Are You A Keeper or a Chucker?

Extra Crispy · Post by **Extra Crispy** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 9:48 am

I'm just finishing up a pack of American AT guns and have 2 barrels left over. I'm a devout chucker which means they go in the trash bin unless I find another home for them. Ditto jeep covers, alternate turrets, you name it, if I have bits left over I don't have a definite use for, out they go. I give them away or just toss them. I live in a small condo and space is at a real premium. Even forgetting I'd never remember where I put the darn things anyhow.

So, are you a keeper or a chucker?

Waddell · Post by **Waddell** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 10:03 am

I'm a keeper. I find the leftover parts can be used in a variety of kit bashing projects.

battlewagon · Post by **battlewagon** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 10:17 am

I definitely keep the spare parts. I used parts from three different kits to finish my scratchbuilt USS Lexington (CC-1) hull.

dattrains · Post by **dattrains** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 6:31 pm

I keep spare parts for kit bashing projects. I have plastic storage compartment boxes for nuts and bolts and organize the spare parts by country, type of ship and time period.

kiasutha · Post by **kiasutha** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 7:45 pm

Keeper.
At worse case, you can store hundreds in a box the size of a pack of "smokes", and they are too useful (and expensive) for bashing or just repairing damage to just toss out.
I still have some that are over 40 years old...

John Secker · Post by **John Secker** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 9:34 pm

I am 100% keeper - I can just about manage to throw away the sprues

I am not so organised as dattrains, but I do keep everything in a variety of plastic compartment boxes.

kiasutha · Post by **kiasutha** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 12:24 am

I actually do keep the sprues- good casting material...

I'm not completely organised, but I have 4X6 inch card boxes with 24 pockets each I'm gradually getting my ship and "tank" parts into...