What is IN your Stash?

[TimM63]

I found some loooong dead threads on this topic but I want to start a new one.

The following is what I have.
WIP
Revell 1/48 B-24D Liberator
STASH
TAMIYA
1/48
P-51B Mustang
A6M3 Mitsubishi Zero
FB Mk. VI DeHavilland Mosquito
BF109E Messerschmitt
Supermarine Spitfire
Aichi M6A1 Seiran
F4U-1A Vought Corsair
Fw190 D-9 Focke Wulf
P-38F/G Lightning
F4F-4 Wildcat
1/35
M8 Greyhound
German Sturmgeschutz IV
1/350
USS Missouri

REVELL/MONOGRAM
1/48
Ju 87G-1 Stuka
SBD-5 Dauntless
P-40B Tiger Shark
B-25J Mitchell
B-29 Superfortress
1/72
F-22 Raptor
1/32
UH-1D Huey Gunship

ICM
1/48
Expeditor II
LaGG-3 Soviet Fighter
Ju 88A-14 German Bomber

HOBBY BOSS
1/48
EMB-314 Super Tucano
P-61C Black Widow
F-111D/E Aardvark
F-80C Shooting Star

RODEN
1/48
DH4A DeHavilland
OV-1A Mohawk

AIRFIX
1/48
P-40B Warhawk

ACADEMY
1/48
SB2U-3 Vindicator

HK MODELS
1/48
B-17F Flying Fortress

AMT
1/48
F7F-3 Tigercat
1/25
'64 Plymouth Belvedere

ON MY LIST
TRUMPETER
1/48
C-47A Skytrain

 

[Pantherman]

I found some loooong dead threads on this topic but I want to start a new one.

The following is what I have.
WIP
Revell 1/48 B-24D Liberator
STASH
TAMIYA
1/48
P-51B Mustang
A6M3 Mitsubishi Zero
FB Mk. VI DeHavilland Mosquito
BF109E Messerschmitt
Supermarine Spitfire
M6A1 Aichi Seiran
F4U-1A Vought Corsair
Fw190 D-9 Focke Wulf
P-38F/G Lightning
1/35
M8 Greyhound
1/350
USS Missouri

REVELL
1/48
Ju 87G-1 Stuka
SBD-5 Dauntless
P-40B Tiger Shark
B-25J Mitchell

ICM
1/48
Expeditor II
LaGG-3 Soviet Fighter
Ju 88A-14 German Bomber

HOBBY BOSS
1/48
EMB-314 Super Tucano
P-61C Black Widow

RODEN
1/48
DH4A DeHavilland
OV-1A Mohawk

AIRFIX
1/48
P-40B Warhawk

ACADEMY
1/48
SB2U-3 Vindicator

HK MODELS
1/48
B-17F Flying Fortress

AMT
1/48
F7F-3 Tigercat
1/25
'64 Plymouth Belvedere

ON THE WAY
HOBBYBOSS
1/48
F-111D/E Aardvark

ON MY LIST
TRUMPETER
1/48
C-47A Skytrain
TAMIYA
1/35
German Sturmgeschutz IV

Nice. Like the idea so I will add mine later. Pantherman

 

[Bear43]

WIP
Airfix 1/72 Spitfire Mk Ia

STASH
Revell 1/48 B25J Mitchell
Revell 1/48 F4U-4 Corsair
Tamiya 1/35 SAS "Pink Panther" Land Rover
Classic Airframes 1/48 Curtiss Hawk III

 

[TimM63]

WIP
Airfix 1/72 Spitfire Mk Ia

STASH
Revell 1/48 B25J Mitchell
Revell 1/48 F4U-4 Corsair
Tamiya 1/35 SAS "Pink Panther" Land Rover
Classic Airframes 1/48 Curtiss Hawk III

Do I see a Revell 1/48 B-25J Mitchell dual build in the future!

 

[the Baron]

Too many to count. At least 400 kits, as a rough estimate. And that's not really that big of a stash, compared others I've seen.
That doesn't include my gray army, either, all my metal figures and kits. That might be around 500, maybe more.

 

[TimM63]

Too many to count. At least 400 kits, as a rough estimate. And that's not really that big of a stash, compared others I've seen.
That doesn't include my gray army, either, all my metal figures and kits. That might be around 500, maybe more.

And I thought 30 was a lot.

 

[the Baron]

And I thought 30 was a lot.

To paraphrase Crocodile Dundee, "Aw, thet's nawt a stash. THIS is a stash!"

I'll probably never build all the kits I've accumulated, and I don't have anywhere near the space necessary to display the finished kits, anyway. So I've been thinking over the past few years, of reducing the stash.

I accumulated the kits with a bit of a plan. I have several themes and bought kits accordingly. For example, for aircraft, I have a theme of every type of US aircraft used at the Battle of Midway, from the usual suspects of the Wildcats, Devastators, and Dauntlesses flying from the carriers, to the Buffaloes, B-17Es, and even General Tinker's LB-30 Liberator, flown off Midway. I have another theme of "Doomed at the Start", all US aircraft types used in the Philippines when the Japanese attacked.

Then there's the Yellow-Wings theme, the ETO AAF theme, and then just subjects that caught my fancy at one time or another. Not a lot of German aircraft, though I have a what-if project that I started, back in the day-German naval aviation.

Then I have 1/700 scale kits to build each of our first 10 carriers. I need the Langley and the Ranger. There are resin kits of those two, but long out of print. I hold out hope that someone will produce them in injection-molded styrene. Look at the Wasp-for years, there was nothing. Then Aoshima released its kit. Trumpeter issued a 1/350 kit of the Ranger, and it's possible they might scale it down to 1/700 some day. But the fact that my 1/700 scale Pennsylvania kit still sits unfinished on my bench, after 12 years, is not encouraging.

I also have a stash of Maschinen Krieger kits, but I do intend to build each one of those. MaK has a bit of an advantage in that most of the fighting suits are relatively simple to build; you spend more time having fun with your paint schemes. And the finished models don't take up a lot of room. There are good figures in 1/20, too, so you can make a little vignette on a relatively small base. I'm keeping those kits.

And I intend to paint every one of my toy soldiers.

I sometimes wonder, though, if when I finish the last one of all, my time will be up. Kind of like in the end of Arthur C. Clarke's short story, "The Nine Billion Names of God".

 

[Bear43]

Do I see a Revell 1/48 B-25J Mitchell dual build in the future!

I don't see why not. Would be fun!

 

[BlackSheepTwoOneFour]

Pfffttt…. amateur…. LOL!

I‘ve got more than you in my stash. Too many to list. I keep a record over at scalemates.com. You can list everything from kits, paint colors in any brand, aftermarket stuff, decals, etc…

Easy to sign up and register. It’s free too.

 

[athabascamaverick]

Too many to list - way over 600 in the stash - more than enough to build before I'm dead. Pretty much anything except ships.

 

[scalebuilderchad]

And I thought 30 was a lot.

There is a guy in my scale model club that has over 3000 kits in his stash. But he rarely builds anything.

We pick on him and tell him he can save money on insulating his house with other things besides model kits. Because he keeps them in his attic.

I don't like it when my stash gets over 100. Currently I have 66 and I am setting up a vendor table at a local show in 2 weeks to whittle away at that. I am keeping 37 of them and brining the rest to sell.

 

[athabascamaverick]

3000 - Whoa - he must be approaching one of every kit ever made (most of the new kits I see now (outside of the Chinese) are re-do's of kits they had when I was a kid - over half a century ago.

 

[C.A. Whitecloud]

In my stash:
POLAR LIGHTS/AMT Star Trek TOS Galileo Shuttle w/interior 1:32

Just completed:
AMT Star Trek U.S.S. Enterprise Bridge 1:32

 

[C.A. Whitecloud]

WIP:
Monogram 1:24 '64 1/2 Ford Mustang

 

[Jim62]

I thought I'd just share some photos of my stash. I'm currently on a build of a Tamiya Skyraider USAF version.

 

[TimM63]

I thought I'd just share some photos of my stash. I'm currently on a build of a Tamiya Skyraider USAF version.
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Nice kits you have there.

 

[Jim62]

Nice kits you have there.

Thanks and I hope I will eventually get to them all.

 

[urumomo]

The Skyraider is a bad-ass aircraft .
Hope you post some pix .

 

[Jim62]

Yes it is and I'm a fan of dedicated ground support aircraft. If I don't totally screw it up I'll post some pics when I'm finished.

 

[ohbejuan]

I took this thread as an opportunity to update my stash at scalemates, and then list it here. It is a good reminder to think about maybe making one of these, instead of buying that new Magic Factory Corsair

WIP
1/48
Airfix: Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vb
Bandai: Snowspeeder x2
Fine Molds: Snowspeeder

STASH
ACADEMY
1/35
Panzer III Ausf. J

1/48
Mitsubishi A6M2b Zero Fighter Model 21

1/72
USMC F-4J "VMFA-232 Red Devils"

AMT
1/32
TIE Fighter - Studio Series
1/72
Razor Crest
BANDAI (and BANDAI SPIRITS)
1/12
R2-D2 & R5-D4

1/48
AT-ST

1/72
Red Squadron X-Wing Starfighter
Y-Wing Starfighter
TIE Advanced X1

1/144
AT-AT
Boba Fett - Slave 1
Millennium Falcon (Rise of Skywalker version)

EDUARD
1/48
F4F-3 Wildcat
P-51D-10 Mustang

FINE MOLDS
1/48
X-Wing Star Fighter

GREAT WALL HOBBY
1/72
F-15C MSIP II Eagle

HOBBY BOSS
1/48
Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat (Early)

MOEBIUS MODELS
1/32
Viper Mk VII

MPC
Unknown
Rebel Base
1/51
TIE Interceptor

POLAR LIGHTS
1/1000
USS Enterprise NCC-1701 Refit
U.S.S. Reliant NCC-1864

TAMIYA
1/48
Messerschmitt Me262 A-1a
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vb
Vought F4U-1D Corsair

1/72
F-16CJ [Block 50]
Kawanishi N1K1-Ja Shiden Type 11
Messerschmitt Bf109E-4/7 Trop

WOLFPACK
1/48
T-38A Talon 'NASA'