discussion Can conditioning the money.... the modeling...?

[PaulTRose]

i have no problem with someone building whatever they want, dosnt matter if its £2.50, £25 or £250...........if you can afford it then go for it............certainly nice for the rest of us to watch something expensive and seldom done go together


i do have a problem (which i experienced on another forum) where theres a form of snobbery sets in to see who can spend the most on a kit............they would spend 30 quid on the kit then another 150 quid on the aftermarket stuff 'cos it is better'.............then spend a fortune on the bits for a dio to put it on

 

[eddiesolo]

i do have a problem (which i experienced on another forum) where theres a form of snobbery sets in to see who can spend the most on a kit............they would spend 30 quid on the kit then another 150 quid on the aftermarket stuff 'cos it is better'.............then spend a fortune on the bits for a dio to put it on

I must admit I have also seen this, what gets me is that at least 40% of the PE stuff you don't see or are not used. Again, you model to your budget, I try and do dio bases as best I can with junk I have, if I am flush that month I may get some odds and sods for a base. Nothing wrong with getting PE and making a model 'pop' but Paul is right some folk dismiss a model because it hasn't got loads of brass work all over it...pure nonsense really.

 

[stona]

A kit is just a kit. The price is just the price. It is what someone does with the kit that matters. You can have as much fun with a five pound kit from the bargain bin as you can with a two hundred pound super kit. You can also make just as good a model from both.


I enjoy building and seeing others build kits from across the spectrum. Snobbery about kits is just idiotic, life is too short to get worked up about utterly irrelevant nonsense like that!


Cheers


Steve

 

[papa 695]

I just build what I like who cares what it cost ( maybe the missus ).

 

[eddiesolo]

It is what someone does with the kit that matters

Oh, dear...

 

[Guest]

I don't know what this is about, but I now want to see the build, you carry on Polux.


I've always enjoyed your builds and that of other's, and who cares what they cost....just admire the build and workmanship that goes into these kits, that we all enjoy building

 

[Robert1968]

Sorry guys....I just I feel disappointed...
I closed my new diorama thread, because seems the members were more worried about the price of the kits, than what I can do with them.....


Is all

Build you build and tell the others go stuff them and their views!!!( you are you and they are not worthy of an account!!


There I said it


( don't ban me for getting annoyed )

 

[eddiesolo]

Build you build and tell the others go stuff them and their views!!!( you are you and they are not worthy of an account!!
There I said it


( don't ban me for getting annoyed )

BAN HIM!!!!!!!!

 

[Robert1968]

BAN HIM!!!!!!!!

Ban me I'll still make models!!! And I'll find you... Be afraid be very afraid !!!!

 

[Guest]

Build what you like and buy what you want. Spent a fortune on Marklin rail stuff over the years but the enjoyment from it has been amazing. Now buying kits at a fraction of the price and getting just as much enjoyment from building. Just shows that what you spend makes no difference. I would rather drive a Subaru than a Rolls Royce (apologies to all Rolls owners on here)


It is all just a matter of what you want to buy and what you want to spend.

 

[tanktrack]

Polux you are a great modeller and i very much like watching your builds please carry on , i spend a small fortune on subject books along with the kits and all the "extras" i love building models at all different prices and get the satisfaction of finishing them to a standard that i hope is improving and like to post them on here , the only person i "worry" about is the wife finding out what it costs but it keeps me happy and thats all that matters .

 

[spanner570]

Build you build and tell the others go stuff them and their views!!!( you are you and they are not worthy of an account!!
There I said it


( don't ban me for getting annoyed )

All I did was write to the effect that I couldn't afford to spend that amount on kits. FACT!


What others spend on kits is of no concern or interest to me whatsoever. It's a shame that what I thought were an innocent few words has caused some heated posts.


I would readily accept being told to get stuffed, along with my views and not being worthy of an account - as long as there were grounds for such a drastic statement.


Sorry this is dragging on Polux, I'm sure you want to resume your build as much as I want to see it progress - but I have to defend myself, when needs arise.

 

[stona]

All I did was write to the effect that I couldn't afford to spend that amount on kits. FACT!

Which is perfectly reasonable Ron. As I said, I think there's been a bit of a misunderstanding.


As it happens I was recently looking at a rather nice kit of Donald Campbell's Bluebird K7, a boat with which I've always had a bit of a fascination, ever since I first saw the film of the fatal crash on Coniston Water. Much as I'd love to make it, despite the lack of wings (though the last version did have a vertical fin) I just couldn't justify the price, and I only build a very few models each year.


Everyone models to a budget, some are just larger than others. Making good models has nothing to do with the spondulics disbursed


Cheers


Steve

 

[Guest]

Perhaps it's time to lock this thread down as it appears some stuff is being said without the full facts being known.


I'm sure that had Robert known what's behind it, he wouldn't have been so quick to pass comment.


We've all agreed that money spent is a personal preference & that Polux should reopen his thread.


Surely that's enough?


Hehe look at me being all reasonable for a change

 

[downscale model art]

For me,it's a labour of love. If it's a subject I'm passionate about, I can warrant the extra expense. For example, a 1.200 hms hood with all the trimmings would cripple my bank account but 1, my gramps served on her,,,,2 it would take me over a year to build so it evens out the cost and 3,,,,,it's my model, not anyone elses

 

[Guest]

I think this is a passionate hobby and people quickly jump to the defence of a perceived attack on one of their friends without being fully aware of the facts, hoping we can all chill and calm down now

 

[Robert1968]

Oops I apologise if I stood on any toes ( apologies Ron.. I just thought someone not wanting to build a kit via others views was wrong ( my fault and I never wanted to upset anyone's saddle so to speak.


I'll,just potter off and get back to me table ( head hung in shame )


Regards


Robert

 

[eddiesolo]

I too spend a fortune on kits...buy one, glue, paint...mess it up...bin...buy another and repeat...


The never ending of cycle of kits that keep my bin well and truly fed.

 

[Guest]

Good mooring.


Is a new day...today....


Anyway, I know a "new day" it hasn't to become an excuse for my yesterday post. I'm sure it wasn't correctly at all


I was disappointed for things in and some ones out of this forum.


Certainly today I hate myself.....so the best way I have to return at the, day by day, is search a model and some glue. I'm sure I have both somewhere in my work bench


My most sincer apologies to all, and thank you to all for all kind of comments and patience.


Maybe as Patrick pointed, is better to close the thread....


Regards


The stupid Polux

 

[Guest]

Polux mate, I hope you carry on with your state of Maine thread, I love watching you build anything, but especially the buildings you have been doing.


As regards to cost, I don't think it matters, as long as we are happy. I'll be paying out about a grand over the couple of years of my millennium falcon build!!!!!


Cheers, Andrew