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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 5, 2003 1:35 AM
Gee, I feel impoverished. I have only 16 unbuilt kits in my closet. I don't know where they will go once they're built!
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 5, 2003 12:11 AM
I hope none of the manufacturers read this thread. They will come to find out that their market, once thought to be comprised of a lot of consumers, actually consists of 11 people - all right here in this thread. Wink [;)]

Maybe I'm having a bad math day, but without taking out a calculator, I'm estimating roughly a total of 1,750 kits?! I'm speechless at the moment. Smile [:)]Wink [;)]

[EDIT: The 1,750 number is an estimation of the combined total number of kits that everyone has posted so far in this discussion, not the number of kits in my collection. Sorry 'bout the confusion.]
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  • From: Merton, Wisconsin
Posted by bigfoot01 on Tuesday, February 4, 2003 10:57 PM
For the most part I build straight from the box with little to no super detailing. All my painting I do with with tamiya paint and finish off with testors dullcoat. Depending on how much time I spend each night, I average about 1to 4 weeks per kit but haven't been doing as much in recent years. My current inventory is:
338- 1/48 scale aircraft including helicopters
37- 1/72 scale aircraft (kits not available in 1/48)
28- ships: carriers, subs and battleships
25-1/35 armor
On the shelf:
25-1/48 scale aircraft
2-1/72 scale aircraft
1-ship
2-tanks
I guess this is why they say "there's a fine line between hobby and addiction!"Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]Tongue [:P]

John 

 

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Posted by shermanfreak on Tuesday, February 4, 2003 8:52 PM
Right now I have 8 kits untouched and about 14 in various states of disrepair.
Seeing as I have just gotten back into the hobby I think it's ok that I've only completed one kit this year. Mind you I started it about 6 years ago. At one point I had over 300 1/35 armour kits but there wasn't enough years left in this body to finish all of them...so poof....gone.

H.M. & G.B.
Shermanfreak
Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 4, 2003 7:49 PM
Boy do I feel better. I only have 40 or 50 kits mostly 1/48 aircraft and a few cars. I used to think that was a lot until now. I can't wait to tell my wife. How in the world do you collect that many kits? And how do you average 47 kits in a year? Holy @#$&. Thats almost 1 a week.

I have a tendency to build superdetailed kits with lots of scratchbuilding. Over the last 10 years i've completed 3 kits total. I guess my average is 1/3 a model a year. That's depressing.

I'm very proud that my F4U-1D is coming together rather nicely in less than a month. This forum is encouraging me to lighten up a bit and just put it together. I hope to post pictures of the corsair soon. Thanks to everyone for helping to reignite the flame again.

Darren
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 4, 2003 6:57 PM
Am I wierd for having only 3 on bench and *gasp* only 4 unbuilt kits?? I am shunned.
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Posted by upnorth on Tuesday, February 4, 2003 5:11 PM
A couple of years ago I cleared out a lot of unbuilt models languishing in my basement.

At present I have 6 kits (3 aircraft, 2 metal figurines and 1 vinyl figurine) and all are on the go, some just started, some midway and some (hopefully) near completion.

I used to acumulate a fair number of kits, but it just led to burnout, something had to give.

As for what I finish in a year, that all depends on what is going on in the year outside of modeling for me, I don't have any sort of average on that.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 4, 2003 5:00 PM
287 cars ( I haven't built one since '96 ), 400+ 1/72 aircraft, and 126 1/48 aircraft.
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  • From: United Kingdom / Belgium
Posted by djmodels1999 on Tuesday, February 4, 2003 4:53 PM
To answer Marc73, my boxes end up in the loft. I tell my wife it's good insulation...
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  • From: A secret workshop somewhere in England
Posted by TANGO 1 on Tuesday, February 4, 2003 2:47 PM
Okay....here goes! At present there are 57 aircraft kits , 4 amour kits and 3 models on my bench currently living in my hobby room. Problem is I've just ordered some more stuff on the internet and I'm going to a show on sunday. My wife dreads me going to shows as I always return with more kits that I won't have room to display.

As for output, I only get to finish 4-6 kits a year due to work & family. I'm trying to find a little more time for myself this year so maybe I'll get through more of those boxes on the "to do" list.
And speaking of owning up, yes it's true-my wife often wonders how so many kits end up in my hobby room. But no I don't get them from the back of my car when she's not looking !

Later,

Darren.
Regards, Darren. C.A.G. FAA/USNFAW GB
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 4, 2003 11:41 AM
Some clear cases of AMS, although I've heard of guys that have kits in the 4 digit range.

Personally, I have about 35 kits (most of which were actually gifts from family members). 2 or 3 are started, but only 2 are actually on the bench right now ('57 Bel Air and a 1/72 F4-U Corsair). I don't get alot of time at the bench so my production is limited to maybe 3 or 4 kits per year.

I'm still 'learning' and 'honing' my techniques, so I tend to build lots of variety kits for the experience. I have about 8 or 9 'special' kits at home that I'm hoping to jump into once I feel my 'skills' have been developed enough...

M.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 4, 2003 10:05 AM
JCarlberg writes...

At last count, I have 183 unbuilt, 4 on the bench

WoW.....I have none at the present, just getting back into the hobby after all these years. Currently reading the how to books recommended. My first will be a submarine.

Where in heavens do you keep all those kits...my wife would have a small problem with me....I get enough flack on my history book library.
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Posted by jcarlberg on Tuesday, February 4, 2003 9:33 AM
At last count, I have 183 unbuilt, 4 on the bench, and I still drool over the new releases and workbench reviews. In a good year, I might complete fifteen or twenty kits, but I've had years when two or three are all I can accomplish. All mine are for my own satisfaction, which makes it harder sometimes, since I'm much less easily pleased with my efforts than when I was 14.
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  • From: United Kingdom / Belgium
Come on, own up..!
Posted by djmodels1999 on Tuesday, February 4, 2003 9:10 AM
Just out of interest, and something that came to my mind while reading a comment made somewhere else in those forums, how many kits do you actualy own - unbuilt ones, I mean -, and what is your yearly 'production', on average..???

I'll start the ball rolling, of course and own up everything...

At the last count (when I moved house a few months ago), I recensed 151 kits (some started). Since then, I must have purchased over 20 more kits (discovered e-Bay..!)...

Because I design masters for some people, my 'production' is rather high, I would say, with an average of 47 models every year since 1999... Out of that, about 10 are display models that I build for other people, and only 3 to 4 each year are actually made for myself, to eventually grace my display cabinet in the lounge...

And when it comes to do something for myself, I even tend to go for scratchbuilding...

Yet, I keep buying kits. I'll probably never build all those kits lining my loft, but I think nothing is ever going to make me stop buying more. I'm no collector, but there's so many things interesting me and I just like having some kits around, just in case the need, the urge, to build that kit comes!

Smile [:)]

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