OK now you have spent months and maybe a year or so building an idea that you have had for some time now. You listen to the Ol' lady whine about you spend more time in your shop then you do with her and the kids are trying to get you to take them to the mall or something.
Some of you may do this for a living. Most I beleive not. but the big questions is .....What do you do with the Dio when it is done?
OK, enter it into a few shows, display it for a while then what? Does your wife let you put them all over the house? I do not think so. and the shop is not big enough. Do you try to sell them ? Give them away as gifts? What?
I have a few that I am working on and a few more I want to start. But got to thinking what am I going to do with them once complete?
Noiw some are small and some are big so I can figure a few things out. But what happens when I get one few to many? Let me know what you guys do with them.

The last big one I built I took to pieces as I'd got nowhere to put it. so recycled it. I'm loathe to do that with the latest one as I quite like it...LOL. I'm debating whether to turn it into a coffee table but knowing my dog he'll probably lie on the perspex cover if and when I get it made.

After winning 3rd and 4th place ribbons in my local IPMS show, a friend of mine, who owns a local hobby-shop, asked me if he could put my dioramas on display in his store.
My friend likes to have customers see what can be built from the kits he sells.
He has models of cars, planes, armour, sci-fi and Japanese anime figures that customers have built.
It sure inspires the younger modellers.
Cheers

jjumbo

Once mine finish the show circut they get put in to my curio cabinet in my living room. From there they get loaned out and rotated to and from museums in my area. Although I would sell a few of them I have yet to get any interrest in that area.

I'm a little lucky lately, I'm involved in a project for the Canadian Armoured Corps, where we're building 13 dioramas showcasing the major vehicles the Corps has used over the years. These are going to be displayed in the hallways of the Armour School so I don't have to worry about storing them. Some of the staff at the School are expressing interest in getting small dioramas in offices, conference rooms, etc. These range from the MK V in 1918, to a Coyote Recce vehicle in Afghanistan.

What usually happens with mine is after finishing,they are photographed and then displayed for a short time in the den. I'll then enter them in a couple of local shows in the spring and then put them on evil bay to make room for the next builds. I try to limit the size to a normal shelf fit. Have gotten a few commision pieces this way and would welcome a few more if the chance arose. A guys gotta plan for retirement ya know!
Cheers!

I have a pretty big finished basement / bar , I display them in curios on shelves,ect.My wife is ok with it as long as thier in the basement and neat.

You might have inadvertently found out why some (read a lot) of modellers never finish a project! They spend uber amounts of time researching, building and then pack it away to finish later, as the wife will make them sell/dispose of a finished project. Just a theory
I bought a display cabinet some years ago, and build dios and bases to fit this. Its pretty full now, so Im weeding out some of the older/beginner stuff to make room. These I´ll break down for parts or sell off cheaply!

I am in the situation (fortunate or not depending on point of view) where my ideas far outstrip my ability to build them. Usually what I end up finishing are smaller projects that don't take up so much space - the really big ones always seem to stay in the planning stage. Therefore, finding space for what I manage to finish so far has not been a factor. I always intend to change that but it never seems to happen. I have dabbled in smaller scales a bit recently and enjoyed them more than I thought I might so if I ever do run into space issues that is one possible solution.

Currently I have 2 diorama projects in the works: A 1/144 scale Dragon Loki gun (really tiny) and a 1/48 scale Monogram Apollo Moon Landing which I am working on with my 10 year-old daughter. This could be a potential school project some day but mostly I picked it up because we thought it would be a fun daddy-daughter project - which it is.