In Flex, I’m using an HBox to hold thumbnails. When more thumbnails are added than can be shown, the HBox becomes scrollable.
When I add more than, say, 80 images, when I scroll back to the first image, the images begin ‘tearing’, until I hover my mouse over them.
This is how it looks when few images are added:

When many images are added:

Should I be using something other than an HBox to accomplish this?
HBox doesn’t use virtual renders so I’d actually recommend a List based control like HorizontalList. You may also want to use Ely Greenfield’s SuperImage to avoid flicker when scrolling.