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[mrlownotes]

Definition of a radio controlled model boat ?
! A hole in the water that you pour money into !

[CGAux26]

Most expensive magazine I ever bought off the newsstand was a MODEL BOATS back around 2003.  I had never seen that mag before, and it had a review of the Model Slipways Loyal class boats.  That set off my post-retirement love for scale R/C boats.  I bought the kit and built it, and have built several more since. 


And as to boats being holes in the water into which one pours money, let me quantify it for you:  The amount of money one pours into that hole is proportional to the displacement of the vessel.  So model boats are much cheaper than full size ones, of which I also owned several over my lifetime.

[Martin (Admin)]

Definition of a radio controlled model boat ?
! A hole in the water that you pour money into !

   

[Howard]

Model boat making is a lot cheaper then knocking a  silly little white ball 18 times around a  bit of grass.
 I think model boating is a very cheap hobby, My club Goole £20 pounds a year   about 40p a week and it's a great club
 as for the cost of building or buying a kit and the joy of sailing it over a few years I bet it's no more then about a £1 a week  and when you're fed up with a model you can sell it and must will get their money back just my view but think am close to the mark.
                             Regards Howard

[malcolmfrary]

Very few people come into the model boat hobby as way of getting rid of embarrassingly large quantities of surplus cash.  Some who think that a higher price tag results in something "better" do, but most are looking to stretch the money as far as possible.
The version that I heard was "A boat is a money shaped hole in the water"

[Plastic - RIP]

BOAT

Break Out Another Thousand.

[Baldrick]

  As a member of the mature generation I look upon my modelling to keep fingers eyes and brain ticking over. To which end as expenditure will be death tax deductible I am happy to shell out and to hell with it.

[CGAux26]

Amen, Baldrick.   

[Neil]

  As a member of the mature generation I look upon my modelling to keep fingers eyes and brain ticking over. To which end as expenditure will be death tax deductible I am happy to shell out and to hell with it.

totally agree Baldrick...…...and you have something to show at the end of it......unlick p''''ing it up against the wall every night spent in the boozer or golf club bar

[raflaunches]

I have perhaps found one hobby that’s almost as expensive as model boat!
Restoring classic cars... I’ve just bought the front suspension bushes (all rubber) and two chrome front door handles for my MG ZA Magnette... something in the region of £500!!!

[CGAux26]

I have an in-law who restores '50's cars, mostly Chevys.  He keeps a few and fixes up the rest for sale.  He seems to make good money at it.  He sells many cars far above their price when they were new.   

[tigertiger]

Smoking is probably a far more expensive hobby/habbit for most who indulge. If I think about the money I spent on booze and cigarettes over the years, I could have probably bought more than one house for cash.

[Peter Fitness]

I've always found model boating to be a remarkably cheap hobby, but I rarely build kits, preferring to scratch build instead. I came to model boating via RC aircraft, so I already had the radio gear, although that's quite cheap these days. I tend to make such items as prop tubes and rudder assemblies, and cut all my own planking for plank-on-frame builds as well as decking, all of which help keep costs down. I acknowledge that not everyone is able, or willing, or has the facilities to do this, and kits can be quite expensive, especially here in the outer reaches of the Empire , so the DIY approach helps me keep my expenditure on this hobby down. I do believe that model boating is diverse enough so that, whatever your budget, you can still enter the wonderful world of model mariners 


Peter.

[jaymac]

I thought this was the Humour section or is it the overspill for the Chit Chat one

[canabus]

Hi All
The humor is what some people pay out for their models and fittings.
I am building my first plank on frame boat.
The planks are cut down IKEA wooden blind, which I paid $5au.
The only kit I brought was a Dumas Speedboat, which was already started kit.
It's a dog's breakfast in kit design.
Yes, Peter, I am at the end of the line in the outer reaches of the Empire !!!

Canabus

[Liverbudgie2]

I have perhaps found one hobby that’s almost as expensive as model boat!
Restoring classic cars... I’ve just bought the front suspension bushes (all rubber) and two chrome front door handles for my MG ZA Magnette... something in the region of £500!!!

Wait until you start on TR's and Jag's if you think that's expensive, which it is of course especially for rubber bushes; though I expect it's the door handles which has pushed the price up.

LB

[raflaunches]

Wait until you start on TR's and Jag's if you think that's expensive, which it is of course especially for rubber bushes; though I expect it's the door handles which has pushed the price up.

LB

I’m glad it’s only a MG, but you’re right, the door handles were £147 for the lockable drivers door and £121 for the passenger door. The bushes were quite reasonable at £201.

[Netleyned]

I bought one of these at the
end of my RN Tiff's training.
MG ZA Varitone.
Aka two tone.
First car I could afford that had
Green dash lighting.
200 pound from another tiff off to sea.
Cars were cheap when we were all waiting
to go off to sea and I had it for 6 months and
sold it for the same amount.
Wish I had it today, mo

[Neil]

I have perhaps found one hobby that’s almost as expensive as model boat!
Restoring classic cars... I’ve just bought the front suspension bushes (all rubber) and two chrome front door handles for my MG ZA Magnette... something in the region of £500!!!

god, I learned to drive in one of those that my dad had when it was only 4 years old...…..great car.....wish he still had it, lol.

[raflaunches]

god, I learned to drive in one of those that my dad had when it was only 4 years old...…..great car.....wish he still had it, lol.

I’ve got all that to come- hopefully- mine hasn’t been roadworthy since 1984, ironically the year I was born.
My Dad loves the car but didn’t have the spare cash to rebuild her for a second time. So it’s up to me, it’s a good thing I spend so much time deployed that I save a lot to put towards the restoration.

[nemesis]

A fellow club member was getting fed up with model boats so decided he would go into model railways. He came out of the railway shop with a N gauge loco at a cost of £90 and said quote"stuff that, I am going back to boats" which he did. I think model boats are as dear as you want to make. How about the club that had a comp, for the model that cost the least to make.nemesis

[Peter Fitness]

Good point Nemesis, model boats can be as dear as you want to make them, but that could be said of many similar hobbies. It all depends on the individual, and how much money he or she is prepared to spend on a hobby.


Peter.

[grendel]

savings can be made if you are willing to replace the cost with your time, sometimes you can do it yourself to save costs, my example is that I drew up the plans, and then built the model with a minimum of outlay, using materials at hand, ie recycling timber and cutting my own planks to make a plank on frame timber boat, rather than purchasing the materials ready made.recycling wooden ikea blinds to get lime planking, ok the surface stain needs to be sanded off, a minute per plank, but if you have the time and inclination you can make savings.

[Colin Bishop]

I agree with Peter that you can tailor your modelmaking to your budget whatever that may be. When I started in R/C I had to make do with a hand me down home built single channel radio with sequential commands. Proportional was way out of my league. For most of my modelling life I have had to watch the pennies as there are always competing demands on the family budget. But now, as a pensioner with the kids left home, I can spend pretty much what I want and it is nice to be able to do that on components and tools as well as saving construction and fitting out time. My vices come in several sizes.... 

Colin

[Bob K]

I have recently found that costs increase massively with the size of the ship, and its functional complexity.
However, I knew that when I started my current build.  A lot of it is due to moving well outside my experience level zone, and pioneering numerous parallel build developments.  R&D is a key factor.

OK it is a two year build, so may work out comparable to several four month projects in terms of cost per month over the development time.

Beware of what you desire to construct.