Box of Bits

[JR]

Gary, bits always come in handy, esp when some kind forum member can send you the part you've lost !

I keep the box art, and instruction sheets, all dated when I built the kit.
Parts are staring to go into boxes like Tony in small plastic bags with the model name on .

[topgazza]

Got to be organised doing this thats for sure John

[JR]

Do this in fits and starts Gary, often wonder why as don't normally want to build the same model twice, but this has changed recently.
All my spares figures are in two boxes, one German and the other Russian. Again all parts in separate bags, left legs, etc etc.
Your able to make up your own poses this way

[stu1664]

Like many I keep all my spares, instruction go in a folder with any additional notes on them such as colour schemes & paint equivalents. Also comes in handy for a bit of scratch building!

[BattleshipBob]

If you ever build Dragon armour, you will need a large trunk for the loads and loads of spares!!

[Guest]

Oh, yeah, decals and instructions I’ve got two old (very) ice-cream tubs with decals in, one for military vehicles and the other for everything else (mainly aircraft), and an old magazine rack type of thing that holds at least one copy of the instructions of every kit I’ve ever built, plus some other paper stuff. Unfortunately it’s almost overflowing by now … I’m not quite sure why I keep the instructions, but they have come in handy sometimes.

[Tim Marlow]

Never kept instructions, but if I was minded to, I would probably scan and keep them electronically these days.....otherwise I have boxes with the various spares in, same as the rest. Also have one with metal scrap, one with plastic scrap and one with wood and cardboard......

[Guest]

Spare parts not a problem - it is when you start collecting spare kits....

[Allen Dewire]

And an idea how to store the spare parts could be something like this Gary,


They come in different sizes with more or less drawers. The clear plastic drawers come with dividers if you need them. They don't cost the world either. The one above was from Lidl here in Germany and sold for €7,99. I'm sure you could find a good one for about the same price in Pounds...…...Food for thought…….

Prost
Allen

[Guest]

Never kept instructions, but if I was minded to, I would probably scan and keep them electronically these days.....

It’s not the same … and I hate throwing away things that are irreplaceable for practical purposes, like instructions for kits that haven’t been produced for 35 years

Also have one with metal scrap, one with plastic scrap and one with wood and cardboard......

I’ve got one empty margarine tub with metal wire and some other metal bits, another with resin offcuts and underneath the two, empty (or nearly so) photoetched frets.

[AlanG]

It’s not the same … and I hate throwing away things that are irreplaceable for practical purposes, like instructions for kits that haven’t been produced for 35 years :smiling3:

Scan them and upload them onto Scalemates. That way they are available to you and everyone else

[Guest]

I would. if it wasn’t such an incredible amount of work to scan almost 40 years’ worth of instruction sheets

[stillp]

He didn't say to scan them all at once Jakko!
Pete

[AlanG]

There are a lot of instruction sheets already available. But i suspect a lot of the old and rare ones are 'missing'

[Guest]

He didn't say to scan them all at once Jakko!

If I do something, I tend to try and do it thoroughly, which generally means making a start, expanding the scope several times and plodding all the way through to nearly the end and then finding something more interesting to do

There are a lot of instruction sheets already available. But i suspect a lot of the old and rare ones are 'missing'

That’s a good point. I may have to find a way to tidy up my collection in the near future anyway because they’re almost overflowing the thing I keep them in, which may be a good time to go through them and check Scalemates to see if those I have, are actually on there. That would just leave the tedious tasks of scanning them one page at a time and cleaning up the scans