i can’t stop it has become an obsession i can stop for an issue maybe two of squadron’s catalog but that is it (i don’t mean to say i order from them only)
if i believed in psychiatrists i would probably have to see one i think.
but they are useless
but anyway do anyof you feel this way
an i heading for a meltdown soon[%-)] [BH]
heh, that’s a common affliction amongst us model enthusiasts. I get obsessed with my “interest of the week” and just go nuts. I’ve been obsessed with the Bf109 lately so I bought several and have 2 in progress. Before that it was Shermans, and so on and so on. I’m trying to get better about building what I have so the pile will start to go down. Whenever I see a great build that someone has posted, I get all excited about that model and want to build one, next thing I know there it is in my hands, and now it’s sitting on the shelf.
I’m thinking my interest in modelling is half hobby, half obsession. [:O][(-D]
I don’t know what you’re talking about. It just does not exists in this hobby, if you plan carefully. My last 5 build, in order,
P-51
P-51
Bf-109E
P-51
P-51
As long as you stick something different in the middle you can call it a “healthy interest” instead of obsession.
(A calming voice form behind me, “Your hour is almost over.”)
I hear ya dude.
I have over 300 unbuilt kits sitting on my shelf right now. I can’t stop buying.
I look at the shelves and all the history it represents and it just makes me want to add to it.
Mike
I am in a same boat as you are Mike. 300 + unbuilt kits and still purchasing average of 5 kits per month. I don’t even know what I have on my shelves anymore, but I still continue to buy for what ever the reason is.
I used to be like that. Then I got very discouraged, when I took into consideration some of my recently finished projects, and how long they took. At present, I’ve managed to almost stop buying completely. The kits I want now will still be there later, and I’ve got my hands full as it is.
I like your logic [;)][(-D]
I was starting to fall into the same trap as some of you guys, buy, buy, buy…
I thought I had to biuld my stash and keep adding to it, every time I went to Wal*Mart there sat a new car kit I just had to have. Every time I bought one, my son wanted one too, how could I refuse? My wife seen me going off the deep end, this time it wasn’t booze or drugs, but little plastic model car kits!
We sat down and figured out a strategy.
I think part of my problem is, I’m a pessimist. Maybe a realist, not sure.
But,
I think someday I’ll lose my job and and then I’ll have all this time on my hands so basically, I’m preparing for the end. 
jim
as hard as the Whole problem can be, do you thing specializing in one area of model (in your case cars) is easier to control than in a person like me. i build all (ships cars planes armor and some odd stuff)
so all i see at the store is plastic and i gotta have my plastic just like a person gotta have their booze i gotta have my plastic in any form
this is what is begining to get to me
I’m not a psychologist but you probably are a “compulsive consumer”. You don’t necessarily need to buy model kits. It happened that you like building models but you would have to buy something else if not models. It is a good feeling to go to the mailbox and discover your last purchase in a box … it’s like christmas everytime. It can be very addictive. Think about it and it is probably the same way in other aspects of your life.
I always have no more than 6 models in my stash. As soon as it is down to 3, I go buy 3 more. That way, I don’t make compulsive purchases. I noticed that my interest change over time so I can be interested in a Sherman one week and the next week I’dd rather build a Battleship so the Sherman could sit in my stash for a long time and then I would have to buy other kits in between.
So if I buy one kit after the other, and build one at a time, I always build what I like when I like without going out of budget.
Alot of you guys probably have between $6000 and $12000 worth of models in your basement. What if your house burns? Do you have inssurance for those models? That’s alot of money and be realistic, most of these models will never get built.
Boy, reading all of these is like looking in a mirror. It’s scary. My wife and I just moved and when it came to move my models and supplies, it took me 3 trips in my GMC Sanoma truck (filled the bed of the truck up!). I couldn’t believe that I had accumilated that much stuff. I thought my wife was going to kill me.
Fast forward a week to yesterday and I was “just passing through” Hobby Lobby and found Hobby Craft’s 1/32 P-38 not only on sale but on clearence. I bought it for $19.99! Plus it was all there. I also picked up Tamiya’s Me262 with the Kittenkraft(sp?) 1/48 for $9.19.
My wife - being the great wife she is - didn’t say anything about them when she got home from work. Am I lucky or what?
You bet! Mine is going crazy everytime I’m about to go to the LHS.
My ex Gf always wants go to the LHS with me. I got me a bounus sheck a while back and spent close to $400 on a bunch of 1/32 kits from e-hobbyland. And onother thing i gues we cant complane about the other half and all the shoes and clothes they have, i guess thats how we deal with them spending money, “You spent how much on shoes and makup” i guess i can get that 1/6 scale dr1 now LOL[:P]
I keep my buying well under control.
I only bought 7 Spitfires last week.
I almost went completely nuts and bought 8.
Whew! Close one! [;)]
I’m not a compulsive consumer I just get what I want when I can afford it.Besides their may come a time you can’t buy any and you have a back-up.
Whats a budget? If my house burns and lose all my models built and unbuilt I just start over. Been There Done That. Got the pictures too.[:(]
In a sense, those of us with large collections of models (built and unbuilt) are not unlike others who are “collectors” like comic books, baseball cards, toys, books, music… or whatever. It’s the same mentality and enjoyment, so having a large collection is not necessarily a bad thing as long as it’s not preventing you from putting food on the table or paying your bills. [:)] If that happens, then it’s an obsession and a problem like gambling. [:O]
Hey I didn’t want to offend anyone, i’m in the same situation where I have to be carefull not to buy too much. In a certain way, we don’t need so many kit so it is unecessary purchase.
I didn’t say it is insane, it is not whorse than the ones who collect stamps like espin1 said.
I’m sorry if I said something wrong! Plus my first language is french so I may have difficulty to chose the proper words.
Anyway, I agree that buying models is very addictive and I have to be carfull not to buy excessively.
Compulsive purchase means buying something you don’t need. Like espin1 said, as long as your hobby is not preventing you from putting food on the table. There’s no problem, at the end, it is just money and money is there to be spent.
I don’t think you offended anyone at all. [:)]
I started falling into this trend then i stoped and thought about it, and what i wanted.
I came to the conclusion that I pick models on a whim, if i do not have something that i want on hand i go hunting which may lead to spending more then what i want to. Thus i like to keep a diverse stock of kits, I buy cheaper models without that much thought but for expensive kits I think hard on weather i really want this or not.
I stick to kits and finish them,or completly abandon them. No in between.
I limit the number due to the fact that i’ll have to mail them to myself every few years (pritty soon i’ll be moving a lot)