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VOLUME 12. ISSUE 134. SEPTEMBER 2016
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HOW WELL DO YOU INVEST IN YOUR HOBBY..?
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nvesting in your hobby? One of
the more though provoking pieces
of advice I was ever given was
about lifestyle investments and
the two things you should never
go cheap on - beds and shoes. The
reasoning was that what time you don’t spend in one, you spend
in the other. It’s advice that often springs to mind when when the
subject of airbrushes and compressors turns up on modelling
forums and social media, and begs the question, do modellers
prefer spending more on their models than their toolkit?
I recently undertook a project to see if I could finish a
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In simplest terms, if you’re spending more on the model you’re
finishing than the equipment you’re trying to finish it with,
then perhaps you’re selling yourself short
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model using the minimal of gear on a budget, try
and make something using the resources a new or
inexperienced modeller would be able to access.
One of the conclusions was that while there are some
things that are not cost-dependent for good results,
some - like a decent knife - were. What brought the
question of investment wasn’t centred around new
or inexperienced modellers with limited budgets, but
often reasonably experienced enthusiasts (perhaps
with a decade’s worth of modelling) throwing
everything at an already not-inexpensive kit - etched
detail sets, resin upgrades etc… - but then struggling
with the £25 airbrush they bought online, or a budget
airbrush/compressor deal recommended to them. In a
lot of cases, it isn’t that the modeller seemingly can’t
afford to buy a better airbrushing set up, they simply
chose to spend that money on more kits.
Now, I’ll defend what people spend, buy, build
and how they enjoy their hobby to the very last, I’ve
often said that it doesn’t what people are making,
so long as they’re making something and engaging
with the hobby. But the advent of modelling forums
and social media does appear to have created a new
sort of peer pressure amongst modellers. The old
adage “trying to run before you can walk” seems to
come into play a lot. People see exquisitely made
models that are the results of maybe years (decades
even) of experience and practice - not to mention
mistakes - and they want those same results, so they
throw money at their models. To top it off, they see
a finish probably done with a quality airbrush - and
the accrued skills therein - and try and replicate that
with their £25 unbranded clone. In simplest terms, if
you’re spending more on the model you’re finishing
than the equipment you’re trying to finish it with,
then perhaps you’re selling yourself short. Likewise
if you’re spending more on kits each year than that
gear you really want, to get that finish you dream of,
then maybe it’s time for a rethink.
Now this isn’t about someone rushing out and
buying most expensive equipment they can afford,
because often the flip side of this is that someone
goes in at the deep end and buys a high-end Iwata,
Grex or Harder and Steenbeck airbrush in advance
of having any kind of airbrushing skills in the first
instance and, coupled with a lack of knowledge about
paint ratios, care and cleaning etc… ends up with
an expensive toy that leaves them baffled. In other
words, someone with little experience of playing a
guitar buys a Brian May replica Red Special, but
are now wondering why they can’t play the solo to
‘Bohemian Rhapsody’.
For years I managed with some cheap little knock-
off double action clone and a budget compressor,
but then in all honesty nothing I was building was
in excess of cost of that airbrush, so the ratio held
true! But both eventually wore out, and I invested in
some new, quality gear simply because I realised
that they were always going to be used no matter
what the project. My compressor wasn’t cheap - It
took a chunk out of my buying budget (then again
it’s not like I didn’t have enough kits stashed away)
- but it was central to everything I was going to use
for finishing models. And truth be told, even though
I invested in a couple of Iwata’s for precision work
over the years, my go-to airbrush for everyday tasks
is a mid-range Sparmax (equivalent to an Iwata Neo)
which, while sitting around the £50 mark, is a quality
piece of kit.
Some modellers may baulk at £50 as the starting
price for an airbrush, especially when there’s fancy
looking stuff out there for half the price, but I even
bought one of the latter to see if I could disprove
my own theory - I managed about a month’s worth
of inconsistent use before it just stopped working.
Meanwhile my Sparmax soldiers on like a pro. To
some extent the same goes for brushes. There
are plenty of modellers out there who still prefer to
hand paint, either through preferences, necessity or
budget. But likewise, if you’re making a £20 kit and
trying to finish it with a £4 paintbrush that won’t keep
its shape or sheds hairs, perhaps it’s time to bite the
bullet, forgo a couple of kit purchases, go into an art
store (preferably) and invest in some quality brushes.
And at the risk of quoting (yet again) Chris Ellis
and his seminal 1960s classic ‘How to Go Plastic
Modelling’ , that’s advice he gave 50 years ago that
still holds true now.
As a sideline to this, often when a new kit gets
announced, especial in the larger scales, there will
be comments to the effect of “I really wan’t one,
but I can’t afford that price…”, but then the same
commentators will spend an equal amount on several
kits that they won’t build for a while (if ever). If they
can distribute the same amount of cash across
several kits, then they can afford to buy the one
they “really want” - whether they feel they justify it is
another matter. Likewise, if you’re spending a certain
amount each year on your hobby - let’s say £250 as
a conservative figure - then you’ve got the means to
fiscally buy that airbrush set-up you really want. The
question is, how much do you really want it?
Long story short, ambition is often governed by
resources. Which goes back to that notion of painting
that expensively assembled model with budget
painting gear - some will be happy with the results
and more power to them, but some will wonder why
they’re not getting the results their ambition demands.
Perhaps the connection between ambition and
resources is best summed up by that famous quote
from the movie ‘Jaws’. “You’re gonna need a bigger
boat…”. (Jonathan Mock)
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