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Some years ago a friend who did freelance PR work for CPR asked if I would be interested in kitbashing a CP SD40-2F for the railway's head office. This is CP's unique cowl bodied SD40-2 model. There was an article on doing such a kitbash in RMC by friend Patrick Lawson, which made the idea practical for me since the project was already described in detail. I tackled the project as an interesting thing to do. They supplied all of the basic kitbashing items - diesel models and shells, along with a whole bunch of prototype photos and some plans. There was mention that the railway might want 10 or so of the model later. For the first time I kept a record of my time as I built the model, from the start to the finish, including mounting it in a display case that was supplied. It took me 52 hours to complete. I didn't have a clue ast to how much I should charge for the work. At the time I was eyeing a new zoom lens for my camera, and inquired if my friend could buy me one on his expense account as payment for my model work, and he agreed. The lens would have cost me around $500.00 if I had bought it locally. So I made less than $10.00 an hour for my model work. I'd done other part time work related to my photography hobby and always figured that my time was worth at least as much as I was making at my full-time job, around $25.00 an hour at that time. But charging $25.00 an hour for the modeling work might have seemed excessive. Guess I'll never know! Anyway once I finished the model I lost interest in making any more copies even though later ones would have taken less time than the first one. So my point is that your leisure time should pay you at least as much as you make in your full time job, or even more. If I had to work at my full time job after hours I would have been paid at time and a half rate. How much is your leisure time worth? Bob Boudreau
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