So I’m sitting in my work room staring at my Shelf of Doom thinking, “That’s getting to be too many!”
I’m looking at a Monogram F-5E, F-102A and F-20, a Hasegawa F-16A and A-7E, a Collect-Aire F-108 Rapier, all in 1/48 plus a Italeri F-117 and a Hasegawa F-4C in 1/72 scale.
Yikes! I got work to do!
So what’s sitting on your SOD? And are you going to clear it out this year?
Edit: Oh, my. Just remembered the 1/32 tenants. A Tamiya F-15C, F-14A, and a F-4C.
Pfffffttttt… you barely scratched the surface.
To many to list…roughly 41 right now. Sad thing I just ordered 3 more for 3 different GB. I’m not complaining…family and friends have been generous during b-days and xmas.
Yeah, I just did my tally and I am at 30+ started again this year at the beginning. The majority are 1/48 aircraft ranging from oh so close to barely started. I also have multiple 1/35 vehicle kits in the same range, as well as a handful of 1/32 aircraft and ships of various scales. My prime goal this year is to cut down on these 30+ rollovers… and finish what I start this year.
I’m with all the above. Toooooo many to count in all stages. I build and complete a few and sneak in one of the “doomed”. But, then something happens and another one goes to the “SOD”. It’s just another day in the life of a plasticaholic.
Jim [cptn]
Cripes! 41?? Now I don’t feel so bad.
LOL StrayCat [:D]…I know but what can I say. Like Stikpusher, I am going to focus on finishing them all this year. I’ve got 8 that just need the decals added. I’ve got to stop opening new kits in the middle of a build.
Ha! I only have 6!! I don’t know why, but I thought it would be in double digits!
I don’t really have any. I do have 5 armour builds and 1 aircraft awaiting diorama’s, but the kits are finished.
Wow,I just don’t start more then one kit at a time,I’ll stick with one till it’s done,so really no shelf of doom.
If you mean stash of kits unstarted,I probably have between 30-40
One of my resolutions was to clean all of it up. The 190 is on my bench now getting decaled. The others will be worked on in between GB’s. Total is only 4. I don’t know if I’ll finish the dragon mistel 262. It’s a nightmare
I am the same. I have tried building more than one kits at a time, but i just can’t do it. I would rather stick to one and finish it.
My “Shelf of Doom” consists of 1/48 Monogram P-51D, 1/72 Revellogram F-22, 1/48 Monogram F-14D, 1/48 Monogram A-10 and a 1/48 Hasegawa F-16D.
The P-51D is absolute garbage, works well for a test bed for painting techniques. The F-22 has some potential, but no time soon. The F-16D, is a slow work in progress, had some fit issues, but I havent totally given up hope for it. The A-10 was started about 4 years ago and before I really got back into the hobby, not sure where the rest of the kit ended up. The F-14 is close to finishing, if you call it that. Maybe I should just create my own Boneyard.
wait a minute don’t you have the V-22 and the Arado 555 going now
Well, sort of the osprey is now just awaiting some figures and wheel chocks, i guess i should have counted that. Good catch [:D]
In reality during my youth years, I had at least 100 plus kits - mostly autos and aircraft, a couple of ships and armor, and a few sci-fi kits as well. Let’s not forget the monsters and dinosaur kits to boot.
When my grandmother passed away back in 95’, I had to weed out and box up my kits. A couple years ago or so, I had to weed out more due to my auto kits were falling apart. Right now, i have probably 20 - 30 modern jets/hellicopter kits stil in boxes in my cellar.
How many did I complete since my return to the hobby in 2014 (after 20 years away):
Five kits completed:
1/48 P-47 Thunderbolt (Revell) - to my bro-in-law as a b-day gift
1/48 P-51 Mustang “Redtail” (Tamiya) - in my den
1/72 F-4U Corsair (Hasegawa?) - to a co-worker
1/48 Twin Mustang (Monogram) - to another co-worker
1/144 Douglas VC-54C “Sacred Cow” - on my desk at work
True shelf of doom? Not counting partially rigged ships, less than 10.
My “Shelf of Doom” consists of all my completed models. [:D]
Gary
Here are some of mine:
Tamiya 1/48 Kyofu (Rex) - Assembled, primed, some exterior painting started, need to add some A/M instrument dial decals. Sitting around since the early 1990s.
Hasegawa 1/32 Me-163B Komet- Assembled, detailed, rescribed, badly painted - need to redo camo scheme, finish cockpit and landing skid fittings. I am so sad that when I started the model, it was the best Komet kit you could get.
Emhar 1/35 Mark IV Female - Major assembly completed, A/M tracks attached, unditching rail needs to be scratchbuilt, lots and lots of filling/sanding remaining. I think this one is officailly dead, as I now have a Takom Mark I Female that fits way better, is more detailed, and comes with a nice PE anti-grenade screen and steering tail.
Mikro-Mir 1/35 Schertel-Sachsenberg torpedo boat - Assembled and primed, in the detail sanding phase, torpedo and prop still being worked on. This is the freshest SOD kit I have (bought in 2014), but I can’t seem to get it across the finish line.
Trumpeter 1/144 Kilo Cass sub - Fully painted, weathering not complete, need to make sail windows and finish stand.
Tamiya 1/20 Tyrrell P34 six wheeler - Stalled on the clear coat thing. I can’t make a flawless gloss coat to save my life. Still fighting it out with the polishing cloths.
Bandai 1/144 MSM-03 Gog amphibious mobile suit - Painted, decaled, not yet weathered.
And there are LOTS more where they came from! But these are the closest to completion. What’s my excuse? I don’t think I have one really, other than a fickle short attention span. I really should get them done.
I only have a few but they constantly harrass me yelling "fix me, Fix me "
Testors 1/48 Supermarine racer ;
bad 1st try at NMF
Revel 1/72 Walrus MK I;
having fits with installing upper wing and wires.
Monogram 1/48 PBY;
All those danged rivets to re apply due to sanding seams
Glencoe 1/144 China Clipper;
2nd bad attempt at NMF , final clear coat cracked the paint and bubbled the
decals and well, it’s a Glencoe