Your lurking stash?

Alrighty folks, here it is. I started taking pics of the box tops about a year ago. My stash is tucked away in 3 large Rubbermaid storage containers, plus a few that are hanging around inside my rolling "supply locker". (and a few at the office for those times when I get the bug to do something "modelly" at the office over lunch...) So, with the exception of a couple of 1/35 figure sets & various resin bits/decals, here it is...

Nice collection Vance. Thats given me an idea. I also now take photos of all my kits, ever since i started doing GB's on here. So maybe i can put my stash together in a similar way.

Vance, how did you squeeze all those photos into one large picture?

Very carefully!

I'm a graphic designer by trade, access to photoshop is a wonderful thing. Although Photobucket seems to have scaled it down for me, the original is much larger, easier to see. There must be a maximum photo size in height. I should have set up two not-so-long images...

~EDIT!~ There, tried uploading the photo to a different server (the office!), now you can look at it without squinting so much!

VanceCrozier

~EDIT!~ There, tried uploading the photo to a different server (the office!), now you can look at it without squinting so much!

Much better image, Son of Hammer............

added the airfix 1/48 Mk.I / II spitfire and new trumpeter 1/48 spiteful

tigerman

Andy, is that a real Hitler Youth knife? I have a replica.

Sorry I didn't reply sooner...its a K98 bayonet. Nothing special about it except for being in great condition and all of the serial numbers match.

I am afraid the blade contains dried blood as I had to fend off Manny's agents from my stash...

SO many great collections (i.e. stash!)

Very cool post / thread................      I seriously have to inventory my stash and keep a record.

Again,, fun post

I envy all of you i just started recently and have a stash of 5 with one the next i build. And it is hard for me to get models as i am in Japan!!! if anyone wanted to send me some of theirs. JK.

fermis

Thanks for this thread....the stash has been dying to get re-organized!

Pulled everything out and stacked it up.

 

With everything organized by box size more-so than subject relation, I can probably squeeze in another 20 or so!!!!!

MOM!! Can I go play at fermis's house???  You should keep your eyes open for some new kits buddy, that little stack may only last you a year or two....

My math says if I end up building 10/year, I've got about 8 years worth of modeling happiness all saved up in that stash of mine. Doesn't sound ridiculous to me...

you always tell yourself that you have enough kits but when new releases come out....you gotta have it. when i get over loaded i start selling some then it all comes back. it's a never ending process. 

Thanks for the clarification Andy, not sure what I was thinking.

randypandy831

you always tell yourself that you have enough kits but when new releases come out....you gotta have it. when i get over loaded i start selling some then it all comes back. it's a never ending process. 

I don't get side-tracked by the bells and whistles of new releases... But when I get a notification email from Ebay that there's, say,  a chrome-plated 1968 1/48th HAWK T-33A for a "Buy It Now" price of 9.99 and 4.00 shipping....

I'm off like a prom-dress...

hans, I honestly don't know what you would do without ebay. 

Modelers,

I received an email earlier from Squadron promoting their 15% off savings for Memorial Day. All you have to do is enter promo code LOYAL to get the savings. I know how we all love collecting, so thought I'd share. See you around the forums!

MustangMikey

Modelers,

I received an email earlier from Squadron promoting their 15% off savings for Memorial Day. All you have to do is enter promo code LOYAL to get the savings. I know how we all love collecting, so thought I'd share. See you around the forums!

Yep got that one too. Time to expand the stash.

randypandy831

hans, I honestly don't know what you would do without ebay. 

My wife'd sure like to find out...

Ebay is a treeasure-trove for me: Militaria vendor, 70's hobby-shop, toy-store, electronics store, tool-shop, etc...  I'm a big fan, both as a buyer and a seller..

Before I discovered Ebay, only way I could find those kits was places like Old Model Kits DOT com, and  their stuff, for majority of kits, are at collector-prices, not builder-prices...  Unless you absoulutely MUST have a certain kit, and they're the only place you can find after an exhaustive search elsewhere, then I guess they're ok to buy from...  Their bargains are very few...

Ebay is far better though, and a lot of foks don't know what they have.. And they price it thataway.. But a lot of 'em are catchin' on... Monogram, Revell, and some Hawk kits are starting to go through the roof, and when combined with shipping, they cost more than modern kits.. Case in point, the Monogram Me109E kit.. Took me a couple years to get one at a price that I would pay, and it was still too high, LOL.. And that was a bagged, no decals kit (which is fine, BTW)..

I'd venture to say that, even though there're are a lot of kit-snobs out there that pooh-pooh the old kits in the forums of the world (this one included), that there are also some "closet" Monogram Freaks too..

You know who you are..

Hans von Hammer

 

 

 

 

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I'd venture to say that, even though there're are a lot of kit-snobs out there that pooh-pooh the old kits in the forums of the world (this one included), that there are also some "closet" Monogram Freaks too..

You know who you are..

Not a Monogram closet freak, but I have nothing against them. I recently came across some dearly departed modeler's collection in a 2nd hand shop near my place. 100's if not 1000+ kits. There were several newer kits to be had, including one of my "grail kits", the ProModeler Ta152. Picked up several ProModelers, an Italeri rebox of a Dragon Me262. But what I have kept going back for.... older 1/72 Heller (and a few Airfix) kits, really nicely done, mostly European, pre-1990s jets. (~ahem~ Saab group build anyone?? )  Interesting subjects for me as I don't get all that excited about "modern gray jets". Also an armful of Italeri "Flankers" that I've recently cracked boxes on.

Hans von Hammer

 

randypandy831:

 

hans, I honestly don't know what you would do without ebay. 

 

 

My wife'd sure like to find out...

Ebay is a treeasure-trove for me: Militaria vendor, 70's hobby-shop, toy-store, electronics store, tool-shop, etc...  I'm a big fan, both as a buyer and a seller..

Before I discovered Ebay, only way I could find those kits was places like Old Model Kits DOT com, and  their stuff, for majority of kits, are at collector-prices, not builder-prices...  Unless you absoulutely MUST have a certain kit, and they're the only place you can find after an exhaustive search elsewhere, then I guess they're ok to buy from...  Their bargains are very few...

Ebay is far better though, and a lot of foks don't know what they have.. And they price it thataway.. But a lot of 'em are catchin' on... Monogram, Revell, and some Hawk kits are starting to go through the roof, and when combined with shipping, they cost more than modern kits.. Case in point, the Monogram Me109E kit.. Took me a couple years to get one at a price that I would pay, and it was still too high, LOL.. And that was a bagged, no decals kit (which is fine, BTW)..

I'd venture to say that, even though there're are a lot of kit-snobs out there that pooh-pooh the old kits in the forums of the world (this one included), that there are also some "closet" Monogram Freaks too..

You know who you are..

 

Well, when they are all priced over a buck, I suppose that is a king's ransom.

VanceCrozier

 

. I recently came across some dearly departed modeler's collection in a 2nd hand shop near my place. 100's if not 1000+ kits. 

I have been seeing that scenario played out with inreasing frequency in the hobby shops in my area.

Three hobby shops in the Chicago area ( that I know of ) are now selling collections of ex-modelers.

One shop told me they receive frequent calls from relatives of deceased model builders asking if the shop would buy the kits.

Sprue-ce Goose

 

VanceCrozier:

 

 

. I recently came across some dearly departed modeler's collection in a 2nd hand shop near my place. 100's if not 1000+ kits. 

 

 

I have been seeing that scenario played out with inreasing frequency in the hobby shops in my area.

Three hobby shops in the Chicago area ( that I know of ) are now selling collections of ex-modelers.

One shop told me they receive frequent calls from relatives of deceased model builders asking if the shop would buy the kits.

 

 

Makes sense. Win/win for both parties. The deceased family wants them gone, but at some return, and the shop buys them for less then they would pay a wholesaler. Profit baby!

tigerman

 

Sprue-ce Goose:

 

VanceCrozier:

. I recently came across some dearly departed modeler's collection in a 2nd hand shop near my place. 100's if not 1000+ kits. 

I have been seeing that scenario played out with inreasing frequency in the hobby shops in my area.

Three hobby shops in the Chicago area ( that I know of ) are now selling collections of ex-modelers.

One shop told me they receive frequent calls from relatives of deceased model builders asking if the shop would buy the kits.

 

 

 

 

Makes sense. Win/win for both parties. The deceased family wants them gone, but at some return, and the shop buys them for less then they would pay a wholesaler. Profit baby!

No argument from me, Tigerman.Baby !

I have actually bought kits from those shops for a much, much  better price than E-Bay asking price.

(Those E-Bay guys gotta be nuts for asking some of those prices ! ) 

The Chicago area hobby shops told me they don't charge E-Bay collector prices because they actually want to sell the kits.

Looks to me like the smart brick and mortar shops are doing re-sale and cut into some of that E-Bay re-sale  business.

Now if we could only find a way to get the old-geezer modelers to die off more quickly so we can grab their stashes...

Manstein's revenge

Now if we could only find a way to get the old-geezer modelers to die off more quickly so we can grab their stashes...

I'm working on it.

Err, uhh, I mean, that'd be a shame, but I don't mind buying the goods. I dropped into "my source" a few weeks ago to pick up some cool-looking French WW2 Heller kits. He's getting down to probably 50 or so kits. (A lot of more modern "gray jets", probably decent kits for the $, just not my schtik) But he looked around the shop like a paid informant, looked back at me & confessed "I'm working on another buy"....

Manstein's revenge

Now if we could only find a way to get the old-geezer modelers to die off more quickly so we can grab their stashes...

That might be solved after 2014............

And, like Vance's second hand store, at least one LHS keeps in touch with potential stash sources.

VanceCrozier

Manstein's revenge:

Now if we could only find a way to get the old-geezer modelers to die off more quickly so we can grab their stashes...

 

I'm working on it.

Err, uhh, I mean, that'd be a shame, but I don't mind buying the goods. I dropped into "my source" a few weeks ago to pick up some cool-looking French WW2 Heller kits. He's getting down to probably 50 or so kits. (A lot of more modern "gray jets", probably decent kits for the $, just not my schtik) But he looked around the shop like a paid informant, looked back at me & confessed "I'm working on another buy"....

Of those grey jets, are there any in 1/48 scale? If there is I may send you over there.

Medicman71

 

VanceCrozier:

 

 

Manstein's revenge:

Now if we could only find a way to get the old-geezer modelers to die off more quickly so we can grab their stashes...

 

 

I'm working on it.

Err, uhh, I mean, that'd be a shame, but I don't mind buying the goods. I dropped into "my source" a few weeks ago to pick up some cool-looking French WW2 Heller kits. He's getting down to probably 50 or so kits. (A lot of more modern "gray jets", probably decent kits for the $, just not my schtik) But he looked around the shop like a paid informant, looked back at me & confessed "I'm working on another buy"....

 

 

Of those grey jets, are there any in 1/48 scale? If there is I may send you over there.

Still a good selection of 1/48 gray jets, I think I posted pics of their shelves about a month or so ago next door. If not still there I can re-post for you. I know there are a few F16s, F15s etc...

VanceCrozier

Of those grey jets, are there any in 1/48 scale? If there is I may send you over there.

 

Still a good selection of 1/48 gray jets, I think I posted pics of their shelves about a month or so ago next door. If not still there I can re-post for you. I know there are a few F16s, F15s etc...

Yeah, repost it. I don't wanna have to go hunting for that pic.

Sorry guys, I don't want to breack up the conversation, but this thread was made to post pics for people to show their stash and their newly acquired stuff.
I could live with one or two reactions on somebody's stash,
but a whole page with nothing but text and discussion is a bit to much, so, please,
Keep it to posting pic's and such guys.

With regards, Ninetalis.

No problem Ninetalis. I need to make an addition to the stash! Just picked this up for $7...

As mentioned above, I'm not really into "modern gray jets", but this one seems to fall into "so ugly it's cool" category for me. And I've never built anything with a wing-fold before, so I really couldn't pass on this one!