Al
Know what you mean.....I have done what you have done....when I look at my stash, I cannot see myself unloading them......yet.....
Some have been bought due to the "chase" of trying to find some of the older kits, or older kits being reissued. Other times when I see a kit, usualy online, I can see how I would want to build t, but when the kit arrives, I sometimes.....SOMETTIMES.....wonder why I bought it....
What has been my biggest "thrill" has been tracking down the old AMT Grant King sprint kits and the old Monogram (Revell) Don Edmunds Supermodified
Grant King sprint kits (16) (11 from the 2006 reissue - 2 from the 1980's reissue, 2 of the original release and 1 of the 2 rssue back in the 1970's)
Supermodified kits (14) (3 from the 2012(?) reissues, one of the original 1967 rekease. 3 of the 1999 Revell issued kits with the trailer ( back around 2006, did some wheeling and dealng and traded the trailer for the supermod half of the kit. thru some other wheeiing and dealing around the same time, garnered managed to get the rest from those who bought the trailer/supermod kits, but did not want the supermodified portion of that kit.
When the supermod kit was reissued around 2012, my lack of finances at the time prevented me from getting more of that reissue.
Both the GK sprint (2006) and the Edmunds supermod (2012) were the result of a company in Iowa working with (AMT/Ertl) for the Sprint car and the supermodified. However, in trying to conrtact this company, ther has been no response. Have a feeling the owner of that business has either retired or passed away......
Not to mention, I have never seen on any of the few websites I frequent, there has never been any of the DTR (Dirt Track Racing) versions of either the Grant King spring nor the Edmunds supermodified.
So yes, I am hoarding those kits.