Ordered these from David Doyle Books and they arrived today.
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The Soviet armored train book looks awesome! 
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Are you sure that’s ‘building’ and not simply ‘adding to’?
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My stash is pretty small I gather. This is only the 5th afv kit in my stash. So I think of it as building. At what point does building transition into adding (using round numbers here is fine :-))?
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I received these four kits just last week and still waiting for the Meng T90M. I decided to start working on the Ariete C1 from Trumpeter. So far, I’m not impressed; most of the parts were dirty, as if someone sprinkled dirt inside the plastic bags (specially on the bottom hull). Also the plastic is very brittle and breaks easily (I guess I am used to Tamiya’s quality). Even though it is light grey the moment I cut or sand it turns white. While I like the fact that the kit has few parts -I have come to the realization that I much prefer paining and weathering than assembling- the instructions are horrendous, looks as if someone 
used Google translate to print them. Any of you guys had any issues from this brand? This is my first kit so I want to be prepared if the rest of their offerings look like this.
Regards,
Luis
Yep, it is still a dry heat!
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If your number of builds is only a bit less than the number you buy in a given time period, it is still building. But if your ratio of buys to builds start going higher than 5:1 you are tipping towards ‘adding’. This status reaches 100% when builds approach 1 or less per year. Then it may be labeled, ‘hoarding’ also known as Smaug’s Syndrome. If you amass so many that you fall asleep while trying to inventory them, you are in the terminal stage and should discuss with your next of kin on setting themselves up an eBay store.
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Good to know the Golden Ratio…
If someone builds 12 kits this year so far so up to 59 new kits are still just building the stash 
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My wife seems to agree.
Luis, Although that Ariete kit is in a newer style box, it is a 2008 upgrade of some parts on a 2005 pedigree kit.
Trumpeter has been hit and miss with the accuracy, quality and nature of their styrene. Their older kits generally were of average quality. Not Tamiya quality control (especially the plastic) for the most part, but usually more parts for a little more detail and buildable. Don’t let one kit put you off, but maybe look for reviews of any other kit you may want to buy and see what others think of it.
I thought the golden rule was you were building up a stash until the wife complains about the number of kits you have. Then you have a stash, and more purchases becomes adding to the stash… no matter how many you built in the interim. 
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My understanding of trumpeter kits is that they are somewhat subject dependent. For example their KV-1 and 2 are regarded as the best of the subject but I’ve heard complaints about other kits
I have yet to find this kit available in the States. My email to Sprue Bros. went unanswered…
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It looks like the biological child of a T-72 and a Leopard I…
By that metric I have had a stash for years now 
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Got it on/in a bay that starts with an E
When I returned home from holidays I found the new Tankograd Militärfahrzeug in my mailbox … 
… beside some other nice articles of special interest for me are the reports of the M 47 in Bundeswehr service (I have the Tamiya/Italeri kit in my stash) …
… and the M 107/M 110 also in Bundeswehr service …
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Are you planning to build some mummies like I do, Michael? 
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Is that what you wingy-thingy guys call them?
I only have one wingy-thingy in my stash — a 1/35 Tristar (049) Fieseler Fi 156 C-3 / Tropical Storch. Now I’m armed and ready with colorful rubber bands whenever I’m able to get to it!
—mike
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Torsten is making a reference to a pic he posted in his excellent twin Spitfire build posts:
and my later post on it:
Love the twin mummy’s Torsten…
As you know Mike, I have a bit of a warped sense of humour at times.
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