Small Scale Military Headquarters

Ok guys, where are you going to put all these upcoming 1:18th scale models? I hope to have room for the F-14, and the F-15. I have to have the new Admiral Mosquito, so out go the kids.... (just joking)

With all this supposedly new stuff coming out, I'll make room even if it means getting rid of dupos.

PH, you are a crazy cajun

Use care when stacking boxes. I crushed more than a few due to the weak window boxes....

-Ski

PH still wont invite me over


fine then im sure there are other "normal" people with a xd warehouse.

PH you better hope your roof never leaks

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I agree that Pickelhaube is a crazy cajun---those hundreds of models in their boxes lying around stacked up are a fire hazard.

Kinda looks like my storage area underneath the stairs.

Ok PH! How did you manage to get that photo of my attic? You do know that thats called breaking and entering don't you?

I built a wall of planes to divide the room.
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Show offs

Panzer wrote:I built a wall of planes to divide the room.

Thats awesome panzer

I have a question. I've been building models all my life -- five decades. The hobby's come and gone for me and I've gone through different passions -- (then) modern planes, cars, WWII planes, spacecraft, R/C sailplanes, cars again ... went through a 1:18 die cast car phase. Now this. All through that time, the pleasure for me has been in building and/or displaying the models. Now my home office and library are filling up with 1:18 military stuff of the kind this board's devoted to. I'm building some dioramas (well along on an Iraqi street scene) and starting on doing some custom work on the things I've acquired over the past few months.

I know some of the folks here have lots -- some lots and lots and lots -- of pieces in the original boxes. I'm not being critical, I'm just curious -- how do you characterize what you're doing? Are you buying to sell or trade later? To open later? To "get 'em all?" I have probably 20-30 1/25 car kits in the boxes. I open one from time to time to build and customize. With the 1:18 stuff, I confess to having felt some desire to buy and hoard things that may be rare some day -- why I honestly can't say. So what's the motivation to have a lot of these pieces in the original boxes?

I keep most of my stuff in the boxes for the simple reason that I don't have the space to display them all. The dupes that I have will always be boxed so there's no chance of those items being liberated at any time.

I Have a problem myself. Mine are for my son when he gets older, i would rather keep them in box tell then to avoid damage.

nice

To answer the question of to open up boxes or keep them sealed. Well I have a bunch displayed, but no where enough room to display them all. I will post pics of my other XD vehicles pile.

Nice pictures fellas.
Picklehaube, do you ever have a hard time remembering off the top of your head what all you have stored?

You can store 'em.
You can open 'em and display 'em.
You can resell 'em.
You can even open 'em and play with 'em.
You can open 'em and customize 'em.
You can even mix and match (store some, display with some, play with some).

You can do whatever you want. Just as long as you don't start buying copies of "The Catcher in the Rye" and putting them on your shelf.......

Then you have a problem.

TTT

Threetoughtrucks wrote:You can do whatever you want. Just as long as you don't start buying copies of "The Catcher in the Rye" and putting them on your shelf.......

Then you have a problem.TTT

... now that's funny ...

Dust magnets


Bad planes go to the corner


Amelda Marcos would be happy

That is quite the collection you've got there.

gburch wrote:I have a question. I've been building models all my life -- five decades. The hobby's come and gone for me and I've gone through different passions -- (then) modern planes, cars, WWII planes, spacecraft, R/C sailplanes, cars again ... went through a 1:18 die cast car phase. Now this. All through that time, the pleasure for me has been in building and/or displaying the models. Now my home office and library are filling up with 1:18 military stuff of the kind this board's devoted to. I'm building some dioramas (well along on an Iraqi street scene) and starting on doing some custom work on the things I've acquired over the past few months.

I know some of the folks here have lots -- some lots and lots and lots -- of pieces in the original boxes. I'm not being critical, I'm just curious -- how do you characterize what you're doing? Are you buying to sell or trade later? To open later? To "get 'em all?" I have probably 20-30 1/25 car kits in the boxes. I open one from time to time to build and customize. With the 1:18 stuff, I confess to having felt some desire to buy and hoard things that may be rare some day -- why I honestly can't say. So what's the motivation to have a lot of these pieces in the original boxes?

It's a disease I tell ya. You first by one because it catches your eye. Then you buy a couple more of your favorite planes from childhood. Next thing you know you're rationalizing by saying they are really for your son. My "9 year old" has probably 15 and many more that I am hiding to give on birthdays and Christmas. You know you have a problem when you can't remember what you've bought already and have to build a spreadsheet to help you keep track of it all! I find myself customizing my "son's" models and he feels like he has to ask me if he can get one down to look at - I think he realizes they are just as much mine as his - the wife knows too.