What happens to your models if you pass away?

scottrc

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December 2003
From: 37deg 40.13' N 95deg 29.10'W

What happens to your models if you pass away?

Posted by scottrc on Monday, January 10, 2005 9:28 AM

This issue has been brought up many times in the RC warbird forums, since we see so many relatives "racked over" by getting rid of the formers hobby stuff not knowing the true value of what they are getting rid of.

I just spent a few hours in the ER last week due to a fall after geting out of the way of a maniac SUV driver. Nothing major, just a few cracked ribs, however, I was asked by about my will which made me start thinking about how much of it is actually complete.

I went home and looked at updating it. My wife and I came to the old issue about my built models, unbuilt kits, supplies, and tools.

It's a hard process, but I have written up rules on how to sell them on-line, contacts for appraisers, people to give first priority to, and places that she could donate stuff. It makes it easier for my family to know that they will not be burdened with wondering what to do with the stuff that they know means so much to me and is so much a part of my life.

Whats your thoughts, or what have you done?

Scott

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berny13

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February 2003
From: Panama City, Florida, Hurricane Alley

Posted by berny13 on Monday, January 10, 2005 9:35 AM

I will have to live forever in order to build my collection. Actually, my Grandmunsters will get my unbuilt kits. I now have two who are into model building. They will also get all of my modeling supplies and equipment.

Berny

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rjkplasticmod

Member since
February 2003
From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State

Posted by rjkplasticmod on Monday, January 10, 2005 9:56 AM

If I can't take em with me, I aint going Smile [:)]

. Actually, I made an arrangement with the LHS to dispose of all kits, tools, accessories & built ups if I should demise. My wife is aware of the arrangement & I know they would treat her fairly.

Regards, Rick

RICK

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overkillphil

Member since
October 2004
From: Northern Indiana

Posted by overkillphil on Monday, January 10, 2005 10:04 AM

Hopefully by then I will have at least one kid or grandkid who will want my unbuilt stuff. As for the stuff on the shelf, my plan is (if I am fortunate enough to see it coming) to have my self a styrene bonfire and give them a funeral "like the pagan kings of old".

my favorite headache/current project: 1/48 Panda F-35

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rrmmodeler

Member since
February 2004
From: Humble

Posted by rrmmodeler on Monday, January 10, 2005 2:58 PM

When I go...which I hope is a long long long time and many many many models from now....I hope to pass off my collection to my kids. The first of which is already on the way. :) If they don't want the unbuilt kits then they may sell them off, and the built ones they may sell off to. But honestly I think they will be thelast thing they think about after I am gone and when they do they will probbly dump them off to the first person that offers a price if not the trash first. Oh well what will I know...I'll be dead.

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grandadjohn

Member since
February 2003
From: phoenix

Posted by grandadjohn on Monday, January 10, 2005 3:29 PM

Have talked it over with my son and with grandkids around and getting older, I have left the decision to him. He has modeled in the past, so he knows what is invovled. Also built models could be donated to musuems if you have any in your area that would benifit with them.

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stram8777

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March 2011

Posted by stram8777 on Monday, January 10, 2005 8:51 PM

This is a very dreary subject, but I want to chime in. I had this discussion with my wife when I was giving her a guilt trip about going to spend the night in the hospital to be checked for sleep apnea. Anyway it started as a joke because I didn't want to go but later on I told her to remember just in case.

With all of my models I told her to ask on one of the forums I browse. I have seen several reputable individuals that I think would help as much as possible. With all of my Macross toys she roughly knows the value of each and I try to keep her up to date on their values. She knows one of my very good friends would help her with my vast comic collection. But in the end she says that she doesn't think she could get rid of any of my stuff.

Thanks

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 10, 2005 10:15 PM

will be in a very long time, but when i do so, i plan on donating them to a charety.

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Dwight Ta-ala

Member since
July 2003
From: Philippines

Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Monday, January 10, 2005 10:23 PM

Those will be passed away...

to somebody who would wnat them.

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Woody

Member since
December 2002
From: Third rock from the sun.

Posted by Woody on Monday, January 10, 2005 10:27 PM

I hope my boy will want them. If he doesn't then my wife can ebay them and she should do pretty well with their sale. I plan on throwing a three X five card in the boxes of the rare ones with a value and selling points.

" I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way." --John Paul Jones

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fightnjoe

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September 2011

Posted by fightnjoe on Monday, January 10, 2005 10:53 PM

when i pass i will be buried with them. and that is the honest truth.

joe

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 10, 2005 11:02 PM

Don't think it really matters to me.
Once I am gone so are all my worldy concerns and needs, all I will be good for is material to fuel a fire or feed a few worms.

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razordws

Member since
September 2004
From: Vernon, BC, Canada

Posted by razordws on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 12:34 AM

I'm with Joe on this one. If I don't know of anyone who would truly appreciate them as a gift then I want to be buried with them. No sense letting them be crushed in the landfill. Besides, think of the fits you would give some anthropologist 2,000 years from now! Big Smile [:D]

Dave

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fightnjoe

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September 2011

Posted by fightnjoe on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 12:50 AM

actually i am just selfish. i ordered them, i paid for them, doggone it i am taking them with me.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

joe

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South Aussie

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August 2003
From: South Australia

Posted by South Aussie on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 5:43 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by razordws

I'm with Joe on this one. If I don't know of anyone who would truly appreciate them as a gift then I want to be buried with them. No sense letting them be crushed in the landfill. Besides, think of the fits you would give some anthropologist 2,000 years from now!

I can almost imagine the anthropolgists sitting around a table discussing the significance of these objects found in the graves and getting it completely wrong.

Wayne I enjoy getting older, especially when I consider the alternative.

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zokissima

Member since
July 2003
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Posted by zokissima on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 6:30 AM

God willing, when that day comes many many many moons from now, I hope to have some offspring that will be interested in the hobby, and I will leave whatever I have to them.

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madmike

Member since
July 2003
From: Perth, Western Australia

Posted by madmike on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 7:17 AM

Would that mean the stash uncovered by archaeologists would be rated on the number or the largest amount of aftermarket , thus giving them an idea of how important the person was when alive?

cheers

Mike

"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei

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Kolja94

Member since
December 2002
From: Oak Harbor, WA

Posted by Kolja94 on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 12:08 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by madmike

Would that mean the stash uncovered by archaeologists would be rated on the number or the largest amount of aftermarket , thus giving them an idea of how important the person was when alive?

cheers

Mike

I for one plan to be buried with them just like the old kings of Egypt! After all, an eternity in the afterlife is an awful long time to spend without any model projects going on! Tongue [:P]

Karl

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madmike

Member since
July 2003
From: Perth, Western Australia

Posted by madmike on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 4:27 PM

I can just imagine the grave robbers looting modellers tombs and offloading rare and almost forgotten kits to collectors and museums. How much would a 2500 year old Tamiya 1:32 F-16 fetch???

Can we curse them like Tutenkhamen's tomb was supposedly cursed?

cheers

Mike

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 5:01 PM

I plan on being creamated so they will all be stuffed full of firecrackers and bottle rockets and shoved in the oven with me.

My family can sell tickets to the fireworks.
I'm going out with a bang! Approve [^]

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 5:08 PM

my mortality isnt something i question often at the age of 15, but i think i would ask that my tools and supplies and the one or two unbuilts go to the LHS. i wouldent want them to sell it, i would ask the guy to give them to people who he thinks need it / cant afford it

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 5:47 PM

Well my 3 year old boy is already very interested in modelling so they will go to him, both the unbuilt kits and my entire collection.......
My Wife has already said that if i were to die she would keep my collection of finished kits until my son is old enough to look after them Thumbs Up [tup]

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yw18mc

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April 2004
From: sunny imperial beach

Posted by yw18mc on Thursday, January 13, 2005 10:30 PM

I suspect that when I'm hauled off to the people disposal yard, that my models will suffer a similar fate. Semper Fi, mike

mike

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darson

Member since
February 2003
From: Melbourne, Australia

Posted by darson on Friday, January 14, 2005 12:08 AM

I am hoping this won't be for a while yet, but should my daughters have kids and they show any interest in the hobby, they can have the entire stash, tools and load of supplies. If not, or I just become to old and feeble to continue modeling then it's eBay for the kits and tools and the bin for the completed models and supplies.

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scottrc

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December 2003
From: 37deg 40.13' N 95deg 29.10'W

Posted by scottrc on Friday, January 14, 2005 8:39 AM

It's funny how sentimental we sometimes get when we talk about how full scale planes and ships met their fates. By sinking, scrapping, or being trashed. And yet our models may meet the same fates when we are no loger around to use and enjoy them.

How ironic.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 14, 2005 10:20 AM

What do you mean IF you pass away? I did not know there was an option.

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scottrc

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December 2003
From: 37deg 40.13' N 95deg 29.10'W

Posted by scottrc on Friday, January 14, 2005 11:25 AM

Oops, ok when, then again, you might get abducted by aliens, or men in black suites, and stuck in a cryogenic chamber and freeze dried in a subtonic state for a 1000 years.

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wibhi2

Member since
March 2003
From: Brooklyn

Posted by wibhi2 on Friday, January 14, 2005 2:30 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by South Aussie

QUOTE: Originally posted by razordws

I'm with Joe on this one. If I don't know of anyone who would truly appreciate them as a gift then I want to be buried with them. No sense letting them be crushed in the landfill. Besides, think of the fits you would give some anthropologist 2,000 years from now!

I can almost imagine the anthropolgists sitting around a table discussing the significance of these objects found in the graves and getting it completely wrong.

Better yet, trying to build them with no instructions and still getting them completely wrong

I believe that when I finally do my will that I will ask my wife to donate my unbuilt kits either to a local VA or children's chariety. As for the built ones, her and my off spring will have an option of selling/trashing them or keeping - not going to matter to me very much at that point.

3d modelling is an option a true mental excercise in frusrtation

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tigerman

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March 2003
From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA

Posted by tigerman on Friday, January 14, 2005 7:48 PM

My wife will rejoice and sell them on ebay and buy more shoes.

Eric

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RAF120

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March 2003
From: Exit 7a NJ Turnpike

Posted by RAF120 on Sunday, January 16, 2005 6:48 PM

My first choice would be that my kids would take them and build them. After that I would want my model club to have a shot at them. Whatever is left I would want to go to my on-line family with the hopes that they would build them for me and not try to make a profit off of them.