, great idea.

 

Same goes for the cardboard inserts in Eduard PE sets.