Well, I'm in this for the hunt so to speak. I love the hobby for the build and trophy. I build build build, then I take a bunch of photos and store and print those.
The end result gets displayed on shelves throughout my house. Some better than others, some collecting dust (to thier detrament).
I show them off as quickly as I can and dispaly them for as long as I can. I realize that eventually dust and age will catch up to them and they will go TU. I have the pictures to show off.
I will 'fight' to keep all of my models on display in the house somewhere. My B36 bit the dust a few weeks ago, (cleaning accident by the kids

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I dust them and take care of them as best I can with gentle brushing and gentle air blowing.
PS I have at minimum 50 unbuilt kits and that's a SMALL number compared to some here.