model budget cut way back

i have to cut my model budget from $300 a month to $50 a month, see i just bought a new car :iceslolan it's a 1995 mazda millenia the mose beautiful car i have ever owned it also put a $3500 dent in my pocket. so my modeling is going to be very slow :disappoin . but oh well now i got a cool :iceslolan 1:1. i can get pics later if anyone wants to see this beauty. thanks.

Robert.

$300! Wow, that's a lot. I myself only spend $10-$40 USD for paint/styrene... I stop purchasing kits.

Get some pics of the Mazda!

Go on then, show us the photos :)

i will tomarow as the car is gone right now and wont be back till 8pm when it is dark. this car is awsome lether interior power sunroof blue hid head lights 8 speaker sound sestem with 6 disk cd changer wood trim really dark tinted windows 16 inch aluminum 16 spoke rims, and a powerfull v6. the guy i bought it from has another turbo verison thats wrecked i might buy the turbo sestem from him and swap it in. man i am in love with this car, see for the past 7 months i have been driving a rusty old escort wagon and a mazda glc. i also have a 99 honda accord in florida, but i like this car more. o bye the way it's midnight blue :sunglasse . thanks.

Robert.

here is one i found on the net that is the same color and an exact replica exept the rims.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/75977aaaaaaafddddddd.JPG

I used to have a millenia that same color...was an awsome car....got a deal on it. I paid $4500 and only had 60,000 miles. I totaled it a year later in a bad accident that involved 3 other cars in front of me ( a Ford explorer rammed into the car in front of me and after the impact came back down on the hood of mine)
Anyways for the sake of staying on topic.....sux about the cutback in your modeling budget, but trust me throw some subs in the trunk and you won't miss the funds going into modeling b/c I know how it feels to own a car that feels like you spent twice the money to own.....like a cadilac on an escort budget..\
enjoy

gonna have those pics after i go wash it so its not dirty, see i walked in the lot and said i wanted a car and showed him my check and he said that he had somthing i whould like but it was not detialed, so i got to go clean all the salt from the roads off it, i know it sounds stupid to wash a car when it's -10F outside, but i am not takeing any chances with rust.

Robert.

Cool purchase!!:sunglasse

Just a litle OT here for a sec, if I may?

How quick are Millenias? I was looking to possibly sell my 89 BMW 735i and get another semi-luxury cruiser. So far I've looked at the last generation Mazda 929 which I've always loved the look of, a first generation Infiniti Q45, a Lexus LS400, and the Millenia.

Anyway, nice car, love the style. Just keep the car maintained for now and I'm sure you're modeling budget will soon increase again.

well how fast depends on what verison you are getting base or the s verison, the s is supercharged. ha, funny thing happen today on the way to mankato i was on the on ramp to the highway and this black civic squezes besides me and trys to cut me off and then he floored it and started to take off (i noticed that he had apc and mugen stickers on the tail lights :disappoin ) so i floored it to by the time i got beside him we where doing 120mph and his car started falling behind i am supposeing he topped out, but i was at 135mph at only 4500rpm and it felt like the car had alot more to go before it whould top out, it was so fun. i got some pics i will post in a sec, ohh by the way never wash a car when it's -10F outside and then get out to take a pic( the door froze shut :banghead: .

Robert.

here's the only good pic i got. ohh the rims are stock 9 spokes. i thought there was 12 spokes but theres only 9. enjoy.

Robert.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/75977abcdefg.JPG

My budget has been cut back to about 10 bucks, as im saving up for that lincoln.

man what i whould do for that lincon, thats my dream car well that and a crown vic. but i am pretty happy with what i got. dAMN $10 i could not do that as all i build is tamiya, fujimi and ashomia, $10 whould not evan get me a kit.

Robert.

wow this thread lost intrest real fast.

Nice car I am in the market for a car around $4,000 nice to know you can get nice looking car for that.

belive it or not i only put $800 down on it and it's like $150 a month witch is not bad, but my insurance is $1500 every 6 month's. :disappoin
i am sure my model budget will go back up soon, i think i might move into a cheaper place as the appartment i live in runs me $600 a month plus renters insuance.

Robert.

...wow... what on earth could u spend $300 a month on? how many kits do you build a day? sorry man but that just seems like a lot of money to be spending on a hobby, i no for myself, if i could actually finish building all the kits in my stack, i would still only buy 1 or 2 kits a month + a couple paints... no where near 300!...

clean ride

i have no idea how i spend $300, after i make all my orders in the month i look at all the recipts and it come's to $300-$350, one time it came to just over $400. but now that i got a car payment it will have to go down to maybe $100.

Robert.