SMA What's New In Your Stash?!?

[BarleyBop]

I'm imposing

And I'm going to lose 25 pounds by getting up early and going to the gym everyday, starting tomorrow.

 

[locomotive]

I may live to regret this....
I mean it looks fabulous. And 50 quid is the most I've EVER spent on a kit...

 

[Edbert]

And I'm going to lose 25 pounds by getting up early and going to the gym everyday, starting tomorrow.

Guilty as charged.

After posting I realized that what I posted is the stash I've purchased since last year that I do intend to complete. I might looks for a better F-8 kit and stow the classic one.

There's another pile near the same number of old ones purchased in the last century, literally, many of which I might never finish. Things like the cutaway Enterprise, NCC not USN, or the lunar landing.

But this situation seems to be most common...

 

[Tommergun]

Another kit my daughter found for me at her thrift shop...and she got it for free! I don't have immediate plans to start it but it's kinda nice timing with all the Tomcats being built lately.

 

[Edbert]

Another kit my daughter found for me at her thrift shop...and she got it for free! I don't have immediate plans to start it but it's kinda nice timing with all the Tomcats being built lately.

Nice score!

 

[TimM63]

Another kit my daughter found for me at her thrift shop...

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That's a good daughter. You trained her proper.

 

[Pantherman]

Another kit my daughter found for me at her thrift shop...and she got it for free! I don't have immediate plans to start it but it's kinda nice timing with all the Tomcats being built lately.

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Lucky boy. Pantherman

 

[Pantherman]

So I came home with a few kits and when questioned by my better half I replied...

On my way home I accidentally parked outside the hobby shop, then accidentally went in to have a look at the models. At which point I accidentally knocked 3 into my basket which I had accidentally picked up as I entered the shop. I felt so bad for messing up their display that I felt obliged to purchase them.

This explanation was met with a ummmm.... not unlike marge on the Simpson.

I think she bought it and I made a hasty retreat to the mancave. Pantherman

 

[Down Time]

So I came home with a few kits and when questioned by my better half I replied...

On my way home I accidentally parked outside the hobby shop, then accidentally went in to have a look at the models. At which point I accidentally knocked 3 into my basket which I had accidentally picked up as I entered the shop. I felt so bad for messing up their display that I felt obliged to purchase them.

This explanation was met with a ummmm.... not unlike marge on the Simpson.

I think she bought it and I made a hasty retreat to the mancave. Pantherman

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[BarleyBop]

accidentally picked up

Nice... same Starter Set model line as my Mini! Should be a walk in the park for you...
At this rate, you'll have finished all three before me!

 

[Pantherman]

Nice... same Starter Set model line as my Mini! Should be a walk in the park for you...
At this rate, you'll have finished all three before me!

Think I might collect the set although the bugatti is calling out to me..... Pantherman

 

[TimM63]

Think I might collect the set although the bugatti is calling out to me..... Pantherman

Love the Bugatti.

 

[Pantherman]

Love the Bugatti.

That's the one I was going to get, the others just sorta followed it.... PM

 

[scottrc78]

If I choose to hit the "Checkout" button on a number of shopping carts I have throughout the various vendor sites and Amazon, my stash would increase suddenly by the power of ten. I have a current fetish to collect 1/72 planes and 1/700 ship kits. Is this healthy?

 

[Pantherman]

If I choose to hit the "Checkout" button on a number of shopping carts I have throughout the various vendor sites and Amazon, my stash would increase suddenly by the power of ten. I have a current fetish to collect 1/72 planes and 1/700 ship kits. Is this healthy?

I have a similar saved stash with various companies, just got to get the lottery numbers up and it's bad news for the delivery guys..... Pantherman

 

[Edbert]

Is this healthy?

Depends on how long you expect to live, or how long your eyesight and steady-hands last.

Some people in the club have 500+ kits and take 2+ months to finish one.

 

[Glenn S]

Depends on how long you expect to live, or how long your eyesight and steady-hands last.

Some people in the club have 500+ kits and take 2+ months to finish one.

We had a discussion about this last year at our IPMS monthly meeting. We agreed on the following to determine if a collection of unbuilt model kits is a stash, or if you are a hoarder: if you can't build all of your kits before you die, you are a hoarder. Otherwise, you just have a stash of kits.
Since I have quite a stash of kits in the crawlspace, and I'm not a hoarder, it seems that I will live to be about 145 years old!

 

[Down Time]

This just hustled in.....

 

[Pantherman]

This just hustled in.....

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Mean looking machine, like it. Pantherman

 

[BOATMAN]

This just hustled in.....

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HI Downtime you have just bought the same kit here as me are you goin to just spray it silver or do a metal tape fininsh ?
chrisb

 

[Down Time]

HI Downtime you have just bought the same kit here as me are you goin to just spray it silver or do a metal tape fininsh ?
chrisb

Probably spray, on a test piece I'd like to try chrome then hit it with a white wash. Metal tape sounds interesting though.....

 

[Down Time]

HI Downtime you have just bought the same kit here as me are you goin to just spray it silver or do a metal tape fininsh ?
chrisb

Anyone else have this kit, smelling like a group build coming on.....

 

[Pantherman]

Anyone else have this kit, smelling like a group build coming on.....

I might have to look to see if it's available in the UK. Pantherman

 

[Pantherman]

I'm out. £234 is way over my budget. Looking forward to seeing your build though. Pantherman

 

[Edbert]

Probably spray, on a test piece I'd like to try chrome then hit it with a white wash. Metal tape sounds interesting though.....

But the plastic is silver right? No paint needed!

 

[Down Time]

But the plastic is silver right? No paint needed!

Not paint something?!?! What's wrong with you man.......?!?!

 

[BOATMAN]

But the plastic is silver right? No paint needed!

EDBERT the plastic of the kit is a silver grey so it definetly needs sprayin proper silver as i have just bought two big silver spray rattle cans for when i build mine which will be after my hornet build an its a big kit
chrisb

 

[Edbert]

One advantage of those silver-plastic kits with raised panel lines...after paint you can shave off the raised part which reveals the original plastic making nice and smooth panel lines without the raised bit.

 

[Jakko]

And shows you exactly where to scribe replacements

 

[Down Time]

Look what sailed into port today.