how to get kits past SWMBO ??

[Supertom]

Also, my wife's been sneaking in shoes/purses/gardening stuff/scrapbooking supplies......so I get leeway 

[deathjester]

That does remind me of a bit on Starship Modeler, written by John Lester's wife.  It's one of the articles on the main page - now there is a lady who understands men and modelling!

[Bungle]

Simple she doesn't comment on the number of kits I buy and I turn a blind eye to the 83 pairs of shoes she has stashed.

I mean I can be making three, four, more kits at the same time ...... how many pairs of shoes can she wear ??

[chrisonord]

Mine is usually out when I get mine in the post, or I leave them in the bikes panniers, until she has gone out, and put said new additions to the back of the stash which is visible from our bed. Simples!!
Chris.

[Fulcrum]

get a wargaming / modeling wife. 

though this can be expensive as she can combine a womans love of shopping with a modelers "oh shiney!" reflex

Then there is the problem of her sneaking kits past you.

Not to menition she wouldn't be alone in having a "oh, shiney'' love of shopping reflex, especially at model shops(could not only be expensive, but would eventually clean out that model shop & vastly expand both of your's stashes in the process).

[beowulf]

and things could get awkward when you get envious cos her stash is bigger than yours 

[Steel Penguin]

we tend to stash slightly differnt things as far as kits go , so im resonably safe, and at best we act as a sort of brake on each outhers worst insanitys.  At worst we shamelessly encorage each outher to such things. still its 

[GTX]

for Greg (GTX) ...

At the rate Greg buys his kits I'd assumed he just brought them home, and when his wife objected he just said "well look, I could have bought more!"

Now there's an idea...

[chrisonord]

Its not just kits for me either, as I am a keen angler, she seems to think one rod and reel can be used for everything (I wish) and pulls a face when I get new gear. So it goes through the same rigmarole as the kits have to.
Chris.

[deathjester]

Now then Chris, perhaps some sort of combination?  Get a large model box, attach charity raffle ticket, then stuff box with assembled new fishing gear!
Alternatively, hide new kit under fishing recently purchased from local supermarket....then the good lady can see the worth of all those expensive fishing contraptions....

[Jacques Deguerre]

Due to somewhat different schedules, I can usually get purchases from on-line retailers when she's not home. E-Bay stuff is a bit more difficult since we use a common account and all e-mails regarding the transaction go to our "family" e-mail account. My local hobby shop is primarily geared towards R/C fans, so purchases from there tend to be "non-controversial" things such as paints, liquid cement, super glue and the like.

And sometimes, such as when we're on the road and I visit a hobby shop in another town, or when there's a good sale at Hobby Lobby (US-based craft and home decor retailer with a small but sometimes decent model kit section), I just bite the bullet and deal with the unknown of whether she will or won't bitch about it.

[chrisonord]

Now then Chris, perhaps some sort of combination?  Get a large model box, attach charity raffle ticket, then stuff box with assembled new fishing gear!
Alternatively, hide new kit under fishing recently purchased from local supermarket....then the good lady can see the worth of all those expensive fishing contraptions....

One to keep as a future reference I think. Thankfully the missus is usually out when the postie comes, and if I am out also, the daughter keeps shtum, or my very understanding neighbour takes the parcel in.
Chris.

[deathjester]

Oh dear, its all going a bit 'Hogan's Heroes' now.....

[Supertom]

Many years ago, I worked at a model train store where a pair of our customers were these brothers.  Their wives didn't approve of their massive purchases (as you know trains are pricey) and they hatched up this scheme to mail their kits addressed to each other, each saying that "it's not for me, it's for him."

That went just fine until one of them was visiting the other and the mailman came.... 

[Gondor]

I solved the problem by not getting a wife or live-in girlfriend

Gondor