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Well according to my Excel spreadsheet I have 352 kits with 3 more in the mail. I swore last month I was going to stop, so I did (so far). Now I am buying after-market stuff and diorama supplies. My postman told me he likes being able to get out of his truck and drop off the packages at the door. Only exercise he gets all day.

d6mst0 wrote:Well according to my Excel spreadsheet I have 352 kits with 3 more in the mail. I swore last month I was going to stop, so I did (so far). Now I am buying after-market stuff and diorama supplies. My postman told me he likes being able to get out of his truck and drop off the packages at the door. Only exercise he gets all day.

O.o

Where do you put them all?

Awesomely appropriate gif. When you go looking for the ark you can never find where you put the darn kit!!

Where do you put them all?

I keep them in a closet and on shelves in the hobby room. A lot of them are figure kits that don't take a lot of room. I try to store the PE and after-market items in with the kit they were purchased for. Forty two of the kits I won as door prizes at shows over the years.

I know I won't finish them all but I am going to have fun trying.

Marcus

Well I've only just started in the hobby so may stash is a huge pile of 2 kits in a corner of the living room. Still, we all have to start somewhere and it's quite a large corner

I'm up to 37 all f4 phantoms with 2 in progress and a tamiya one on the way so I can hopefully join the I love tamiya sig, if I've got time.

2. Just ordered them and i need them asap!

Spook wrote:I'm up to 37 all f4 phantoms with 2 in progress and a tamiya one on the way so I can hopefully join the I love tamiya sig, if I've got time.

37 Phantoms.

27, I've only completed 13 since starting the hobby last February. So my guess of buying two kits for everyone finished is about right.

I might have a problem.

44. I set myself a limit of how many I can get on top of the two store cupboards in my man cave and at the moment it's 44. Although if I see a bargain I have extra 'bargain' emergency storage...

I've given away every kit I've built but I'm going to start keeping them now and have a display cab for that purpose.

Avgas wrote:44. I set myself a limit of how many I can get on top of the two store cupboards in my man cave and at the moment it's 44. Although if I see a bargain I have extra 'bargain' emergency storage...

I've given away every kit I've built but I'm going to start keeping them now and have a display cab for that purpose.

do you mean if you had more cupboards then it's ok to have more kits....

digger303 wrote:

Avgas wrote:44. I set myself a limit of how many I can get on top of the two store cupboards in my man cave and at the moment it's 44. Although if I see a bargain I have extra 'bargain' emergency storage...

I've given away every kit I've built but I'm going to start keeping them now and have a display cab for that purpose.

do you mean if you had more cupboards then it's ok to have more kits....

I have a similar rule: no room, no purchases.

It's entirely possible that in addition to just being completely swamped the last few weeks the main reason I've not gotten any modeling done is that I've gone and gotten new shelves for the office/hobby space to accommodate the stash...as in I needed room for expansion.

Entirely possible...

6

But I also have 6 that I haven't finished, lol!

do you mean if you had more cupboards then it's ok to have more kits....

Don't put that idea into my head, not listening, not looking, I didn't see that.

I did a loose count of mine yesterday and I'm well over 200. Genuine, no BS.

*edit. Looking at some pics I took yesterday and counting the ones in the spare room alone, there are at least 240-250 in there. I've loads more stashed in the modelling room, both under the table and in a wardrobe. I'm guessing 350 at least, now. I must be bonkers!!

just 11 for me

Well I sold 433 unsold kits to online shop, then started acquiring 1/35 scale armour, 1/48 scale planes, 1/12 scale bikes and the odd 1/20 scale cars, must be something like 100+ , oh and still have stash 1/72 scale armour, planes , ships and subs!!!

digger303 wrote: Mon Sep 12, 2016 12:59 am Scalemates says I have 219 full kits with 9 started built , but not painted and 2 actually finished.

... well, obviously I haven't gotten the GAS (Gear Aquisision Syndrome yet, with 5 unopened or so... Guess that falls under "miscount" for some of you...

flundstrom2 wrote: Thu Feb 16, 2017 12:54 pm

digger303 wrote: Mon Sep 12, 2016 12:59 am Scalemates says I have 219 full kits with 9 started built , but not painted and 2 actually finished.

... well, obviously I haven't gotten the GAS (Gear Aquisision Syndrome yet, with 5 unopened or so... Guess that falls under "miscount" for some of you...

241 now with 10 started 3 actually finished.....BUT I don't care

Too many and I am such a slow builder... my stash is going to outlive me at this rate

Maybe there is a market for subscription services ... Like "Get FOUR kits for just €0.9 (+p&p), then you get FOUR NEW kits EVERY MONTH! [with a small note stating: 'Kits cost €49 each+p&p €4.9+service fee €2.9. Subscription auto-renewed every year if not cancelled within 3 months prior to end of year'. Additional terms and conditions may apply".

Ok, who is the smarty pants that started this darn thread up again???
This is the year I don't buy ANY kits, except six CF-18 Hornets and maybe a Lancaster and oh a P40 and.............
I have 10 more kits since I counted in September

I've set myself a rule of no more kits this year (which incredibly 6 weeks in I've kept to so far...). The 44 I had in the stash in my last post is now 48, four have used up the emergency 'bargain buy' storage. Mind you I still look at Creative's website at 2pm every Thursday for their weekly offers. 'Cos 2pm on Thursday is when they come out...but I've been a good boy so far.

I also told myself no new kits (outside of GBs for the year). So far I'm doing an excellent job.

See I'm using federal budgetary standards where my "year" is a rolling period over two years. In addition, I'm measuring "kits" as tied to tax law, that is any kits I buy now are offset by future kits I won't buy.

They pay for themselves!

Lysus wrote: Thu Feb 16, 2017 8:00 pm I also told myself no new kits (outside of GBs for the year). So far I'm doing an excellent job.

See I'm using federal budgetary standards where my "year" is a rolling period over two years. In addition, I'm measuring "kits" as tied to tax law, that is any kits I buy now are offset by future kits I won't buy.

They pay for themselves!

Oh you are doing great
Hey did you see the resin star wars kit thread??!!
http://www.intscalemodeller.com/viewtop ... 10&t=21511

If I don't count my stash I don't have too many, that's how it works yeah?

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Thu Feb 16, 2017 8:03 pm

Lysus wrote: Thu Feb 16, 2017 8:00 pm I also told myself no new kits (outside of GBs for the year). So far I'm doing an excellent job.

See I'm using federal budgetary standards where my "year" is a rolling period over two years. In addition, I'm measuring "kits" as tied to tax law, that is any kits I buy now are offset by future kits I won't buy.

They pay for themselves!

Oh you are doing great
Hey did you see the resin star wars kit thread??!!
http://www.intscalemodeller.com/viewtop ... 10&t=21511

Smiffy wrote: Thu Feb 16, 2017 8:04 pm If I don't count my stash I don't have too many, that's how it works yeah?

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Lysus wrote: Thu Feb 16, 2017 8:46 pm

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Thu Feb 16, 2017 8:03 pm

Lysus wrote: Thu Feb 16, 2017 8:00 pm I also told myself no new kits (outside of GBs for the year). So far I'm doing an excellent job.

See I'm using federal budgetary standards where my "year" is a rolling period over two years. In addition, I'm measuring "kits" as tied to tax law, that is any kits I buy now are offset by future kits I won't buy.

They pay for themselves!

Oh you are doing great
Hey did you see the resin star wars kit thread??!!
http://www.intscalemodeller.com/viewtop ... 10&t=21511

Smiffy wrote: Thu Feb 16, 2017 8:04 pm If I don't count my stash I don't have too many, that's how it works yeah?

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Fridgy wrote: Thu Feb 16, 2017 8:57 pm

Lysus wrote: Thu Feb 16, 2017 8:46 pm

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Thu Feb 16, 2017 8:03 pm

Oh you are doing great
Hey did you see the resin star wars kit thread??!!
http://www.intscalemodeller.com/viewtop ... 10&t=21511

Smiffy wrote: Thu Feb 16, 2017 8:04 pm If I don't count my stash I don't have too many, that's how it works yeah?

Lysus wrote: Thu Feb 16, 2017 9:19 pm

Fridgy wrote: Thu Feb 16, 2017 8:57 pm

Lysus wrote: Thu Feb 16, 2017 8:46 pm

I now have 2 kits in the stash: DML's 1-35 Panther G w/Steel Wheels Smartkit and Revell's 1-48 B-25 Mitchell

I didn't pay a single thing for either. Both gifts. When you are a listless teenager, you don't have very much money to spend on kits for the stash

Gotta start with something.....don't worry, you will have tens, then hundreds before you can blink your eye

the first rule of the stash. is you do not talk about the stash

Currently thirty-odd, mostly 1/48 aircraft with a few odd scales and armour/vehicles received as gifts. At current build rate, that should keep me going for a decade or so. Not really buying that many recently, although Airfix are really testing my resolve with the likes of the new Meteor, Walrus, and even the new P-51. I mean, you've got to have an informed opinion on whether it's better than Tamiya's, haven't you?
In my defence, most of what's lurking under the office desk (and in/on top of the wardrobe, and in various other nooks) have been ebay purchases made by the "I'll bid £x.yy and then have a look later and see if I've snagged a bargain" method which ensures some real bargains - and some proper random purchases as well. Which explains the two(!) Polikarpov Po-2s I have.

http://www.small-wonder.org/Gallery_Now ... 171503.jpg

Had this in the stash since December 2005 when it was first released...
still not ready for it !

schweinhund227 wrote: Thu Feb 23, 2017 2:19 pm http://www.small-wonder.org/Gallery_Now ... 171503.jpg

Had this in the stash since December 2005 when it was first released...
still not ready for it !

Maybe once the Episode VIII trailers start rolling out...

schweinhund227 wrote: Thu Feb 23, 2017 2:19 pm Had this in the stash since December 2005 when it was first released...
still not ready for it !

Ever considering selling it to a space-maniac (such as me? )

I'm well over 100 but no idea how many. Never had the time too count them all.
Very unlikely too build them all

Timplastic wrote: Sun Feb 26, 2017 12:24 pm I'm well over 100 but no idea how many. Never had the time too count them all.
Very unlikely too build them all

Yes, the 'build from the stash' rule has somehow passed me over as well
I have enough trouble with a no new kit purchases
I like the first rule...'don't talk about the stash'