Bits bin

[Isitme]

See Dale once you do something on here be aware it never leaves you :smiling3::nerd:

The guilty always cry foul......:fearful:

[dalej2014]

For you guys that have buckets of spare part, may I suggest just that - bit buckets? Failing that, suitcases may work? (JK :smiling5: ). Seriously though, if you haven't already got storage sorted, those electronics and arts and crafts drawers could world well?

[Guest]

They do indeed. Here’s three of my four:

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The tan one on the left is all old stuff, pretty much from three or four decades ago that I never actually use anymore. The black ones is two on top of each other; the top one contains mostly Warhammer 40,000 and other SF/fantasy wargaming bitz (as you’re supposed to spell it for that), the bottom one is almost exclusively 1:35 scale stuff, like in these drawers I opened at random:

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Also, I use a couple of other containers with separate compartments:

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But my main military vehicle spares boxes are:

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From the top: Sherman spares, Sherman wheels and tracks, most miscellaneous vehicles (other than Shermans, M26/46/47/48/60s and M113s), wheels and tracks (except for those mentioned separately), M26/46/47/48/60 spares (incl. wheels and tracks), more wheels and tracks, and a box with some old stuff I never use. The box with M113 spares isn’t even in the photo, nor are the (much smaller) ones with stuff like 1:72 military vehicle spares, aircraft spares, and more.

Do I need that many boxes? Well, judge for yourself — this is just the Sherman spares, with the instruction sheets I also keep in the box removed so you can actually see the parts:

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[dalej2014]

They do indeed. Here’s three of my four:

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Do I need that many boxes? Well, judge for yourself — this is just the Sherman spares, with the instruction sheets I also keep in the box removed so you can actually see the parts:

Ooh. Just. Gorgeous. I'm a little jealous if I'm honest. Just give me a few years...

[Guest]

This is the point you’re likely to get to when you seriously build models for thirty years (though not always as intensively) but never throw anything away that might be useful. It is getting a bit ridiculous, really — why do I need three sets of 17-pounder Sherman parts? Truth is, I don’t, and will probably never use most of what’s in those sprues, but they were surplus in kits so I still have them. Throwing them away would be wasteful, but I doubt I could even give them away because anyone who might need them, buys a Sherman IC or VC kit that includes them anyway …