It's not /that/ expensive if you stick to B&W. I mean I can pick up a fairly good 35mm Praktica body, Zeiss nifty fifty, some rolls of Ilford, all the chemicals, tank, dark room bag and film puller for less than half the price of my Nikon Z 50mm f/1.8 lens. As for scanning, you can do that with your DSLR/mirrorless, a lamp and some diffusing plastic.

But yeah, is it worth the hassle? Probably not.