What's hiding in your stash ?

Post by **digger303** » Mon Oct 09, 2017 12:27 am

Lysus wrote: Sun Oct 08, 2017 8:04 pm
digger303 wrote: Sun Oct 08, 2017 11:20 am
Lysus wrote: Sun Oct 08, 2017 4:05 am
Waiting for the armour to turn into Gundam soldiers
There's a kit for that...

You are kidding me !!

Post by **Lysus** » Mon Oct 09, 2017 1:12 am

digger303 wrote: Mon Oct 09, 2017 12:27 am
Lysus wrote: Sun Oct 08, 2017 8:04 pm
digger303 wrote: Sun Oct 08, 2017 11:20 am

Waiting for the armour to turn into Gundam soldiers
There's a kit for that...

You are kidding me !!

I would never kid you, sir.

Post by **Tomcat64** » Mon Oct 09, 2017 11:45 am

d6mst0 wrote: Sun Oct 08, 2017 3:30 am These should keep me busy for awhile.

I think you just redefined "stash"

Post by **DrSprue** » Mon Oct 09, 2017 3:42 pm

Lysus wrote: Mon Oct 09, 2017 1:12 am
digger303 wrote: Mon Oct 09, 2017 12:27 am
Lysus wrote: Sun Oct 08, 2017 8:04 pm

There's a kit for that...

You are kidding me !!
I would never kid you, sir.

Oh that looks cool!!! and frightening too!

Post by **digger303** » Tue Oct 10, 2017 12:48 am

DrSprue wrote: Mon Oct 09, 2017 3:42 pm
Lysus wrote: Mon Oct 09, 2017 1:12 am
digger303 wrote: Mon Oct 09, 2017 12:27 am

You are kidding me !!
I would never kid you, sir.

Oh that looks cool!!! and frightening too!

Bet the family car is really an Autobot.....

Post by **Lysus** » Fri Oct 20, 2017 12:06 am

digger303 wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2017 12:48 am
DrSprue wrote: Mon Oct 09, 2017 3:42 pm
Lysus wrote: Mon Oct 09, 2017 1:12 am

I would never kid you, sir.

Oh that looks cool!!! and frightening too!
Bet the family car is really an Autobot.....

I think if my car could talk we wouldn't be friends much longer

Post by **DrSprue** » Fri Oct 20, 2017 1:20 am

Lysus wrote: Fri Oct 20, 2017 12:06 am
digger303 wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2017 12:48 am
DrSprue wrote: Mon Oct 09, 2017 3:42 pm
Oh that looks cool!!! and frightening too!
Bet the family car is really an Autobot.....
I think if my car could talk we wouldn't be friends much longer

Talking cars?...reminds me of a Robert Heinlein novel...

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Fri Oct 20, 2017 4:07 am

Oh shoot, what have I got myself into

My brother brought this up to the office. It was given to him by in laws after the passing of a parent.
So now I am going to build a motorized German tug boat???!!!

Post by **digger303** » Thu Nov 30, 2017 4:13 am

Thought I would repost my 80% of my stash since photbucket stuffed everything and since I have moved most of them to a new home....seems like as good a reason as any.
Going continuously to the right.

yes IT'S a nice problem

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Thu Nov 30, 2017 5:32 am

Holy shite what a stash!!!
Your shelves are great for organizing
The only problem I see is forgetting and losing kits when they are stored up high...Yet I forget and lose kits that are right under my nose

Post by **digger303** » Thu Nov 30, 2017 6:02 am

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Thu Nov 30, 2017 5:32 am Holy shite what a stash!!!
Your shelves are great for organizing
The only problem I see is forgetting and losing kits when they are stored up high...Yet I forget and lose kits that are right under my nose

yeah 3m ceilings....I'm going to have to buy a 4 step step ladder. Realised that yesterday when a chair wouldn't cut it.
Could lose kits at the back as there is two rows hidden away behind the front ones, but I tried to put the same types together by brand. So if I use scalemates I can see do I have it ?? and then just have to go to the general area.

The SWMBO is happy that a wardrobe is now mostly empty in the spare room, but that just says to me I have all that spare space now....

for oh I don't know the odd special occasion

Post by **DrSprue** » Thu Nov 30, 2017 3:01 pm

Wow, now I I have to say... wall to wall dragons! Very nice stash.

Post by **Lysus** » Thu Nov 30, 2017 6:42 pm

I still see some room in there, digger. Get thee to a hobby store and fix that.

Post by **digger303** » Thu Nov 30, 2017 11:27 pm

Lysus wrote: Thu Nov 30, 2017 6:42 pm I still see some room in there, digger. Get thee to a hobby store and fix that.

Not a decent hobby store to be found within 450km so lots of internet scouting...

That space is reserved for a box I have been accumulating on the east coast at a second hand dealers residence. As we speak he is organising a quote ( his wife insisted ..

) for freight...so should be here in about 7days.
I have another 50 kits in another room, mostly Hobbyboss and Miniart in that lot with a lot of extra's such as tracks , guns and fuel containers and the like.

Post by **digger303** » Tue Dec 19, 2017 7:14 am

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Thu Nov 30, 2017 5:32 am Holy shite what a stash!!!
Your shelves are great for organizing
The only problem I see is forgetting and losing kits when they are stored up high...Yet I forget and lose kits that are right under my nose

I BOUGHT A LADDER

Post by **Kevthemodeller** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 7:15 pm

I think some my be interested in what was I suppose you could call my lost stash. I've made reference in posts to F1 cars and bikes/AVF's I'd bought or made over the years, some going back into my early teens.

Well I was digging around in the loft and I found them some of the made kits boxes are in a dirty/dusty condition. Although I've looked inside to identify the contents are in a poor state and need some TLC before taking pictures, I will as I unpack them so I get the before/after.

But for now here is my F1 stash, these are to the best of my knowledge original 60's & 70's kits one even still has the glue and an electric motor!

This one I bought in Nov last year it's a 2017 re-release

Somewhere I've also got the Honda RA 273, McLaren M23 Marlboro and Yardley Fords they could in the boxes I've not unpacked fingers crossed

All I need do now is find the Ferrari's 312B, 312T, 312T4, Wolf WR1 Ford and the J.P.S. Lotus 72D I'll have all the 60's & 70's kits that's going to be a tall order, the other question is do I build them?

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 8:32 pm

You forgot these models????!!!!
These are pure treasures in gigantic 1/12 scale. My god man
It is like the current Canadian Finance Minister forgetting to disclose his ownership of a French Villa...Oooops, just slipped my mind
Billionaire smug bstard wants to tax me more

Sorry political rantish

YouTube · Post by **OlaHansson** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 9:11 pm

Ohh I would like to get my hands on them

Post by **digger303** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 10:33 pm

Nice loft find. A treasure trove indeed...would be like me finding I had some 1/16 tigers hidden away. Honesty how did you forget them They would have been on my list of best ists kits.

Post by **Kevthemodeller** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 11:15 pm

I didn't forget them I knew I had them. Life/work of the past 20 years had meant a lot of my things had to be placed in storage. I got it all back in one place only last year but as I've not seen it for years I didn't need it. Like many of us that sort of stuff goes into the loft or garage, the loft is where this lots been.

I'm sure the rest is up there too, I've got somewhere still boxed almost the complete set of Airfix 54mm figures, several Airfix /Tamiya warship kits and assorted plane, car, bike kits.

I'll find them at some point.

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 11:28 pm

Why I have absolutely no kits stored in two different locations that I have left for 20 yrs

...5 years yes, but not 20

Don't get me crying over my four 1/8 auto kits that deserve to see the light of day and cost me a fortune
I think I may indeed be a hypocrite criticizing you

Post by **DrSprue** » Thu Jan 25, 2018 2:59 am

Wow Kevin.. what amazing treasures! Man those are so old and in such great shape.. and with motors!

Post by **Fridgy** » Thu Jan 25, 2018 5:41 am

Not sure if Ihave posted these before....

And yes with the Red Bull RB6...it will be Webber's machine..... 2 Reasons there.... well he is an Aussie.... and no one in my household can stand Vettel

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Thu Jan 25, 2018 6:14 am

Nice Fridgy

Post by **digger303** » Thu Jan 25, 2018 10:15 pm

DrSprue wrote: Thu Jan 25, 2018 2:59 am Wow Kevin.. what amazing treasures! Man those are so old and in such great shape.. and with motors!

slot racing possibilities

Post by **demarcation** » Fri Jan 26, 2018 8:15 pm

Kevthemodeller wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2018 7:15 pm I think some my be interested in what was I suppose you could call my lost stash. I've made reference in posts to F1 cars and bikes/AVF's I'd bought or made over the years, some going back into my early teens.

Well I was digging around in the loft and I found them some of the made kits boxes are in a dirty/dusty condition. Although I've looked inside to identify the contents are in a poor state and need some TLC before taking pictures, I will as I unpack them so I get the before/after.

But for now here is my F1 stash, these are to the best of my knowledge original 60's & 70's kits one even still has the glue and an electric motor!

This one I bought in Nov last year it's a 2017 re-release

Somewhere I've also got the Honda RA 273, McLaren M23 Marlboro and Yardley Fords they could in the boxes I've not unpacked fingers crossed
All I need do now is find the Ferrari's 312B, 312T, 312T4, Wolf WR1 Ford and the J.P.S. Lotus 72D I'll have all the 60's & 70's kits that's going to be a tall order, the other question is do I build them?

Post by **Bullitt3309** » Mon Feb 05, 2018 4:07 am

Finally unpacked after 5 plus years of storage... I have a few unbuilt kits...LOL....

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Mon Feb 05, 2018 4:59 am

Wow, that is impressive

Post by **Kevthemodeller** » Mon Feb 05, 2018 8:08 am

That's a small shop!

Some very nice kits there mate

Post by **Kevthemodeller** » Mon Feb 05, 2018 8:20 am

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2018 11:28 pm Why I have absolutely no kits stored in two different locations that I have left for 20 yrs ...5 years yes, but not 20
Don't get me crying over my four 1/8 auto kits that deserve to see the light of day and cost me a fortune
I think I may indeed be a hypocrite criticizing you

1/8 now they're big dig them out mate what have you got?

DrSprue wrote: Thu Jan 25, 2018 2:59 am Wow Kevin.. what amazing treasures! Man those are so old and in such great shape.. and with motors!

I think only the Matra has a motor, Tamiya did that a lot back in the late 60's and 70's, some of their current kits that use the old tooling still have the mouldings for the batteries and motor.

Post by **Bullitt3309** » Mon Feb 05, 2018 2:42 pm

Kevthemodeller wrote: Mon Feb 05, 2018 8:08 am That's a small shop!

Some very nice kits there mate

Lol... You should have seen it 5 yrs ago... I purged about 100 kits...lol i need help...

Post by **DrSprue** » Mon Feb 05, 2018 3:00 pm

Bullitt3309 wrote: Mon Feb 05, 2018 4:07 am Finally unpacked after 5 plus years of storage... I have a few unbuilt kits...LOL....

Wow!! That is a really nice collection of car kits. If you (or when you) retire, No problem starting your day!

ooo yea... I agree!!

Post by **Jens** » Tue Feb 20, 2018 1:51 am

I've just registered here and finding this thread suddenly made me feel much more normal and non-hoarding than I was afraid for?!

Initially I didn't think I'd bought so many kits since last summer - mostly because I've spread them out over three different rooms, and in different piles, so whilst trying to consolidate everything into one big modelling area I was blissfully ignorant of the ever growing stash...

...but two weeks ago I went through all the boxes and put them in Excel and it's safe to say that I don't have to buy any kits for a few years!

Scale Manufacturer Name
1:72 Modelcollect 128mm Flak 40
1:35 Tamiya 3,7cm Anti-Tank Gun (PaK35/36)
1:35 Tamiya 7.5Cm Anti Tank Gun (Pak 40/L46)
1:72 Hobby Boss 80cm K(E) Railway Gun "Dora"
1:72 Airfix Avro Lancaster B.III (Special) The Dambusters
1:48 Eduard Bf 109F-4
1:48 Eduard Draken
1:35 Amusing Hobby E-100
1:35 Amusing Hobby E-100
1:35 Trumpeter E-100 Super Heavy Tank
1:35 Trumpeter E-25 Workable Track links for *German Entwicklungsfahrzeug E
1:35 Trumpeter E-50 (50-75 tons)/Standardpanzer
1:35 Trumpeter E-75 (75-100 tons) / Standardpanzer
1:35 Trumpeter Entwicklungsfahrzeug E 10
1:35 Trumpeter Entwicklungsfahrzeug E-25
1:35 MiniArt EUROPEAN STREET
1:35 Amusing Hobby Flakpanzer E-100
1:72 MACO Flakpanzer III "Wirbelwind"
1:35 Meng Model FRENCH FT-17
1:35 Trumpeter GERMAN 12.8cm SELBSTFAHRLAFETTE L/61
1:35 Tamiya German 88mm Gun FlaK 36/37
1:72 Hobby Boss German Railway Track Set
1:72 Hobby Boss German Railway Track Set
1:35 Trumpeter Grille30 30.5cm(Grw) L/15 Mörser "Bär"
1:72 Squadron Haunebu II
1:72 Revell Horten Go 229
1:35 Tamiya JAGDPANTHER
1:35 Amusing Hobby Jagdpanther II
1:35 Amusing Hobby Jagdpanzer E-100
1:35 Tamiya JAGDPANZER IV/70(V) LANG
N/A Meng Model King Tiger (Porsche Turret)
1:35 Takom KING Tiger Pz.ABT.505
N/A Meng Model KV-2
1:144 Takom Landkreuzer P1000 Ratte
1:144 Takom Landkreuzer P1000 Ratte
1:72 Italeri Lockheed Martin SR-71 Blackbird
1:72 Airfix LUFTWAFFE PERSONNEL
1:35 Takom Maus V2
1:72 Tamiya Messerschmitt Bf109E-4/7 Trop
1:35 Meng Model Mk.A Whippet
1:35 Takom Mk.IV
1:35 Tamiya NASHORN
1:35 Meng Model PANTHER
1:35 Meng Model Panther Zimmerit
1:35 Tamiya Panzerjäger "Jagdtiger"
1:35 Tamiya Panzerkampfwagen III Ausf.L
1:35 Tamiya Panzerkampfwagen V Panther
1:72 Italeri Paratroopers
1:72 MAC Distribution Phönix DIII
1:72 Hobby Boss Railway Curved Track
1:72 Hobby Boss Railway Curved Track
1:35 Amusing Hobby Rutscher Panzerkleinzerstörer
1:72 MACO Sd.Kfz. 7/2
1:35 Meng Model Sd.Kfz.171 PANTHER LATE PRODUCTION TRACKS & MOVEABLE RUNNING GEAR PARTS
1:35 Tamiya Sd.Kfz.184 Schwerer Jagdpanzer "Elefant"
1:35 Tamiya Sd.Kfz.232 Schwerer Panzerspähwagen
1:35 Meng Model Stormtroopers
1:35 Dragon StuG.III Ausf.G w/Zimmerit
1:35 Tamiya Sturmgeschütz III Ausf.B
1:35 Tamiya T-34/76
1:35 Master Box LTD Tank Crew
1:35 Tamiya Tiger I
N/A Meng Model Tiger I
1:35 Friulmodel Tiger II Hunting Tiger
1:35 Friulmodel Tiger II Hunting Tiger Panther II
1:500 Revell U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701
1:35 Hobby Boss VK4502 (P) HINTEN
1:35 Italeri World of Tanks Pz.Kpfw. VI TIGER
1:72 Hobby Boss WR360 C12 Locomotive
1:35 Tamiya Zimmerit Coating Sheet for 1/35 Scale Elefant

To be fair (here comes the excuses...) I've got a couple large projects coming up within the next couple of months like the Entwicklungsfahrzeug Sammlung; a complete lineup of all E-series tanks and variants in 1/35 scale from E-5 to the mighty E-100, and several variants of each one, or the Schwerer Gustav Diorama of the Battle of Sevastopol; based on the 1/72 scale Hobby Boss Dora with some extra train stuff and as much flak and engineers, crew and support as I can fit. It's a really big diorama so it requires more than a handful kits to complete it... These two projects are easily 25 kits in total!
The rest I blame on retail therapy...

I haven't taken a photo of the carnage because it's too messy but I hope to have the new modelling area up in the next week or two and then I will organise all the boxes so I can possibly both navigate the floor space again and perhaps take a photo to remind me that I perhaps don't have to buy too many kits this year... I wrote "perhaps"

Reading this thread made me feel like an amateur compared to some of you so - huge thanks for that! Now I feel sane again!!!

Post by **digger303** » Wed Feb 21, 2018 2:14 pm

Jens wrote: Tue Feb 20, 2018 1:51 am I've just registered here and finding this thread suddenly made me feel much more normal and non-hoarding than I was afraid for?!

Initially I didn't think I'd bought so many kits since last summer - mostly because I've spread them out over three different rooms, and in different piles, so whilst trying to consolidate everything into one big modelling area I was blissfully ignorant of the ever growing stash...

...but two weeks ago I went through all the boxes and put them in Excel and it's safe to say that I don't have to buy any kits for a few years!

I haven't taken a photo of the carnage because it's too messy but I hope to have the new modelling area up in the next week or two and then I will organise all the boxes so I can possibly both navigate the floor space again and perhaps take a photo to remind me that I perhaps don't have to buy too many kits this year... I wrote "perhaps"

Reading this thread made me feel like an amateur compared to some of you so - huge thanks for that! Now I feel sane again!!!

See how we did that, now you aren't alone......we are all mad

We use Flickr to host our pic's......show us your stash and modelling room or bench.

Post by **digger303** » Wed Feb 21, 2018 2:16 pm

Jens wrote: Tue Feb 20, 2018 1:51 am I've just registered here and finding this thread suddenly made me feel much more normal and non-hoarding than I was afraid for?!
To be fair (here comes the excuses...) I've got a couple large projects coming up within the next couple of months like the Entwicklungsfahrzeug Sammlung; a complete lineup of all E-series tanks and variants in 1/35 scale from E-5 to the mighty E-100, and several variants of each one, or the Schwerer Gustav Diorama of the Battle of Sevastopol; based on the 1/72 scale Hobby Boss Dora with some extra train stuff and as much flak and engineers, crew and support as I can fit. It's a really big diorama so it requires more than a handful kits to complete it... These two projects are easily 25 kits in total!
The rest I blame on retail therapy...

I haven't taken a photo of the carnage because it's too messy but I hope to have the new modelling area up in the next week or two and then I will organise all the boxes so I can possibly both navigate the floor space again and perhaps take a photo to remind me that I perhaps don't have to buy too many kits this year... I wrote "perhaps"

Reading this thread made me feel like an amateur compared to some of you so - huge thanks for that! Now I feel sane again!!!

Wow you are going to need a lot of space for those diorama's.
I can totally recommend using SCALEMATES as a database in keeping track of your stash.
Also we thread showing our growing embarrassment ( stash ) which we all all quiet happy in having despite us all saying we won't buy any more or we will build faster, but the truth is we love what we have .

Post by **Jens** » Wed Feb 21, 2018 2:34 pm

digger303 wrote: Wed Feb 21, 2018 2:14 pm See how we did that, now you aren't alone......we are all mad
We use Flickr to host our pic's......show us your stash and modelling room or bench.

I've got my own image hosting service so as soon as I've cleared up the mess and got things in order there will be pictures!

Post by **Jens** » Wed Feb 21, 2018 2:43 pm

digger303 wrote: Wed Feb 21, 2018 2:16 pm Wow you are going to need a lot of space for those diorama's.
I can totally recommend using SCALEMATES as a database in keeping track of your stash.
Also we thread showing our growing embarrassment ( stash ) which we all all quiet happy in having despite us all saying we won't buy any more or we will build faster, but the truth is we love what we have .

Luckily space is all I have...

I bought an old farm many years ago to restore. In it's current shape I've got 14 rooms on the ground floor and then another floor that isn't even started yet. I had some plans for the future but an accident put a stop to that - and all the restoration work... Luckily I'd done a lot before I took my dive down the stairs...

I have started to add my stash to scalemates.com but I gave up with the paint because that just went too far... I've got all the kits there now at least. (I think I have...?)
https://www.scalemates.com/profiles/mat ... ION[]=Kits

I'm going to dedicate one room for just display purposes I think. I had another idea for that room before but now it feels better to use it for modelling?
I've got some critters at home so it'll have to be a room where the dogs can't whip their tails and the cats can't "accidentally" push things over?! I've seen them "accidentally" push my flower pots over on many occasions so it'll have to be a room - with a closed door!
Right now I've got most of my models in the bedroom and in my office but I've run out of space in both so I need to get my new modelling area sorted as soon as possible!

This hobby is very addictive and things quickly outgrew what started as something isolated and organised?!
I hope the rest of you are way more organised but something tells me I'm not the only one with modelling stuff a bit everywhere...

Post by **digger303** » Fri Feb 23, 2018 3:57 am

Jens wrote: Wed Feb 21, 2018 2:43 pm
digger303 wrote: Wed Feb 21, 2018 2:16 pm Wow you are going to need a lot of space for those diorama's.
I can totally recommend using SCALEMATES as a database in keeping track of your stash.
Also we thread showing our growing embarrassment ( stash ) which we all all quiet happy in having despite us all saying we won't buy any more or we will build faster, but the truth is we love what we have .
Luckily space is all I have...

I bought an old farm many years ago to restore. In it's current shape I've got 14 rooms on the ground floor and then another floor that isn't even started yet. I had some plans for the future but an accident put a stop to that - and all the restoration work... Luckily I'd done a lot before I took my dive down the stairs...

I have started to add my stash to scalemates.com but I gave up with the paint because that just went too far... I've got all the kits there now at least. (I think I have...?)
https://www.scalemates.com/profiles/mat ... ION[]=Kits

I'm going to dedicate one room for just display purposes I think. I had another idea for that room before but now it feels better to use it for modelling?
I've got some critters at home so it'll have to be a room where the dogs can't whip their tails and the cats can't "accidentally" push things over?! I've seen them "accidentally" push my flower pots over on many occasions so it'll have to be a room - with a closed door!
Right now I've got most of my models in the bedroom and in my office but I've run out of space in both so I need to get my new modelling area sorted as soon as possible!

This hobby is very addictive and things quickly outgrew what started as something isolated and organised?!
I hope the rest of you are way more organised but something tells me I'm not the only one with modelling stuff a bit everywhere...

Changing thread to answer you.
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=52&p=303282#p303282
Can never have too many kits

Post by **digger303** » Wed Feb 28, 2018 4:53 am

Just thought some might see them selves in this, I know I do.
http://www.dvsm.org/ModelHoarder2g.html

Post by **Jens** » Wed Feb 28, 2018 7:00 am

digger303 wrote: Wed Feb 28, 2018 4:53 am Just thought some might see them selves in this, I know I do.
http://www.dvsm.org/ModelHoarder2g.html

With a story like that we can either admit that we all have the same issue - or the fact that we are so far off his situation that we can continue for many years to hoard... erh, collect kits!

I think that when you have enough kits to last you another 200 years or so it's perhaps time to start thinking about slowing down, but when has a stamp collector too many stamps? It's all down to how you see it. I build my kits and I have every intention to do so, but I can see some of my kits taking an awful long time to reach that stage...

Post by **digger303** » Wed Feb 28, 2018 7:23 am

Jens wrote: Wed Feb 28, 2018 7:00 am
digger303 wrote: Wed Feb 28, 2018 4:53 am Just thought some might see them selves in this, I know I do.
http://www.dvsm.org/ModelHoarder2g.html
With a story like that we can either admit that we all have the same issue - or the fact that we are so far off his situation that we can continue for many years to hoard... erh, collect kits!

I think that when you have enough kits to last you another 200 years or so it's perhaps time to start thinking about slowing down, but when has a stamp collector too many stamps? It's all down to how you see it. I build my kits and I have every intention to do so, but I can see some of my kits taking an awful long time to reach that stage...

Ah but when you actually stop do we loose or have lost some of our enthusiasm and I would say perhaps that would be worse than falling in with the masses who would easily say we need help.
I say bugger to them all and continue to do what makes me happy.....WE aren't on this world long...shame to be miserable.

Just as a aside to this blurb.
Take a tape ruler mark your present age to the corresponding number on it. Now mark expected life expectancy the difference being what you have left.
I find that damn sobering

Post by **Jens** » Wed Feb 28, 2018 7:38 am

digger303 wrote: Wed Feb 28, 2018 7:23 am
Just as a aside to this blurb.
Take a tape ruler mark your present age to the corresponding number on it. Now mark expected life expectancy the difference being what you have left.
I find that damn sobering

I'm the type of guy that ignores the tape ruler and pretends I'm going to live forever! At least I did until a few years ago...

...but I can see it being damn sobering to do something like that...

Post by **digger303** » Wed Feb 28, 2018 8:19 am

Jens wrote: Wed Feb 28, 2018 7:38 am
digger303 wrote: Wed Feb 28, 2018 7:23 am
Just as a aside to this blurb.
Take a tape ruler mark your present age to the corresponding number on it. Now mark expected life expectancy the difference being what you have left.
I find that damn sobering
I'm the type of guy that ignores the tape ruler and pretends I'm going to live forever! At least I did until a few years ago...

...but I can see it being damn sobering to do something like that...

No fun being sober though

Post by **DRUMS01** » Sun Mar 25, 2018 5:55 am

Still pretty new to this forum, and completely new to this thread. Whats hiding?, well nearly 300 kits mixed from every subject and stemming from older 60-70's molds to current items. One of my most recent gifts I received for my stash were two Verlinden battling mid-evil knights.

My stash varies from ground military (mostly armor and artillery); to aircraft of all brands and scales from 1/144 to 1/18. Ships to include Hellers HMS Victory, the Titanic, a 1/72 WW2 submarine, a wood center section of the Constitution including all decks ballast and guns, the Bizmark and Arizona, and many more. My automotive stash has countless cars of every brand and scale from 1/32 through 1/8 (mostly 1/24, 1/16, and 1/12th).

I also have a stash of military vehicles to include a couple M113 APC's, a M577 Command Post Carrier, a M109 (155 SP Howitzer) as well as a M110 (8 inch Howitzer), M60 and M1 armor, M88 TRV, etc. Of course that does not include many Allied , Axis, and other modern war machines from all countries.

On another modeling curve, I also disassemble die-cast, mostly 1/18, and re-model them into (IMHO) better and more detailed versions (too many in my stash to count). I have a stash of 1/18 aircraft that I have been also re-modeling into more detailed variants. They fly low level sorties for close air support over the rest of my collection. One 1/18 item that is interesting to re-model is the 1/18 scale tanks. I have completed the M48 Walker Bulldog light tank (to include a scratch interior), but still have a Tiger, Panther, M1, Sherman, and several others in the stash to model (or re-model).

Heck, in reality I don't think I will ever get them all built in my lifetime. But I believe I read it here indicating that we are always hunting for the next kit or something that is new. It is part of the hobby and fuels our desires to build that next big "thing"; or rebuild something from the past to make it bigger, better, and improve our skills.

Post by **digger303** » Sun Mar 25, 2018 1:28 pm

DRUMS01 wrote: Sun Mar 25, 2018 5:55 am Still pretty new to this forum, and completely new to this thread. Whats hiding?, well nearly 300 kits mixed from every subject and stemming from older 60-70's molds to current items. One of my most recent gifts I received for my stash were two Verlinden battling mid-evil knights.

My stash varies from ground military (mostly armor and artillery); to aircraft of all brands and scales from 1/144 to 1/18. Ships to include Hellers HMS Victory, the Titanic, a 1/72 WW2 submarine, a wood center section of the Constitution including all decks ballast and guns, the Bizmark and Arizona, and many more. My automotive stash has countless cars of every brand and scale from 1/32 through 1/8 (mostly 1/24, 1/16, and 1/12th).

I also have a stash of military vehicles to include a couple M113 APC's, a M577 Command Post Carrier, a M109 (155 SP Howitzer) as well as a M110 (8 inch Howitzer), M60 and M1 armor, M88 TRV, etc. Of course that does not include many Allied , Axis, and other modern war machines from all countries.

On another modeling curve, I also disassemble die-cast, mostly 1/18, and re-model them into (IMHO) better and more detailed versions (too many in my stash to count). I have a stash of 1/18 aircraft that I have been also re-modeling into more detailed variants. They fly low level sorties for close air support over the rest of my collection. One 1/18 item that is interesting to re-model is the 1/18 scale tanks. I have completed the M48 Walker Bulldog light tank (to include a scratch interior), but still have a Tiger, Panther, M1, Sherman, and several others in the stash to model (or re-model).

Heck, in reality I don't think I will ever get them all built in my lifetime. But I believe I read it here indicating that we are always hunting for the next kit or something that is new. It is part of the hobby and fuels our desires to build that next big "thing"; or rebuild something from the past to make it bigger, better, and improve our skills.

We are going to need pic's for sure and probably a build thread for 1/18 stuff

Post by **DRUMS01** » Mon May 21, 2018 4:46 am

Digger, Here are a couple of my 1:18 metal cars.

I'll get some photos of the 1:18 M48 and some of the 1:18 aircraft on the appropriate subject line....

Post by **digger303** » Mon May 21, 2018 7:07 am

Wow that is outstanding !

Post by **DRUMS01** » Sat Jun 16, 2018 5:54 am

Well here is a small portion of what is in my stash, sorry about the mess, my wife is a pack rat:

1/16 Richard Petty STP NASCAR Charger, 1/16 Kubelwagen, 1/16 Jag SS100, 1/16 Lamborghini LP500S, 1/16 Ferrari Koenig Testerossa, 1/16 Lancia Stratos Turbo, 1/25 General 4-4-0 Steam Locomotive, 1/16 Ferrari GTO

Seven 1/12 F1 kits, 1/20 Triumph TR7, 1/20 Porsche 917 short tail, 1/20 Corvair Monza GT

1/12 Porsche 935 Turbo, 1/12 Williams F1, 1/12 Datsun 240Z, 1/12 Lotus Europa Special, 1/48 BMW 327, 1/16 Morgan

Heck with it, here are more photos of the some of lot:

And YES, boxes more of unbuilt kits mostly military land and aircraft, and more autos (at least 75 combined).....

This does not count the other side of the basement

I think I need to make an inventory sheet for all of this

Post by **digger303** » Sat Jun 16, 2018 11:00 am

DRUMS01 wrote: Sat Jun 16, 2018 5:54 am Well here is a small portion of what is in my stash, sorry about the mess, my wife is a pack rat:

1/16 Richard Petty STP NASCAR Charger, 1/16 Kubelwagen, 1/16 Jag SS100, 1/16 Lamborghini LP500S, 1/16 Ferrari Koenig Testerossa, 1/16 Lancia Stratos Turbo, 1/25 General 4-4-0 Steam Locomotive, 1/16 Ferrari GTO

Seven 1/12 F1 kits, 1/20 Triumph TR7, 1/20 Porsche 917 short tail, 1/20 Corvair Monza GT

Heck with it, here are more photos of the some of lot:

And YES, boxes more of unbuilt kits mostly military land and aircraft, and more autos (at least 75 combined).....
This does not count the other side of the basement

I think I need to make an inventory sheet for all of this

Use scalemates it is pretty good and doesn't actually take that long to do. It will even let you designate a storage spot for each kit plus , purchase price, how many of each kit. Books are included too and upgrade kits, pe, figures and will even group together what upgrade kit is applicable to what kits in your inventory.

What part of the services did you serve in and what era ? I have a friend who served with Australian tank regiment, he was the gunner in Centurions..... almost deaf as a post now.

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sat Jun 16, 2018 3:04 pm

Holy molars what a stash
We have similar tastes, so this has kits I am drooling over
I second the Scalemates suggestion...here is me on there:
https://www.scalemates.com/profiles/mate.php?id=21311
Start a portfolio, add in kits, search their data base for kits, add friends it is just a good resource

See Digger my stash habits are that bad