discussion Is scale modelling a cheap or expensive hobby?

[boatman]

I think most will be surprised just how much we all spend on this hobby, I went to the local model shop to get a few things, glue, tape, paint etc and ended up spending nearly £50 and no, I didn’t succumb to buying a kit!
Good 1/48th model Aircraft can easily cost £50 upwards so it doesn’t take long to rack up a fairly high annual spend.
Agree it’s still very good value for money (per hour) and I love doing it and that’s all that matters in my opinion, so spend spend spend!!

SPEND SPEND SPEND WOW
WELL Farmerboy im glad you eanrt in charge of my wallet lol
chrisb

 

[Farmerboy]

SPEND SPEND SPEND WOW
WELL Farmerboy im glad you eanrt in charge of my wallet lol
chrisb

Officially retired today!! Got time, state pension and a stash to work through (if I can escape from her indoors), life is sweet!!!!

 

[boatman]

Officially retired today!! Got time, state pension and a stash to work through (if I can escape from her indoors), life is sweet!!!!

WELL CONGRATS sir on your retirement an hope you enjoy it an escapein from her indoors who are you Athur daley from minder on tv lol
chrisb

 

[Bugatti Fan]

Spend, spend, spend !
Those of us of a certain age might remember Viv Nicholson saying that after her pools win way back!
She and her husband blew the lot in short order afterwards.
I think that a theatre musical was made about her famous win.

 

[Tim Marlow]

I think most of it went in death duties when her husband died didn’t it? I remember a play about it years ago. Funnily enough, they also checked them “no publicity” box……

 

[Tim Marlow]

Congratulations on the retirement, by the way. I get to the official retirement age this time next year, unless it moves again….

 

[Airborne01]

Woah! I'm lucky as I hit previous retirement age some 13 years ago - lucky 13? - with this muppet in charge ...
Steve

 

[Tim Marlow]

Well, when the previous shower got in I would’ve retired (well, got my state pension) six months ago, but they moved the goalposts…..however, I never expected anything different from them and I don’t from these, or from those to come…..