One data point: I have a colleague who, for quite a while, downloaded every free model he could find using websites that listed such models. He printed each of them, and then spent the rest of the evening happily paging through the printouts. He only attempted to build ONE of them, and because he is a perfectionist (in an admirable way), when something would go wrong, he'd crumple it and throw it in the trash, reprint it, and try again. He never finished a single paper model, but he still enjoyed downloading, printing, and perusing them.
I build models; none of them live up to my hopes (sometimes embarrassingly), but I think my skills are improving; and yeah, I have a backlog of SABLE proportions. (SABLE: Stash Accumulation Beyond Life Expectancy).
My collector friend and I each enjoy the hobby in our own way. There's nothing wrong with that.
