ringleheim Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 I have many partially finished projects that are never going to be finished b/c they reached a point where it is obvious they won't be "perfect" (or perfect enough!) once completed. Those go in the garbage or cardboard shipping boxes out of sight. Finished models that I just don't like or didn't go according to plan meet the same fate. Finished/completed projects that look good and I am proud of go in the display case. If something gets boring or there is a fit issue, that goes in some "tupperware" boxes I have with lids and handles. One thing you might want to consider is trying to sell a completed model on Ebay. If the price is right and the model looks good, it will sell. Not at a fair price mind you to justify the hours spent on the project, but it will sell. dmthamade and Gazzas 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 I keep all my builds but once they’re built they mean little to me, I’m always in search of that perfect build so the one on the bench is my favourite. Once it’s done... the shelf is just a place to put it to make room for the next all elusive perfect model... that I’ll never attain Jeff T, LSP_K2, monthebiff and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 I get rid of some of mine occasionally. I have a display cabinet in the man-cave, and the rest live in boxes. They're not on display, but when I'm going to a show I can instantly grapb the box/boxes I want to take to display. But I do need to clear some out occasionally. Sometimes they just go in the bin, particularly if they've suffered some damage in transit to/from a show. Minor damage, or even more major damage to something I want to keep, will be repaired, but I won't waste too much time on repairs. Sometimes I'll give one away to someone who particularly admires it, especially at a show again. I've dontated a number to various museums - for example, my 1:48 B-24D 389th BG assembly ship resides in the 389th museum at Hethel. And there is something called the Heritage Collection here in the UK, their aim is to collect built models; I've passed on quite a few to them. I enjoy the research, the building, and exhibiting at shows, but I don't want to be the person trotting the same dusty old models to shows for years. Bottom line: I keep those I'm particularly proud of, or otherwise want to hang on to, but I try not to be sentimental. And if I'd kept every model I'd ever built for the last >50 years that I've been modelling, I'd need a somewhat bigger house and storage facility! Ivan Ivanovich and Gazzas 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Luckily I am a slow builder, so it takes a while to fill up my display cabinets, these will take 21 1/32 scale single engined models each, I have 3 of them, plus lots of shelves. But there does come a time when I have to have a clear out, so the models that are the least well finished get scrapped, at the moment I'm looking at a Hasegawa Zero and P51D that I build in the 1980's as prime candidates for the scrap yard, or retirement to the loft. Cheers Dennis MikeC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Im not by any means 100% happy with my builds, but some 4 or 5 years ago, I found a company doing full 21" deep cabinets as it was obvious my pitiful wooden shelving was way too inadequate for displaying any builds, for as soon as I put them up, they were nearly filled. That company I mentioned sold me two 72" x 39" x 21" glass an aluminum cabinets that are indeed going to take me a long while to fill up. This was actually taken several years ago, and the case is actually much more full now, but not by a ton: D.B. Andrus, LSP_K2 and blackbetty 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbk57 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 (edited) I have very few models on display, I used to display them in Cases in our house but my wife did not like that. Eventually we had a basement and I kept some down there but never had the cabinetry for more than a couple LSP. In the end I started selling them. We moved last year and I have a dedicated work shop but even less space for display. Every inch I devote to display takes away from my work and storage space. As a result, I cant keep anything bigger than a car model or a 1/48 single engine fighter. Right now I have about 10 models on display in my shop. I sold most, gave a away a few, and threw a few in the trash. Shipping is hit and miss, I am getting better at packing. I have been building a jig along the line of the ones we use to hold the model during construction, if the plane is light enough I use cardboard, line the contact points with felt strips and fasten it all down with tamiya tape. Those have shipped well. On average, I complete one or two big projects per year, so it is not a lot anyway. Edited September 12, 2018 by cbk57 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 I keep them all, over the years I've given a few of my lesser builds away. Or, if my mother wants a build I'll loan em to her (she loves the Meng WW'Toons kits) MikeMaben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helmsman Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Kept them all so far. I still have some space in cabinets for smaller models but starting to think about getting a bigger house some 500 miles east which will partially solve my space problem for 1/32 models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevepd Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 My smaller scales (less than 1/32) are in a box in the loft. My 1/32 stuff is on display in the garage or in the local aviation museum. When I run out i’ll Look at more shelving. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 15 hours ago, chrish said: I keep all my builds but once they’re built they mean little to me, I’m always in search of that perfect build so the one on the bench is my favourite. Once it’s done... the shelf is just a place to put it to make room for the next all elusive perfect model... that I’ll never attain I've never really thought about it until reading this but I am exactly the same way. Rarely do I even look at my completed builds unless it's a subject I am building again? chrish and Jeff T 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robthepom Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 to make way for new builds, on my one displays cabinet in the house, i fly my overspill in the garage, and i have been known to chuck a few 1970s horror kits Javlin1 and D.B. Andrus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringleheim Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 10 hours ago, LSP_Ron said: I've never really thought about it until reading this but I am exactly the same way. Rarely do I even look at my completed builds unless it's a subject I am building again? I am the same way too; I bet a lot of us are, maybe most. It is strange. When I am building something, I sweat over every single last little detail, and always try to make everything "perfect". It always seems so critical to me, b/c I know down the road, when the model is completed, it will kill me to see visible imperfections. But then, as you say, once the model is finished and on display, I almost never examine it in any purposeful way. The models are there and I do see them, but it's just a casual glance. In this way, trying to make everything perfect is really just some sort of idealist philosophy. It's really not important in a pragmatic way. I just don't spend any time whatsoever going over finished kits with a fine toothed comb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Dog Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 That's the reason i switched to do commission build. that way i can enjoy building but I don't have to bother with storage. Yet i still from time to time build stuff for myself and usually stuff larger than my limited storage in my display cabinet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 (edited) On 9/11/2018 at 10:16 PM, LSP_Ron said: How does one sell a completed kit and ship it? Get some slabs of semi-rigid foam (not the rigid kind you can snap in two with your hands). Cut it into 4 rectangular slabs the depth and width of the shipping box and clamp each wing between two pieces. Make 2 more pieces to clamp the aft fuselage. The whole construction should fit snugly into the shipping box with the model touching nothing but foam. Do not add packing peanuts: they can break pitot tubes, antennas, etc. Pack the shipping box inside a larger box with packing material separating the boxes top and bottom and all sides. I've used this method successfully. Edited September 13, 2018 by AdamR Paragraph Jeff T 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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