Too much collecting, not enough building

[ChrisPflug]

An example of how I end up getting sidetracked rather than actually building models LOL

I like to build all kinds of cars but tend to gravitate most toward 50s-70s American iron and even more to some of the less popular early 70s versions I remember on the road as a young kid. Anyways- I decided I should to do a '71-'73 Mustang as there was none in my current stash and the only one I had previously was the minimalistic Matchbox issue AMT racer years ago

Further thinking left me undecided as to what version to build- '71 429, Boss 351, '73 Mach I, '72 just because it seems to get "skipped"?

Then color schemes- red with stripe delete like James Bond drove, dark yellow like the original Eleanor, blue with silver stripes, I always liked white for the Boss 351, black with silver stripes was sharp, dark green would be cool.........

Then what kit? I remember from discussions years ago that the recent reissues were really only good for building a stock '73 and that the original AMT and MPC annuals each had their quirks, weren't the greatest but neither was greatly superior to the other

Went online, did some shopping and purchased the following at what I thought were fair prices- '71 MPC annual brush painted and built but very restorable and complete plus the unused parts, decal sheet and original box, '71 MPC annual new in the box and almost complete, '72 MPC annual factory sealed, '73 buildup with the original box but huge slicks and butchered rear wheelwells, MPC stock body from a "funny car" kit (when MPC provided a stock wheelbase body and a generic chassis for all their FC kits) with some cool blue tinted glass, a complete and restorable built MPC '73 and a Boss 351 reissue kit

So instead of simply getting a building a model I made it more complicated than necessary and ended up with another half dozen projects on the "to-do" list

[Jordan White]

Sounds like me I seem to be collecting kits rather than building them!

[Bob Ellis]

Building a '71 or '72 Mustang is a problem because the small bumper and correct grille was never re-issued. As far as I know, nobody did resin pieces to convert the re-issues.

[ChrisPflug]

Under the hood looks like a big project for a full detail effort no matter what- I can understand the straight carry over from the previous kits with the chassis and engine choices (428 or dressed up 289- neither correct for the later model although you could make a base 302 fairly easily) but what is with the huge molded in radiator?

[High octane]

Oh how well I know the feeling. Seems a lot easier to buy kits, than to build them.

[Greg Myers]

Just the nature of the hobby. How many stamp collectors have just one stamp to mount in their album ?

[pharoah]

I hear ya.. I don't build as often as I should,and all of these great kits (new and reissued) is overwhelming.

There's no way I can build everything I want to. and I'm retired,so time shouldn't be an issue.

[slusher]

There is many reasons why I have many kit but its a small stash. When I was a kid I wanted many but only bought what I earned with money from odd jobs. Another reason if you don't buy something you have interest in it costs more later and shipping continues to go up. I have really cut back and have only bought a few this year..

[deuces wild]

I'm bad... Started buying kits little over 10 years ago..

[Helix]

I'm hearing you Chris, so many kits, so many ideas...............motivation is the key

[mk11]

...and it just gets worse when your current build list is mostly major conversions The only one on deck that's pretty much a straight build suffered through a variety of distractions and paint problems this summer and is finally almost presentable

Need a good easy 'mindless' build to get the juices flowing again....

mike

[Nova-ss]

Amen to that.Ive been working on building more over the last month and a half.....Ive been having fun.