[Closed] DOUBLES ... Is this normal or....

Frank, I think that's totally normal. Sometimes one just isn't nearly enough. More is better.

Frank - Yes, it is definately a sickness - So, I think that you should send all of your duplicates to me !!

Some collectors refer to it as having "bookends" with variations such as a top up & a top down convt

I can understand the attraction of having variants of the same model, as Frank describes, but I don't have any interest in having more than one of the exact same model (unless they are different scales, for example, like the FM '56 Nomad in 1:24 and 1:43). I have numerous examples of standard Brooklins alongside reworked versions by John Roberts and others, which I like for the "before and after" concept, but I don't have a single example of two identical models.

To me, having multiples of the same model represents funds spent on duplicates when I could have used the money for different models, so I don't see the point in it. If it makes you happy, though, go for it! Like David Knight is fond of saying, "too much of a good thing is never enough."

Or, my personal philosophy, "anything worth doing is worth doing to excess." That doesn't extend to duplicates of the same model, however. There are too many unique models I don't have yet!

I think it has to do with age. At least once recently I bought a duplicate after forgetting.

Now THAT reason, I can understand! Ain't aging grand?

It's much better than the alternative.

I've unwittingly done this with ordering CDs. Age thing.

These are my theories on having 2 models that are the same ...

1. I can always sell the double without kicking myself for selling it.

2. If I don't sell any I can always modify the second one to my liking in the future.