Home Sweet Home - Modeler's Paradise

Or sort of…

There are 96 more pictures showing my home and collection in-side-out at this special page:

http://www.falconbbs.com/sweethome.htm

Have fun!

Wow. Now that’s a lovely space! [H][Y]

ALL I CAN SAY IS WOW!!! Awesome collection. If you dont mind me asking where do you live and where do you get your display cases?

Just curious, do you ever sell any of your finished kits? That must be a small fortune you have there.

Way cool.I’d never leave that room.

Just once to have such power in my hands…[;)]

Nice war room MM[t$t]

Many thanks for all kind responses! I’ll try to answer all your questions.

modelbuilder, I live in Bangkok, Thailand. My display cases have different origins. The two big wall-based cases (300cm wide, 240cm high 45cm deep) in my show room were custom-built to my specification, each having 10 glass shelves with a wooden floor making 11 shelves total. In theory, each case can hold 4x13x11 = 572 standand 1:35 armors.The contracted price was about 15,000.- to 16,000.- baht each ($417-$444). I also bought 8 identical cases second-handed from a stationery store at only 2,500.- baht each ($69) which is 1/4 of its price 10 years ago. These are teak-framed, aluminum-wrapped cases that you can see 6 of them in my show room and 2 at the side of my house. For other display cases, some were bought as is and some were custom-built.

tigerman, I’ve never sold any of my finished kits. Anyway, I think that when I retire late next year I may have to “recycle” some of them. That’s a way to reclaim display space, earn some income to buy new kits and to keep my modelers busy. I don’t know whether this idea will work, but we’ll see. :wink:

Nice start. When are you going to get serious?

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Regards, PWB.

Nice space,good looking collection,and the stash looks like a hobby shop !!

Let me guess… you are not married??? My wife will NEVER allow me to do this! LOL Nice war rooms!

I could not agree more!

PWB, I’m not serious, just collect at leisure. And I happen to have so much leisure time :wink:

anthony 2779, thanks for your kind comments!

Andy, I think you answered that question already. Do you think that if I got

married my wife will let me do this?. But I know a fellow modeler in Thailand who has a wife and two daugthers who still manages to have 1,600+ kits in his collection.

TD4438, thanks for your kind words!

Just out of curiosity, have you had your modelers paint anything up with Thai markings? Those would be really neat. Anyways, if you end up ever having to get rid of these, make yourself and your model’s quality known to military museums worldwide, I’m sure that they’ll take them off of you!

Hello beav,

I have only one airplane (F-86 F40 1:32) and a few tanks (M-113, ) with Thai markings. My collection is here to stay, it’s not for sale. I’ve spent a lot of money and time in acquiring kits, having them built. It took time not in years, but in decades! But thanks for your suggestions anyway.