The Ship Model Forum

Hey Erick,
can you give us an update on your incredible collection? And what happened to your Guinness Book request?

Does anyone know who owns the biggest 1/700 IJN collection?

Erick Love your worked.
can you send me a PM regarding your Charles de Gaulle build

My collection is at 510 built and another 30 or so on the ways! They are all in boxes now since I lost my model room with the birth of my daughter but I'm working on a man cave with built in display cases.

I have over 1400 1/700 scale kits completed in my collection. Still have around 400 kits in boxes. Hope to build them all someday.

Impressive!

More than 200 models still in boxes I have also, but to finish more than 400 in 13 years is really astonishing. I finished perhaps a quarter of that.

Chuck wrote

I am not sure whether I should envy the time you can devote to modeling, or pity the time you didn't devote to a social life.

Who needs a social life when one has 480 completed (to a high standard of excellence) models?

A social life is overrated in my opinion.

Lester

I am not sure whether I should envy the time you can devote to modeling, or pity the time you didn't devote to a social life.

Thanks my friends! well, now reaching 480 warships...

good question!... when i will stoped!... i dont know... my favorite hobby is building ships... usually i building more than hour by day... i dont know what to do if i keep out from my little ships!

the old record of modelships build by one modeler was 430... i was submited a format to Guinesss Record to ask about if my collection now are the biggest... but it wait 10 weeks or more... ill waiting... but if you want a certificate you must invite a judge... and the cost are around USD$15,000 ha,ha...

well with this money y prefer to buy more ships!... sure!... but some poeple of Guinness tell me that i could find a partner or contributor... well... here in my country the people dont have enough interest...

Maybe i will send and show all my collection in a permanent museum or exhibition on another country...

Grettings!

Question - will you continue to build ? And if the day comes when you feel enough is enough, what will you do with all those models ? selling is easy (just the asking price is hard) but packing and shipping can be a nightmare, you're also on my facebook as well.

I was a bit shocked the day I approached the Guinness Book of Records, I always asumed it was free, but its not cheap, I did a collection of builds never seen before and thought great, I'll have those sent up, but when the price tag came back at over �100.00 I thought stuff it.

strongest navy in the world! in scale that is... absolutely stunning!

Vraiment impressionnant....
Amazing collection...

Hi Eric
I have You on Fbook, so I know what You do
Your collection growing day by day

Hi Akula,

well a diorama takes 1 or 2 weeks depending if the ships have camouflage or not... if the ships are simply to paint takes 1 week...

grettings!

Where did you get your time?

How long does it takes you to build a diorama?

Thanks my friends!...

and the dockyard continue at full speed... today i will finish the USS Ranger diorama, and start the HMS Illustrious (modern) diorama...

grettings!

Congratulations, Erick! That is one very impressive navy you have assembled there!

Man, that is one impressive collection. Looks like you've done some very nice quality work, not just quantity. Congratulations on that collection. You are a one man maritime museum!

Bob

Hi Lester...
thanks my friend...

well, about your collection...

I think that some models are for just funny because are old molds or the kits could be bad... and this models are the perfect way to mix with the good kits...

for example, when i finished a ship that was hard to build i need a easy kit for my next proyect... one easy and not good looking kit to build without the stress of details, photoetched, etc...

or maybe you can start a submarine... easy kits to ensemble... and only the paint could be difficult...

sorry but my english is too bad, ha, ha... i dont use the google translator...

but it could be my words... mix hard kits with easy kits or submarines...

grettings!

Thanks my friends!

your congratulations motivate me to continue...

thanks!

Hi Eric

Thanks for the inspiration. I too have ambitions to build 500+ Models but after 15 years I've managed only 210 (with another 350 waiting in boxes).

I love the display of your mighty fleet steaming towards the camera, although I note the Yamato steaming alongside the Washington and Iowa; there might be some trouble there. There seems to be a plan in your building - I note one of each class of US Battleship and other signs of purposeful building of your collection. I also notice phases you've gone through in modelbuilding from crisp and brightly painted to weathered realism.

So perhaps you or other board members could assist me with my difficulties;

First - How do i balance my desire to complete a collection of models with my desire to expand the scope of the collection?

Secondly - How do I reconcile my desire to add ever more detail to each kit I complete with my desire to complete ever more models in the same timeframe?

Thanks

Lester Abbey