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re: Is building models a dying hobby?
Posted on 9/3/24 at 9:58 pm to MattA
Posted on 9/3/24 at 9:58 pm to MattA
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What I do now. Really like ww2 planes and will continue to do them till I can’t. Once the kids are moved out will likely expand to tanks and other ww2 stuff. Have a p40 in the box just waiting till I get the time.
My son is grown and moved out, my daughter is 16. And while she’s still at home, other than tennis season, my weekends are my own. That’s primarily been I work on my builds. Though with the start of college football season, my building will slow down a bit until January. So far in 2024, I’ve started and finished 19 kits. I already have the next one laid out and ready to start Sunday after church.
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Posted on 9/3/24 at 10:03 pm to Darth_Vader
Growing up I had friends who had 20-30 airplane models they had built hanging from their ceilings with fishing line.
Does anyone even do that anymore?
My dad built some custom shelves in my room and it was filled up with Tamiya tanks I had built. Too bad I was so bad at painting back then but I could put them together cleanly. I didn't care how monotonous a particular section was. I was and still am OCD as hell so I just got in a zone and spent hours and days on the tiny engines or assembling wheels for the tracks.
Does anyone even do that anymore?
My dad built some custom shelves in my room and it was filled up with Tamiya tanks I had built. Too bad I was so bad at painting back then but I could put them together cleanly. I didn't care how monotonous a particular section was. I was and still am OCD as hell so I just got in a zone and spent hours and days on the tiny engines or assembling wheels for the tracks.
Posted on 9/3/24 at 10:07 pm to sidewalkside
I'm working on two Estes rockets with my son. We haven't launched a rocket before so first launch is coming soon we're excited. Rocket kits and other parts bought on Amazon.
Posted on 9/3/24 at 10:15 pm to CAD703X
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Growing up I had friends who had 20-30 airplane models they had built hanging from their ceilings with fishing line.
I have some hanging up in my model room.
I have a 1/72 scale B-24 in my to-do stash I may hang as well due to the wingspan on it being so huge.
Posted on 9/3/24 at 10:30 pm to uncommon sense
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Rocket kits and other parts bought on Amazon.
Hobby lobby is your friend for engines. They have the best prices by far.
Posted on 9/4/24 at 6:39 am to Darth_Vader
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have a 1/72 scale B-24 in my to-do stash I may hang as well due to the wingspan on it being so huge
Awesome model room!! I have Academy’s 1/72 B-29 that I’m going to build as my Grandfather’s plane. However, I can’t find markings for his…so I made the artwork on photoshop and then downsized it to approximately the correct size and brought frisket film to lay over and cut a mask out. We shall see if it works. Below is him and his plane.
This post was edited on 9/4/24 at 6:47 am
Posted on 9/4/24 at 7:47 am to sidewalkside
There is a poster to these boards who does some incredible model airplanes....posts pictures of them. Have no idea who it is and their age but always enjoy those posts.
When I was a kid I got $5 a week allowance....a princely sum for the early 1970s. Daddy got paid on Thursdays and Bonanza Steak House had a 8 oz sirloin, baked potato, salad bar and drink for $1.99 on Thursday nights. As soon as he got home from work we would load up, head to Bonanza, eat that special (those baked potatoes were big enough to feed a half dozen people) and afterward we would go to K Mart and blow through that $5 like a drunken sailor on leave! Almost every week I spent part of that $5 on a model car. It seems like they were about a dollar. Paint and glue were about a dime or so...not much. Testors. Can still smell that paint and glue (they still sold glue that would make you high as a kite back then). As soon as we got home I started building that model. Most of the time they looked like shite when I got done but they always got put on display for a month or so until the cob webs got bad. I never built anything overly special, most of the time it was what the model was meant to be, but sometimes I would add parts from other kits and make all manner of weird hybrids. I enjoyed it. Always cars and trucks, I do not remember ever doing any planes or ships. None of them ever looked like much but I had fun doing it. It was a special treat to go to an actual hobby store or toy store in the mall and see the selection of models available. K Mart had a pretty good selection but nothing like the rows and rows in a good hobby shop.
When I was a kid I got $5 a week allowance....a princely sum for the early 1970s. Daddy got paid on Thursdays and Bonanza Steak House had a 8 oz sirloin, baked potato, salad bar and drink for $1.99 on Thursday nights. As soon as he got home from work we would load up, head to Bonanza, eat that special (those baked potatoes were big enough to feed a half dozen people) and afterward we would go to K Mart and blow through that $5 like a drunken sailor on leave! Almost every week I spent part of that $5 on a model car. It seems like they were about a dollar. Paint and glue were about a dime or so...not much. Testors. Can still smell that paint and glue (they still sold glue that would make you high as a kite back then). As soon as we got home I started building that model. Most of the time they looked like shite when I got done but they always got put on display for a month or so until the cob webs got bad. I never built anything overly special, most of the time it was what the model was meant to be, but sometimes I would add parts from other kits and make all manner of weird hybrids. I enjoyed it. Always cars and trucks, I do not remember ever doing any planes or ships. None of them ever looked like much but I had fun doing it. It was a special treat to go to an actual hobby store or toy store in the mall and see the selection of models available. K Mart had a pretty good selection but nothing like the rows and rows in a good hobby shop.
Posted on 9/4/24 at 7:50 am to sidewalkside
quote:I’d consider building coffins to be more of a dying hobby.
Is building models a dying hobby?
Posted on 9/4/24 at 7:51 am to supadave3
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Currently building a 3 engine Cluster heavy launcher that I’ll use to launch a large toad 1000 ft in the air.
Have you ever asked the toad his opinion on space exploration? Id be curious what his opinion on the subject is.....
Posted on 9/4/24 at 7:51 am to sidewalkside
It takes focus, attention and slowing down your mind. Something everyone is way short on in our new digital on-demand world. But very good for the mind.
Puzzles are another rare hobby nowadays but also good brain exercise.
Puzzles are another rare hobby nowadays but also good brain exercise.
Posted on 9/4/24 at 7:57 am to Bullfrog
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I’d consider building coffins to be more of a dying hobby.
Folks would be dying to do business with you even though your product was the last thing they'd buy.....the only down side is a lack or repeat customers....
Posted on 9/4/24 at 8:01 am to AwgustaDawg
True, but business would be fine as word of mouth would spread that I would be the last one to let them down!This post was edited on 9/4/24 at 8:02 am
Posted on 9/4/24 at 8:04 am to sidewalkside
I’m still building at 47.
Mostly airplanes - 1/72 scale, plastic models and 1/32 scale balsa and tissue (Guillows) models.
I stepped out of my comfort zone for my last build and built a LandCrusier for my padnuh:
He put it in a display case but made a badass diorama for it:
I’ve stepped away from my modeling desk since June because I moved to Oregon for the summer to kill trees.
Mostly airplanes - 1/72 scale, plastic models and 1/32 scale balsa and tissue (Guillows) models.
I stepped out of my comfort zone for my last build and built a LandCrusier for my padnuh:
He put it in a display case but made a badass diorama for it:
I’ve stepped away from my modeling desk since June because I moved to Oregon for the summer to kill trees.
Posted on 9/4/24 at 8:15 am to One72
i remember bonding with my dad; he didn't dote on us kids very much; he was busy and the men of that time weren't touchy-feely to say the least.
but i remember working with him at the den table on a Chevy Nomad and we were both so excited..the engine parts were already silver and i remember working on the door panels and playing with the little rubber tires for days waiting on my dad to get to the point where we got to add the wheels and axles.
that and reading the sunday funny paper to me and my brother were pretty much my core dad memories.
good stuff. now that i'm old i can appreciate just how much he loved me and this was the only way to show it without appearing weak.
but i remember working with him at the den table on a Chevy Nomad and we were both so excited..the engine parts were already silver and i remember working on the door panels and playing with the little rubber tires for days waiting on my dad to get to the point where we got to add the wheels and axles.
that and reading the sunday funny paper to me and my brother were pretty much my core dad memories.
good stuff. now that i'm old i can appreciate just how much he loved me and this was the only way to show it without appearing weak.
Posted on 9/4/24 at 8:16 am to AwgustaDawg
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Have you ever asked the toad his opinion on space exploration? Id be curious what his opinion on the subject is.....
He’s excited. He accepts the risk and wants to advance the frog society forward. He’s been training hard and ready to launch.
This post was edited on 9/4/24 at 8:20 am
Posted on 9/4/24 at 8:19 am to sidewalkside
As a kid, some of my first plastic models were an A4 Skyhawk and a F4 Phantom. Never dreamed that 10/12 years later I would have my hands on the real thing and get a backseat checkout in the two seater Skyhawk. Still my favorite aircraft.
Posted on 9/4/24 at 8:27 am to sidewalkside
I built a ton of them as a kid. Damn ADD kept me fom reading the directions
Posted on 9/4/24 at 8:47 am to Lonnie Utah
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Hobby lobby is your friend for engines. They have the best prices by far.
Hobby Lobby is quickly getting out of the business to model rockets. While they used to have at least a half an aisle dedicated, with excellent prices, now the selection is minimal.
Posted on 9/4/24 at 8:58 am to sidewalkside
Legos and 3D printers are putting the old school models out of business. Some people build crazy cool models for war gaming and fantasy games if you take a look on youtube. These are made with 3D printers and arts and crafts though not the boxed sets.
Posted on 9/4/24 at 9:28 am to CAD703X
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the engine parts were already silver
Land Cruiser engine compartment for your nostalgia.
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This post was edited on 9/4/24 at 9:38 am
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