Overhauled my stash. Finally

You need LOT'S more, your reasonable stash makes me look like a man with a serious disorder. Maybe my wife is right afterall.

Patrick 

No definitly not too bad,I don't have any recent pictures,but I'm between 30-40 right now.

I like the tri-color camo pattern on the big kitty,she came out nice,maybe needs a little weathering though. 

"Too many kits" is just a phrase coined by wives to keep us in check, in the same fashion we adults use the "boogie man" to get children to behave.

Wow 200 is up there! Lol. I think I am around 100. I have quite a few individual figures like Metal Modeles, Bravo 6 and Warriors. Not too many big kits. I do have a big Queen Mary kit for some reason!? Maybe I was drinking that night

I just did a quick count as I have them all in a word doc. 250 (ish). I thought I had done well and cut it down a bit.

OPP's.

Bish

I just did a quick count as I have them all in a word doc. 250 (ish). I thought I had done well and cut it down a bit.

OPP's.

 

 And you have them documented in Word? Are they alphabetized or grouped by type/scale? That's serious. I like it. I have actually bought the same kit twice a couple of times because I didn't realize I already had it!

They are listed by type, then scale and then broken down further. I have several documents including one where I list the AM for each kit, others where I can see if I have a dio planned and what it is. I have bought AM stuff i already had and started kits without having all the bits i wanted. I want to make sure i have the dio planned, all the AM, figures and everything else before i start a build.

There are on line stash organiser's where you can list where you bought the kit, how much and so on. But I have found these word doc's work fine for me.

I know for a fact that Rex (former member here on FSM) has far more than 200 kits in his stash.

Yours is just the beginning so that stash will magically grow over time.

Two hundred kits is a mere bag of shells. I have a friend who had as of 4 years ago over 3,000 kits in boxes, all in 1/72 scale. I'm afraid to ask him what the current count is.

My mancave closet is holding about 220 kits. There is an additional 20-30 in the garage shelves. I think this is more than enough as I refrain from purchasing more but the prices at some shows are too hard to resist. That same kit I pick up at a show for $5, and later on decide not to build,  I can allways sell it on eBay for $10 or $15.

I am the model of restraint. Pun intended. 41 72nd scale. 69 48th scale. 3 200th scale 27 144th scale. 7 cars 1 ship and 1 1/12 scale cockpit. Decals and AM galore. John

I have about 450 kits, maybe 20% have been started. I'll probably not build them all but whenever I'm at a loss as to what to do next, I can find something to start or a started kit to continue. My stash includes all sorts of cars, trucks, planes, tanks, artillery, oil rigs, deep sea research vessals, buildings, and in all materials, plastic, wood and paper. The luxury of this is that if I stall out on one project I can set it aside and start something new. If I see a movie or a news story that inspires me chances are I have a kit i can build of that subject. It doesn't get better than this!

Ken

Jeez, I have about 5 in progress and I'll probably never finish and 5 on the shelf and I thought that was a lot. Speaking of, I start projects and never finish them. Sometimes I'll get bored, go to the shop and pick up another 1 or 2. Keep the one I abandoned and it just takes up spacell bc I don't want to just trash it 50 bucks down the toilet.

 Wow that's interesting. I could never have more than 1 build going at a time. Even when I get tired of it I push through and finish it before I start something new.  I probably have OCD's however

Griffin25

 Wow that's interesting. I could never have more than 1 build going at a time. Even when I get tired of it I push through and finish it before I start something new.  I probably have OCD's however

 

I am the same. I have tried haveing 2 or 3 going at once but i just can't do it.I find i end up focusing on just one build and the otehrs get ignored.

LOL guys, I play with 2 to 5 at a time specially when doing commission work Or partaking in GBs. I just rotate them as in letting parts dry on one while I work on another and so on. I usually like to stay at 1 to 3 max. if I can help it.

nice organizational skills!

my stash is all tetris'd into half my closet....all 140 kits! Ive got a spreadsheet in excell that tracks everything I buy and build

i have 300 in the bunker i want to build, another 400 in the garage (auctions, bulk sales, give aways). i can go through the bunker stash and follow my interests as they changed (arab-Israeli, JGSDF, PLA, Korean, modern warwheels, modern naval, diniosaurs, RR, fire fighting) my frau says i'm good as long as both cars fit in the garage.

Holy Cow! That's a mega stash! Lol. Good job 

Storage isn't so much the issue as the question of space for displaying your finished work   I could probably build everything in my stash, before I die, but I don't have any display space.  That's what drives my thoughts about paring down the stash.

I have exactly 131 kits, mostly 1/35 armor plus aftermarket items.  It is all on an Excel spreadsheet which I can print of 4 pages (double-sided).  I take this with me to any shows to avoid un-intended duplication.  (And even this doesn't work sometimes especially if I forget to bring my list!)

I also have a list reference books.

I have recently purchased a deceased club member's stash and have been selling that off slowly.  I have that on Excel spreadsheet.  I have been able (for the most part) to keep from having his kits from migrating over to my 'stash'.

Wayne and PJ, I love your stashes man! My wife would have a COW! I told her I was storing up for retirement when I can't afford it.....she didn't buy it.

I keep my list on Scalemates, when I remember to log them.

Steve

Yes, I list the after market items (barrels, tracks, PE,etc).  I don't have a lot of aftermarket decal sheets as this time but I list the few that I have I by description including scale, country appropriate for, brand name and mfg part number if available.

My system is not perfect especially if I have my eye on something and I don't check my spreadsheet.  I now am the proud owner of two resin aftermarket cockpit sets for 1/32 Trumpeter F-105D.  Duhhh!!!!!!!

tempestjohnny

Two questions for guys using excel. Do you also list your aftermarket items and decals? On the decals how much detail do you put on the list? ie just sheet number and name or in more detail. Thanks John

 

I don't use Excel,  but i do use Word doc's, and i also list the product code for any AM parts including dcals. But in the colum with the name of the aircrfat i wil also list the unit if possable and what code it will carry.

I'm the odd modeler who only keeps one model on hand, with nothing in the stash. HOWEVER, if a price drop is seen that is radical enough AND it's on my watch list, I will purchase it. 

Rob, are those carbon aero rims on a cyclocross bike? Now you're talking.

I'm the odd modeler who only keeps one model on hand, with nothing in the stash. HOWEVER, if a price drop is seen that is radical enough AND it's on my watch list, I will purchase it. 

Rob, are those carbon aero rims on a cyclocross bike? Now you're talking.

aWintersTale

I'm the odd modeler who only keeps one model on hand, with nothing in the stash. HOWEVER, if a price drop is seen that is radical enough AND it's on my watch list, I will purchase it. 

Rob, are those carbon aero rims on a cyclocross bike? Now you're talking.

 

Good eye Winter! It's a Ridley X Night and a Jamis Nova Pro in the pic. I live in So Cal so the cross scene isn't big but I think it's a great sport. No mud or snow however! 

The other two bits of wheels on the left are a 89' Eddy Merckx Corsa Extra and a 97' Moser Leader AX. Last steel frame road in the European pro peloton. Eddy Merckx is my hero.