Moving, the bane of a builders existence!

[Bullybeef]

Ok since I became active on the forums almost four years ago, I started with a mediocre amount of kits and had a couple of finished display pieces. That has snowballed into a large(ish) stash of kits and approximately 30 finished display pieces. Now on my third move( the biggest by far). Yesterday I set up a work area and today is the unboxing and repair of anything that may have been damaged in shipping( I was the shipper so hopefully not a lot, I’m expecting a loose door handle or a popped off mirror. 
I have a much larger display cabinet now to house them but atm it’s in a non display area. 
but it’s a start. I’m happy to be back at a place to build again and already I have a 32 on deck for a build. 
I’ll update with some more pics once I unload the built box and start the sorting for display. 

[thatz4u]

nice build box Bil, great looking Hot Rods

[Bullybeef]

14 minutes ago, thatz4u said:

nice build box Bil, great looking Hot Rods

Thank you Al, it’s my second life’s work lol. If do a search of my threads, most if not all have better pics.

[Bullybeef]

Well the boxes are empty and only had to repair a couple of loose mirrors, no damage woot! The downside is that I’ve run out of room for display guess I’ll have to stop building lmao.

I still have 3 of the 15, 32 ford body styles to complete and I’ll have no room to display them ones finished. 

[espo]

Just need to get a few bigger shelving units. 

[Bullybeef]

20 hours ago, espo said:

Just need to get a few bigger shelving units. 

Thanks David, I’m on the hunt for another glass fronted case to put on top in the one I have.

[bobss396]

I really should think about moving if a similar house in town pops up. I have a lot of equity in this one, so a lateral would be fine. I passed up one on a few blocks over maybe 6 years back. I still need a basement and a big garage. Where I am now, no close neighbors, a pool and nice yard.

This would let me get rid of a lot of BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH in general, my styrene footprint would remain about the same, but be better organized.

[oldcarfan]

I don't think we'll be moving again until the day they either put me in a nursing home or wheel me out. That being said, we moved a lot over the last 20 years. Between raising kids and my wife going to universities for her degrees I packed and unpacked a lot of models and boxed kits. For convenience, a lot of them ended up being stored in the in-laws barn attic and forgotten. I'm still coming across boxes of them sometimes. So far they seem to have survived mostly intact.

[oldcarfan]

On 7/4/2024 at 9:45 AM, Bullybeef said:

Thanks David, I’m on the hunt for another glass fronted case to put on top in the one I have.

Depending on your budget and if there's one within driving distance, IKEA has some pretty nice options. I have a couple of the Billy style. https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/billy-bookcase-with-glass-doors-dark-blue-20323805/

These Baggebo are smaller and work pretty well too.  https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/baggebo-cabinet-with-glass-doors-metal-white-80502998/

[Bullybeef]

3 minutes ago, oldcarfan said:

Depending on your budget and if there's one within driving distance, IKEA has some pretty nice options. I have a couple of the Billy style. https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/billy-bookcase-with-glass-doors-dark-blue-20323805/

These Baggebo are smaller and work pretty well too.  https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/baggebo-cabinet-with-glass-doors-metal-white-80502998/

Sadly there are no IKEA’s in this province. I’ll find something locally I’m sure 

[Deathgoblin]

Dusting is the other one.  I'm going to start a new cycle of dusting soon.  It'll be much easier than letting it go for a long time.  

[Carmak]

Nice looking builds!

Get those cars behind some glass. Hot rods are the hardest to dust.

[Bullybeef]

9 hours ago, Carmak said:

Nice looking builds!

Get those cars behind some glass. Hot rods are the hardest to dust.

They are now behind glass, they photograph better without the glass.