I am not buying any more kits! (Except the upcoming Valiant)

[Saxon]

I have a huge stash and sometimes I wonder if I will ever build them all and if I did do I have the display space. I also sometimes think I have overcomplicated my hobby with so many choices and if you will a "work load", there is a temptation to sell some kits but I have done that before and only ended up acquiring some of them again later on.

I am wondering if anyone else with a stash feels this way and feels they have overcomplicated things by building up such a large stash of kits?

[johnsan]

Yeah, I'm kind of there also. At my present build rate, I've enough kits for another couple of lifetimes.

The only kits I'm looking to buy, ok, must buy, are Platz T-33 and Tamiya's P-51.

[MerlinJones]

I manage my stash to my satisfaction, thank you. The A:B works for me.

Regards,
Bruce

[Beowulf Shaeffer]

when we moved about 8 months ago i made an effort before hand to dispose of a lot of kits from the stash on ebay, the ones that i knew i would never build............less to move, less to store and the cash came in useful...............now im making a conscious effort not to buy something unless i really really really do plan to build it or i need it for a GB somewhere.............since i dont have a loft any more storage space is at a premium too.............but no, i dont want a valiant, thanks

[SJPONeill]

yep, me too...just waiting to see the Valiant on the shelves...but then, of course, something else will come along that I just HAVE to have...

[Viking]

i have an equilibria of kits

i have a small selection of new kits that i buy with the intention of building, a much larger stash of second hand kits that i want to build and a large group of kits i buy to sell to make some money. somehow, the 3 type mutate in the loft from one stash to another so a weird equilibrium exists whereby i always seem to have buy, to build and to sell....

[MerlinJones]

The problem with saying 'never' is that you never know just what's around the modelling corner.
It could be a 'grail' kit that appears in a local charity shop, or the closing down sale of a model shop.
I've got a very 'healthy' stash, that could keep me entertained for the rest of my life. I receive review kits and that should be enough new plastic to play with, but I still get the urge to splurge.

Regards,
Bruce

[m1ks]

I sometimes look at my (relatively small) stash and think, i need to slow down, problem is I don't actively look for kits to add i just see kits and think, i'll get that
Thankfully, we aren't in a place where we have a large model shop.

[arni]

I have only bought about 8-10 kits this year and at the current rate of building my stash will keep me going for at least 10 years I guess.
But I have learned from experience...If I see a kit I like I buy it there and then,no messing about!

[Chris]

I intend to build everything i buy.

probaly won't happen but its my story and I'm sticking with it.

[Martin R]

I hadn't bought many kits this year, except for the 20 I got this week. A:B doesn't work for me.

Amen, brother! I'm actively trying to give some of the stash away at the moment (some of the "I'll probably never build those" - to get the neighbour's (and my own) kids interested) but I know if I see one of them again at a good price, I'll be tempted to replace them.

My name's Martin and I'm a kitaholic (but only aircraft and mainly WWII)!

regards,

M

[Chuck E]

I have decided to be a lot more critical over which kits I buy, so I'm only buying the ones I really like.

[dknights]

While I am more sselective than I use to be, I think that is because my stash is so large. I tell myself every once in a while that I will stop adding kits. I don't. I'll be buying till I die.

[AndrewR]

I'm trying to buy just before building, so I don't build up too much of a stash. The main reason for buying at the moment is to get something for Group Builds as they come along.

Cheers

Andrew

[Saxon]

i know what Chuck means though over the years i have made many an impulse buy only to wonder later - why!?