As I said, I'm always happy to help out, especially in changing your better half's mind about your collections!
Now, I'm not the bragging type (ask Butz or Eagle334) but I ask, did ya'll notice the box of decals? If there's one thing in my whole model-related collection I'm rather proud of, it's the decals...
Of course, the kits are nothing compared to the books, rags and other reference...
Someone commented on being able to afford such a collection. I have to admit that the vast majority of the cars in those shots belonged to my Dad. (He had a huge collection, at it's height he had around 4000 kits! Ive seen bigger collections, but that's still a ton...)
And the rest, well, I've been fortunate in that I've been in the hobby a long time (for my relatively young age) and have a good number of contacts and a nose for a deal. If I paid retail for one tenth of what you see there, that's alot.
A couple good ways to find deals is to go to shows, (always a good deal at a show)
sometimes evilBay, (when the idjits aren't at play) and it also doesn't hurt to know a guy who changes modeling interests with the frequency of a cheap HAM radio, sells his entire collection at the drop of a hat and only asks pennies on the dollar!
Unfortunately for me, Dan the Man has calmed down and wisened up...
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