Models to be made

[CrateCruncher]

The size of that German collection is really impressive. Too big for me though!

When I got back into models in the '90s I started buying kits at local shows off vendor tables. It was a lot of common stuff. I didn't even know what I liked yet. Then eBay came along and I discovered all kinds of model kits I hadn't known existed. WOW! I sorta went crazy buying stuff. My collection swelled to over 300 kits taking up a good portion of a spare bedroom. It was around that time I realized that acquiring kits wasn't as much fun as it had been when I had begun buying years before. It was as though each new kit I bought meant just a little less than the last, to the point where I scarcely glanced at them before I plopped them on the shelf never to be opened again. I concluded there were two things going on: 1) I had so many just looking at 'em overwhelmed me...and 2) I was simply running out of kits to buy that even interested me.

About 2000 I started thinning my hoard by selling off kits I had multiples of. Then I started narrowing the focus by selling peripheral subjects I wasn't that interested in. Then I really started selling when I began getting rid of stuff I knew I could get anytime, anywhere (..unless of course it was in the "soon to be built" stack!).

Guy's, I'm still selling kits off but I'm down to things that are really hard to get that I'm sure I will always want to build some day. My goal is to have a collection of about 30 kits at any given time. Frankly, it's getting a lot harder now selling a rare kit because I know that it might not be available later if my interests change. Funny. Though I worry about this I haven't regretted selling any to date.

I hope by sharing this experience it will save someone 15 years of energy(and a lot of closet space) coming to a similar conclusion. For me, listing models on eBay is boring and a large collection wasn't nearly as much fun as the small concentrated one I have now.

[Spike2933]

Micha, are you sure your not a hobby dealer

dear god that is a big collection

[klutz_100]

Micha, that guy's collection is simply insane!
Have to admit I say some kits in there I'd like to build though..

Originally Posted by CrateCruncher

...a large collection wasn't nearly as much fun as the small concentrated one I have now.

[star21]

To me I think it may also be due to the box art.

I've still got hoards of boxes left but with no models in them (sold/broken/lost).

My pile still grows...

[sportracer02]

Hi,

well guys, the man that owns these many kits is 55 to 60 years old. For sure, collecting model is the dominant aspect, building models happens by the way. He also owns some oldtimers.

My opinion is, that we all have too much kits at home, of course myself (about 250 kits). From time to time I look at all the unbuilt kit very critically and ask myself the question: "Will I build this kit in the next time?" - If not, I sell it. Thus the number of unbuilt kits remains nearly the same.

The ideal thing would be to build a model and before it is finished getting the next kit.

I have lots of resinkits, that run only a short time, but concerning plastic kits - don´t worry, there will be reissues every few years.

[evo8owner]

I guess I'll post mine,

My workspace

The shelf in my office


Main stash

And a few more in the garage
Micha doesn't have a shop, more like a museum of built/unbuilt kits!!
I have to show them to my wife, she thinks I have to many! lol

Jake

[craig62989]

Originally Posted by UKPonchoMan

Here are mine as of mid-2009. The stash has grown since then!

how much for that firehawk kit ? i want it bad.

[star21]

Originally Posted by craig62989

how much for that firehawk kit ? i want it bad.

why not check on ebay... CLICK ME

[360spider]

Whoa, that German collection is....don't even have a word for it....vast? :-)
Just like CrateCruncher, I had way to many kits collected over the years (thousands), only to realize that I will never touch them - so I sold most of my kits. I'm down to about 300 of the ones I really want to build, mostly resin and rare plastics, with few favorite subjects mixed in:

[Wolf95]

Originally Posted by baraka

Do you think that is too many kits? check out this thread in a Portuguese Modelling Fórum

oh my...

[jano11]

Alex I see that you have a couple more Ferraris to build!

[360spider]

Originally Posted by jano11

Alex I see that you have a couple more Ferraris to build!

Yeah, just a couple more left.

[MidMazar]

Nice collection alex. Defenitly complete those mfh ferraris soon!!

As for the german modeler with that huge collection, he can open a hobby shop.


Evo8owner, Hopefully we see some builds from you soon.

[SCORPIONFB]

These are my stuff....99/140. I don't have any idea when I am going to build all of them!!!

[baraka]

Originally Posted by SCORPIONFB

These are my stuff....99/140. I don't have any idea when I am going to build all of them!!!

You can sell me some if you want