Why do we collect models we don't need? - Page 4

**at6** · #31 01-17-2017, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by bloomohio

Being from Indiana it must be the air in Indiana and marrying somebody from the east was my problem? Like what are you going to do with all those unbuilt models in the basement?

The answer to that question is easy. "I'm going leave them for you to figure out what to do with them."

**whulsey** · #32 01-17-2017, 12:00 PM

Unfortunately seen too much of that kind of stuff go in the dumpster.

**Ron Caudillo** · #33 01-17-2017, 12:36 PM

I only collect those I need, and I NEED them all!

**Thumb Dog** · #34 01-17-2017, 07:01 PM

Hi All,

I don't know if I really collect them, but I do have a bunch of 'em.

Score and fold,

Thumb Dog

**Richschindler** · #35 01-17-2017, 09:06 PM

In all honesty, I don't need any, but in truth, I want them all. The downloaded ones are great as they don't take up much space. But, having a printed out kit is, well, you all know.

**whulsey** · #36 01-17-2017, 09:14 PM

Thumb Dog, those don't count --they're actually build. That's not fair.

We're talking about that closet full of unbuilt plastic, the shelf of printed booklets and printed out downloads and the couple of hundred unprinted files on your hard drive that if you live functionally to a 120 you still couldn't build them all.

**whulsey** · #37 01-17-2017, 09:15 PM

By the way, that's a nice display!!!

**Thumb Dog** · #38 01-17-2017, 10:37 PM

Hi All,

And hi, whulsey. Whoops, it looks like I missed the memo. In a move toward redemption, I offer up a photograph of my anti-bug tub. This is where I keep my small, but heavy, supply of unbuilt paper models. Of course, the computer holds the mother lode of the unbuilt vintage stuff.

Why do I collect? Where else would you find a 1/200 scale model of an 18th century French desalination plant? Why, right there, on top of my collection.

Forgiven?

Score and fold,

Thumb Dog

**missileer** · #39 01-17-2017, 10:41 PM

I agree with Whulsey; that is impressive! But now I will have to delete this thread on my laptop. If my wife sees it, the first words out of her mouth will be, "Don't you even think about it!"

**whulsey** · #40 01-17-2017, 11:25 PM

Thumb Dog, now we're talking. Was almost giving me a complex of some kind.

And I like that idea of keeping them in a anti-bug (and waterproof) plastic tub. Think I may borrow that one.