hey ot what do you collect?

[Upon1]

Strains of HPV

[This is my username]

virginities

[dentinger]

I collect bottle caps from beers and sodas in hopes of one day creating a bar top or coffee table top with them. I have several hundred and have been collecting for about two and a half years.

i do this too! im at about ~400 right now

[strskatr05]

Hess trucks, have them dating back to '94.. I know, nothing crazy, but the past 10 years have been kept in boxes. Looking to get a nice display case someday...

Call me crazy.

Totally forgot about all the Hess trucks I have (in boxes) back home. Wonder what they're worth

[winstonsmith84]

Any other train guys out there in the OT?

I was. Spent a great deal of time and a sizable fortune for a kid/teen on HO scale stuff. I realized at about 17 or so that I didn't even care if the trains moved. I was much more interested in scenery and buildings and trying to create realistic back drops for the trains.... but I never much cared for the trains to move. I found myself much more interested in static modeling than anything.

I'm considering building a small diorama of my idea house/farm situation circa 1920 or so. I think it would be a ton of fun, particularly with all the new HO scale stuff that didn't exist in my 1989 Walthers catalog.

[foxtrot762]

Guns.

yep

[Señor Peligro]

Strains of HPV

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[Mr Miyagi]

I collect the tears of TDE.

[UnitedGTI.]

i do this too! im at about ~400 right now

Crap realizing I collect a lot more than I thought I did. I have a good 300-400 bottle caps that I do not know what I will do with them. Maybe bar table top next year when I buy a place.

[Ghost85]

I have several hundred Matchbox/Hotwheels, large amount of 1:24 scale model cars, US and foreign currency, National Geographic Magazines.
And, of course like alot of people here, car parts....

[GtIVR6-RJ]

When I skate a shoe to obliteration I usually keep the left one
and all my old skate decks

my personal favorite:




and yeah.. car parts seem to be stacking up these days too.

[20DYNAMITE07]

Watches.
I love watches. I don't have any that are particularly spectacular or super high end, but I love em just the same

[Phil Pugliese]

Ski bindings.

[20DYNAMITE07]

Ski bindings.

Wow... i had no idea people collected those

[mavric_ac]

I collect N-scale trains (1:160) because it is another hobby of mine. Its a pretty humble collection, mostly Atlas and Kato stuff. I have about 20 vintage cars from the early 90's and a pile of new stuff.

Some of the locomotives are only about 5 inches in length and for some reaon I torture myself with adding tiny details to them, which most wouldn't notice at first glance, but it makes for nice pics

An SD-70M I did up last winter... added MU hoses, lash-up cables, windshield wipers, sun visors, hand-painted hand rails and step sills, cut levers, etc


This is the stock SD70M for comparison




Any other train guys out there in the OT?

found your youtube channel

[winstonsmith84]

found your youtube channel

Railfans are a bit strange. A sizable portion fall somewhere on the autism spectrum... actually, a sizable portion of model rail guys do as well.

[AshyLarry]

I used to collect a lot of crap but recently I've been getting rid of it all. The only thing I still buy/collect and don't sell are books.

Past:
Botique guitar pedals
sneakers (sb's etc)
hats
comics
baseball cards
cd's /dvd's

[Pf3il]

keef.

[dunhamjr]

i used to collect baseball cards and stamps.

now nothing.

even the things i need to buy now, annoying me, cause its just more junk and clutter in my life. i absolutely do not need to buy and compile various crap just because it matches a single theme (coca cola) or interest (guns, knives, baseball cards).

[GreenandChrome]

Ticket stubs. Movies mostly. I have my sibling's and I's collector glasses from when we were kids. Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Looney Tunes. Too bad the internet depreciated the value of them. Local antique stores had them for sale $10-15, but on ebay you can find them for $3.

Might as well use those old, lead-infused glasses.

[VW1.8Tsunami]

Watches.
I love watches. I don't have any that are particularly spectacular or super high end, but I love em just the same

same here. I don't even really have a desire to have super expensive ones either. I just love all the different styles.

[Kameirocco]

beer caps
Music (CDs/Records)
pint glasses (it's becomming a large hobby of mine)
beer making equipment
hobbies.... i always do new hobbies.

Also? books i'm starting on as well

[Shawn M.]

Vintage Cameras
Snare Drums-I play them all
Cymbals- I play them all
Wine
My wife and I have a pretty stout Library as well.

[patrikman]

keef.

Yes please.

[Brendan@bwalkauto]

Railfans are a bit strange. A sizable portion fall somewhere on the autism spectrum... actually, a sizable portion of model rail guys do as well.

You know, I'm big on airplanes. When I was in college, we'd go down to the airport and just watch jets taxi, take off and land. Loved every second of it.

That being said, the train guy video gives me the creeps. I'm an enthusiast, but that guy is more than a little off.

[vr6pilot]

=trolling

Not really, just making a funny. However, the tendencies are there.

Otherwise, collections are curious in that they are usually only of interest to the collector himself. I have a few of my own. I won't bore you with the details.

[PrimaVW]

Railfans are a bit strange. A sizable portion fall somewhere on the autism spectrum... actually, a sizable portion of model rail guys do as well.

Not sure if this was a jab at more or not, but I don't tend to associate with clubs or railfans... this guy made me chuckle as well. I'm pretty sure most "model" guys (trains, RC cars, airplanes, war diorama-ists) tend to be pretty enthusiastic about it since its something they ENJOY.

I'm sure all hobbies are divided into hobbyists and "freaks/fanatics" (snowboarding/skiiing, car enthusiasts, comic books, video games)

[winstonsmith84]

Not sure if this was a jab at more or not, but I don't tend to associate with clubs or railfans... this guy made me chuckle as well. I'm pretty sure most "model" guys (trains, RC cars, airplanes, war diorama-ists) tend to be pretty enthusiastic about it since its something they ENJOY.

I'm sure all hobbies are divided into hobbyists and "freaks/fanatics" (snowboarding/skiiing, car enthusiasts, comic books, video games)

No, I was being very serious. There are a lot of guys on the "spectrum" who just ****ing love trains. Model or otherwise. Its documented, more so than other hobbies. The mega enthusiastic guy sounds like one of them. Not sure what attracts them. I think with model railroading it is an ability to exact an extreme level of control and minute detail over something. Not a jab at all.

Frankly, I'm getting interested in interurbans and traction. Indiana had one of the best interurban systems in the country and it's remnants are still all over the place. Very interesting to me.

[TooFitToQuit]

Legos
Baseball cards (didn't everyone?)
Chevron cars
Beanie babies (didn't everyone?)

Since all that ****, not much really.

[PrimaVW]

I think with model railroading it is an ability to exact an extreme level of control and minute detail over something. Not a jab at all.

Frankly, I'm getting interested in interurbans and traction. Indiana had one of the best interurban systems in the country and it's remnants are still all over the place. Very interesting to me.

I think for me its being able to create something that has an endless lists of facets that will all add up to a final product. As someone mentioned earlier, I enjoy building way more than sitting there and watching trains go around in circles. My kid loves watching them 1,000 times more than I do.

Some guys actually get together and have "run" sessions where they each have a job title and make the trains move across a layout as 1:1 trains would... they will actually write up manifests and work orders and file paperwork... sh*ts too much like work for me and frankly I think its f*cking retarded.

[leitmotif]

Beer bottles. But I'm going to get rid of them soon.










I also collect beer glassware but no pics.

[A Gruesome Time]

Art supplies. It's kind of ridiculous I've realized lately I probably have $10k in just oil pastels, $2k in colored pencils, 5-600 in graphite, watercolors, $1k in oils... Not to mention all the tools, brushes, chemicals, pallets, sketchbooks, canvas rolls, stretchers...

Someday I'll be rich enough to find the time to use it all. Until then I'm going to keep hitting up sales Md doodling in my spare time.

[leitmotif]

Art supplies. It's kind of ridiculous I've realized lately I probably have $10k in just oil pastels, $2k in colored pencils, 5-600 in graphite, watercolors, $1k in oils... Not to mention all the tools, brushes, chemicals, pallets, sketchbooks, canvas rolls, stretchers...

Someday I'll be rich enough to find the time to use it all. Until then I'm going to keep hitting up sales Md doodling in my spare time.

My wife has this habit. She's a scrap booker. This is her room (older photo):

[mavric_ac]

Beer bottles. But I'm going to get rid of them soon.




I also collect beer glassware but no pics.

Started doing the same since I got into drinking them fancy beers

[GolfTango]

You know, I'm big on airplanes. When I was in college, we'd go down to the airport and just watch jets taxi, take off and land. Loved every second of it.

College? Heck, I still do :p.

Although it's much harder to spot post 9/11