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plamotrack tracks four separate inventory catalogs so you know what you have, what you’re running low on, and what you’ve applied to builds. Each catalog is shaped for a different kind of item — the rules that make sense for a pot of cement are different from the rules for an action base.

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The four catalogs

Tools

Nippers, scribers, panel-lining pens, sanding sticks. Counted but not consumed — your Godhand isn’t going anywhere.

Consumables

Paints, cement, decal softener, sandpaper. Can carry a low-stock threshold — plamotrack warns you when you’re nearly out before the hobby shop closes.

Upgrades

Aftermarket details, resin parts, photo-etch. Can be applied to a specific kit, which decrements stock and records what went where.

Display

Action bases, system stands, diorama scenery. Counted and categorised, but deliberately not linked to specific kits — a stand under one model this week is under another next week.
The four tabs on the Inventory page use the same names.

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Adding an item

For something you already own — a first stocktake, a gift, a tool bought before you started tracking — add it straight to its catalog:
1

Pick the catalog

Open Inventory in the sidebar and choose the Tools, Consumables, Upgrades or Display tab.
2

Describe the item

Click the add button — Add tool, Add consumable, Add upgrade or Add display item, matching the tab. Enter a Name, a Category and the Quantity on hand. A consumable can also take a Low-stock threshold, an upgrade a Manufacturer, and a display item a Scale.
3

Save

Click Add. The item appears in that tab. Use the − and + buttons on its row to adjust the count later, or its edit control to change details.

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Items bought on an order

For a purchase, add the item as a line on the order instead — see Add an order. The order form’s picker searches your existing catalog as you type: choose the match, and its stock is added when the order arrives. This is intentional. Give a naming-things-at-11pm hobbyist a free text field and within a month you’ll own “GM02 Gundam Marker”, “Gundam Marker GM02”, and “gm02 marker” as three separate stock entries. The picker matches against your existing catalog names and keeps everything consistent. If the item genuinely doesn’t exist yet, the picker offers to create it with a proper name, then and there.

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Low-stock thresholds

On any consumable, set an optional low-stock threshold. When your on-hand quantity drops to or below that number, plamotrack shows the count in red with a restock tag beside it. You see the warning while you still have time to order more — not when you’re uncapping a bottle that’s already dry. To set a threshold, open the consumable’s edit dialog and enter a number in the Low-stock threshold field. Leave it blank for items you’re not tracking closely.
The Inventory page on the Consumables tab: one item at 0 on hand, and one below its threshold flagged with a restock tag.The Inventory page on the Consumables tab: one item at 0 on hand, and one below its threshold flagged with a restock tag.

Consumables, with low-stock thresholds. The cement is below its threshold; the thinner is at 0 because its order has not arrived yet.

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Applying upgrade parts

When an aftermarket part goes on a build, record it:
  1. Open Inventory and choose the Upgrades tab.
  2. On the part’s row, click Apply to kit. Choose the Kit and the Quantity, then click Apply.
This decrements the part’s stock by that quantity and records which kit it went on and when. The record shows under Applied upgrades whenever you edit that kit.
The Apply dialog for an upgrade part, with a kit chosen and the quantity set to 1.The Apply dialog for an upgrade part, with a kit chosen and the quantity set to 1.

Apply to kit, from the Upgrades tab.

To undo it, edit the kit, find the part under Applied upgrades and click Withdraw…. plamotrack asks whether the stock comes back: Withdraw — return to stock if the part physically survived, or Withdraw — stock stays spent if it was used or damaged. Useful when you decided against a detail-up, or pulled a part from a scrapped build.
The Edit kit dialog with an applied upgrade and the withdrawal question showing both choices.The Edit kit dialog with an applied upgrade and the withdrawal question showing both choices.

Withdrawing an upgrade from the kit editor. Neither choice is pre-selected: whether the part survived is something only you know.

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Orders and stock

Stock from an order is added when you record its arrival. A pending order for Tamiya Extra Thin does not count as on hand. When it arrives, open Edit order, fill in Received on, and click Save changes. See record shipping and arrival. This is why the inventory page can show 0 on hand for something you ordered last week — look at your In Transit orders, and it’ll be there.
Scale and category on display gear let you filter your stock meaningfully. “All my 1/144 action bases” is an answerable question — as long as you fill in the scale when you add the item.