It fascinates me.

[DRG]

When I look at some of the builds posted here on this forum, both in Workbench and Underglass, there is one thing that fascinates me every-time.

The body is a resin I got from-------- and the interior tub came from a 72--------- the engine is from the 32 Ford and I used the headers from the 40 Ford strip machine.

How in the name of ---- can you guys remember what came from where.

I have parts bins, parts are separated when the build is finished and left over parts are taken care of.

But when I get a set of Headers out of the parts tray I have no clue where they came from.

[Danno]

When I look at some of the builds posted here on this forum, both in Workbench and Underglass, there is one thing that fascinates me every-time.

The body is a resin I got from-------- and the interior tub came from a 72--------- the engine is from the 32 Ford and I used the headers from the 40 Ford strip machine.

How in the name of ---- can you guys remember what came from where.

I have parts bins, parts are separated when the build is finished and left over parts are taken care of.

But when I get a set of Headers out of the parts tray I have no clue where they came from.

ASM. Automatic Selective Memory.

I can't remember anything else, but I can remember my cars (big or little).

Thank God for that!

[mrmike]

As my parts box grows in size and capacity, I am starting to forget where certain parts came from. I guess I can just give up and be happy with the fact that what I need might be in there. :)

[Dr. Cranky]

Wouldn't it be great if we had an OCD Part's Central. A place where all the parts where put in their own categories, easy to find, indexed, and then you can just call up and say, do you have a set of . . .

[Jantrix]

Good question. No idea. But I can do that all the time. I suppose when you spend months on a build you just memorize every detail of what you're working with. You kick it around in your head when you're not working on it, planning this or that. ("Of course I'm listening to you dear.")

I have parts that have been with me for 25 years, and I'll use them someday on something, but I know what kits they came from for the most part. Wierd that. I've forgotten my wifes birthday twice (yeah, I know, I'm an idiot ), but I know those headers came off the ZZTop Eliminator I built 25 years ago.

Must be drain bamage.

[Rick Schmidt]

Some of us may just remember what a specific part came from. Others like me are bad about raiding virgin kits for said parts lol, then bein mad later cause said kit is missing part lol. I'm sure some may even label what they came from. I personally like to try to remember whats what so when folks ask I'm not sittin there lookin stupid " UH UH UH " Like this car

I took a majority of this car from other kits MPCs 74&78 prostock kits Interior is from a diecast pinto, engine is from a revell 32 with valve covers from a newer 5.0, wheels from a daytona kit .... hehehe. See I figured I'd look pretty silly tryin to say I built a street car from a race car if I have no idea what it came from lol

[ra7c7er]

Dr. Cranky this might be exactly what you are talking about.

I get those little craft bags from Micheal's or Hobby Lobby and then number the bag. I use a spreadsheet on the computer to list everything. It works great and only takes a few minutes at the end of a build. It can get tedious if you get a lot of partial kits at once but when that happens I just do one or two kits a day and it gets done.

The spreadsheet is indexed so I can search for specific parts or brand or scale or any combination. I can even search by part number which comes in handy when people post they are looking for part XX from XX kit but don't know the name of a part. I keep refining the process to make it faster and use less bags when I first started I put everything in separate bags now it is grouped (i.e dash, steering wheel, steering shaft, shifter, e-brake will all be in the same bag instead of separate). The last update to the inventory shows the color the parts are molded in. Like I said inventory and warehousing work has me OCD when it comes to stuff like this.

I have a master plan to start a website where people will be able to search my parts and get parts they need for oop kits and custom builds but that is probably years down the road. I told my girlfriend when I get 1,000,000 parts in the inventory I will start the website. Right now it has 7,692 parts.

Edited March 22, 2011 by ra7c7er

[highway]

Don, I know with me personally, I but sometimes I remember where the parts came from just because I bought the donor kit just for the purpose of bashing it with the project, then in other cases I just grab an unknown part from the parts box or from my good friend's parts box. There have been many times I will be at his house looking through stuff and I'll have that "This will work for that project" type moment, and he tells me to take it. His origanization skills mean kit sources are often unknown, because I could look in a 57 Chevy box and find a pickup truck. No wonder he forgets where he puts things and loses parts, he has no idea what is in what box!

As my parts box grows in size and capacity, I am starting to forget where certain parts came from. I guess I can just give up and be happy with the fact that what I need might be in there.

Mike, since I've joined the forum and trading parts, I have came up with a nice system to know what parts are from what kits. If there are custom wheels and tires I know I will not use, I take a snack size Ziploc bag (or sandwich bag, quart, or whatever size depending on the parts) and write the kit name and manufacture on the bag. That way if someone needs the custom wheels and tires (or whatever) from, for example, Revell's California Wheels 67 Chevelle, I can dig through the wheels with ease to find them.

I can't speak for others here, but I can usually remember when, where, and what I paid for each kit, and once built remember what parts, paints, supplies etc. went into it. I don't consciously do that on purpose but I think that since models take a pretty focused mind, the details of getting/building them seem to stick.

I still remember what brand/color paints I used on the first model I ever built...how bad is that?

Obviously you don't suffer from C.R.S. like I do! I can paint something and sometimes 5 minutes later not tell you what color it was! I have started writing down on the instruction sheet what color I paint the body, interior, etc, that way if it goes back on the shelf, I have an idea of what colors I need.

[diymirage]

my partsbox is small enough i can remember what came from where....mostly

not to mention that a lot of builds are made with certain kits in mind so i get the parts from the kit before they even hit the partsbox

[RodneyBad]

Can't help ya.

I can't remember what she just said, But I remembered how much I paid for that kit

and where 30yrs ago.

I just can't remember where I just put it.

[Draggon]

For me I think its my ADD, and countless hours going thru my parts boxes. I can even remember stuff I've had stashed for over 40 years. I was like that in my job too. We had an extensive parts inventory for construction equipment and I pretty much knew what we had in stock at all times. Now, ask me what I did last weekend, and I'm likely to have no clue.

[Jeff Johnston]

I can't speak for others here, but I can usually remember when, where, and what I paid for each kit, and once built remember what parts, paints, supplies etc. went into it. I don't consciously do that on purpose but I think that since models take a pretty focused mind, the details of getting/building them seem to stick.

I still remember what brand/color paints I used on the first model I ever built...how bad is that?

me too...though I only have 45 - 50 unbuilt kits so its not that hard LOL..

[Scale-Master]

...you could always say "From the carpet" when people ask where parts came from.

Oh, wait, that only works when you ask "where did that part go?"

That is how I get most of my exercise. Crawling around looking for and bending down to pick up dropped parts.

[Agent G]

I cannot tell you what I ate for breakfast today, but I can relate all the details of a case from 20+ years ago.

Having been born, raised and worked for 28 years in St. Louis, I refer to it as "Anheusers Disease".

G

[Danno]

I cannot tell you what I ate for breakfast today, but I can relate all the details of a case from 20+ years ago.

Having been born, raised and worked for 28 years in St. Louis, I refer to it as "Anheusers Disease".

G

Ahhhh, lived too close to the fermentation vessels, didja?

[Agent G]

I was transferred south for the first time in 1987. The Third District station was then located at 2727 S 12th St. This location is DIRECTLY across the street from AB.

Yes that AB, world HQ and all that.

Many times a good odor was had.

G

[The Modeling Hermit]

There are some parts that I can remember, mostly from owning multiple kits of a model, but I've got thousands of parts that I just place in parts bins. I mark a drawer for a certain item, but I never pay much attention to what the item came from. Generally when I'm looking at the builds here, I'm in so much awe craftsmanship, that I hardly even pay much attention to what the builder says went into it. I guess that I would call that jaw drop syndrome.