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 Subject:  Re: Your most expensive projectList thread.  
  
 Date:  Feb 7, 2008
 From:  James Wechsler 
Roy,

One way to look at it is that it's actually a lot cheaper than many other hobbies.

Take my example above. I spent around $400 and it took me at least 200 hours to build the Liberation diorama. So that's $2/hr.

Go to the movies. A 2 hr (if your lucky) movie is $10. So that's $5/hr.

Golf. Well out here in SoCal green fees can be $100. Say you play for 4 hrs. That's $25/hr.

I don't know how long it will take Paul to build his Panzer IIIJ but I think it's a failr bet that it'll take him longer to use all the aftermarket items than just build the kit OOTB. For a best guess, let's say it takes him 50 hours (I'll bet it's actually quite a bit more). At $224 in cost that's still only $4.50/hr. Less than a movie and I'll argue quite a bit more satisfying.

Just another perspective.

Jim
 
Thread Listing 
  Your most expensive project - Paul A. Owen - Feb 6, 2008
. . . My Alamein Sherman I think - Hans Haase - Feb 6, 2008
. . . Guess I am just cheap? - Robert Garelli - Feb 6, 2008
. . . Re: Your most expensive project - Bill Goodrich - Feb 6, 2008
. . . . . . Re: Your most expensive project - tom deimling - Feb 6, 2008
. . . 1/16th Pershing - Michael Bedard - Feb 6, 2008
. . . 1/16th scale stuff.. - Ray Peterson - Feb 6, 2008
. . . 1:35 80 cm Gun schwerer Gustav - Frank Forster - Feb 6, 2008
. . . Re: Your most expensive project - Ryan Martinez - Feb 7, 2008
. . . Re: Your most expensive project - David Nickels - Feb 7, 2008
. . . This one - Liberation - James Wechsler - Feb 7, 2008
. . . Re: Your most expensive project - Roy A. Schlicht - Feb 7, 2008
. . . . . . Re: Your most expensive project - James Wechsler - Feb 7, 2008
. . . . . . Why? - Paul A. Owen - Feb 7, 2008
. . . . . . . . . I was afraid this was going to happen - Roy A. Schlicht - Feb 7, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: I was afraid this was going to happen [IMG] - Paul A. Owen - Feb 7, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul, you are such a..... - Roy A. Schlicht - Feb 7, 2008
. . . Save $$$$! Check this out... - Steve Camley - Feb 7, 2008
. . . Must be my Panzerfahre - J Steinman - Feb 7, 2008
. . . Tamiya T-72 [IMG] - Scott Taylor - Feb 7, 2008
. . . Re: Your most expensive project - Gary Totty - Feb 7, 2008
. . . . . . BOAT's--Bring On Another Thousand! - Curtis Jurrens - Feb 9, 2008
. . . My ex wife - Rex Ross - Feb 8, 2008
. . . Re: Your most expensive project - Steven C. Johnson - Feb 8, 2008
. . . . . . Re: Your most expensive project - John Yarosh - Feb 8, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Re: Your most expensive project - Steven C. Johnson - Feb 9, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Your most expensive project - John Yarosh - Feb 9, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Your most expensive project - Steven C. Johnson - Feb 10, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Your most expensive project - John Yarosh - Feb 10, 2008
. . . Re: Your most expensive project [IMG] - Chris - Feb 8, 2008
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