My personal "Girl Math" for miniature building

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I was looking over my growing pile of unbuilt kits the other day and realized how funny my brain logic gets with this hobby.

While my daughter always refers to Girl Math when shopping, my mind has started to apply that exact same logic straight to miniature building: If a kit goes on sale, passing it up is basically losing money. That’s just sound financial management on my end! :money_with_wings:

I started keeping track of all the silly, unwritten calculations I make for myself:

  • Display Space: Zero shelf room left? No problem. A tiny book nook fits between two books, which means vertical space doesn’t count against my physical floor space.

  • Cost-Per-Hour: If a kit costs ₱2,000 and takes me 20 hours, my entertainment costs only ₱100 an hour… extend it to 40 hours by customizing the kit, then it drops to ₱50 an hour. The longer it takes me to build the kit, the better the value I get out of the box!

  • Glue Physics: One drop of craft glue on wood takes 10 full minutes to dry. But one drop accidentally spilled on my cutting mat? Dries in 0.4 seconds - flat. Physics work differently when I’m not paying attention!

I ended up putting together my personal 12 Rules of Builder Math in the visual guides below! Swipe through to see my complete math.

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How does my math stack up against yours?

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@Gidge hahaha funny read. Love that perspective!!

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It’s funny story. thank you for sharing

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@Gidge good story lol… :clap: :ok_hand:!

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I’m not a girl math kind of person but I have to agree 100% with you when it comes to my models. I love it when I can make a model last me 4 days or weeks. That is my girl Math

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This was such a funny read! Thanks for sharing!

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Wait I love this girl math, I’ll be using cost per hour to justify it from now on :rofl:

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Lol this was hilarious

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I like your logic very much, it all makes perfect sense to me :grin:

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Hahaha, I loved it—it’s really fun.

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Your post is so fun! I couldn’t stop laughing while reading it!

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I would like to think that this would have got new top marks in math back at school. :joy:

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Ha ha, I love this. Im always confusing my husband with my version of girl math when it comes to all my hobbies.

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j’ai 9 kits en attente d’être monté et je me retiens d’en racheter d’autres

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This is absolutely the kind of math that makes perfect sense in the miniature-building world! :heart_eyes:

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Hahaha, I can relate to this way too much! :joy:

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Hahaha Relate much! I love the Cost per hour logic the most :joy: it really makes sense!

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I love your girl math! Makes perfect sense! :face_with_hand_over_mouth:

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Cheaper than watching a movie :winking_face_with_tongue:

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I have a two minute rule for searching.Find a replacement part, or maybe the kit didn’t need it after all. The roomba always manages to find the pieces in the carpet later so could just run it it I ever lost a part I had to have.

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