I’ve been married over 30 years and cant remember a time where my wife didn’t appear in my studio to bring cheese and crackers or something. My wife is as supportive to the point of knowing the many aircraft types. Since I began carving models she researches line drawings assembles my refrence photos and makes coppies of my graphics as needed. Her father worked for HughesAirwest so It’s natural to enjoy a hobby that seems to astrange many from their wives. Just for the sake of conversation and I’m bragging too as that’s what modelers do…
I assume soon to be wives count. I have only been modelling at home a couple of months now, so she is yet to understand the complicated nature of German armour camo schemes (which makes two of us)and she doesn’t yet know a Spit from an Me. But she does take an interesting in the current build, and she has encouraged me to put shelves up so i have some display space.
She does find it rather amussing that she is dateing a geek and that i have shelves with my models and little Star Wars toys. I reckon one day i will get her to build a model. But slowly does it, got to ese her in.
Geek is a good word as many of us have weathered the current job statistics and also have lives which include our beloved hobby. I believe they see your conviction to your goals and it shows where you’ll be in 5 years. soon to be wives are seeing what kind of man you are to start a project and see it through even if a hick up in life occures which always happens.
My wife is quite supportive of my modelling. I have never had an argument on hobby spending. She actually encourages me to go out and buy stuff. Furthermore, when we are on a holliday I can always visit some museums and modelshops. But there is one definite “no go” area and that is displaying finished models in the living room. Luckely I completly agree with her.
Suer she does whenever I order anything she knows about it , I give her all the info so we can show a debit in our checking account. She always tells me order what you want just be sure to let me know once in a while she will ask me about some aspect of modeling. She is very supportive! ACESES5
Mine does support my hobbies. As a total surprise to me one Xmas, she got me a mini-lathe. She saw me get frustrated trying to make barrels for a ship I was working on using an electric screwdriver as a lathe. A few years later, she went through my ship catalogs, picked out a sailing ship that she wanted me to make for our den, and ordered it. She only has one problem with my hobby. She keeps asking me “Why don’t you build the kits you have before you buy more?” Sound familiar to any of you?
my frau doesn’t not support my hobby. i have my own funds from my business for hooby buys and she has her side business too. she appreciates the skills involves and doesn’t mind me going to meetings and workshops and LHSs and always asks how i did at contests. . i have my workshop and study to build and display models. i could probably put a nice sailing ship model in the living room but not some of the military stuff which is fine with me.
i would be curious if model building coming up at an interview would be a plus or a minus. or having a business website that also includes fininhed models or works in progress.
I don’t want to say too much, it might bother some people that don’t have it as good
I just finished switching from enamel paints to acrylics, because she is allergic to the fumes and chemicals,I switched because then I could build in a corner of a room, right inside the house, a dozen feet from where she spends her free time,I told her the possible expense,and then we went with the idea,200 colors later, I am all set (about 300 bottles of paint)
she wanted me to be around her more, and yet not give up my hobby
we have gone to all the shows together, except once,and she is the enabler when it comes to bargains “do you have this yet,how about this one,any of these?” for every price she sees on something that she thinks is a bargain
only “down” comment she makes is sometimes she asks me if I really “need one book for each model” when I buy some books at a show,but, she gets that part now, too
I’ve been married over twenty years and my wife has gotten me several modeling related gifts. The ones off the top of my head were a Horizon Venom kit, Testors compressor, Spray paint booth, several other kits too.
I met my wife in Germany, we were both in the service. In addition to modeling I was (and still am) an avid Bass fisherman. Even in Germany I mail ordered tackle and models and she was understanding and supportive.
That is until we came back to the states and I wanted to actually go fishing and enter tournaments; and attend air shows. Fishing and modeling was time away from her and that was unacceptable. Then there was the expense - her “female things” were, of course, important, but my “boy toys” weren’t.
For the last 27 years I have not had these problems.
I live alone, have a new Bass boat, and one room for displaying models as well as a huge workroom for modeling and fishing tackle.
