The life and death of hobbies...

p38jl

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

The "Getting Eaten by Crocodiles" competition...

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!

DoogsATX

 

 

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

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

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

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.

Building helicopter models seems to be DEAD.

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

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!

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.

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.

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!!!

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.

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

I need a fig leaf!

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!!!

This thread was almost dead.

"I'm not dead yet!"

"Yes you are"!

R.I.P.

Manstein's revenge

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

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

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

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.

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

CallSignOWL

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

cool beans!

CallSignOWL

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.....

There is a lot of things that are getting hard to find...  Shrunken heads for example; I hear are laborious to find.

it's a real head scratcher........

joeviz

CallSignOWL:

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.....

 

There is a lot of things that are getting hard to find...  Shrunken heads for example; I hear are laborious to find.

As of Friday... All heads and any body part not attached to living bodies are to be removed from premises.

Suh-weet!

joeviz

 

 

 

There is a lot of things that are getting hard to find...  Shrunken heads for example; I hear are laborious to find.

And you have to be careful if you're buying shrunken heads these days. I've heard rumours of some sellers that are trying to pass off the heads of tiny little people as "authentic" big heads that have been shrunken...

VanceCrozier

Car tinkering, yep it's dying. not all that long ago a guy with a decent toolbox and some basic skills could do a fair amount of work. Now you need tools, data sensors & decoders, someone to translate the readouts, an engineer and a therapist. I'm driving a 4-year old Cobalt, and 3/4 of the engine bay is inaccessible because of some crazy plastic shroud. I can check fluids & change headlights on my own, but that's about it.

Er...so remove the engine cover (shroud). Its usually held on by very few bolts, which are easily undone. Basic stuff with cars can still be done at home. Plugs, ignition coils, alternators, fuel pumps, accessory cables, exhausts, intakes, suspension and brakes can all be DIY jobs on modern cars.

I will agree with you that tinkering with cars today isn't the same as it may have been before. It takes some skill, and usually very pricey tools, and knowledge. But once you get to bigger stuff, it also tends to cost a lot of money, and problems are very costly indeed.

I'm afraid, Dave. 

Dave, my hobby is going.

I can feel it. I can feel it.

My hobby is going. There is no question about it. I can feel it. I can feel it.