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Books are a different breed of animals; Books are the subject of invaluable information, sometimes, a single paragraph can cost more than 100 books altogether, I am still buying books for my library, as you never know the use of them while researching.
Last month I spent more on books than my son's mortgage payment.
I buy books that are related to the build that I am working on. I am always able to find some goodies to add to my collection. Now I have to find the time to actually look through them.
And there’s another criterion for grading a model - the availability of reference material!
I am in the same boat (pun intended) my joy comes from the actual building of the model. I actually get sad once it is done. I keep some and give others away. I am not a "rivet counter" but I try to get it as true to life as is possible.Nor do I! I thought I was the only one who thought like this. I don't even keep my models. If I did there would be no room in the apartment for me. Once they get dusty and a few bits fall off, I give them away or bust them up for spares. As the philosopher B Ferry said, "It's finding, not keeping, that's the measure." Making the models is my hobby not admiring them afterwards.
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Other people's attitudes towards their completed models are mostly different to mine and I have absolutely no wish to change or challenge that.
When i was younger I spent a lot of money on women, booze, and drugs. The rest I wasted.
