When or how do you cull your completed models?

[minitnkr]

Never have trashed any. Some models are in their third or fourth iteration of various improvements as I become aware of them or the mood strikes..

[rtfoe]

Yup, like the other day when the event chief judge told me as a kid he remembered one of my early dioramas was responsible in getting him into the hobby even naming the title which I had almost forgotten. Sadly that dio got damaged in a flood but I rescued the tanks and still have it.

Cheers,
Wabble

[JR]

Who would want a dio, plus's the hasel of packing ..
So into the attic in its box along with others.

[Del640]

I have this dilemma, no more room.

Really haven't a clue, I'd rather give them away then bin them.

[stillp]

Who would want a dio, plus's the hasel of packing ..
So into the attic in its box along with others.

Here's a few sold on ebay recently: https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_n...Sold=1&_sop=16
Yes, packing is a problem. I've had a few bits come off models I've sold, but the buyers have been very understanding and have just re-glued them.
Pete

[Andy the Sheep]

Sometimes I use my models as a presents to friends and relatives I know (or hope) they appreciate it.
I still have some space on the shelves in my modeller's cave and my build rate is rather low, so no crisis is foreseen in the near future.
For the far future, wife has already found some Ikea shelves she likes which, according to what she said, will host my future builds; moreover, she already suggested where to place them at home! :smiling:
Happy wife, happy (modelling) life and long live Ikea!
What I built in my late teens was kept in some boxes at my parents'. What was still useable after 40 years is now in my spare parts box.
In my early teens my aircraft models often ended their career in a way Mr. Race and the Vikings would definitely approve (and from the 8th floor to the ground the flight is very long!). :tongue-out3: Tanks usually became a practice target for everything I fancied to experiment.

[Allen Dewire]

Sounds like me when I was young too, Andrea...My first model was the Graf Spee pocket battleship, from Aurora, back in the 60's. It's life span was less than 2 hours after it was bought. Amazing what happens when you push it out into the water, with lighter fluid burning on the deck, and it lit the fuzes of the fireworks built inside of it.......Big Bang!!!...

Today, I don't have a display problem at all...I never finish building something, so I don't have anything to display!!!...Simple solution really........

Prost
Allen

[JR]

Here's a few sold on ebay recently: https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_n...Sold=1&_sop=16
Yes, packing is a problem. I've had a few bits come off models I've sold, but the buyers have been very understanding and have just re-glued them.
Pete

Second thoughts now ! Thanks Pete .

[Valeron]

I think it would sacrilege to simply bin some of the excellent models and dioramas I've see on this site.

Give them to interested friends, museums and as we've seen above Ebay them.

I've sold lots of things on Ebay in the past (not models) and it's amazing from interested people are prepared to play for things

[Jack L]

I have seen lots of completed models on ebay (usually at silly prices) but always assumed no one bought them (no appeal to me, I enjoy the building), maybe something to give a go in future as I don't bother displaying mine.