blueliner Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Going through the stash I found 74 Spitfire kits...all 1/48. I didn't count the resin conversions or pe sets. Is this obsessive? BTW, I have 64 books on the subject, with one more on the way. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidelvy Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Perfectly normal behaviour. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brown Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Hmm, have you seen the Shrink yet? I maybe able to help, just send everything over to me, no charge. That should cure you. Rick, in Spitfire re-hab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfire Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 No worries, perfectly normal, can't see a problem. Cheers Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOAN Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Hello Jim.... O. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerbob Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 The only things that concern me are that you have, perhaps, more 48th Spits than I do, and that your number of references is a bit low! bob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Going through the stash I found 74 Spitfire kits...all 1/48. I didn't count the resin conversions or pe sets. Is this obsessive? BTW, I have 64 books on the subject, with one more on the way. The healing begins when you say it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueliner Posted December 18, 2013 Author Share Posted December 18, 2013 Those are hardbound and softcover books - no mags, CDs, or video included. I do have a 1st ed. Morgan and Shacklady. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwaterous Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 This is perfectly normal behaviour (for a person running a shop... you do run a shop right?????) otherwise it might be a tad excessive... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Roberts Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Mate, you're fine! You do need to try a little harder on the references though. Mine are into the three digit territory, so you still have a little way to go, but a good start there. Goodly size collection of kits - perhaps missing a couple? A good flip through M&S should solve that one for you...... PR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldrick Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Hi Jim. Spitfire?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewerjerry Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Hi I thought you were refering to spitfire beer ... I am a whirlwindaholic apparently are addictions are curable it usually involves either women or death now i cant recall what were the differences were between both of those. cheers jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueliner Posted December 19, 2013 Author Share Posted December 19, 2013 Hi I thought you were refering to spitfire beer ... I am a whirlwindaholic apparently are addictions are curable it usually involves either women or death now i cant recall what were the differences were between both of those. cheers jerry I'm a Mosquitoholic too, but only have 31 of them and 28 books...then there are Hurricanes...Typhoons...Beaufighters and my Tamiya Lancs. Still need the Vulcan in 48th. Helllloooo Airfix!!!!! Ah don't need no cure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueliner Posted December 19, 2013 Author Share Posted December 19, 2013 The healing begins when you say it. Another Spitfire book on Amazon... I bought IT. There, I'm cured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Roberts Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Aha! The cure - daily doses of Spitfire (or whatever your addiction is) I LIKE it! PR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NPL Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 You are not member of an endangered species here! I can easily join you with more than 74 copies in 1/48. & resin etc. And then decals for more than 1250 Spitfires. My son is waiting eagerly for me to stop collecting. Then he will stand in line for a huge parcel. Got the Alley Cat prototype two days ago, am still waiting for a decent Mk.XIV and got the news yesterday about the new Airfix Mk.Vb.. Now looking forward to see what Eduard may have in store. NPL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerbob Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 What I find shocking is that you actually have figured out that you have decals for that many (although I imagine that is "schemes on sheets", not necessarily all decals required to do all examples (and I bet there's some duplication). But the basic point is, you probably have "enough"! bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NPL Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 What I find shocking is that you actually have figured out that you have decals for that many (although I imagine that is "schemes on sheets", not necessarily all decals required to do all examples (and I bet there's some duplication). But the basic point is, you probably have "enough"! bob Not really: It is like collecting stamps ... you can never have enough. And then it Works as a reference library. And you are right about duplication. But sometimes you see how research Works. E.g. Molland's diligence, Levine's scull, not to speak of CERAM, the Indian that got lost. So a kind of hobby within the hobby NPL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck1945 Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Like bicycles, the correct number of Spitfire kits, references and decal sheets is n+1 where n represents the current quantity. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenko Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 You must be my mirror image I have 54 made up with another 40 plus to be made all 48th. Hornby is just a field ( literally !!!) away from me so I can get a fix when ever I want Life's grand 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Mac Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Nowt wrong there, you can never have too many Spits or too much reference info... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Going through the stash I found 74 Spitfire kits...all 1/48. I didn't count the resin conversions or pe sets. Is this obsessive? BTW, I have 64 books on the subject, with one more on the way. It's only a problem if you go to a group meeting, dream of spitfires, call you other half a spitfire and name your animals after spitfires. You you have any other models? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueliner Posted December 20, 2013 Author Share Posted December 20, 2013 Yes, about 2500. Been collecting 40 years. My son goes into the stash and just helps himself. He is quite a master armor builder. He's commandeered my armor, my 1/200, 1/144 A/C and my Luftwaffe '46, so my numbers have decreased When I learn how to post pics I'll show his stuff. BTW... I just bought an alley cat Spitfire prototype. Mmmmmmm... resinnnnnnn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueliner Posted December 20, 2013 Author Share Posted December 20, 2013 It's only a problem if you go to a group meeting, dream of spitfires, call you other half a spitfire and name your animals after spitfires. You you have any other models? See above ...danggit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Normal ...of course it is Anyone who tells you different is probably a german so be careful !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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