...so I have a fairly decent collection of 1:18 Autoart models (all sealed in boxes) that have been stored in my parents crawlspace for about 5-6 years. The collection was skewed towards Japanese sportscars and WRC competitors. My intent was always to bring them home once I had an adequate display case. Unfortunately, my parents had a flood in their crawlspace a few months ago and they lost virtually everything... this is the first time I have been able to work through what was salvaged and all but three models are gone.
The lesson? Enjoy your models while you have them .... I had about 20 that I never enjoyed and now all but 3 are gone. I'm going to bring them home and park them next to my GF's F1 1:18 scale Minichamps model even if I don't have an adequate display case.
