Multiple copies or many individual kits?

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I see periodically the occasional person mention they like to buy more than one when buying a kit.

Understandable if the kits is the basis of many variants, but I have to wonder, which would you prefer, 100 models all unique. Or 30 kits, but 3 of each of it?

Me, I am going for the 100 unique items. Space is not infinite, and I just can’t see the thrill of storing kits I might never have any reason for having stored for an indefinite span of time.

That, and I have learned a valuable lesson in the last 5 years. In the last 5 years, all of the kits I have bought, have been 3 times better than all of the kits I have had from the previous 30 years.

If I had hoarded 3 spares of all of my 80s era kits till today, I would only have a large stack of kits that have nothing to offer over a fraction of the same sum of kits made in the last 5 years.

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I’d prefer the unique route. That being said, it is interesting to look at the exact variant and scale of a subject from different producers to see fit and quality differences.

3

I do not have dual copies of the same kit. I do have some different kits of the same aircraft. Either because thet is a new and better kit or because I want to do multiple variants.

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I sometimes buy 2 of the same kit. I have built a beat up 69 camaro and then did a befor and after type build. I have also build a motorcycle race team. Two of the same bikes with two different marking.

Bob

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Both…

6

Um. Yes?

7

I don’t usually build the exact same model twice but I will build variants of the same model. For example, I finished a Hasegawa F/A-18F last year and really enjoyed it. So I bought a Hasegawa F/A-18E which for all intents and purposes is the exact same kit. But since its an -E that makes it different enough for me.

On the few occasions that I have bought the same kit twice it was because I really enjoyed the first kit but I felt like I could do a better job if I had another crack at it.

Otherwise I like to have some variety on the shelf.

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Two reasons I would own multiples of the same kit:

1 - As Fly-n-hi says, the first build was a blast, but I feel I can do it better or do it differently (open up the cowl/gun bay/beat it to snot) on a second go.

1a - Corrolary to the first - I built the kit as a kid, and want to see how far my skills have come.

2 - The wondrous bounty of markings, paint schemes, theaters of service. So what if it’s the same kit, if the paint job is entirely different?

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With so little time and the cost of the kits to contend with, I’d prefer unique. There are so many subjects that I would prefer to build, that it just doesn’t make sense for me to build all the variants of a particular subject.

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I won’t but more then one of the same kit.Sometimes down the road if I want to improve on a previous build,I will by the same one to build a replacement and hopefully do a better job.

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Of the kits I have, only the F-15E Strike Eagle I have two of. Only reason is because I bought the Academy one and then found out through multiple people that the Revell one is a better kit and I had a chance to get it cheap. I don’t have a problem with doing mutiple of the same one with different markings or paint jobs.

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I have multiple of some kits, simply for doing variants… Like the Monogram B-29, you can’t have just one, you need three at a minimum… One from the 509th, a regular B-29A, and then a Korean War B-29… Four or five would be better though, to add the YB-29 and the KB-29 or SB-29 varnants.

Need at least three Monogram B-17Gs too… One 8th AF, one US Navy PB-1, and an RAF Fortress.

Three Libs, for the B-24D, B-24J, and a PB4Y-1…

8th, 9th, 12th, and 15th AF P-51Ds… Plus variants of the P-51B, A-36, etc…

You get the idea…

I prefer to get the same kits rather than buy more expensive kits for conversions… A half-dozen Monogram P-51 kits will fill the bill quite nicely for both the D and K’s, and the Bs &Cs… Takes care of Dallas canopies, props, and the P-51/F-51 conversion…The A-36 is a stand-alone, though… A couple of those will allow an Apache, plus a P-51A…

You get the idea…

I also go with the same kit if there’re several different variant-parts in one kit, like Monogram’s P-38- (4), Mosquito -(3), Fw 1-90- (4), Hurricane- (3), HAWK\Testor’s P-47D -(2), and the like…

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i like to build each variant. i try to stick to the same manufacturer. all my P-47’s are tam kits besides the N model. all my zeros are tam kits besides the hase M7 and M8 im still looking for.

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I’ve got single copies of my kits (my wife would say too [dinkywongo] kits!) with one significant exception: Glencoe’s “Retriever Rocket” — I’ve got one built and four unbuilt copies. Why? I’ve got plans for several dioramas based on Walt Disney’s “Man in Space” trilogy.

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I have multiple copies of several kits and single copies of others. I have somewhere around 30+ of the revell/ monogram AT-6/Miller SNJ. Three B-17F, two B-17G, two Modelcraft and one Ocidental Harvard MK IV. These are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head. I know that I have others with duplication as well. One of these days I will build the whole Miller Squadron[which is now the Geico Squadron].

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i look at them this way if i ( i do) build the same kit 3-4 times each has a completely diff color scheme and probably diff country decals making each unique especially aircraft ships and armor are more limited ( i don’t want to be attacked by the armor or ship guys ) i think that they are a little harder not impossible but a little harder to make really unique

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I have multiples of the same aircraft . The first P-51 i bought was back in 1970 , but they keep coming out with better detailed kits all of the time and i must have the best one available after all ![8-|]

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It’s possible I should have NOT looked at some of the stuff I have seen as a result of Track 48 eh. Now it seems I will be needing a few spare Shermans PzIVs and some Czech 38ts for a few items that have attracted my attention.

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Everybody needs spare Shermans and P-38s.