The life and death of hobbies...

would thimble collecting count? I'm the only person I know who does that (from every state/attraction Ive been to), and they have been getting harder to find.....

OWL

Does this mean that a bird in the hand is worth three in the wood?

No wonder kits cost more, that's 50% inflation.

As for expensive kits, I think I hold the dubious honour of having paid the world's record price for a 1/72 scale Monogram "Full Stack" Shuttle. Then I drove my Chevy to the levee.

To your point tankbuilder, I never went online to discuss kit building in the 60's, so  technology has helped to spread the word, maybe to some of those teens or people who had left the hobby to build a family the last 30 years.

I don,t think HOBBIES are dying.Changing ,yes! It,s true that kits cost more but ,it,s like wood carving. I now only buy wood that I can afford.That means I get three birds out of one piece of wood.(Thank goodness I like hummingbirds and finches) Now R.C. for instance has gone way past my budget. I used to be able to afford r.c. gear. NOW , fuggedaboudit!!! I can still scratch build my vessels but thats all. Now when I go to my L.H.S.and buy ,say a model car. By the time I get the paint ,the p.e. and custom wire wheels and KENS fuzzie fur I am spending almost a C note.Granted , kids spend that much or more on video games and cd music , but , it,s all relative. I have seen a lot of teenagers at local model contests so it,s not all bad.The hobby we have has changed ,don,t mourn it ! EMBRACE IT!!  I did. tankerbuilder

It warms my heart to see so many "Dead Hobby Group" badges...

Manstein's revenge

In the Black Sea, I saw a Giant River Gar eat a Russian soldier in two swallows... 

R.I.P.

This thread was almost dead.

"I'm not dead yet!"

"Yes you are"!

Building models has been a hobby for at least 4000 years. Yes, we love our subjects, and the 20th Century gave most of us the stuff we love to model. That's the key, this hobby has been around since the Egyptians, and if there are history buffs around as well, nudge wink, many societies before them had many guys like us around as well - we've been around almost forever.

This hobby is no where near dead. We merely collect cultural memories, and make material 'phenotypes' to represent our experiences of the ethos in which we lived. Ahem,  our culture is in our genes.

Yeah, maybe someday soon some of those young people will say, 'damn, enough of this keyboard, I want to make something....'

OUR HOBBY WILL NEVER DIE!!!

Unfortunately good lads, we will.

I wish I could be around to see the stuff our progeny will be making a hundred years from now.

Forget death, model on!

BUILD!!  BUILD!!!

Wow.. I feel inspired.. like Mark Twain and Bill Shakespeare were just here....

I need a fig leaf!

Bockscar

Building models has been a hobby for at least 4000 years. Yes, we love our subjects, and the 20th Century gave most of us the stuff we love to model. That's the key, this hobby has been around since the Egyptians, and if there are history buffs around as well, nudge wink, many societies before them had many guys like us around as well - we've been around almost forever. This hobby is no where near dead. We merely collect cultural memories, and make material 'phenotypes' to represent our experiences of the ethos in which we lived. Ahem,  our culture is in our genes.

Building models has been a hobby for at least 4000 years. Yes, we love our subjects, and the 20th Century gave most of us the stuff we love to model. That's the key, this hobby has been around since the Egyptians, and if there are history buffs around as well, nudge wink, many societies before them had many guys like us around as well - we've been around almost forever.

This hobby is no where near dead. We merely collect cultural memories, and make material 'phenotypes' to represent our experiences of the ethos in which we lived. Ahem,  our culture is in our genes.

Yeah, maybe someday soon some of those young people will say, 'damn, enough of this keyboard, I want to make something....'

OUR HOBBY WILL NEVER DIE!!!

Unfortunately good lads, we will.

I wish I could be around to see the stuff our progeny will be making a hundred years from now.

Forget death, model on!

BUILD!!  BUILD!!!

paintsniffer

fermis:

Building helicopter models seems to be DEAD.

Anybody checked in there lately? Aint nut'n hap'nin over there!

 

 

I just finished a Seahawk, and have another one and a Pave Hawk in the pipe.. I build them, I just don't talk about them.

fermis

Building helicopter models seems to be DEAD.

Anybody checked in there lately? Aint nut'n hap'nin over there!

I just finished a Seahawk, and have another one and a Pave Hawk in the pipe.. I build them, I just don't talk about them.

I gave up on helicopter models when I was ten.  Too many small parts that have to join too precisely.  And they are all too breakable. lol

fermis

Building helicopter models seems to be DEAD.

Anybody checked in there lately? Aint nut'n hap'nin over there!

Building helicopter models seems to be DEAD.

Anybody checked in there lately? Aint nut'n hap'nin over there!

VanceCrozier

shoot&scoot:

Reminds me of the pimp who bought out his competition:  He got "ahead" in his job.

DISCLAIMER:  Any construed dirty meanngs of the above statement are strictly products of your depraved minds.

 

Caution: shoot&scoot may or may not be on extra-strength pain meds at any time...

HEY, I resemble that remark and demand an immediate exclamation point on that statement!

                                                                                                           Pat.

In the Black Sea, I saw a Giant River Gar eat a Russian soldier in two swallows... 

DoogsATX

 

 

...On the plus side - supplies cost nothing!

Not totally true - the very best of the best use some pretty expensive marinades.

VanceCrozier

 

p38jl:

 

ahh.. I cant hear it at work... what is it ???..

 

 

The "Getting Eaten by Crocodiles" competition...

Thing is, once you try it, you're hooked for life.

Of course...your life is only like another 43 seconds...

On the plus side - supplies cost nothing!

p38jl

ahh.. I cant hear it at work... what is it ???..

The "Getting Eaten by Crocodiles" competition...

fermis

Going back to hunting/tresspassing thing. As the sun came up this morning, I see an orange hat, and man, 40 yards to my right, on MY property. I shake my head in disbelief. I look off to the left, to figure how to best deal with this.......WTF!!!! There's another guy 70 yards off that way!!!!!

 My property butts up to a roughly 200 acre woodlot, which is township property and NO HUNTING. I can't really be mad at the guys, my property is not posted, neither is the townships. So, I climbed down, went to the first guy, and let him know where he was and whatnot. He apologized politely and left. The other guy threw a fit, mad at ME, for wrecking HIS hunt. What a &^%&^%   &$$&^*$!!!!  He finally left, cursing all the way. I decided to put my gun away and walk the rest of the woods. Found 4 more stands!!!! I immediately went to the township offices, got with the twp. superviser and an HPD Officer and took them out. The sup. was very angry at this. Three of the 4 stands were no more than 30 yards away from the public walking/jogging trails out there. I think, maybe now, they will finally get the area posted. I've only been mentioning the problem to the twp offices for 7 years now.

Going back to hunting/tresspassing thing. As the sun came up this morning, I see an orange hat, and man, 40 yards to my right, on MY property. I shake my head in disbelief. I look off to the left, to figure how to best deal with this.......WTF!!!! There's another guy 70 yards off that way!!!!!

 My property butts up to a roughly 200 acre woodlot, which is township property and NO HUNTING. I can't really be mad at the guys, my property is not posted, neither is the townships. So, I climbed down, went to the first guy, and let him know where he was and whatnot. He apologized politely and left. The other guy threw a fit, mad at ME, for wrecking HIS hunt. What a &^%&^%   &$$&^*$!!!!  He finally left, cursing all the way. I decided to put my gun away and walk the rest of the woods. Found 4 more stands!!!! I immediately went to the township offices, got with the twp. superviser and an HPD Officer and took them out. The sup. was very angry at this. Three of the 4 stands were no more than 30 yards away from the public walking/jogging trails out there. I think, maybe now, they will finally get the area posted. I've only been mentioning the problem to the twp offices for 7 years now.

ahh.. I cant hear it at work... what is it ???..

Not only is it a dead hobby, it is also illegal in 38 states and the District of Colombia...

Dead hobbies? Thought of another...

Manstein's revenge

joeviz:

Okay, after all this...  are we in agreement that this is a dead  hobby?  if so, then is this dead hobby worthy of badge (one with little skulls maybe)?

 

..yes, I think we can all agree that collecting shrunken heads is a dying hobby, or a hobby you have to die for...

Joeviz:  there is a badge.. go to the beginning of the thread.. it even has skulls.. or just look at Manny...

I think the object would be to make the other guy die for that hobby.

joeviz

Okay, after all this...  are we in agreement that this is a dead  hobby?  if so, then is this dead hobby worthy of badge (one with little skulls maybe)?

..yes, I think we can all agree that collecting shrunken heads is a dying hobby, or a hobby you have to die for...

 229 is definitely one of the regulars, and may never die.

I popped in & out yesterday at various times & there didn't seem to be much else going on. Maybe that means everyone is actually busy BUILDING things these days!! I know I've got my bench (aka kitchen table...) split between 4 different kits right now, I need to finish those up before I dare start my P-38 group build project.

Dying hobbies - posting in threads about $229 kits?

Actually, I guess that thread deserves its own special honor - from what I can tell, judging by how active it is compared to the rest of this place, it is the life support that is keeping this forum going...