That sounds about right judging from what I got extra after paying tax.
Is scale modelling a cheap or expensive hobby?
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Thankfully I have my teachers pension as well
Lol, thats my problem though, I tend to go "all in" when I start up a new hobby and buy everything in sight....!
It depends on what you want to do.
Simply glue kits together and paint with a hairy stick or not, then it's relatively cheap, depending on the kit you are buying.
Airbrushing elevates the cost.
Weathering can cost a bit extra.
Super detailing modding and resin kits really start pushing that price envelope.
What do you want?
What scratches that itch?
It's down to the individual and what drives their plastic addiction.
Simply glue kits together and paint with a hairy stick or not, then it's relatively cheap, depending on the kit you are buying.
Airbrushing elevates the cost.
Weathering can cost a bit extra.
Super detailing modding and resin kits really start pushing that price envelope.
What do you want?
What scratches that itch?
It's down to the individual and what drives their plastic addiction.
Lol, all of the above (accept air brushes, for now....)!It depends on what you want to do.
Simply glue kits together and paint with a hairy stick or not, then it's relatively cheap, depending on the kit you are buying.
Airbrushing elevates the cost.
Weathering can cost a bit extra.
Super detailing modding and resin kits really start pushing that price envelope.
What do you want?
What scratches that itch?
It's down to the individual and what drives their plastic addiction.
I had my final salary pension too and couldn't turn down a generous early leaver package.
Always intended to go at about 55 so a golden handshake was a pleasant surprise
My wife and I always wanted to retire at 60, we both had professional careers.
Sadly despite having redundancies where I worked, they would not let me go, as I was the only person capable of doing my role in a large team, so I missed out on a good payoff (as I had been there for 30 years at that point!).
So I decided to work part time (3 days a week) from then on, to prepare for retirement at age 58, and I finally bit the bullet and retired at age 59, so a bit earlier than we had planned, (My wife also retired at the same time from her job). Luckily we both had reasonable work pensions, I would not say "good", but they are reasonable and we can live within our means. We will not get our state pension until we are 67, so still six years to go for that.
I started part time works in my teens, I think about 12 ish, working Saturdays and school holidays, and actually started full time employment at 16. So I think I earned my pension after 42 years (46 years if you include part time stuff).
I would not go back to work now if you offered me double!
Enjoy it while you can, you only get one shot at life....
Sadly despite having redundancies where I worked, they would not let me go, as I was the only person capable of doing my role in a large team, so I missed out on a good payoff (as I had been there for 30 years at that point!).
So I decided to work part time (3 days a week) from then on, to prepare for retirement at age 58, and I finally bit the bullet and retired at age 59, so a bit earlier than we had planned, (My wife also retired at the same time from her job). Luckily we both had reasonable work pensions, I would not say "good", but they are reasonable and we can live within our means. We will not get our state pension until we are 67, so still six years to go for that.
I started part time works in my teens, I think about 12 ish, working Saturdays and school holidays, and actually started full time employment at 16. So I think I earned my pension after 42 years (46 years if you include part time stuff).
I would not go back to work now if you offered me double!
Enjoy it while you can, you only get one shot at life....
This thread has morphed a bit from its original question about whether this is an inexpensive hobby or not.
Life throws curve balls at most of us at some time or another, and therefore can impact both finance available to buy stuff, but worse, health issues that can seriously affect our ability to pursue some of the things we desire.
The official retirement age being constantly raised does not help. I can remember leaving school at 15 and going straight into an engineering apprenticeship of 5 years, and worked until I retired at 65. Things have changed a bit since then. The majority of school kids don't leave until reaching 18, and those who go on to college of university do not even enter the workplace until often a bit well into their twenties !
We appear now to have a dwindling workforce to pay for everything.
The private sector traditionally retired generally at 65 and the public sector at 60. I could never work out why there should be so much disparity. So good luck to those public sector retirees getting 5 extra years to work on your models !
I find that model making in retirement is more enjoyable having more disposable time if not more disposable income to pursue it.
Life throws curve balls at most of us at some time or another, and therefore can impact both finance available to buy stuff, but worse, health issues that can seriously affect our ability to pursue some of the things we desire.
The official retirement age being constantly raised does not help. I can remember leaving school at 15 and going straight into an engineering apprenticeship of 5 years, and worked until I retired at 65. Things have changed a bit since then. The majority of school kids don't leave until reaching 18, and those who go on to college of university do not even enter the workplace until often a bit well into their twenties !
We appear now to have a dwindling workforce to pay for everything.
The private sector traditionally retired generally at 65 and the public sector at 60. I could never work out why there should be so much disparity. So good luck to those public sector retirees getting 5 extra years to work on your models !
I find that model making in retirement is more enjoyable having more disposable time if not more disposable income to pursue it.
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