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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => Under Construction => Topic started by: Europapete on April 15, 2018, 09:47:54 AM
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in that I have 22 WNW kits, the first of which ( an SE5A) was bought YEARS ago when first issued. So far, I have not completed one kit. Yes, I have started some and collect references and A/M products on all and yes, life gets in the way and modelling time has been, shall we say, rather sparce for a while. BUT, is there really any excuse for not actually finishing one? All I can do is ask for forgiveness and understanding. So, all I need to do now is figure out how to post pictures and I can show you the progress I have actually made. I have signed up with village photos, are they ok or is another domain better / more user-friendly for a computer idiot? Regards Pete in RI.
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I don't see a problem. ;)
You get a great deal of enjoyment from them and you are sitting on an appreciating asset.
NB well maybe not appreciating but they mostly maintain face value and some go up. Perhaps more in line with oversized stamp collecting?
Marcus
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LOL,thank you Marcus. Actually yes, some of them have increased in value rather alarmingly but that was never my intention. I buy them to build, and much to the collector's alarm, have built other brands in the past that were regarded as " collector's only" and been chided for doing so. But then those kits have been replaced by modern issues that are WAY better so why complain. Do you post pictures here? and which host do you use. I have posted replies here before on many occasions but never pictures and would like to do a build thread, so I can "join in" so to speak . Regards Pete in RI
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Stash building is a hobby in itself! And with WNW, you are making an investment, as prices practically double when OOP.
That's my well reasoned and well used excuse, and I'm sticking to it.
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This is the service I use, and I really like it!
https://imgur.com/
Cheers,
Lance
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Lol, Thank you Dak. Yes, it has been an interesting ride on kit values. To the point that my better half actually buys them for me !
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Thank you Lance, I will look into it in the morning, it's 10:30 here in RI and I am about to call it a night. Thank you for posting all your builds, I have learned a lot from them.
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I've only been at it since about last August... I decided about a year before that I would return to modeling... But I've already got 25 WNW kits in my stash (that's kits, not aircraft, it includes two Albatrios... it's significantly larger than the rest of my stash).
I've not started even one yet. I'll start building stuff late May when I return to Thailand from the US with my tools (airbrush, knives, files etc).
But I won't start a WNW kit until I've 'worked my way up' through at least a half-dozen other, simpler, less scarce kits.
So why, then, this madness? Simples: I've decided out of the genres (WWII CBI/Pacific, WWII coastal craft, subs and destroyers, WWII aircraft and aces, and WWI aircraft and aces) that the WWI aircraft and aces is the genre I'm most interested in. I've also decided on two scales 1/72 (not just seacraft but planes too) and 1/32. I may introduce a larger scale for radio control at some point, but I like constant scale.
1/32 is, to my eye, the perfect scale for WWI aircraft. I am interested in the personalities, and there are many excellent, recognizable pilot figures available. I considered 1/48 for everything but ruled it out because a) I'm convinced it's too small for recognizable likenesses (even if they're exquisitely sculpted the heads are too small to appreciate without magnification) and b) 1/48 is too big for submarines and destroyers. I figured out that if i made a 1/48 RC destroyer, it won't fit in the car and I'd need a trailer.
So basically for me, it's like movies: 1/72 for the 'wide shot' and 1/32 for the 'close up.'
As for why over half my stash is WNW, the kits are exquisite. And relatively short runs. So I can't wait til I'm 'ready,' or it will be difficult and expensive, or even impossible, to get what I need (yeah, I said "need.")
We should form a support group for Shameless Hoarders Who Haven't Built Anything... We could have meetings just like every other kind of addict.
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Hello Pete,
I deeply respect modelers who build one kit and have not more than one or two in the stash. They finish one and then buy another. Well, I think that has from time to time as much to do with limited space as with self discipline, but anyway...
I have to admit that I am none of them. When the 1:32 fever caught me I collected uncontrollably all WNW kits that I wanted (or "needed", Jeff :) ) and I tried to limit myself to just one version of all (I mean one Roland C. II, the early OR the late version and so on). It didn't work and meanwhile I own both versions of the Fe2b, the Rumpler, the Roland C type, three Camels, five Albatros D V(a), three Fokker D. VII, three Pups, two Se5a, and... and... and.... I even hunted the sold out kits like the Re8, the LVG or the Hannover. Could I have waited until they would be rereleased? Of course, but I couldn't (didn't want to.... ).Will I ever have the display space to show them all built up? I mean ALL, including the Gotha and the AEG ( of which I only bought the early version, what makes me proud of myself!). I don't think so...
Another strange thing: I only built one WNW kit, the Albatros B. II, yet and I have another in the queue, the Fe2. I even built more non-WNW WWI planes than WNW kits, one Roden, one Special Hobby and another Special Hobby in the making. That has nothing to do with safing the better WNW kits, as I like a Roden or SH kit as much as a WNW kit.
And I didn't tell of my old 1:72 collection (luckily I was able to sell much of it) and all my 1:48 kits in the stash. Besides of that I have many WWI 1:35 tanks, guns or cars, not to speak of all the figures for conversions...
I know I have so many kits that I won't be able to build them in my lifetime. That doesn't make any sense, many people call it insane.
But does this affect me? NO, why? It's a hobby, it gives you time to relax, time to be yourself. If I would start to stress me ("OMG, I have so many kits, I must build one every month!" - "oh, I can't buy that pretty kit before I know when to build and where to display it...!") it would be half the fun. Life is too short for sober logic! ;)
Borsos
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Hi Pete
This probably not the right place in the forum for this discussion but it is a worthy discussion none the less. I have about six WNW kits waiting to be built. But I only ever work on one kit at a time and take it through to completion without touching any of the others. The other boxes stay closed! That said, I have only finished two so far.
I meet with Richard Alexander from WNW a while back and he said how much they loved the "stashers". Not a bad word to WNW there but selling kits to those who don't make them is a goldmine to the kit maker because they buy them so much more quickly than they can build them. If it were the other way around sales would be very slow indeed. Unbuilt kits in every form populate cupboards all over the world. Temptation over reality.
My advice is just to take one kit and build it - send the others to the remotest cupboard you can find and then repeat a new build from that remote cupboard. I'm totally absorbed by my LVG at the moment and all the other un-started kits are all for later. I never even open the box of another kit when I am focused on the one I'm building. It takes time to build but gets you there when the last bit goes on and you can open the next box and the next challenge. I think I have enough breathe left in me to finish them all but I'm certainly not buying anymore, unless they release the... ;)
Cheers
Alistair
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Pete,
Like Alistair said this topic probably belongs in Time to Relax but I will also reply I once had a stash of at Least 1000 kits. Reality set in when I started building more 1/32nd scale kits than 1/48th or 1/72nd. I now keep my overall stash under 20 and my WNW almost never goes over 8. ( Probably would if I had unlimited Modeling Funds ;D) I do work on multiples as you will see if you look at any of my build threads. Most are Dual builds. Right now I am working on 2 Albatri and a Dolphin. I do it this way as I can work on one while the other is dring, or I reach a point that takes careful consideration as how to proceed. This works for Me but not for all.
For Most it just takes getting past a certain point on one kit. Getting the fuselage together is usually where things really speed up, especially with WNW kits. So grab one and try to get past whatever your usual stopping point is. Chances are you will finish. If not you do have a great unbuilt collection and Investment 8)
RAGIII
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Hi there, Pete! Nothing wrong with having a stash, particularly with WNW. Since they are all limited run, I try to get ahold of my favorites when I can afford them, and I’m still working on my first build now. It seems ages since I started it last fall, since I’m used to turning out one of my 1:48 kits in 1 or 2 months, but life throws many obstacles in one’s path; my biggest one is my 1 1/2 year old son who is continuously finding new ways to halt my progress! Just enjoy building them at the pace that works for you. I’ll be in touch at some point soon!
Ian
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Hello Pete,
welcome to the club
The post # 8 of Borsos actually says everything and exactly the right one.
After all, I have completed two WNW kits, one Albatros D.V and one Pfalz D.IIIa.
The Roland C.IIa will be completed soon - this is a commissioned work for a friend.
I have a W.29, a LVG, a Fokker E.I and a Hanover on the "it's started shelf".
Not to mention the started Roden Fokker F.I, Roden Albatros D.I and AVIS Fokker D.VIII.
Sometimes, yes sometimes, I think "you have to get it done slowly but surely", but actually the way to build a model is my goal and this process can take years.
But the completed models stands on the shelf, are looking nice ..... and dusty ....
Without the started models, 43 WNW boxes have been accumulated on my shelf since 2009, including 24 sold-out boxes.
Servus
Bertl
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I think we may be discussing , in the wrong forum , about the dreaded:
'FEAR OF COMPLETION'
When the joy of the build is threatened by the completion of the ongoing model , and the modeller is challenged by the though of the next build not being as much fun.
Discuss...
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I know I have so many kits that I won't be able to build them in my lifetime. That doesn't make any sense, many people call it insane.
But does this affect me? NO, why? It's a hobby, it gives you time to relax, time to be yourself. If I would start to stress me ("OMG, I have so many kits, I must build one every month!" - "oh, I can't buy that pretty kit before I know when to build and where to display it...!") it would be half the fun. Life is too short for sober logic! ;)
It's like a second hobby, isn't it? Hoarding kits I mean. Then there's books and e-books. Not just reference but the stories of the men who had the misfortune of being there. It may seem expensive to one's significant other, but explain to her that it's THREE hobbies in one...
So Pete, you're far from alone.
and as Alistair pointed out, we are definitely helping WNW to keep doing WNW (and probably helping the global economy :P)
Several have suggested wrong forum, but I disagree. Anxiety over lack of construction productivity belongs in "under construction." Unless and until a Hoarding Addicts Anonymous group forms...
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Good morning everyone. Thank you all for the overnight responses, wow, this is a nice reception :D Sorry if it's in the wrong forum, wasn't sure where the original Q should have gone. I wouldn't describe it as a fear of completion, I actually WANT to finish something. The last I finished was a 1/48 Eduard DVa, and that was maybe, 8-10 years ago. So, today I am going to get this picture posting thing figured out, I am sure it is far easier than I think, and then I will show you all what I have done so far. I think that the SE5a will be the kit to concentrate on as I have everything to complete it, and is the oldest in the stash. After that will probably be the LVG. It's a cold and blustery day here in RI and all my weekend chores were done yesterday so I really have no excuses. WOW, a day on the hobby bench, now that is a rarity. Now, where's that Python dvd. Regards, Pete in RI
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https://imgur.com/vg0eQiw
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hhmm... ok....well, the link to imgur works but how do you get the picture to show here?
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Just signed up and added one photo. Thought it would be appropriate. Click on your image and then copy the link that says BBC code Paste in your post.
RAGIII
(https://i.imgur.com/jkOqPeA.jpg)
PS: A very well done Albatros!
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Thanks Rick! will try it
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TA DA!!!!! THANK YOU!! That's a nice SE too Rick. Lance, thank you for the Imgur tip, I found it easier than Village.
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(https://i.imgur.com/DeYH4rW.jpg)
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And the Eduard 1/48 Tripehound. Both this and the Albatros are about 10 years old. (https://i.imgur.com/Tox5muC.jpg)
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Lance, thank you for the Imgur tip, I found it easier than Village.
You are most welcome; It's so user friendly even I can use it successfully! ::)
Cheers,
Lance
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This is the service I use, and I really like it!
https://imgur.com/
Cheers,
Lance
"I concur, Doctor!" Having been stung (but not mortally) by the Photobucket disaster, Imgur works better, it's free and it's easy to learn. Welcome to the Forum, Europapete! 8)
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(https://i.imgur.com/vg0eQiw.jpg)
Success!! :) ;) :D ;D 8)