Too Many?

General Discussion FSM Ready Room
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I attended ModelMania 2013 in Houston this past weekend. Had a great time. I even had a short list of models I wanted to pick up. Nothing too difficult and not too expensive.

Then the shopping bug hit…

Okay, I needed a Focke Wulf to build alongside the old Monogram one that’s awaiting restoration, so… what version? Oh, well. These two will do. I also need a 109 to build alongside the old Monogram version that’s awaiting restoration… and that Shiden underneath it has a great price. And I need a Tamiya P-47D. They’re priced $25 each, but you’ll sell two for $40 bucks? Sold!

What? No Hasegawa Stuka G-2 models? Well, there’s this Hobby Craft 87G… I’ll get it. Could it be worse than the Monogram G-1?

There’s an F-86F Sabre. I was looking for one of those. It’s a Revell, but… eh…

There’s what I was looking for! $20 for the Eduard F6F-5 Hellcat? Sold! Too bad it’s not an F6F-3, but… Wait! You take credit cards?! I’ll take the F6F-3 Weekend version! Oh, and the DC-3 Airliner too!

This DC-3 Airliner is 1/90 scale. Box scale I guess… but here’s a 1/72nd Italeri. I’ll grab that too. Or do I get the 1/48 scale DC-3 Airliner from Monogram or the Pro Modeller PBY-5A. Both are $30… I’ve always wanted to try the PBY…

How much for the 1/350 Enterprise? Oh, okay. You’ll knock 15% off? You take credit cards? sigh. Okay, you’ve got a deal.

Several trips later… Oh, I won a door prize. I’ll grab the USAAF Personnel. I can use those.

Luckily, I escaped before any more damage was done. It’s a good thing I drive an SUV…

(I’m sure that this doesn’t compare to SOME of your own buying sprees.) [:D]

Gary

PS> All I have to do now is figure out where to store all these!

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GAF, nice scores there! Sounds like a real good show! The little one here in Vermont was very cool and my first one, but at your show, THEY TOOK CREDIT CARDS!!! Man, now I would have gone stupid if they had done that here! [:$] Anyway, great score! Did you get any pics of the builds?

Eagle90

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Oh, I forgot to answer your question…NO!!! Too many?! Is there such a thing?

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be very careful, lol

those good deals could lead to not being able to decide what kit to enter into a Group Build, someday

be at the beginning of having a problem

but seriously,good haul there

Rex

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Eagle90: Yes, some of the vendors do take credit cards, especially the local hobby shop vendors. It’s bad… very bad. [:'(]

And yes, I do have pictures of some of the builds, but I’ll have to resize the pictures and upload them to photobucket. That may take a while. Maybe tomorrow night or Thursday, depending on how busy I am.

Tarnship: So, Rex, do you like movies about F-4s? [;)]

Gary

PS> The bad news is that there is another model show just outside of Dallas on May 11th… And I still am looking for a couple of items… (doom).

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Gary, you got me to thinking

I don’t recall all that many movies that include Phantoms in them,a little bit of the one attack in “we were soldiers”, a few scenes in the “great Santini”,but, mostly just some token Nape shots in this or that movie

Tomcats, F-16s,those have plenty of films about them,with some Scooters thrown in to fight with

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Iron Eagle (2 or 3) used F-4’s as Migs at the start of the show. It was many years ago, and I remember thinking “how strange”

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sounds like a fun day,always good to build the stash

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Rex. oh to have back all those fujimi F-4’s and A-4’s I built as s kid

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I’m NOT a pack rat… I AM COLLECTOR !!! (with a little obsessive–compulsive disorder)

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Okay, I really need to stop now. I went to the Scale Fest 2013 show in Mesquite, Texas today and this is what I came home with:

The bad thing is, none of it is what I went there to find. But they all had great prices, and I just… couldn’t… help myself. Especially when the lady (who was getting ready to leave) said “Everything in this box is half off the sticker price.” That’s when I wound up with a Hasegawa A6M5 and a P-38F for $20. The rest… sigh. Luckily, there are no model shows close-by soon, so I’ll just have to stop browsing the internet…

Yeah.

Gary

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Gary, o.k., you are now here by dubbed “The Model Hunter”! [:D[

Awesome scores man! 2 jeeps! Too cool. And the cut away Enterprise…BRILLIANT! You are the man! Congrats!

Eagle90

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Oh, and it is still, NOT TOO MANY! [;)]

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“Too many” is a phrase that does not apply to kit collectors or dreamers!

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Thanks guys. Next time my wife complains about the relatively few kits I have on hand, I’ll show her these posts. Should stifle her for a little while anyway.

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I once went to my local hobby shop and bought two models for a total of $60. That was the biggest shopping spree I have ever done. I even felt guilty afterwards.

Eric