how much do you spend on a model

corvettemike wrote:

It depends on the model. For my latest project, a 32' Ford hot rod I'm building it OOB with just an aftermarket distributer kit ($5.95) and money spent for paint ($5.99). My next project is  going to be a Ferrari 360 Modena broken down like this: Kit- $ 11.99 Carbon fiber decal- $ 8.99 Bare metal foil-$ 5.99 Total-$ 26.97 Enjoyment-priceless

A'men brother!

Well i just picked up a T-33 Shooting Star 1/48 for 26 bucks and just orderd the Verlinden kit for 35 from Squadron, also picked up a Nissan Skyline by Tamiya 27bucks and a A-7E Corsair II for 37 bucks and superscale decals for 7 bucks. So now that iam working the skys the limit until next payday

Well, I have in the past year totally reconstructed my kit, after 20 years of being out of the hobby. All I had left was a few brushes,  a bag of super fine rock tubbler grit. (I used way before pastel sticks/weathering powders were around) and an old Badger single action airbrush. My outlay so far is around $1500. That includes 15 models (most bought off Ebay) and a new wooden machinist toolbox (less than $100) & a double action airbrush (my first). My paint selection is way low so I really need to spend another couple of C notes on that. And I'm wasting a lot of paint learning to use acrylics instead of the enamels I used back in the day.

So if my house burned tomorrow, I'd probably be out around 2 grand.

However, I flat refuse to pay more than $25 for a kit and to spend more than $50 total on any one particular kit. I'm not interested in entering shows and not trying for show quality. And I scratchbuild instead of buying add-on & accessories. I'm working on building my own vacuform machine now.

Modeling is about creating & building, not buying & glueing.

The thing I noticed is that the more exspensive kits, dont require as many detail sets as a cheaper one, Take for example Dragons new 3 in 1 panzer IV, it has individual track links, a complete PE set, figures and even a bit of scenery. Other then a brass barrel and a bit of equipment there isnt much elese you need to make a great model. I guess you get what you pay for.

i think there may be another possible cost we (i) forgot

the cost of the divorce lawyer if we spend too much on our models

I guess for me it would depend on the model companey the size of the kit how much AM stuff comes with it or what i can bye sepretly and th equality of the kit i my self refuse to bye off ebay i like see and handle what iam going to buy and i dont like to wait if i cant take it home when i purchase it i wont bye itso as for amount of money id spend un like my last post now i have job if i want it bad enough ill save and if i know iam gona get it later on ill buy the AM stuff so that way i dont have to wait to build the kit waiting on parts. As for DURR thats y iam trying to get back with the Ex GF she is realy into me building models and understands that it calms me down she actualy gets mad if i dont ask her if she wants go and were not dateing anymore and she figures if the bill's are paid and you have extra cash floating around splurge.So what ever i screwd up the first  iam not gona do it again LOL the next kit iam thinking about getting is all resin 1/350 scale adams class destroyer its gona cost $170 US and comes with all the PE parts and all.

Since I'm getting back into the hobby but now now with my son, I won't include the tools, equipment, customizing supplies, paints, glues, etc... Besides, I'd hate to think of the total again LOL.

I've been buying 1:24th & 1:25th scale car models mostly from our local department store for around $10.97. But now my son is looking at some tractor trailor rigs and I'm looking at some old hard to find cars on the internet, some closer to the $30.00 price range.

We haven't built any yet that are just painted and glued straight out of the box. Something is always customized on them. Now we want to get into doing dioramas, they just don't look right sitting on a shelf.

young old fart wrote:

Modeling is about creating & building, not buying & glueing.

I can agree with half of that statement. (The first half.)

If a modeller wants to "buy and glue," however, there's absolutely nothing wrong with it. Actually, if I'm not mistaken, ALL modelling requires some degree of buying and gluing...unless you're doing FULL scratchbuilds entirely with materials found in your backyard.

Modelling is about whatever the modeller wants it to be about, nothing more, nothing less. Spend as much as you want. Build how you want. Enjoy the hobby the way you want to enjoy it.
Pretty simple!

Of course, one could always whittle, eh?

Tankmaster7 wrote:

Of course, one could always whittle, eh?

 

Yup! I'd venture to say that whittling is probably one of the original modelling techniques! Little mud statues...bundles of sticks...Wasn't there a recent editorial in FSM about that very subject?