I certainly do. All the time. Always. I like building huge things to scale (currently working on the NCC-1701). If I was to spend time mining the resources, I would never, ever, have time to actually make the ship. And making it to scale, with all decks, is already sufficient enough of a challenge.
Mining itself is a skinner box. Of course people will enjoy it, that is the point of a skinner box!
To me, the challenge and the game is in the construction, not the mining.
And why not just buy legos? Minecraft is significantly more affordable!