Green Duster Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 I'm somewhere in between a model builder and a collector. I have about 120 built. I thinkjust under 100 unbuilt. I guess I'm a piker by most standards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Smith Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 to me: not nearly enough to my wife: way too many lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tye Brown Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Hey man, I have around 200 now I had about 600 18 months ago before my divorce And Bob who cares if it's been asked before man, I'm only fairly new to this site and I haven't seen any topics like this man. I love seeing how bad "MOST" of us have got it lol..I'm sure we are more collectors then builders man hahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I have seven, with a few more on the way, I buy and build, I would like to have more, and I am trying to stock up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I have about 1500 car kits, of which about 2/3 are collectors items not intended to be built. However, the collection will not get any bigger in future. Rather smaller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAone Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 haha, no matter how many times it's asked, i have yet to count my stash and post an answer...lols but eventually i will.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbwelda Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 i have enuff that anytime i start digging in them i come up with kits i didnt know i had (or in a couple cases, kits i would have sworn i had never seen before!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Smith Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Question - are models a good investment? If your careful where you buy and how much you spend, models can be a decent investment? They are relatively quick to liquidate for small amounts of cash - just throw them on the auction block. Some kits will probably never be reissued, so until our computers start printing out replicas, they will retain or increas in value. It probably beat the NYSE for the last couple years. I have been fortunate and made more selling than I paid for a lot of kits. I guess I won't sell the ones I paid too much for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartster Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 You guys are making me feel great! I thought I was some kind of model car junkie, but you guys make me feel like a tea totaller,lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyBad Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 (edited) i have enuff that anytime i start digging in them i come up with kits i didnt know i had (or in a couple cases, kits i would have sworn i had never seen before!) I'd ditto that.. Of course I do forget if I do have something, get an urge to build it and pick up one. Probably cheaper than the first one I got It really makes it hard to trade model for model. Can't think of anything I need but the new ones coming out. The Moebius BatTumbler and Chrysler 300 comes to mind tho. Edited January 24, 2012 by RodneyBad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabrux Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 According to my inventory I have 326 models. Out of that: 40 of them are built, 22 of them are built-ups from a lot I purchased and will be rebuilt eventually, and the rest are either unbuilt (the majority) or in progress. So, approximately 264 unbuilt kits. And more on the way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve7119 Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 I just did an inventory with the purpose of organizing them so I could find what i wanted when i needed it.......that's my story and I'm sticking to it ......I have about 400 unbuilt kits located in at lelast 3 different rooms. Used to go to the Ertl factory outlet in Dyersville, IA about 3 times a year. Never left there without dropping between $50 and $100 . I swear I had plans for all of them when I bought them! Can't remember what those plan were any more, but I swear I plan on building them all...at least that is what I tell my wife. Bless her she never complains and I can't say anything when she spends money on things she likes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny K Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 I only have about 65 complete, unbuilt kits at the moment, plus 8 or 10 partials, and maybe half a dozen builts that I really like. Of the 65, roughly 20 of those are '29, '30, and '31 Ford Woody kits I'm hoping to use for a Community Challenge Build this Summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gray07 Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Way way too many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brett Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 I tend to buy one everytime I build one so hover round the 250 - 275 kits to build all the time. I have around the same amount built but that total gets bigger each month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2000-cvpi Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Somewhere between 50-400. I stopped counting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalhead Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 One. sad, I know. But I do have around 65-70 kits that have been started at some point, though. RYAN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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