You can tell you're getting older when.... (modelling related)

Ian the Kiwi Herder · January 03, 2011, 12:30:21 PM

Like me, you've just placed an order with (in this instance), Hannants, and six out of the seven items are paint masks !!

So, for a bit of fun, what modelling items do you now buy which are directly related to your advancing years ?? - Over to you.

Ian

jorel62 · January 03, 2011, 01:22:49 PM

You can tell you're getting older when.... You can remember buying Aurora models when they were NEW!!!!!!

Army of One · January 03, 2011, 01:23:03 PM

I would have to say the kits themselves when in the sale......with an ex wife with two children and my son with SWMBO'd, a thisty diesel,a motorbike.....I have to make do with tape,maskol n a scalpel.....cheap kits are great...hardly ever these days pay full price for a kit these days.....my fiirst job when I left school was working in Beatties in Kingston with a blinkin good discount...!!! Although SWMBO'd bought me an illuminated magnifying glass/lamp....she thinks that as I'm over 40 I might need it.....light is great but painting under the glass takes some getting used to.....

bobbo · January 03, 2011, 02:08:37 PM

Quote from: jorel62 on January 03, 2011, 01:22:49 PM
You can tell you're getting older when.... You can remember buying Aurora models when they were NEW!!!!!!

me, too. And Renwal, Comet, FROG, . . .

And now days, considering 1/48 scale as "small . . . And a small electric heater to keep my hands from getting too stiff . . . Along with Arthritis Formula Tylenol(tm) . . . And magnifying goggles . . .

bobbo

Maverick · January 03, 2011, 03:08:28 PM

Another factor would be remebering when a model was a model and not a bit of plastic with 5 times it's price added in resin & etched metal as aftermarket.

Regards,

Mav

ChrisF · January 03, 2011, 03:08:47 PM

You remember when your local newsagent sold matchbox kits ?

Army of One · January 03, 2011, 03:25:49 PM

Or bagged Airfix 1/72 kits.....I remember them at 32p.....and the 1/24 Stuka at £7.29 when it first came out

thedarkmaster · January 03, 2011, 03:33:27 PM

when you finally admitt to yourself that all those kits in the Stash you where going to do " one day " will never get done and it's time to thin them out !!

Gondor · January 03, 2011, 03:45:14 PM

when item in the Airfix catalogue were really NEW items and not just a re-release.... for the umpteenth time

Gondor

dragon · January 03, 2011, 03:54:49 PM

1. You have kits that you purchased "last century" or "four Presidents ago" and have yet to build.
2. Your "Hangar Queens" are older than the highest paid actors in the current movies at your local theatre.
3. You realize that when you purchased your airbrush, the Soviet Union still existed.

Captain Canada · January 03, 2011, 08:08:34 PM

I'm seriously considering switching to light beer while modelling....I can't seem to get anything done with my current brand !

Does that count ?

Fulcrum · January 03, 2011, 11:32:03 PM

(I know I'm too young for this but it's a recent problem.)

...there is only 1(or none) model stores left in the city(1 model store for a city with 100,000 people)

...the model store dedicates itself/most of it's room for a silly futuristic wargaming fad with 6 tables in the back while all the remaining models are put in a small, central aisle.(Sorry guys, but Warhammer 40,000 is a pathetic waste of time(Star Wars are better))

thedarkmaster · January 04, 2011, 12:26:48 AM

Quotefuturistic wargaming fad

Whilst i agree about the rules must say i cannot about it being a fad.......been around since 1987, thats a long fad longer than most whom play it have been alive............its marketing mate.
i worked for games Workshop during this period and i know they tried to get a Star Wars licence to design a game....mr Lucas refused so 40k was born.......his loss i think

Nigel Bunker · January 04, 2011, 12:30:50 AM

You can tell you're getting older when.... a quick calculation shows you will have to live to 150 to complete the models in your stash.

Fulcrum · January 04, 2011, 01:28:14 AM

Quote from: thedarkmaster on January 04, 2011, 12:26:48 AM

Quotefuturistic wargaming fad

Whilst i agree about the rules must say i cannot about it being a fad.......been around since 1987, thats a long fad longer than most whom play it have been alive............its marketing mate.
i worked for games Workshop during this period and i know they tried to get a Star Wars licence to design a game....mr Lucas refused so 40k was born.......his loss i think

Yeah, it makes sense to have a healthy market for it. I didn't know it was around a year before my birth.
Also I agree that it's too bad as this ranks as one of the biggest regrets of Mr. Lucas' strict copyright's of the Star Wars universe.