controversial statement

[boatman]

WELL ME ive only just started back into plastic kits after quite a few yrs of scratchbuilding big r/c model warships an im still waiting for warmer wheather to try out my 1/72 scale hms tiger to find out if i can say yes its finished so while im waiting ive started on my big platic 1/32 trummpeter super tomcat kit as i like big models to make some parts work on the eletric side an ive still got the big 1/32 trumpy super hornet to build an a couple of 1/700 ships which i dont think i will ever build as presents from the missus or freinds so a big stash for me no
chrisb

[Mini Me]

I'm a Builder and Collector......last count plus two new arrivals puts it at 950 unbuilt kits. In defense of my madness, I started this collection in the mid 1960's so it has been developing for quite some time. The other important factor is the scale. At 1-87 scale my collection hardly occupies any space at all compared to say, 1-48 or 1-35 scale. I would say it's all up to the individual to decide whether or not to "stash".....as long as you are having fun is all that matters.

[BarryW]

That's me. When I finish a kit I then have a think about what I want to build next then chose from what's available out there at the time.
For me, if I had a 'stash' and knowing my mentality I would probably start one, hit a snag, put it aside with every intention to return to it, chose another, start that before I know it I'd have 10 on the go and finish none.
No, I'll stick to one build in progress and then decide on what's next!!! But that's me, we are all different and that's what makes it such a good hobby.

That’s quite a common thing. A lot of people have many models in the go at a time. Personally I consider starting a new model as a reward for finishing one.

[rtfoe]

My mistake actually was all my fault when my dad made a business trip to Singapore and I ticked off the kits in the Italeri catalogue should he come across just anyone of them which he did nearly all the armoured kits and I love him for it though at the time I didn't know my horror stash had made it's beginnings. I still have a few from that fateful day...one of them I had just completed and fitted to my latest diorama Ambush.

Cheers,
Wabble

[Scratchbuilder]

Funny you should bring up this subject, I have just tidied up my stash of 60 unmade, and while doing so decided on a list of current models I would like to build. This has totalled out to five kits to be purchased in the future. This will include any add-ons like etch, but between now and then I will not be buying any more models. For me to actually even consider buying, the model will have to be exceptional, if I can quote Wingnut Wings as a subject where I bought quite a few of their kits. And by exceptional I do not mean having full interiors/engines that you cannot see - but you know it is there, but for instance the Dora railway gun which led onto a whole railway subject.
So now I have enough to keep me going untill the hands start shaking, the head keeps bobbing and the drool never stops and that's just listening to AC/DC in the headphones while modelling.
As for the wide world of modellers/collectors it becomes an addiction to 'must have' of all variants and manufacturers of kits even if 50 all the same but from different manufacturers.

[Guest]

A lot of people have many models in the go at a time. Personally I consider starting a new model as a reward for finishing one.

Whereas for me, models that require a lot of work (and the research needed to do that right) usually begin to wear me down after a while, and I need to do something else. This is because working on the same thing all the time results in the pace slowing to a crawl eventually as I lose interest. That’s to say: I still want to finish it, but I find it getting more and more difficult to actually do any work on it because I’m getting ideas for other things I also want to make. The eventual result, if I let it, is not doing anything on anything. So I’ve found that the best way to solve that is to do start on a new model, and then return to the other one later. Of course, that might be years down the line …

[Sprue42]

Interesting. I had not considered the 'collecting' side of the stash. I had also not thought about the 'boredom' factor.

I am not a serial hobbyist, I don't take something up for a couple of years and then sell it all and take up another hobby. Having said that I have several interests that all sit hand in hand with each other. My first hobby interest was (and still is) stamp collecting. I was given a stamp album and a packet or two of stamps as a Christmas present when I was about 5 years old. Collecting stamps as a child was much as you would have imagined it. today it has become very specialised concentrating on a small period of GB stamps. it takes up very little time and is more about research than buying. So I get the Collecting bit.

I also get the boredom factor, but for me, instead of starting another kit, I will do something else for a while until I get back to the model.

After deciding to come back to scale model building I have one unmade kit in my stash and a model I started about twenty years ago in a moment of enthusiasm that only lasted a few days until 'life' took over and it got shelved before it even got properly started.

I have a list of models I would like to build, but I will do the research before I buy any kits (at least that is the plan!). My main interest is military, modelling the human side of conflict, right up to the recent past and specialist vehicles all set in a snap-shot of time, a 3D photograph, if you like. I hesitate to say 'diorama' as that implies to me a bigger 'wider' view.

Maybe I could start a new trend - a virtual stash?

Ralph.

[Tim Marlow]

Interesting. I had not considered the 'collecting' side of the stash. I had also not thought about the 'boredom' factor.

I am not a serial hobbyist, I don't take something up for a couple of years and then sell it all and take up another hobby. Having said that I have several interests that all sit hand in hand with each other. My first hobby interest was (and still is) stamp collecting. I was given a stamp album and a packet or two of stamps as a Christmas present when I was about 5 years old. Collecting stamps as a child was much as you would have imagined it. today it has become very specialised concentrating on a small period of GB stamps. it takes up very little time and is more about research than buying. So I get the Collecting bit.

I also get the boredom factor, but for me, instead of starting another kit, I will do something else for a while until I get back to the model.

After deciding to come back to scale model building I have one unmade kit in my stash and a model I started about twenty years ago in a moment of enthusiasm that only lasted a few days until 'life' took over and it got shelved before it even got properly started.

I have a list of models I would like to build, but I will do the research before I buy any kits (at least that is the plan!). My main interest is military, modelling the human side of conflict, right up to the recent past and specialist vehicles all set in a snap-shot of time, a 3D photograph, if you like. I hesitate to say 'diorama' as that implies to me a bigger 'wider' view.

Maybe I could start a new trend - a virtual stash?

Ralph.

You know most modellers virtual stashes are even bigger than their actual plastic mountains, right

[Sprue42]

You know most modellers virtual stashes are even bigger than their actual plastic mountains, right

Oh no! Another can of worms opened... :anguished:

[Dave Ward]

I don't concentrate on one genre - I like to change between ships, planes, tanks, cars, & even trains, so my stash reflects this - and I love picking up those models I coveted in the past, but was never available to afford. I don't feel guilty about the stash, I only have myself to please, but I can understand how some people may feel..............
Dave

[Guest]

a virtual stash

That is known as the “Wishlist on Scalemates”

[Tim Marlow]

An interesting point here is that different disciplines of modelling have different names for this phenomenon…..plastic modellers call it a stash, large scale figure painters call it a grey army, and wargamers call it a lead mountain. I don’t actually remember railway modellers having a term for it though.

[Waspie]

An interesting point here is that different disciplines of modelling have different names for this phenomenon…..plastic modellers call it a stash, large scale figure painters call it a grey army, and wargamers call it a lead mountain. I don’t actually remember railway modellers having a term for it though.

Sidings??? A pure guess. :smiling2: :smiling2:

[BattleshipBob]

On the stash debate, it's your loot do what you want with it. Some have stashes of model buses or trucks. Best of luck to them

On my front, I use to have a large stash of mainly StuG but some other armour as well but sold it all. But now my own private navy, 1/200 and 1/35O IJN.

Whatever floats your boat lol.

[Jim R]

An interesting point here is that different disciplines of modelling have different names for this phenomenon

My wife is an avid knitter and also loves sewing. She has more wool and fabric in our small bedroom than most shops. She calls it her "essentials", I call it a money pit. I say nowt though else she my question my kit collection :rolling: