After building for years, I gave all the completed kits I had to my U.S.A.F. recruiter because my mother treatened to toss them, the gift to the recruiter was welcomed with great enthusiasm.
While in the service I gifted any completed kits to hobby shops and squadrons across the country.
After the forced stoppage of building of kits I carefully stored completed kits in cardboard boxes and stored them.
After replacing the screaming banshee control freak with a genuinely wonderful partner who encourges the building (she bought me one!) and displaying the kits prominently in the house, I went on a buying spreeā¦
I also do some wood working and am embarking on a storage box building spree of three different sizes of stackable wooden boxes for long term storage. Even if superglued parts fall off they will never be lost.
Right now i have every single possible shelf stacked to the brim with finished kits. Cant bring myself to throw any of them out, i guess its just like my own little museum. Maybe when I eventually move theyll get trashed
Iām going to have to get rid of some of my completed models soon. At the rate I keep bringing home various stuff (Boxed model kits, DVDās, Military books, etc., etc.) that my best friend had, but now his wife is getting rid of after he passed away, Iām going to have to get rid of some of my models to make room for all the other stuff Iām bringing home.
This is the other problem. Im buying too mamy booksā¦
I keep only the ones I think they look OK to be displayed to home visitors. The ones which I think came better I give them as gifts. The not so good, or bad, are stocked for awhileā¦after a couple of years they go to trash. Space for this hobby is just too much, between new models, a work bench and displau finished modelsā¦you just need a warehouseā¦ LOL
Iām going to fab wooden boxes in 2-3 different sizes that will be stackable and use foam blocks to secure said kits in placeā¦within reasonable limits.
Same here. Still building and running out od room.
Iām not sure how this Revell Porsche 928 model survived but I built it when I was a kidā¦late 70ās. Itās been beat up, dropped, abused and rebuilt over the years. Like me, itās seen better days.
I wish I still had those early (1970s & 1980s) models but several moves from Europe to the US and back took their toll, those āentrustedā to keep them not always having the will; nor need, nor space to keep them. Canāt really blame them..! My earliest work still āaliveā dates back to 1989, a model given to a good friend, who gave it back to me well over 20 years later. I still take it to shows time to time. Most of my completed models are kept in boxes, away from sunshine and dust, only to be shown at shows. Iām lucky enough to now live in an area where many model shows are being organised all year round. Some models do however suffer from those trips. Most are repaired, some do succumb..
I must have about 75% of my collection stored in boxes in the crawl space (its climate controlled). Kind of a shame, but I can access them as needed. I change them out from time to time and can bring some to shows as well. My oldest ones were built in the mid 1990ās.