Sure glad to read of older folks turning to model building. I get those funny looks sometimes when I tell others what I do for a hobby at age 69. It’s a comfort to know you guys are out there and building also. Thanks for the encouragement folks ! Have been building off/on since I was a kid but never seemed to have the time. Just got serious about it a couple years ago and now I am really hooked. As some here have said that Winter is more time for building I also find those hot humid days of Summer are plentiful too. Right now my afternoons are spent in my basement shop building various different kits and I thoroughly enjoy the relaxation and satisfaction I get from it. My biggest problem is space to display them all. I certainly enjoy these forums also. Have learned a lot reading them with all the tips that get posted. Steve S. in Nebr.
I’m 74 and people do look at you funny when you say your a modeler. I suppose they’re busy watching TV while I’m having a good time and keeping my brain working. Models are certainly not a full-time endevour but they do fill in idle time slots. Winter comes to mind and the Kansas Summer can drive you inside, all good reasons to model. There’s no pace or schedules to keep, plenty of problem solving happening, skills being used and even improved, not an expensive hobby compared to bass boats, airplanes and motor vehicles, even a social thing with the forum. Even the W.I.P. is fun. In the end you have the final product to hopefully amaze your friends and even wife. When I get crankey my wife sometimes says that it’s time to build a new model. Therapy, I forgot to mention. How about educational? I always learn something, paticularly history when building and researching the project.
Modeling can also involve competition as in club or serious competition which always leaves me humbled but further educated and sets new goals for the next project. Try as I might, I can’t think of any negative attributes to this hobby. It keeps me out of bars, at least in the daytime, just kidding. What more can I say. Ok, I’ll probably think of something, but that’s it for now. Keep on Modelin’. I highly recommend it. [8-|]
Max
Hey, Tanker, I hear ya and I tried “moderation” and it never worked for me. I’m an “all or nothing” kinda guy so I had to quit both completely. The cool thing about being all in on building model airplanes again is my lovely wife is completely supportive of my newly reacitvated hobby.
Max,you hit the preverbial nail right on the head. Ditto on all of the above,my feelings exactly.
Photofrank, I also am blessed with a supportive wife who even suggests the models she would like to see me build and I try very hard to accomodate her.he he. For instance, I was not actually into ships but she wanted me to build a PT-109 so I did the research ,learned much history and ship building techniques along the way and the thing came out pretty good. So now I’m on to my second ship. So through her, I discovered yet another interesting phase of the hobby that I would’nt normally persue.