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bookmaker Lifetime Site Supporter
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Joined: September/17/2003 United States Posts: 3967 IP Logged
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Posted: July/13/2014 at 11:41am |
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A lot. I look at kit boxes like novels. Open it, read it, maybe build it, maybe set it aside for later build, or sell it. I enjoy just figuring out the engineering. Keep in mind however, I bought most of my kits second hand, so not a tremendous investment. Note my comment by my avatar Dale
__________________ Dale Cavin, Marianna, FL
Current Project: 1/3 scale BUSA PUP Rebuild (still)
Surprise Project: 1/1 Nieuport 17
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poppawang Basic Member
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Joined: July/14/2011 Canada Posts: 107 IP Logged
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Posted: July/13/2014 at 7:49pm |
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I'm at about 12.
And I'm always looking for more. Especially hard to find kits or kits of not often built planes.
I think I am a kit hoarder although I will build them eventually.
Or so I tell myself and my wife.
Andy
__________________ Next in Line: 1 of 500+ planes on my list. First pick changes daily.
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Boomerang Site Supporter
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Joined: June/19/2004 Australia Posts: 525 IP Logged
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Posted: October/11/2014 at 5:40pm |
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I'm definitely in the minority category here - zero, zip, not a sausage, not a bean.
What I have found is that as time goes by older kits, which looked fabulous at the time, look less & less attractive as I become more critical of things such as scale accuracy & the way they are engineered.
I do have a couple of models that have been re-kitted but once again, what seemed exciting when they were built, now reveal their shortcomings.
John.
__________________ Current Project Aermacchi MB 339.
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Geezer Lifetime Site Supporter
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Joined: January/19/2008 United States Posts: 18937 IP Logged
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Posted: January/21/2015 at 2:29pm |
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Wow I only counted kits in boxes, I didnt think to count half built and otherwise unfinished projects. Sorry Mike I'm in the wrong category
Doc
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East Tennessee
Rule 1 Power, Use lots, don't be needy!
2 Build light they fly better!
If it was easy everyone would do it!
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Wayne Baker Lifetime Site Supporter
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Joined: February/20/2010 United States Posts: 577 IP Logged
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Posted: February/14/2015 at 9:23am |
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I have one nearing completion and six more in various stages and plans and plans and more plans.
__________________ Wayne Baker
Phoenix, Arizona
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Joined: October/29/2008 United States Posts: 558 IP Logged
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Posted: February/14/2015 at 11:35am |
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I swore to myself that I'd not have more than 10 planes built or unbuilt. Though mine are all small/cheap scale, I've got 10 flying, and 10 more in the boxes... Slowly, I'm reducing the fleet to a single theme (WWII), and eventually a single scale with a couple outliers - two for FPV flying (racing and long distance) and one for aerobatics...
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Tango Juliet Basic Member
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Joined: September/16/2007 United States Posts: 1126 IP Logged
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Posted: August/23/2015 at 9:11am |
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I've always had a bad habit of losing interest part way into a project when something else catches my eye, and I've also had financial setbacks that caused projects to get set aside. I recently moved from apartment living into my first house - at age 44 - and discovered I had a lot of crap to move! This past Tuesday I sorted through all my scrap boxes to see where I stood on wood and found 3 full kits and 1 partial. And I still have 2 models short of completion. And plans? Several.
__________________ TJ Rohyans - L.A. (Lower Alabama)
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chookman Basic Member
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Joined: October/12/2009 Australia Posts: 363 IP Logged
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Posted: August/24/2015 at 1:57am |
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WEll 80% construction is what I major in ... it's the last 20% that I tend to put to "another day"Barry
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Whirlwind, DC3.Corsair. 60" Me109
62"Typhoon, 66"Do215, B25 Mitchell 72", 52"Hawker Tomtit,
Building Dh 103 Hornet Fairey Firefly. 85" Tempest
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