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Modelers Lounge => Time to relax => Topic started by: gedmundson on August 05, 2020, 03:22:17 AM
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My wife and I have been cleaning out the basement, and stored down there are a few old models in boxes. Some of these I built over 30 years ago, but I have kept them. I went through phases of building jet fighters, Star Wars, and AFV's that never ended up in a diorama. Some never had paint - ones I built with my son when he was about 5 or 6. It pains me to do it, but they will all get binned as we try and make some our space usable. I took a few snaps before saying goodbye...
(https://i.imgur.com/b49N7pk.jpg)
Monogram 1/48 F-18
(https://i.imgur.com/FD7tcGl.jpg)
MPC Tie Interceptor
(https://i.imgur.com/NJzBtqk.jpg)
MPC Speeder Bike
(https://i.imgur.com/iJ47aSD.jpg)
Monogram 1/48 F-14
(https://i.imgur.com/TmolyEC.jpg)
Italeri 1/35 Pzkfw IB
(https://i.imgur.com/sTqosko.jpg)
MPC ATAT Walker
(https://i.imgur.com/JddJv6e.jpg)
Very tiny Star Wars collection o'stuff
Cheers,
Gary
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well, put them for sale or simply donate them to some charity or kid....
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Find a kid who will be happy to have fun breaking them before eventually binning them. Lots of movie inspired space battle noises in the process.
sp
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You could send me the Tie Interceptor. :)
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A .22 air rifle is my usual way of delivering a respectful quietus
(The modeller's equivalent of a Viking Funeral!)
S
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well, put them for sale or simply donate them to some charity or kid....
My thought was the same.
Ciao
Giuseppe
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A .22 air rifle is my usual way of delivering a respectful quietus
(The modeller's equivalent of a Viking Funeral!)
S
when i was a kid my method was much closer to a Viking funeral, with the demise of one aircraft carrier being almost exactly that. considerable fireworks and some gasoline were involved. it was splendid, big bang, lots of little bangs on the hangar deck plume of flame followed by a column of black smoke.
i suspect a grownup attempting this would be arrested however.
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my first experiance with models was a gift from an uncle, a couple of big navy ships, including a carrier.
played with them for several years just as toys, but one birthday that same uncle told me the history of the carrier (Yorktown) and how he made it as a model.
That was my start, wanting to rebuild it and learn more about it. Early carrier aviation is still my passion, even before ww1 aircraft.
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There does seem to be a market for completed models. They crop up on ebay all the time.
I used to blow mine up with fireworks as a child, well worth the clip round the ear I'd get when my dad found out.
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A buddy and I lit the tailfeathers of a rubber powered paper and stick model and launched it. Started a small grass fire at the crash site which went over poorly with Mom, though not nearly as poorly as when she came home from work to find several hundred spent matchstick rockets in the carport...right next to the gas can for the lawn mower. That definitely got a rise out of her.
sp
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I have a bunch of 1/48th WW1 and WW2 kits that I am running out of space for. I am thinking of just taking photos and sending them to the BIN!
RAGIII
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What? They don't have kids in NC? Call a retirement home I bet some old farts would love a model or two to look at. Definitely take photos or you will forever kick yourself, but forget the bin. Too many other people and places that would love them.
sp
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If it was me, I’m afraid to say I’d just chuck them in the bin. That’s happened to all my models!
As a child I used to fill them with talcum powder then shoot them with an air rifle. You get satisfying clouds of smoke on impact! ;D
Guy
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Some of my “lesser” models will go in the bin. By that I mean those which didn’t cost too much, have got faults (broken rigging etc) which are too fiddly to fix when I could be building something else. Kits I have bought and built as test pieces for painting techniques etc don’t hold great sentimental value.
I would baulk at binning a WNW model, even with broken rigging.. if I can’t fix it, I’ll leave it as is.!
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https://images.app.goo.gl/Z7KLFKRuFTu7RnTU7 (https://images.app.goo.gl/Z7KLFKRuFTu7RnTU7)
Or.....maybe send them here? ;D
On a serious note though it is a dilemna as to what to do with them, and following a house move several years ago, many finished and unfinished kits just went in the bin.
This was tough as I knew how much work and superdetailing and aftermarket went into each model. We simply did not have space to take everything or the time to sell or pass them on.
This has left me thinking as to what will happen to our models once we kick the bucket, and whether it is worth shelling out a small fortune for kits which will just be binned in twenty years or less?
Good luck with disposing of them Gary.
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What? They don't have kids in NC? Call a retirement home I bet some old farts would love a model or two to look at. Definitely take photos or you will forever kick yourself, but forget the bin. Too many other people and places that would love them.
sp
While cleaning the Hobby Room yesterday I put a bunch of the 1/48th scale stuff in boxes. I will take them to the Local Hobby Shop Tuesday and see if they want to give them to a deserving Home. If not they will go to the aforementioned Bin ::)
RAGIII
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As someone mentioned up-thread, there are built models for sale on Ebay all the time.
Rather than straight up throwing them out, I would set a low starting point for an auction, and let the market dictate the price.
You would probably be able to generate enough revenue to make it worth your while, in the sense that you'd be able to pay for a new kit or 2 with the proceeds, supplies, etc.
I sold a MG gundam from Bandai, completely built, on Ebay. Only built kit I have ever tried to sell.
I was surprised. I think it sold for something like $80 US. I had completely lost interest in it and didn't want to display it. Selling it sent it to an appreciating home and helped fund something more in my interest range these days.
A win-win for both parties.
If something fails to sell after 2 or 3 auctions (no one bids), chuck it!
LOL
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Happy to report that a few of my old kits were taken by a fellow modeller who owns a used kit-selling business. He runs a flea market stall in Edmonton and was able to sell a couple of my old dioramas (and that CF-18) for a token fee. Nice to know they found a new home.
Cheers,
Gary
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I give them to a teacher at one of our local middle schools, who in turn gives them to students at the school who might show an interest in them. I always print out a page for each model with a little information about the plane, its history, where it flew and who the pilot was, if known.
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So after a couple of Months hesitating because it was hard to let them go I fanally took My 1/48th stuff to the Local Hobby Shop. They Gladly accepted them and promissed to give them a home. I doubt they will come to a Good end having seen how one of the employees was handling Loewenhardts Albatros DIII but at least I didn't trash them ::)
RAGIII