theraif Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 do you build them or leave unbuilt in the box in your display case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Almost all the old vintage kits I have...and I have a fair number...I bought fully intending to build. There are a very few that I'll probably keep in pristine unbuilt condition, simply because I sometimes enjoy revisiting a moment in the past when I first opened one of them, in my much younger days. It's the closest thing to time travel I've found yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mod3l Lover Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 In my opinion if have a mint kit that you think mightbe reissued by the big companies, then maybe hangin there for a while. If I had a beautiful Johan kit that I have always beenwanting to build, then build it! But I had a kit that I payed too much for and built it,then like 3 years later they dug the mold out anddusted them off quite nicely, and well . . . you get it!! David S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eshaver Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Regardless of a kit's vintage , I buy kits to build . I know this dosen't sit well with the collectors who sit about reminiscing . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khils Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Build them! Here is a situation recently brought to my attention by my wife...." if you up & die....I don't know anything about them (my collection)....don't want to hassle with any of it" .....it will end up on a garage sale table for 50 cents.Sometimes..... that woman can"REALLY" make me cringe!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PARTSMARTY Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Everything I have or get is intended to build-I'm not into original boxes and all that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatz4u Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Regardless of a kit's vintage , I buy kits to build . I know this dosen't sit well with the collectors who sit about reminiscing .Everything I have or get is intended to build-I'm not into original boxes and all that.ditto.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 I have a few rare old kits that I enjoy more just the way they are than I ever could building them. I also have a few others that I WILL build, The Good Lord willing and the creek don't rise....Generally, though, for rare old stuff, I'd rather restore a glue bomb, for a number of reasons, not all of them economic.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemodeler Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 I only have a handful of older, OOP kits in my stash and pretty much know that they won't be reissued. They sit, waiting to be built, because that is why I got them in the first place. The boxes are open and ready to be built, but have a couple dozen WIPs in front of them and if you add in my modelers ADD, it might be awhile before they get done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddyfink Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 I buy with the intention to build. Some I have bought out of sheer nostalgia and will not build them because I bought them for a memory and not for how good the kit was! Such as Palmer and Hawk kits. Some are pretty rare and I only got them because they just came across my path. Will I build them? Probably not, they are not really my thing or there is a newer and better version of it out now. I just bought them for what they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenGuthmiller Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 If I'm not planning on building it, I'm not going to waste my money to buy it.I'm in this hobby to enjoy the build & the finished product.I'm not a collector. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vamach1 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 I plan to build this someday despite its rarity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Haigwood Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 I'm a builder not a collector , I build Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dann Tier Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 BUILD'EM!!!..........They aint no fun sitting on a shelf!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my66s55 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 I have some of the old kits all the way back to 1961. I bought them because I wanted to build a model of the car and fully intend to do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Your job is to keep them complete and perfect so the next guy can enjoy building it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my66s55 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 (edited) Not a chance. Edited August 9, 2017 by my66s55 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larman Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Unbuilt models are just parts until you do something with them. Original box art and old stuff is cool, but IMHO, if it's too "valuable" to build sell it while you can and buy more models that you will build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eshaver Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Unbuilt models are just parts until you do something with them. Original box art and old stuff is cool, but IMHO, if it's too "valuable" to build sell it while you can and buy more models that you will build! EXCELLENT POINT!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russosborne Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Right now I think I only have one old original never reissued (to the best of my knowledge) kit. I absolutely plan on building it, as I do with anything I buy, but the rate I am going ALL of my kits will be collectibles before I get to them. Russ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xingu Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 I intend to build most of the old kits that I have acquired. Some will wait until my skill level reaches that of Steve Guthmiller. I don't want to make a $200 glue bomb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Your job is to keep them complete and perfect so the next guy can enjoy building it. I'm thankful that some people did. If everyone who bought a model car built it, there wouldn't BE any wonderful old unbuilt kits today at ANY price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelson Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 I have lots of old unbuilt kits and plan to build,what stopped me was getting the paint shipped to Canada. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THarrison351 Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 Build them! Here is a situation recently brought to my attention by my wife...." if you up & die....I don't know anything about them (my collection)....don't want to hassle with any of it" .....it will end up on a garage sale table for 50 cents.Sometimes..... that woman can"REALLY" make me cringe!!Well, at least yours plans to sell them. My wife will give my son first dibs, then goodwill, and finally trash. She has told me I better not instantly die either. I need to sort and box everything before I pass. Besides plastic models, I have a pretty large collection of diecast from 1/64 to 1/18 scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
br67 Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 I'm a builder who behaves like a collector hahahain all honesty though I have every intention of building all my kits, no matter how rare, even though at my current build rate it will never happen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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