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Originally Posted by Butelczynski
Going by polish model designers I doubt they get thousands of dollars for their designs. There is many of them and their work is made easier every year as new graphics software is hitting the market.
Model outlets used to print in tens of thousands of copies, now they are down to few thousands max. Modeling isn't as popular as it was and paper modeling wasn't that popular to begin with, certainly not as popular as plastic modeling was and we all know that hobby is also hurting now although it seems like it rebounded but I wonder if this is just fake marketing.
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Another reason for the sales slump of card models is technology. It is amazing how easy it is to download, sometimes legally, free, thousands of card models from the web. Also, the fact that recoloring is very easy with legal free software, like Inkscape or Photopea, one can imagine why card modelers prefer to work with the PC while drinking a cup of coffee and listening to the Beatles or Beethoven as they obtain in return wonderful working hours on our card models, let alone the later printing and building.
It is impossible to work so easily with plastic models which by the way have, unfortunately, increased in price to the point that they have become unaffordable to the average modeler.