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Originally Posted by N. Eberhard
In today's market there are very few models that fly off the shelves. For now the Aeroclassics line 'overall' is doing quite well. It may appear that other lines are doing great but IMO that is only due to the stupid low production #s which leaves nothing for those who are budgeting for later purchases or those who will enter the hobby in the near future which is hurting the hobby overall. Everybody in the know agrees that there are fewer collectors than in years past while we are swimming in model inventory from too many producers with over-ambitious production plans.
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Speaking only for myself, I have approx 400 models now going back to 1999( I remember my first purchase from you was buying your last DW PAA L1011) and while I would love to buy some of the stuff that is out there now, you can only collect just so many 747 767 777 etc , I have focused my interest to PAA, AAL and any new airframes, the exception would be the must haves, UAL 721 , PAA BBB 741 etc. I think most collectors storage areas are full to capacity at this point. I have the money, but I dont have the space, so I am forced to be rather selective, perhaps if I ever learned how E-bay works I could liquidate about half of what I have. I discussed this with my wife and we decided that if there is ever a show near NY, we would get a table and sell off maybe 200 models , then I could buy some new stuff.
