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10-17-2001, 08:32 AM | #1 | |
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Hey P man, Whats it costing ya?
Hey mate, Iv got a whole lot of models sitting in my room, everything from Planes, Trucks, Tanks, Hummers jeeps etc. a 1:48 Herc C130 Sector and 1:32 Kenworth semi. (both are big!) as well as some 1:32 cars utes etc.
But I literaly havnt touched them in about 9years, and well reading this bloody forum has got my intrest in such things back. I remember that it wasn't cheap to do this 10yrs ago, and as im on a limited budget, I was wondering what your spending on it? How far does a spray can go? and what sort of prices are you paying for kits? and paints? etc. The cost really is the only thing stopping me getting back into it.
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10-17-2001, 11:57 AM | #2 | |
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You spend what you want to do a degree!
It costs me the absolute earth, as I like to buy photoetched detail for each kit, plus extras such as the Nismo exhaust for my R34. I also spray each kit, which uses about half a can of spray per kit! So each one probably costs me about £30-£50 tops! You can do it cheap by building them out the box and using paints in a tin! Spray the body though, which will require about half a can automotive spray plus primer, or a whole can of Tamiya spray! |
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10-17-2001, 08:00 PM | #3 | ||
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The cost cant have gone up that much! I think I use to spend about $25-40 on a good quality 1:72 plane kit. So I can't see how cars could be that much more expensive. Quality automotive paint is about $15-20 a can here, so that could be my biggest expense, especialy if your using 1/2 a can per car. But I want to know what Primera man is spending, in NZ $
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10-18-2001, 07:24 AM | #4 | |
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HEAPS !!!!
Tamiya cans about $13.50...will do about 3-4 model cars. The new kit i just got was $60.00 for the CLK. Thats about the average price for a good tamiya one. Revell kits about $30-50. Then you have your paints/brushes etc. The last few weeks it has cost me about $350.00 for kits(6 of them) and paints etc
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10-18-2001, 11:29 PM | #5 | |
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bahhhhhhhhhh
I think I might wait a few months untill im fully employed. At the moment at those prices its a bit out of my reach. Damn.
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10-19-2001, 06:32 AM | #6 | ||
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10-19-2001, 06:41 AM | #7 | ||
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I think its like how an exsmoker must feel after they quite and then walk into a room full of smokers.....
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