drag racer 15 Posted December 31, 2018 Posted December 31, 2018 I found this online the other day. how many people here suffer with me?
Deuces Posted December 31, 2018 Posted December 31, 2018 Yep! Same here.... I have over????.... XXX amount of car models... A major fire hazzard if my house went up in flames..... ??
disabled modeler Posted December 31, 2018 Posted December 31, 2018 I dont have as many as most of you here but if anyone is worried about the fire hazzard just send some to me..LOL..
drag racer 15 Posted December 31, 2018 Author Posted December 31, 2018 I have only been modeling for three years and have over 50 models. its a un-healthy obsession my parents finally put there foot down and said no more models until you finish one so now I am scrambling to complete my 1968 dart for a club display this weekend. I will post some in progress pics soon
Renegade Posted December 31, 2018 Posted December 31, 2018 I continue to buy, lost count of how many I have. Will I build them all? Absolutely, if I live to be 200 and stop buying now.
Reegs Posted December 31, 2018 Posted December 31, 2018 That's something that I'll proudly own up to.
TarheelRick Posted December 31, 2018 Posted December 31, 2018 I am in the process of having work done in my basement. Just so happens it is the corner I have designated my work area. I have had to move all my unbuilts to another location in the basement. I thought they were impressive one-deep on the shelves, they are intimidating stacked on a table. I believe my wife is going shopping with one of her friends one day this week, when she does I will go in the opposite direction to Ollie's, Hobby Lobby, Michael's, A.C. Moore to browse through what they have. It IS an addiction.
Oldmopars Posted December 31, 2018 Posted December 31, 2018 For me its part hobby, part sanity check for my work. I work from home and sit at my desk/hobby desk. I answer phone call and provide technical support for high tech industrial equipment. I am often sitting for periods of time. This give me something to do so I don't go crazy. I also have severe arthritis in my hands a wrist. This helps me to keep my joints moving and working. So, in a round about way, I get paid to do this.
drag racer 15 Posted December 31, 2018 Author Posted December 31, 2018 1 hour ago, Oldmopars said: For me its part hobby, part sanity check for my work. I work from home and sit at my desk/hobby desk. I answer phone call and provide technical support for high tech industrial equipment. I am often sitting for periods of time. This give me something to do so I don't go crazy. I also have severe arthritis in my hands a wrist. This helps me to keep my joints moving and working. So, in a round about way, I get paid to do this. ha ha, that is the greatest way to justify modeling I've ever herd!
Rusty92 Posted December 31, 2018 Posted December 31, 2018 I got this the moment I began modeling. Chasing them down is part of the fun!
Classicgas Posted December 31, 2018 Posted December 31, 2018 I'm guilty. As well as MADD. Modelers attention deficit disorder.
Modlbldr Posted January 1, 2019 Posted January 1, 2019 I have around 300 (just a guess) and I tell myself that I need to slow down on the buying. With that said, I just bought 6 more yesterday. The good thing is I am finishing builds at a faster rate lately. I should be able to finish the one I'm currently working on tonight! Later-
ZTony8 Posted January 1, 2019 Posted January 1, 2019 Hi, I'm Tony and I'm a styrene junkie. The 1500 or so kits in my basement are silent evidence to that.
THarrison351 Posted January 1, 2019 Posted January 1, 2019 Just bought two this past week after I was given two for Christmas. Yea!
OldTrucker Posted January 1, 2019 Posted January 1, 2019 This is the first year that none of my kids have given me a model for Christmas! Instead I gave two to my one son who has rekindled his desire to build models and I probably will sell him a few that he has been drooling over that are OOP! (at cost) Going to thin the car collection of unbuilts down to ones that I have that are of 1:1 cars I once owned or ones that I have to replicate long lost builds from the past. I have a whole upper closet shelve full of semi tractors I need to get on and one end of the closet is full of trailers to go with them!
ChrisBcritter Posted January 1, 2019 Posted January 1, 2019 I just want to change the meaning of that acronym to "Can't Stop Building Models"!
Deuces Posted January 1, 2019 Posted January 1, 2019 5 hours ago, ZTony8 said: Hi, I'm Tony and I'm a styrene junkie. The 1500 or so kits in my basement are silent evidence to that. Ok, you got me beat.... I feel better now.... ?
disabled modeler Posted January 1, 2019 Posted January 1, 2019 20 hours ago, Oldmopars said: For me its part hobby, part sanity check for my work. I work from home and sit at my desk/hobby desk. I answer phone call and provide technical support for high tech industrial equipment. I am often sitting for periods of time. This give me something to do so I don't go crazy. I also have severe arthritis in my hands a wrist. This helps me to keep my joints moving and working. So, in a round about way, I get paid to do this. Scott.... I hear you on that one. Even though I have been a life long builder/restorer and collector since my accident in 1996 I have found out building its great therapy helps keep my mind off the 24/7 pain and keeps me active to a point. I am the kind of person that needs to have something to do as well...that is one of the reasons I had always had 2 jobs when I could work. Since I got forced into early retirement due to disability from a car accident which was not my fault I was not prepared well enough and that makes things very tough all around but Ill never give up trying to build..cant imagine not building.
DumpyDan Posted January 1, 2019 Posted January 1, 2019 On 12/31/2018 at 6:35 AM, drag racer 15 said: I have only been modeling for three years and have over 50 models. its a un-healthy obsession my parents finally put there foot down and said no more models until you finish one so now I am scrambling to complete my 1968 dart for a club display this weekend. I will post some in progress pics soon Good for you but they only said you had to finish one.......LOL
espo Posted January 1, 2019 Posted January 1, 2019 I'm afraid I am addicted much like many others on the Forum. I think I'm starting to get a handle on it though. As I stand in the isle at HL or Michaels with the discount coupon burning a hole on my pocket and I gaze at the offerings and I start to realize I already have 2 or 3+ of each of these at home already. I'm waiting for the new Chevelle and Mustang from Revell and anything I can find from Moebius and force myself to stop stock piling paints as well.
stitchdup Posted January 1, 2019 Posted January 1, 2019 This last couple of months I think I've added 50 kits to my stash though some of those were ones I've been searching for, most were just kits that caught my attention or were too cheap to say no to. In the same time period I've finished nothing. I think moving forward this year I will try to only buy kits if they are vw's i dont already have. I dont intend adding many kits to the stash this year but like any addiction relapse is always a high risk
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