I think I have a problem

[tay666]

2 years packed away, and now I have no idea how much of what I have anymore.

(I mean, I have some idea what I had, but not sure what I've added to the pile during that time)

Well, I still have no real number for how many kits I have. But, hopefully I will know by the end of the year.
I am working on designing the shelves for my eventual display of all of these.
As such, I am really going to need to plan out exactly what I want it to look like, and figuring out if I have it all. I found more of my kits in the closet upstairs, but still think I have a bit more to find.

If I ever clear my current project off the workbench, I want to pull out all the graveyard scenes bases and get them all primed and painted at once, so they can go on their shelf.

[bucketfoot-al]

Hey Trev - any update on the total number of kits yet?

[tay666]

Hey Trev - any update on the total number of kits yet?

I might have a chance, if I would quit buying them.

Seriously though, I hope to do a complete kit inventory this summer. With an eye toward thinning things out a bit.
I already started piling up some kits I want to get rid of. Mainly because my interests have changed and I no longer feel the urge to even consider putting them on the bench. But others are because I have too many.
Don't get me wrong, I am super glad I snagged up as many of the Monster Scenes kits when I did for as cheap as I did. But now that I am actually building them, I am finding some extras that I won't need. Which is a good place to be. Much better than not having enough.
The biggest thing is I plan on building a shelf to hold (hopefully) all my extra Prehistoric Scenes kits so I check that against my inventory.

[bucketfoot-al]

[Squidy53]

OCD aside, it looks like a nice problem to have. You seem to enjoy it anyhow.

If you decide to thin out "Robot Monster', let me know? I seemed to have developed a hankering for B-grade beasties. Or are they C-grade?

[tay666]

Sorry, Robot Monster won't be moving on as I will be building it.

Well, in a few years it might be. My plan at the moment is once I get all my Monster Scenes / MOTM / Graveyard Scenes / Drive-in Scenes all built, painted and displayed together. Enjoy it for a few months and take a ton of pics, then sell it all off.


Sounds crazy, I know. But once it's all done I see no reason to hold on to all of it after that.
I just want to see my dream complete. I don't need to keep it.

[bucketfoot-al]

Sorry, Robot Monster won't be moving on as I will be building it.

Well, in a few years it might be. My plan at the moment is once I get all my Monster Scenes / MOTM / Graveyard Scenes / Drive-in Scenes all built, painted and displayed together. Enjoy it for a few months and take a ton of pics, then sell it all off.


Sounds crazy, I know. But once it's all done I see no reason to hold on to all of it after that.
I just want to see my dream complete. I don't need to keep it.

Sounds like a smart plan. Basically that is what I did with almost all of my 2002-2016 models ... since then I've kept them ... and they are starting to slowly collect ....

[Squidy53]

Sorry, Robot Monster won't be moving on as I will be building it.

Well, in a few years it might be. My plan at the moment is once I get all my Monster Scenes / MOTM / Graveyard Scenes / Drive-in Scenes all built, painted and displayed together. Enjoy it for a few months and take a ton of pics, then sell it all off.


Sounds crazy, I know. But once it's all done I see no reason to hold on to all of it after that.
I just want to see my dream complete. I don't need to keep it.

Enjoy that Robot Monster.

I wish I had a plan. Truth is I'm 72 with a dodgy heart and a wife has no idea what to do with my collection, built and unbuilt should I pass. Since "a reminder", I've been focused on getting as many done as I can and to enjoy the finished products while I can. Perhaps though, like you Trev I should be progressively moving them on.

[tay666]

That is my thinking as well.
I am not getting any younger, and it would be better if I move them on, than leaving it for someone else to do.
Though my daughter says, when I die, she is just going to get a table at WF and sell off everything that doesn't go to her or my son.

[bucketfoot-al]

Giving those models away, or better yet, asking your kids to choose which ones they want, and then giving it to them as a present while we're still here, sounds like a much better plan to me..

I plan to at least offer my large kit bashed dinosaur dioramas, which I'm in no way shape or form anywhere close to finishing yet, to a place like the Witte museum here in San Antonio. The hope would be that they would think them worthy to display for people's enjoyment.

[Squidy53]

They're some really nice ideas, though I'm not sure any of my 4 would be interested. Maybe the grandkids...I've got a new one, born this morning. P'raps I'll start with her birthing gift: "Hey Molly, here's this horrible, grotesque monster I'd like you have."

[bucketfoot-al]

They're some really nice ideas, though I'm not sure any of my 4 would be interested. Maybe the grandkids...I've got a new one, born this morning. P'raps I'll start with her birthing gift: "Hey Molly, here's this horrible, grotesque monster I'd like you have."

Well CONGRATULATIONS!!! (Better late than never ... I am still waiting for MY kids to start marrying ... ... yes, I do have one granddaughter - and another on the way, but those are from my stepdaughter ... )

[scuzzfink85]

Yard... sale...

[Squidy53]

They're some really nice ideas, though I'm not sure any of my 4 would be interested. Maybe the grandkids...I've got a new one, born this morning. P'raps I'll start with her birthing gift: "Hey Molly, here's this horrible, grotesque monster I'd like you have."

Well CONGRATULATIONS!!! (Better late than never ... I am still waiting for MY kids to start marrying ... ... yes, I do have one granddaughter - and another on the way, but those are from my stepdaughter ... )

Thanks B-A. 6 GK and counting. But no one said my kids were married.