discussion Is scale modelling a cheap or expensive hobby?

[pjgtech]

Just musing, and its all relative I know.....

I've had many hobbies over the years, from playing Football, to running, to playing Golf, and Squash, Cycling, Fishing, Motorbikes, Cars, Air rifle target shooting, gaming computers and consoles, collecting stuff, Lego, etc, etc. Some were relatively cheap, (Football, Squash) and other much more expensive, (Motorbikes and gear!)

I tend to go "all in" when I start a hobby, so buy all the kit etc, yes, I am the very definition of all the gear and no idea! Lol.... So I was trying to work out how much I've spent since getting back into the hobby, and TBH I gave up trying to work it out once I got past a bag of sand (£1k) as its a lot more than that!

But I think bearing in mind some of my other hobbies and some hobbies that I don't partake in (but could), its not too bad and it obviously can be done quite cheaply if you are careful about what you buy, eg: cheap gear, cheap kits, etc.

Thoughts?

 

[PaulTRose]

In the scheme of things its a relativly cheap hobby...... I can think of a lot worse things to waste money on

 

[Jim R]

I always think of the hobby costs in terms of "hours spent against £s spent". In my case that works out as good value.

 

[pjgtech]

Yeah, I agree that I get a lot of time out of the hobby and a lot of pleasure building em....
Think my most expensive hobby was Motorbikes, spent a bloody fortune on bikes, gear and trips away, etc, Lol!

 

[radish]

Sure is a lot cheaper than going down to the pub and buying beer all the time, or even FAR cheaper than if you only smoked one pack a day.

In Australia, a carton of 10 Camel Plain cigarettes packs will set you back AUST $ 385.00, yep you read that correct, Aust$ 385.00, or - 201 English Pounds for just ONE carton of fags, eh.

A carton of XXXX beer, 30 x 375 ml cans, will set you back Aust $ 53.00.

Here's an exercise in futillity, check out what a pint of beer costs at the pub in Aust, I will let you do the conversion for the English Pound.
Do a Google for------------- the cost of a pint of beer in australia ------- then do a currency conversion back to English Pounds.


So modelling is by FAR the cheapest option I got ------------

 

[flyjoe180]

It's definitely more expensive than it was, especially the price of kits. Luckily I collected all the model kits (and more) I need years ago. Materials aren't too expensive, once you've splashed out on some more pricey items such as airbrush and accessories, and accumulated your paints.