New York, United States
Joined: August 25, 2004
KitMaker: 752 posts
Armorama: 378 posts
Posted: Wednesday, November 23, 2016 - 04:58 AM UTC
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I scared myself when I worked out how much this lot cost me. Obviously not as much as some have spent but not an insubstantial amount
I try not to do that myself.
"It only adds up if you add it up."
New Jersey, United States
Joined: February 06, 2015
KitMaker: 1,098 posts
Armorama: 68 posts
Posted: Wednesday, November 23, 2016 - 08:57 AM UTC
Ha - ha - I am loving this ! Very therapeutic as I thought I was the only person planning on living to 300 or so to build everything I currently have . Hmmm - better make that 500 to allow for future releases, aftermarket stuff et all. And this doesn't allow for all my other hobbies/interests !
As I mentioned in a thread on the sister site ( the one that deals in things with wings ) I often wonder what percentage of kits manufactured actually get built .
Given the theory of Economy of Scale we stash builders due the modeling world a service by bringing down the per unit cost of kits . This altruistic and philanthropic ideal is what keeps me buying kits - ( does anyone believe me ?)
Happy Thanksgiving Day to all ! Richard
British Columbia, Canada
Joined: November 02, 2008
KitMaker: 1,138 posts
Armorama: 953 posts
Posted: Wednesday, November 23, 2016 - 09:00 AM UTC
I also wonder how many kits we buy that then get eclipsed by better releases...the Maquette 2cm flak 38t, Italeri 15CWT, etc come to mind!
British Columbia, Canada
Joined: July 16, 2006
KitMaker: 295 posts
Armorama: 259 posts
Posted: Wednesday, November 23, 2016 - 09:27 AM UTC
For me, all my Tamiya Tiger kits have been eclipsed by the Dragon and Rye Field Models releases but I am not going to dump my Tamiya kits for new ones because I like the ease of assembly of the Tamiya kits. However, my Zvesda and Tamiya T-34s have been outdone by Dragon's releases. I bought just about everyone of the Dragon T-34s except the outrageously expensive Cyberhobby highgrade kits. So now I am patiently waiting for a more reasonably priced STZ T-34/76 to come along. The Academy Merkava 3s have been outdone by Meng's offerings. I also have a few of the kits that I bought were for planned conversions and kitbashes that haven't really gotten off the ground. (Some of those topics are available in injection plastic). I got a few still born conversions. So I guess if I had a crystal ball of what injection kits would have been produced, I would have been able to pass up on about 3 dozen kits.
Overijssel, Netherlands
Joined: July 01, 2010
KitMaker: 1,322 posts
Armorama: 1,239 posts
Posted: Wednesday, November 23, 2016 - 11:20 AM UTC
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I'll chime in just to put things into perspective 
Something like 200+ kits finished and stored in display cabinets.
Hang on now: More than 10 times as many unbuilt, some started a little but raising a family and renovating the apartment has taken some time.
Total count is 2870, mostly 1:35 but there are some 1:72 helicopters, submarines and various torpedoboats.
Call it crazy if you like, my wife does 
/ Robin
THat's no longer a stash, that is a model shop's warehouse!
Washington, United States
Joined: March 11, 2016
KitMaker: 1,792 posts
Armorama: 1,186 posts
Posted: Wednesday, November 23, 2016 - 11:55 AM UTC
My stash doubled when a friend, who had a hobby shop that failed and he kept his stock, passed away and his estranged family didn't want his kits. We sold 90% of them to raise money for his funeral at a massive garage sale and what didn't sale no one wanted so I kept. Got lotsa dragon t-80's, t-72's, Kirins (Lion of Babylon and M-84's) a couple Gunze-Sangyo M60's Rise with passive armor (one was traded), and a Halcyon Nostromo. Add those to my own kits and there are more than I'll ever build. But I'll damn sure try.
New Jersey, United States
Joined: December 08, 2003
KitMaker: 2,864 posts
Armorama: 2,497 posts
Posted: Wednesday, November 23, 2016 - 12:51 PM UTC
About 12 years ago I changed my modeling philosophy. I decided to keep after market to an absolute minimum and to build out of the box. Simplify, simplify, simplify. I wanted to have fun again and relieve stress rather than increase it by building. So time to completion shank from months to weeks.
And then all my spare funds vanished and I am forbidden to add any kits. Though I have 300 kits and an equal number of figures at my current rate of building I could get through my stash in 20 years. But I am stuck with the old releases and can only dream of anything new unless I fund its purchase through selling what I have.
It's made the Hobby almost manageable. Heck, one year while I was on disability, I built 75 kits. This past year I have done over 20. Certainly very satisfying to have a kit built on the shelf rather than collecting after market or research for a project that will never come to pass. And over the years I have done a lot of that. I hope I have finally learned my lesson so I can point to what I have accomplished rather than castles in the sky that I plan to do at some unspecified time that never arrives.
"The only thing a man should take seriously is the fact that nothing should be taken seriously."
Samuel Butler, Victorian satirist
Steve Willoughby
Overijssel, Netherlands
Joined: July 01, 2010
KitMaker: 1,322 posts
Armorama: 1,239 posts
Posted: Wednesday, November 23, 2016 - 02:03 PM UTC
Since the item seems to attract only those who are open and honest enough to reveal their (enormous) amount of boxes, just started and half finished kits, there must be ship loads of other stocks as well. Come on, those who didn't speak out, don't feel bad: you are not alone with your addiction.
I am just wondering if model producers add something to their plastic which makes us run into the local hobby shop over and over again.
We should do some research on that and, who knows, we can sue them to get money back and buy new models again.......
Modeling comes closer to an addiction than to a hobby, I am afraid.
Time to start an alternative for the AA. Call it the AM, for Anonymous Modelers?
#159
Massachusetts, United States
Joined: April 07, 2008
KitMaker: 803 posts
Armorama: 564 posts
Posted: Wednesday, November 23, 2016 - 04:34 PM UTC
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Brian-
You do realize that you will have to die at some point?
WOW, couldn't imagine having that many kits! Lucky B@st@rd!
When I do, I figure my kids will have some money for college LOL....
Seriously though.. the goal is to build them all (well, most of them... some will inevitibly be sold to fund new kits and others traded, and a few will end up in my sons hands as soon as he learns enough patience to build one)
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Hessen, Germany
Joined: July 17, 2013
KitMaker: 338 posts
Armorama: 331 posts
Posted: Wednesday, November 23, 2016 - 04:54 PM UTC
Thanks for this topic. The past few years I felt a bit guilty never to finish any build, though a few are really well underway by now and should reach completion soon.
Comparing your stashes and my ridicoulous stash of about 20 unstarted/ unfinished kits (plus loads of AM and figures), I understand that any feeling of guilt and shame I had was completely exxagerated and uncalled for. I will now proceed to buying at least 5 - 10 more kits...
So in a nutshell: Thanks for robbing me of my bad conscience
New Jersey, United States
Joined: March 11, 2007
KitMaker: 872 posts
Armorama: 831 posts
Posted: Wednesday, November 23, 2016 - 05:56 PM UTC
Stashing is a hobby unto itself. There are some who do not understand it, personally I enjoy it. My stash is inventoried and on a spread sheet, including aftermarket. every year during Christmas vacation I do a physical inventory. I calculate I need to live to 97 to finish everything currently in the stash....my retirement
Rounds Complete!!
The Moral High Ground..a Great Place to Emplace Artillery
North Carolina, United States
Joined: June 06, 2006
KitMaker: 4,691 posts
Armorama: 3,509 posts
Posted: Thursday, November 24, 2016 - 03:03 AM UTC
Puerto Rico
Joined: May 27, 2011
KitMaker: 38 posts
Armorama: 17 posts
Posted: Thursday, November 24, 2016 - 03:56 AM UTC
Ok.from memory thos is my stash.
1 35 tiger nichimo unbuilt
1 35 tiger 1 late afv club unbuilt
1 35 sdkfz 222 with pe tamiya unbuilt
1 35 sdkfz 251 kanonenwagen tamiya unbuilt
1 35 stug A iii cyber hobby started
1 35 panther ii cyber hobby started
1 35 super old jagdtiger tamiya near finished
1 48 aurora king tiger unbuilt
1 48 aurora panther 50% done modified to koelian
1 48 aurora chi ha almost done
1 100 bandai macross factory barely started. It will be expanded and wired for lights
1 72 bandai macross battlepod unbuilt
1 100 bandai macross phalanx almost finished
Revell star wars shuttle tydirium needs repairs
Mpc millenium falcon needs mayor overhaul
Missing parts and needs details
Mpc at at walker half done
Non scale tskuda hobby vinyl mazinger z robot.unbuilt because the lack of space. 18 inch tall.
3 of 1 35 old tamiya stug iii with paratroopers. Each in different stages of completion
1 35 nichima jagdpanzer iv almost done.
1 48 otaki fw 190 unbuilt
1 48 airfix bf 109 unbuilt
Monogram 1 48 bf 109 original release half done
1 48 trumpeter mig 3 almost done
Art of toy japan mazinkaiser robot unbuilt
Rommu of japan mazinkaiser with sword and wings half done
1 6 scale max factory guyver 1
1 144 fine molds millenium falcon unbuilt
1 72 fine molds x wing unbuilt
1 72 fine molds tie fighter unbuilt
1 9 scale anubis from stargate unbuilt
1 4 horizon resin anubis from stargate half built. Needs repairs. Very heavy 15 inches tall
1 48 bandai tiger 1 unbuilt
1 48 bandai panzer iv unbuilt
1 48 bandai elephant half done
1 48 bandai sdkfz 251 almost done
1 144 testors u 505 uboat unbuilt
1 72 italeri fw uhu unbuilt
1 72 italeri heinkel 111 half done
1 72 italeri junkers 52 half done
And about 315 finished kits and dioramas.
Queensland, Australia
Joined: October 02, 2008
KitMaker: 658 posts
Armorama: 629 posts
Posted: Thursday, November 24, 2016 - 04:21 AM UTC
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Small stash compared to others,I have been telling my wife that I have to stock up on kits now because once I retire I won't be able to because we'll be on a fixed income.
G'day Anthony
I'm glad to see that somebody else shares my philosophy!
Regards
Rob
Puerto Rico
Joined: May 27, 2011
KitMaker: 38 posts
Armorama: 17 posts
Posted: Thursday, November 24, 2016 - 05:40 AM UTC
Stash part 2
1 35 italeri kangaroo
1 48 dragon ta 152
1 35 tamiya 8 rad
1 35 italeri opel with flak
135 tamiya sdkfz 7 with flak
1 32 monogram panzer iv 3 kits
1 35 trumpeter 38 t
1 35 academy flakpanzer iv
1 35 academy hetzer
1 35 eduard hetzer with interior
1 48 italeri opel blitz
1 35 italeri sws halftrack nebelwerfer
1 35 italeri opel blitz
1 35 italeri mercedes truck
1 48 bandai pak 40
1 48 monogram fw 190 4 kits
1 32 revell germany he 162 volksjager
1 48 tamiya 1 48 he 162
1 72 pm ta 183
1 72 revell tiger 1
21 st century toys macchi 1 32
21 st century toys me 109 f 1 32
21 st century toys zero 1 32
1 144 bandai hygog
1 144 bandai domtroopen
1 144 bandai leopard da vinci gundam
1 100 endless waltz gundam heavy arms custom
Kaiyodo non scale evangelion unit 02
1 35 alan marder ii
1 35 tamiya british 25 pound gun with crew
1 35 dragon pak 40 with crew
1 32 hasegawa me 262
1 32 hasegawa bf 109 e 4
1 48 eduard fw 190 a 5
All this kits still unbuilt. In sealed boxes
Plus about 150 figures unbuilt and about 100 built but without paint.
There is more but i dont remember right now.
Kansas, United States
Joined: April 11, 2005
KitMaker: 622 posts
Armorama: 605 posts
Posted: Thursday, November 24, 2016 - 05:44 AM UTC
my stash is very miniscule
Aoshima 1/72 JGSDF 3.5t Truck Armor reinforces w/6 figures
Revell 1/72 GTK Boxer GTFz A1
Revell 1/72 GTK Boxer FuFz A1
Various 1/72 modern figures from Dragon Armor, ReedOak and Zvezda
Finishing Trumpeters 1/72 LAV-25AT and LAV-25R
Cheers
Charlie
31 Charlie/31 Lima Site, Pro Patria Vigilans-US Army Signal Corps
Iowa, United States
Joined: May 12, 2014
KitMaker: 542 posts
Armorama: 539 posts
Posted: Thursday, November 24, 2016 - 06:37 AM UTC
My stash is also relatively small; 58 1/35 armor, figure, & accessory kits, 9 1/48 aircraft, and 3 ships
British Columbia, Canada
Joined: November 02, 2008
KitMaker: 1,138 posts
Armorama: 953 posts
Posted: Thursday, November 24, 2016 - 07:47 AM UTC
Quoted Text
For me, all my Tamiya Tiger kits have been eclipsed by the Dragon and Rye Field Models releases but I am not going to dump my Tamiya kits for new ones because I like the ease of assembly of the Tamiya kits. However, my Zvesda and Tamiya T-34s have been outdone by Dragon's releases. I bought just about everyone of the Dragon T-34s except the outrageously expensive Cyberhobby highgrade kits. So now I am patiently waiting for a more reasonably priced STZ T-34/76 to come along. The Academy Merkava 3s have been outdone by Meng's offerings. I also have a few of the kits that I
bought were for planned conversions and kitbashes that haven't really gotten off the ground. (Some of those topics are available in injection plastic). I got a few still born conversions. So I guess if I had a crystal ball of what injection kits would have been produced, I would have been able to pass up on about 3 dozen kits.
**Hey! Another BC boy ha ha! Do you have the Dragon OT34? It's on clearance at Think! Hobbies for $34.95
England - East Midlands, United Kingdom
Joined: January 17, 2006
KitMaker: 1,694 posts
Armorama: 1,584 posts
Posted: Thursday, November 24, 2016 - 10:28 AM UTC
I've just done the cupboard under the stairs which is where I keep figures. I currently have the following untouched:-
107x Boxes of DML figures (16x Gen 2)- Mainly German
2x DML 120mm German Mortars with Crew
1x DML Rocket Launcher and Crew
1x SpzB41 and crew
2x Leichtgeschutz with Fallschirmjager crews
2x DML Allied Weapons sets
2x DML German Wepaons set 1
2x DML German Weapons set 2
2x DML German Communications Centre
5x Boxes of Tristar figures
5x Boxes of Masterbox figures
17x Miniart buildings
There's about 50 or so figures on odd sprues that have yet to be touched but as they're not in boxes I don't count them. Whilst I do build vehicles I have to admit I do prefer building figures as I like to display vehicles in dios so figures are a must. If I see something at a good price figurewise I'll pick it up as I know it will come in handy later on. I very rarely build anything out of the box as I don't want my figures to look the same as everyone elses whereby people look at a dio and say that's DML set such and such. I modify my figs to fit their environment and what I visualise them doing mentally.
My vehicle stash isn't as bad but in my living room pile there is :-
2x Tamiya Horch 1a
1x Tamiya Steyr 1500
1x Tamiya Panzer III
2x Tamiya Kubelwagen
1x Tamiya Pak 40
1x Italeri Pak 38 and crew
1x DML Flak 38
1x DML Sdkfz 250/10
2x DML Sdkfz 251 mit Wurfrahmen 40 3 in 1
1x DML Sdkfz 251 251/9 3 in 1
1x DML Sdkfz 251/7 3 in 1
1x Italeri Sdkfz 240/1
1x Italeri Sdkfz 240 Gepard
2x Masterbox BMW sidecar combos
1X Itaeri Panzer IV H
1x Zvezda R12 Motorcycle
1x Tamiya Feldkuche
1x Tamiya Flak 36
1x Italeri Mercedes Benz 1500
1x Italeri Opel Blitz
1x Tristar Panzer IVD
1x Tamiya Sdkfz 250/9
1x ICM Luftkraftswagen
1x Tristar Flak 38 with SS crew
1x DML Kubelwagen Ambulance set
1x Italeri Demag 7 with Flak 38.
I've got another stash in a cupboard upstairs of Allied stuff but I'm not sure what I've got in there as I've not looked for a bit.
So that's where my stash stands at the moment. I hadn't realised quite how many figures I'd got till now My stash of DML figures is better than most model shops LOL. Some I've got a couple of boxes of as they're versatile and I can use them for different times of the war like Waffen SS in smocks or I've bought them as part of a job lot on ebay. I dread to think how much I've spent!
Nothing is so exhilarating in life as to be shot at with no result.
- Winston Churchill
England - East Midlands, United Kingdom
Joined: January 17, 2006
KitMaker: 1,694 posts
Armorama: 1,584 posts
Posted: Thursday, November 24, 2016 - 10:44 AM UTC
What is doubly frustrating however is I managed to break my airbrush last night cleaning it so I'm going to have to buy another one. Buggar! Still I suppose I can work on figures for a bit if I can't spray
Nothing is so exhilarating in life as to be shot at with no result.
- Winston Churchill
Overijssel, Netherlands
Joined: July 01, 2010
KitMaker: 1,322 posts
Armorama: 1,239 posts
Posted: Thursday, November 24, 2016 - 11:10 AM UTC
[quote]my stash is very miniscule
Aoshima 1/72 JGSDF 3.5t Truck Armor reinforces w/6 figures
Revell 1/72 GTK Boxer GTFz A1
Revell 1/72 GTK Boxer FuFz A1
Various 1/72 modern figures from Dragon Armor, ReedOak and Zvezda
Finishing Trumpeters 1/72 LAV-25AT and LAV-25R
Cheers
Charlie[/quote
Hi Charles,
with all respect but that is not a stash.
That is what some of us buy in their lunch break!
British Columbia, Canada
Joined: July 16, 2006
KitMaker: 295 posts
Armorama: 259 posts
Posted: Thursday, November 24, 2016 - 12:16 PM UTC
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For me, all my Tamiya Tiger kits have been eclipsed by the Dragon and Rye Field Models releases but I am not going to dump my Tamiya kits for new ones because I like the ease of assembly of the Tamiya kits. However, my Zvesda and Tamiya T-34s have been outdone by Dragon's releases. I bought just about everyone of the Dragon T-34s except the outrageously expensive Cyberhobby highgrade kits. So now I am patiently waiting for a more reasonably priced STZ T-34/76 to come along. The Academy Merkava 3s have been outdone by Meng's offerings. I also have a few of the kits that I bought were for planned conversions and kitbashes that haven't really gotten off the ground. (Some of those topics are available in injection plastic). I got a few still born conversions. So I guess if I had a crystal ball of what injection kits would have been produced, I would have been able to pass up on about 3 dozen kits.
**Hey! Another BC boy ha ha! Do you have the Dragon OT34? It's on clearance at Think! Hobbies for $34.95
The Dragon OT-34 is one version I do not have. I don't have the Dragon Beute Panzer versions either. That is a nice price.
The last few years I have been bulk buying mainly from Lucky Models and Sincere Hobbies whenever they have the year end discount or $2 flat shipping fee. I cannot remember how long ago I bought a kit from a YVR area hobby store. I only buy tools, paints and the odd book from the shops now.
England - North, United Kingdom
Joined: May 22, 2011
KitMaker: 73 posts
Armorama: 54 posts
Posted: Thursday, November 24, 2016 - 12:20 PM UTC
""Small stash compared to others,I have been telling my wife that I have to stock up on kits now because once I retire I won't be able to because we'll be on a fixed income.""
EXACTLY RIGHT, WELL SAID
The evidence
Steve H
British Columbia, Canada
Joined: November 02, 2008
KitMaker: 1,138 posts
Armorama: 953 posts
Posted: Thursday, November 24, 2016 - 12:39 PM UTC
California, United States
Joined: May 14, 2008
KitMaker: 534 posts
Armorama: 344 posts
Posted: Thursday, November 24, 2016 - 02:39 PM UTC
Quoted Text
About 12 years ago I changed my modeling philosophy. I decided to keep after market to an absolute minimum and to build out of the box. Simplify, simplify, simplify. I wanted to have fun again and relieve stress rather than increase it by building. So time to completion shank from months to weeks.
And then all my spare funds vanished and I am forbidden to add any kits. Though I have 300 kits and an equal number of figures at my current rate of building I could get through my stash in 20 years. But I am stuck with the old releases and can only dream of anything new unless I fund its purchase through selling what I have.
It's made the Hobby almost manageable. Heck, one year while I was on disability, I built 75 kits. This past year I have done over 20. Certainly very satisfying to have a kit built on the shelf rather than collecting after market or research for a project that will never come to pass. And over the years I have done a lot of that. I hope I have finally learned my lesson so I can point to what I have accomplished rather than castles in the sky that I plan to do at some unspecified time that never arrives.
Stephan, I like your way of thinking. As lately I have been thinking the same...build out of the box and have fun. It's hard to get out of the mind set of fixing everything possible and never finish a project as we get burned out. I have garage full of kit in 1/32, 1/35, 1/24-25, 1/12 and so on. And how many did I complete last year or this year...zero...nada...zilch. Sure, I started few but they are sitting under my bed or closet waiting to see the light of day again. I'm thinking pick a marking (1/32 jet now) and build oob with main focus of painting/weathering and final result.
