Tag: hoarding

• Use It Or Hoard It?

  

  What do you do with the valuable old kit? If you have been stashing or buying for some time, you will eventually stumble across an unbuilt kit that is actually valuable in some respect: a. It has climbed in resale value as it has aged and other similar kits fallen by the wayside. If you…

  Dick Stein

  March 11, 2024

  1:72 scale, airliner, British aircraft, Collecting, finances, History, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Modelling Supplies, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  building, Collecting, hoarding, saving, selling

• Next!

  

  This post may anger some people. It is predicated upon bourgeoise riches and wretched excess. The proletariat has likely been trodden under the iron heel of capitalism and no mercy has been shown to the victims. I have a stash. A stash of 1:72 model kits, I hasten to add – and the thing grows…

  Dick Stein

  April 9, 2020

  1:72 scale, Collecting, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Modelling Supplies, Scale Models, Toys, Uncategorized

  fun, hoarding, model kits, planning, stash

• No Stash

  

  Gasp! Shock! Horror! What kind of monster would say that? No stash? No collection of model kits carefully stored for the future? No hours spent gloating over future happiness or profit? What sort of world…? Well, a world of immediacy – of freshness – of learning and instant gratification. A chance to be a kid…

  Dick Stein

  November 30, 2018

  Hobby Shops, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Model cars, Model trains, Modelling Supplies, Scale Models, Toys, Uncategorized

  gratification, hoarding, immediacy, kits, stash