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How Old Is Your Stash?

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  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Sunday, January 5, 2014 10:53 AM

Two types to consider- old kits that I bought new myself, but have not built yet, and old kits that I bought at a flea market or show, more recently, but have not built.  The later type tends to be the oldest kits. I have a hudson miniatures car kit, and a couple of wood "solid" models, both date back to either pre-plastic or earliest plastic days.  I was into modeling in that era, but have no kits left that are from the era.  Those kits are at least fifty years old, probably going on sixty.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

  • Member since
    August 2012
Posted by JimNTENN on Sunday, January 5, 2014 10:38 AM

My stash currently consists of over 200 kits...some I've started some I haven't. While I can't say for sure how many, a pretty good number of them go back to the '90s.

Current project(s): Hobby Boss: 1/72 F9F-2 Panther

                                  Midwest Products: Skiff(wood model)

                                  

  • Member since
    September 2005
  • From: Illinois: Hive of Scum and Villany
How Old Is Your Stash?
Posted by Sprue-ce Goose on Sunday, January 5, 2014 10:29 AM

I recently purchased a number of Supermodel and Heller kits from a Chicago hobby shop; all had been in someone's stash.

All the kit boxes were meticulously notated with the month and location of purchase ( 1984 thru 1987 ) at the now long gone Squadron Shop store in Elmhurst, Illinois.

As the former owner obviously never had time to build the kits, I am curious how many others have kits purchased long ago but never assembled.

While I own a few AURORA and HAWK kits I purchased during the early 1970s.............

The vast majority of my stash was purchased during the last three years; most are old, former stash kits acquired at swap meets.

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So how about you folks?

How long ago did you buy the the kits in your stash? 

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