ORIGINAL: chashint
Never ever add up what it costs to build anything.
In fact it is a good idea to promptly forget what it cost to buy any individual piece.
Then; if (when) you are asked how much money you have "wasted" you can honestly answer...
'I don't know sweetie, it's not very much though'
I read somewhere a while back where a fellow RC'er said that his biggest fear was, that when he died, his wife would sell his stuff for what he told her he paid for it.[X(]