Silly Question: What do you do with all the kits you build?

[Ken McGuire]

I've just returned to the hobby and have accumulated a small pile of kits to build. As the little pile has grown I suddenly realized - and a question from the local hobby shop owner - what am I going to do with the finished builds. It's not that I have any empty shelves going looking for something to put on them.

[Guest]

I have two of these ..... http://commerce.idmi.net/ecommerce/catalog_detail.asp?CID=123&CI=405&PI=7814 I really like them and plan on buying a couple more.

Edited November 1, 2012 by plowboy

[cobraman]

Glass cabinets.

[Daddyfink]

Back in their boxes. I have no area to display them in, yet.

[jaydar]

I have two of these ..... http://commerce.idmi...&CI=405&PI=7814 I really like them and plan on buying a couple more.

If it fits a 1/24 diecast NASCAR car it should also accomadate a 1/12 bike.

joe.

[High octane]

I have two curio cabinets with glass shelves and a mirror backing to display my built models and my die-cast collection. They are nice enough to be in the family and living rooms of our house.

[LDO]

What?! We're supposed to FINISH them?

[Steven Zimmerman]

.....B B BUILD ?

[Dr. Cranky]

I keep them in individual display cases on the shelves and I rotate them in my display cabinet. I like to play with them by photographing them in different environments.

[Dr. Cranky]

This is a back drop diorama of an old burlesque theater and the model is built by Mr. Tommy May and it resides in the Lab-RAT-ory collection.

[Foxer]

An easy question for me since I've only completed one build in the past 10 years! They all sit in front of me on a shelf above the computer in plastic cases .. I hate dusting! But, I'm sure many down in the shop are ALMOST complete! ... really !

[Guest]

If it fits a 1/24 diecast NASCAR car it should also accomadate a 1/12 bike.

joe.

They also make cabinets for 1/18 scale which I'm going to buy for my pickup builds. The 1/24 scale cabinets won't accommodate lifted pickups or pickups with side view mirrors if they extend out very far. I see no reason why it wouldn't accommodate 1/12 bikes.

[martinfan5]

I take them out back and blow them up

[Rob Hall]

Hmmm...novel idea, actually finishing builds.

When I have finished builds, some of them went into a display case, otherwise back in the their box and into the closet and eventually to storage. That's why I always keep the boxes.

Edited November 1, 2012 by Rob Hall

[martinfan5]

Serious answer, they go on the shelf to collect dust, so I am starting to say I build dust collectors now

[Sixx]

A few in the curio cabinet, most get sold...I need to start keeping them!! LOL!!

[Ken McGuire]

Lol! Me too!! I also play smash-up derby with them, prior to blowing them up!! Great fun destroying models that I've spent hundreds of hrs on building....

Dan

When I was a kid I built model battleships, then floated them in the bathtub where they were attacked by enemy planes. None survived! At the time, war movies were still the rage.

[Junkman]

Günther and Gerhard pay me a visit and take them with them.

[disabled modeler]

Many go into cases or boxes they came in once built....some will get rebuilt later on in the future when I need something to do. Some will stay in their cases for as long as I am around.

[Jantrix]

Display case of one variety or another.

[gtx6970]

I currently have one large display case. 5' tall by 4.5' wide with sliding glass doors. There are 6 or 7 glass shelves inside( case is full by the way ) Then I have a standup curiuo cabinet in the family room ( it matches the other wood TV stand and Shelves in the same room ) It's almost full .

I've sold a few but ended up regretting that part,,,,,, so from now on all will stay with me. So I parring down on my interests / subject matter to build, Which will be all drag cars from the sixties to early seventies, with some factory stock stuff thrown in for good measure

[crazyjim]

I have 4 of the Carney cases (each holds 21 builds), an old stereo cabinet, and for my builds that are fortunate enough to place in a show, I build individual cases that are displayed in a shelving unit.

[slusher]

I have 2 corner sheves l have them displayed on in AMT clear cases and 3 clear water display cases on the wall and one curio.l Keep all l build...

[ZTony8]

I have a few builds in the entertainment center in my den,a few more in boxes in a couple of drawered plastic containers,and a few more in boxes on top of a spare desk in my basement.I have builds that used to be in my bedroom in the house where I grew up that are now in in 3 coolant boxes,wrapped in newspaper and plastic packed when I moved in 1987 to where I live now.As for my 1100 or so unbuilts I have no idea where they'll go.I don't plan on selling any of my builds-I don't build well enough that anyone has expressed an interest in any of them.

Edited November 2, 2012 by ZTony8

[curt raitz]

I only keep a few of the kits I build.

give some to friends and family...sell the rest on eBay.

built kits sell fairly well on ebay

usually get the cost of the kit back and sometimes more, especially if a couple of bidders want it.

I build models, just not into collecting them

those that I do save are in dust proof boxes in the garage,

occasionally "She Who Must Be Obeyed" likes one and it gets to go into the house!