Small Scale Military Headquarters

Not sure if I am a hoarder or collector. The pics tell the tale.



This is the working area









Up in the attic.

Funny subject line.

Good question, sometimes I wonder myself!

Thanks for posting the pics. It's always a beautiful sight to see tons of XD.

PICKELHAUBE:

"Thar's gold in them thar hills!"

(Do you have an FOV 1/16 Tiger (Wittman or Peiper) in them thar hills you wanna sell?)

PS...have your neighbors turned you in to the fire marshal for a possible fire hazard violation?

Looks just like my Dad's place, except change the XD for plastic models in 1/32, 1/48 and 1/72.

DH

I can see where 80% of the XD Tigers went

Not sure if I am a hoarder or collector. The pics tell the tale.

Whoa dude.... and I thought I had a lot of stuff, but I'm a serious lightweight compared to you my friend.... you should have your own store for pete sake... Hey Pickel... is that a scratch built 1/6 scale M3A3/Pak 40 of the Yugoslav 1st Tank Brigade that I see in the second photo...?? It's partially obscured in the photo, but the Yugoslav flag looked like a pretty good indication...??

I vote hoarder.

ostketten wrote:

Not sure if I am a hoarder or collector. The pics tell the tale.

Whoa dude.... and I thought I had a lot of stuff, but I'm a serious lightweight compared to you my friend.... you should have your own store for pete sake... Hey Pickel... is that a scratch built 1/6 scale M3A3/Pak 40 of the Yugoslav 1st Tank Brigade that I see in the second photo...?? It's partially obscured in the photo, but the Yugoslav flag looked like a pretty good indication...??

It sure is . It is one cool looking tank. That was my first 21st custom. That big Pak on the tiny Stuart looks evil.

I vote for the need of a goooood dusting in there!

It sure is . It is one cool looking tank. That was my first 21st custom. That big Pak on the tiny Stuart looks evil.

Man, that is awesome Pickel... It probably wouldn't be much of a stretch to say that it is one of a kind, I mean aside from the fact that you scratchbuilt it, I doubt there are many like it (if any) in existence... I'm thinking big $$ on ebay if you should ever decide to part with it. I briefly considered doing one of these in 1/32, and probably will someday. Great work though, I would love to see some better shots of it sometime...

ostketten wrote:

It sure is . It is one cool looking tank. That was my first 21st custom. That big Pak on the tiny Stuart looks evil.

Man, that is awesome Pickel... It probably wouldn't be much of a stretch to say that it is one of a kind, I mean aside from the fact that you scratchbuilt it, I doubt there are many like it (if any) in existence... I'm thinking big $$ on ebay if you should ever decide to part with it. I briefly considered doing one of these in 1/32, and probably will someday. Great work though, I would love to see some better shots of it sometime...

If I get the time I will do a few pics of it Sunday. I have actualy 14 21st Stuart tanks. I at one time wanted to do almost every version of it. But the only one that I have done is the Pak/M3A3 import. I have a Honey half way started as well but moved on to other projects.

so that's where the magic happens..

Takes one to know one...definitely hoarder!

Why is it that we spend so much money on this stuff, only to keep it boxed up and tucked away somewhere???

You are a collector. Unless you are unwilling to BST out of your stash. Then you are a HOARDER!

Will trade you shop vac for a S1 Avenger...

That is some collection!!!

You know, some of us (even with alot) still dont have a snake stuka, ttt, spinach 109, sam payton p38, winter 109, etc. Only a true XD god would have these and more and be willing to repaint and modify such without regard to scarcity, real or imagined. thanks for reminding us that all our planes are the same inside awaiting repainting at one time or another.

Holy Cow, Batman!!! That's incredible!!
You are a collector. Without a doubt.

Actually, I understand your problem, you never cleaned your "war room" after Katrina.

Sure like to see some of those customs, dusty and all, any scale.

I feel your pain.

TTT

Thanks guys. I got all of this stuff when collecting was fun. There was a lot of stuff out there now things have dried up and nobody is making anything . Except customizers. I will not beat a dead horse. I think customizers are the ones keeping this hobby alive in 1/18 scale. I know , I know custom stuff is EXSPENSIVE.
I will try and post some more of my stuff on Sunday. Yes there is more stuff.

there are drugs that can help you.

pickelhaube wrote:Thanks guys. I got all of this stuff when collecting was fun. There was a lot of stuff out there now things have dried up and nobody is making anything . Except customizers. I will not beat a dead horse. I think customizers are the ones keeping this hobby alive in 1/18 scale. I know , I know custom stuff is EXPENSIVE.
I will try and post some more of my stuff on Sunday. Yes there is more stuff.

Yeah, I feel the same way. That's a lotta what lead me to 1/6 a coupla years ago now. Airstrike Toys is one that I really wish to get more of. I'm just still reserving too much space for the announced Dauntless, Spad, Phantom, Mitchell, and MiG-21.

Looking forward to your new stuff very much.

Its time we raid pickelhaube's collectionand and Liberate those poor XD's.... Dibs on his Fov 1/16 king kittys....


















j/k I would never do such a thing

Here are some more pics of my stuff.
A wall of P-40s



Shots of my Pak/ Stuart






Pak/ Stuart next to an untouched Stuart hull



Modified M-3 Honey stalled project.



Honey next to Stuart

D*mn! I thought I was the only one who spent good money on this stuff and then didn't take care of it, just stackd it everywhere!

I'm with VMF, I need to free those Avengers!!!

The M3A3/Pak 40 conversion came out great Pickel, nice job and thanks for posting those pics.