Ever have a real head-scratcher?...

[Scuderia]

By that I mean a kit you bought and when you're organizing or what not you think "Why did I buy this"? I have one kit currently that I have zero desire to build and I'm not sure why I even wanted it lol.

[martinfan5]

Done that a few time, but its only when I buy in person say at like swap meets, I bought like four of them that after I got home, I thought, why did I buy these

[Scuderia]

lol yeah i haven't got into the swap meet scene yet, but i'm sure it'll happen if i do.

[martinfan5]

Its easy because for the most part the kits are cheap, say ebay cheap and with out the shipping, its so easy to hand someone a ten dollar bill for a kit.

But when it comes to buying on line, I only buy kits on line that I want, so there is no, why did a I buy this, it does happen from time to time, but I think that happens with anything

[Scuderia]

yeah the talk about trucks earlier reminded me of the Ram VTS amigo kit i bought. But yeah on the 'bay i only buy ones on my list.

[Darin Bastedo]

I never found myself wondering why I bought a model but I do have several I don't remember buying. The closest thing I've done though is for years I was buying 1/16, 1/12, and 1/8 scale kits. Eventually I had about 2 dozen of them. all of a sudden I realized that if I built them all I would have no space to display them. So I sold them. Luckily they had gone out of production so I made a handy profit.

[Jantrix]

Yeah sorta, but only when I've bought multiples of the same kit. I'm always wanting to get on to the next (different) build that getting up the creative juices to built the same kit again would be a rare occurance for me.

[wgflatliner]

I look at my collection, then the questions come.

[crazyjim]

I have a few kits I didn't really want but they were part of an ebay auction that was all or nothing.

[Scuderia]

Yeah i tend to do multiples of the same kit too. It's a nasty habit

[martinfan5]

Yeah i tend to do multiples of the same kit too. It's a nasty habit

I did that too with the 2005-2010 revell mustang kits, I have bought and built all but one, and I am not really even a mustang person, go figure

[Scuderia]

yeah i've done the 08 bullitt, an 06 gt with some resin parts, and im gonna do 2 07 shelby's.. One as a racer.

[VW Dave]

Most of my 'head scratcher' kits wound up on my trades list for that reason

[martinfan5]

yeah i've done the 08 bullitt, an 06 gt with some resin parts, and im gonna do 2 07 shelby's.. One as a racer.

You should go the community build section and check out the 2005-2010 mustang CBP I have going

[Scuderia]

yeah i been watchin i thought i commented on some of the run already

[martinfan5]

I think you did too

[Ramfins59]

Depending on the kit, I'll buy at least 2 of them if I REALLY like the kit, and usually I'll build one, and rob parts from the other for different builds. For instance, the Revell chopped '49 Merc kit... I haven't built one yet (because everyone else IS... I like to wait a good length of time for the hoopla to be done for that kit), but I've robbed parts for other builds from the 2nd kit (engine, chromed reversed wheels & tires, tooth grille). I'll most likely do the same thing with the new chopped '48 Ford kit.

I do however have at least a dozen or more kits in my stash that make me scratch my head. ... why did I buy them?

[Scuderia]

haha cool stuff Richard, i only have one but a dozen? goodness lol

[martinfan5]

I did by two of the new camaro kits, but I did that on purpose, one stock, one custom

[Scuderia]

i bought a second 1990 Pontiac GP turbo kinda by accident. I bid on it because it was a good deal, then forgot i bid on it until ebay emailed me go figure. I won it for like 5 dollars lol

[skmodelcars]

I'm guilty of all of the above and in time I wonder why I wanted the kit when I bought it.

[puddingwrestler]

I always have at least some sort of plan when I buy a kit (although sometimes it's just 'parts kit'). The problem evolves when I don't get round to building it, and it lands up in the stash for a few years. Then I notice it and think 'why on earth did I buy that?'. It usually tends to happen with plane kits. I've got fewer car kits in the stash than anything else really (apart from Star Wars kits I guess), so I tend to remember what they are for.

Last week I was looking in the stash and found one which made me scratch my head... then I remembered it was in one of those AMT four packs which I got on eBay because I wanted one of the other cars in it, and figured the others could be parts donors...

Eventually I stop scratching my head and kit thrash it into some sort of bizarre Sci Fi thing which has nothing in common with the original kit. My devotion to SF kit thrashing means that everything I buy has a purpose, even if it's just to sit in the stash for a few years until inspiration hits. (I'm more of an SF guy than a car guy you see)

[Scuderia]

owen you bring up some good thoughts. I have so much spare stuff from 'option' parts i feel bad throwing away. Blowers valve covers, wheels, aero body mods. I could bash a real strange one lol

[mopar68]

Probably the closest I have come to this was seeing Revell's Dodge Magnum in my 'local' hobby shop (2hrs away from where I lived at the time), deciding against buying it, then the next day wishing I had of so ringing up and getting them to send it to me, thereby spending extra on shipping costs. And all for the little guitar it has

[Draggon]

On more than a few occasions, when the postman shows up at my door with the latest from epay, I say to myself "what the heck was I thinking?"