Was a dollar ever really worth a dollar? I remember buying my first Hobie Hawk for $150.00 and thinking I was out of my ever loving mind. I look back now and it was one of the best buys I have made in this hobby. I'm still flying the thing. This was back in the days of Windfree's, Windrifters etc for $30.00.
Seeing that I paid Tower the $150.00 for it I wonder how much Bob Martin (the maker at the time) got paid? Hardly worth his effort I would think. Although I do appreciate him making it available. Wish Dennis Ross would make them again. But then, I'd hate to see him go broke doing it. Mark http://www.isthmusmodels.com --- Bill Conkling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry, but you're not old enough to remember when a > dollar was really > worth a dollar. > > But, having worked in the area of composite model > building for a number of > years, I get your point. I have worked on models > where the cost was > measured in man-hours. If you consider design, > testing, pattern/mold > making and finally model fabrication and assembly, > this can run into > 500 - 1200 hours easily. Now multiply this by a > reasonable wage or fab > rate and you can see why there aren't many people > making a libing making > these models to sell. > > .........bc ([EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.widomaker.com/~conk > Williamsburg, VA 23185 > > > On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, Bill Swingle wrote: > > > While I don't usually think about it, today it hit > me. Does anyone else get > > a bit stunned by the money spent on the high end > sailplanes? > > > > One thousand? Twelve hundred?!! > > > > I think back to when I started modeling. You know, > back when a dollar was > > really a dollar and all that rhetoric. > > > > Even more stunning is the realization that I now > consider those thousand > > dollar planes to be WORTH THE MONEY! Amazing. > > > > Bill Swingle > > Janesville, CA > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane > News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that > subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in > text only format with MIME turned off. > > > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane > News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that > subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in > text only format with MIME turned off. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
