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[Daves956]

I've been pushing the envelope for car storage for a while now and can't decide what to do. There are some that I can't part with and some I could and a couple that have no other place to go. I have physical space for around 15 cars of the 1:10th size with spares stashed here and there. The biggest problem is the larger scale cars take up room for 2 or 3 smaller ones but the ones here of a larger scale have no place to be but parted out. I have the Mattracks and the vannion that are huge and just get shuffled from place to place with no real place to even display them, let alone store them for the off chance they get run. I won't move to a bigger place or store them in places they don't need to be but some decision has to be made. I know I'm not the first with this problem and just was wondering what criteria others have used to decide the fate of their present collections. Any good suggestions would be most welcome.

[Tamiya Era]

i would keep the following criteria:
1)- good looking RC. lool
2)- Vintage
3)- and those with carbon fiber sets.
and yea,, thise with special memories+gifts

thats it....
i always like small collection so , IMO this will be best to choose among

cheers

[Daves956]

i would keep the following criteria:
1)- good looking RC. lool
2)- Vintage
3)- and those with carbon fiber sets.

thats it....
i always like small collection so , IMO this will be best to choose among

cheers

right now the 2 956s a 959, M05, F101 and F103, SRB, TT01, Pumpkin, rere frog and early frog, astute, hotshot and the BT50 are all staying. The road wizard is questionable and thiers another vintage frog and hornet that float around. This is the cut down list after parting out 5 or 6 already. Throw in 2 8th scales that displace 3 cars each and you get into a problem. When I cut them down the last time anything not run regularly, and near perfection and tuned to the teeth were sorted out. I'm facing what I should have done with the larger ones before I ever worked on them. I just don't like the prospect of tossing them in favor of ones that do get run.
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[speedy_w_beans]

Thinking about my own collection...

What I keep:
1) Anything that is nicely equipped and very satisfying to drive
2) Anything I've invested significant hours into
3) Anything I enjoy looking at, no matter how many times I've seen it
4) Anything that is bashable and has high replay value
5) NIBs that I intend to build and expect to enjoy

What I sell:
1) Anything I don't enjoy driving
2) Anything my kids and I aren't driving much anymore
3) Parts that have no relevance to my collection
4) NIBs that I don't expect to build or drive

-Paul

[Daves956]

It seems there was one point I hadden't considered. That is one with a brocken piece and no clue on a replacement no matter how hard you look. The last mobile moment for the Vanning was to land from a very small jump. I'm not sure if it got all 4 wheels off the ground but the drive gear for the chain let go. I can't replace it and there hasn't been a direction to look for another. I guess that just by way of wear and tear it sorted out part of the storage issue.

[Tamiya Era]

It seems there was one point I hadden't considered. That is one with a brocken piece and no clue on a replacement no matter how hard you look. The last mobile moment for the Vanning was to land from a very small jump. I'm not sure if it got all 4 wheels off the ground but the drive gear for the chain let go. I can't replace it and there hasn't been a direction to look for another. I guess that just by way of wear and tear it sorted out part of the storage issue.

about me,,, is i found out any missing part RC with ur condition, definitely will sell ..( save money and space and time )
cos wat makes the storage big and big are the parts. looool, then it all drags the rest and u end up with new 3- ?? RC...

these torn parts sometimes occupy space more than the RCs them self

[Daves956]

Right now the spare parts are all in an oversized foot locker. I could build 5 cars out of it without any problems so the spare parts space is pretty much under control. The mattracks is stored in a linen closet to wait for snow again. It's useless as a runner, it's a novelty that has no sale value. It's great fun in the snow, so I found footage for it. I'm pulling the F101 from the lineup and probably selling off the astute. The f car has parts value for other cars and I have a number of other formula ones and the astute is too fragile as a runner, it's also in too good of condition for that. The vanning is too big to be a door stop and I didn't have a taker on giving it away, so offering to sell it for money would be pretty funny but pointless. It has scrap ali value but the parts are worthless. I think I need to get used to the idea that for every car added that one needs to leave. With one out (f car) that puts it at 18 cars, this is down from the 25 at one time. It's better but I still need to lighten the list before I can add another. My vote is the vanning, at best it was like a mobile chain saw looking for a location. The chain drive looks cool just sitting there but at speed it's no longer a safe toy and not something I'd let my daughter run.

[charlie787b]

Deciding any item to sell is like looking at the pets and deciding who's going to get eaten first if you were hungry and there was no food lol

It's allway's the item thats least likely to get used or appreiciated that goes first around here,and thats only if can be sold on for little financial loss or will go to a good home...money allway's goes towards something better...rinse and repeat haha

[Percymon]

Deciding any item to sell is like looking at the pets and deciding who's going to get eaten first if you were hungry and there was no food lol

How true

At the end of the day they are only model cars, and unless its some rare edition, or a particularly outstanding example , then they can always be replaced at some later date.

Everyone has their favourites. In my case, as i went silly buying more and more cars, i eventually realised i never ran them; just bought them, spent money making them better and then bought something else. I've thinned my collection down by 8 or so cars since October, and the reality is i've not missed a single one of them (whether it be the NIB SC10, the Mk1 SRB, or any of the various vintage or modern buggies).

If i had to sell more, or if i was even forced to keep just 4 or 5 of my cars, it'd be hard to choose for sure - i'd really have no rationale other than to probably keep one SRB, two higher end vintage buggy like Astute, Egress or Avante, and maybe something more bashable like Blitzer Beetle. I' also keep the Gmade R1 because its versatile enough to be a rock racer or a crawler or even a sand buggy with 2.2 paddles.

In your case Dave you have such a wide variety of cars and chassis, from F1 though vintage to semi monster truck - easy to justify keeping one of each but think harder about how many you really use, and how many yo want for display.

[Daves956]

I don't have a problem parting the wizard, I've only run it twice and I have better formula cars. For 2 wheel off road I prefer the frogs over the Astute so that's easy. I may keep the astute just for looks but that's about it. i keep trying to run the vanning in hopes of warming to it, but it keeps failing and that does little for my feelings for it. It looks good with the 57 body but it's no shelf queen. There are a few that have pretty much risen from the grave that are keepers and the variety of models is a good thing. I just see the issue of wanting something different down the line and already overloaded.

[WillyChang]

try hanging them on a wall... looks darned site better-lookin' than any oil painting by some dead euro guy by a long shot

[Daves956]

try hanging them on a wall... looks darned site better-lookin' than any oil painting by some dead euro guy by a long shot

Um, the Vanning is over 8 pounds. I'm pretty sure that a bolt going clear through the wall to hold it wouldn't sit well with the landlord.

I went over to the last owner of the vanning's place to hunt for a drive sprocket and the outcome wasn't good on several fronts.

[Neo Tamiya]

Hi...wow 15 models!?.....Hmm, some guys have used those fancy glass show cabinets..'neat for keeping dust away etc'....
You could part with a few of the least used,& favourites mark them down & make the decision.
Think i have five models...that's enough for me!..i gave the HB to my dad for his birthday gift, he got one of the originals years ago i remember!.
Store some at your folks abode?.
Best
Marc

[bromvw]

I think my rule of thumb would be to part with the ones that can be replaced at some point and to keep the rare stuff .

[Daves956]

I didn't mention the fully functional restored BT50 in the glass case. It has a place here and is excluded from the runner list. Part of the problem is like last night. I went to look for a specific part at a location it was likely to be. No part but what would you do if offered an original hornet for 5 bucks? Kyosho Icarus for 10, or a ta02 for 35? How do you respond to that?

[bromvw]

I didn't mention the fully functional restored BT50 in the glass case. It has a place here and is excluded from the runner list. Part of the problem is like last night. I went to look for a specific part at a location it was likely to be. No part but what would you do if offered an original hornet for 5 bucks? Kyosho Icarus for 10, or a ta02 for 35? How do you respond to that?

Bite his hand off ?

[Sayer]

Bite his hand off ?

Actually laughed out loud at work for that one

[charlie787b]

I didn't mention the fully functional restored BT50 in the glass case. It has a place here and is excluded from the runner list. Part of the problem is like last night. I went to look for a specific part at a location it was likely to be. No part but what would you do if offered an original hornet for 5 bucks? Kyosho Icarus for 10, or a ta02 for 35? How do you respond to that?

Lol,how did you respond Dave?

[Daves956]

Well, the hornet has a better body than my daughters and it's parts for a frequent basher. The Kyosho has new shocks and tires and wheels but a cracked gear case so it's parts too. The TA02 is cleaned up and will get bearings and the Le Mans motor from the Kyosho or one of the wicked fast trinities then later a calibra body. It fits right in with the 959 and the TT01 that are both frequently run. So I said yes to that price but only added one car. I did look through the square meter of tires and wheels and only took 1 pair of new knobbies on SRB wheels. The big Goodyear racing slicks for 2.2 rims almost came home. Almost 2 inches wide and 5 inches tall. A pair of 750 motors on 18 volts would do a heck of a bleach burn. I don't have a dragster......or room for one, plus another burn out in the kitchen isn't a hot idea.

[Daves956]

I decided because of condition and how rare it is to keep the astute but take it out of the runner rotation. Stored with only a steering servo out of the way.

I parted the other wizard and now it's down to 15 runners. Enough to keep me busy

[commiedoor]

hey dave , i had the same problem but with 37 cars and 1 semi .. i went the '' multi story'' car park way .. cheap galo tin shelves from a hardware store , original 4 shelf and in kit form , i bolted them together to make 2 shelf lots cause i have a protruding entertainment unit to sit them on .

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[Daves956]

I have been cutting back and trying to stay in control of all of them. I don't really have room to double up on the shelves plus I don't think I could deal with all of the 27 runners that have come through here lately. I picked the number of 15 to try and keep it managable, since they all get run and keeping track of what's even charged up gets odd with more to keep track of let alone any problems. I think the astute is fine as art deco and better than it being a runner. Wall queen maybe? It suites it but something like the BT wouldn't be right stored that way, in my opinion.

[Daves956]

I was looking for a part in the parts box and something occured to me. I pulled the road wizard out of the runners since it wasn't run and made it a spare parts car. That's a spare parts car for the other parts car wizard that was never run and they are just spares for each other. I picked these up in a lot buy with the new F103 and the BT50. I remember thinking that the wheels and foam tires would work on the 956s. I no longer run foams and they have both been converted to 12 mm hex. They're good complete cars but they can't compete with the F201 and 103 for run time or the BT as shelf models. hmm, light enough to stay under the weight where international shipping goes bonkers. I think somebody in the UK needs a visit from the postal fairies.