# Rocketeer finishes the Saturn Weekender

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-the-saturn-weekender/797462>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 27, 2017, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-the-saturn-weekender/797462 "2017-09-27T20:11:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-the-saturn-weekender/797462/41 "2017-10-02T04:30:42Z")

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> [@Ike\_Witt](#):
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> Would you do a commission piece?

I’m pretty sure he could build me the woman of my dreams, but in a 1:14 scale, depending how tall I can imagine.

😉

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**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-the-saturn-weekender/797462/42 "2017-10-02T17:34:34Z")

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> [@Ike\_Witt](#):
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> …Would you do a commission piece?

This has come up in previous threads I’ve posted showing off a model, and since I’m a very very lazy guy, I’m going to quote myself:

I’ve built models on commission before; the basic problem is that you can’t charge enough to make it worthwhile. Most normal people are willing to pay maybe $200 for a model; on a per-hour basis, that’s pretty paltry. I recently dismantled, repaired, and painted a Batgirl figure for $200. I had maybe forty or so hours into it, so I was working for $5 an hour. Minus my expenses for primer, putty, glue, and paint. So I obviously wasn’t working to get rich; actually, I was working because I liked the figure and I liked the client. But for that kind of money I would never build a model I hated or work for a client I couldn’t get along with.

(I have had the pleasure of building a couple things for a very rich man, and those times I was able to bid the job so that I felt well renumerated.)

And of course, the complexity of the job can vary immensely, which would affect the price. Why don’t you send me a picture of what you’re thinking of via private message, and I’ll mull it over?

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**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-the-saturn-weekender/797462/43 "2017-10-02T17:35:47Z")

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> [@Gatopescado](#):
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> I’m pretty sure he could build me the woman of my dreams, but in a 1:14 scale, depending how tall I can imagine.
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> 😉

“Well, the genie thought I asked for a 10-inch pianist…”

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-the-saturn-weekender/797462/44 "2017-10-02T19:57:53Z")

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[XKCD beat you to that joke](https://xkcd.com/532/).

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**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-the-saturn-weekender/797462/45 "2017-10-02T22:21:42Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> [XKCD beat you to that joke](https://xkcd.com/532/).

A nice spin on an old chestnut!

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