Swarm

1st July 1968 ,45 this year.
My wife reminded me I fall into another age bracket for surveys and the like ,that is rubbing salt into the wound .

Welcome aboard Menui ,good to see another enthusiastic person with a passion for RC join our ranks enjoy your time on Tamiyaclub !

My wife made a comment the other day about this hobby ,something along the lines of its going to be hard to get younger people interested in this hobby with current technology and RTR cars the interest is simply not there ,back in our day there was advertisment on TV those classic old TV ads ...now nothing, hard to get younger people into something they are uneducated about, say Tamiya to a young person and they just stare at you like your from the planet zardos .

Most of the the guys interested today are somewhat older people in their late 30's - 40's - 50's when Tamiya was at their height in the late 70's early-mid 80's was when the majority of us jumped on board.

Is it a dying hobby ? that will eventually die with us more mature enthusiasts ? .

I have tried to get my 20's something children interested but all they want to do is play with their "I thingies".

I live in hope that the arrival of my impending grandchildren will be interested someday .

I also agree that building something helps you maintain an interest in it you know what goes into to it and you learn how something works ,we live in a disposable society play break and throw away then replace RTR is a classic example of this ,sad but true.

Its a niche hobby ,and it can be at times a lonely or isolated hobby but here we sit brought together by implements of this throw away society in the form of our computers-Ipads-Mobile phones ,the very things the younger ones use on a daily basis like an extension of their bodies,the same way we once used Lego,Meccano,Slot cars like they were an extension of our bodies,I think its just a sign of the times and you have to roll with the punches so to speak .

The only thing that really matters is that we still enjoy it .

One of the joys of living in Colorado. It's too dry for silverfish. I currently have 5 NIB kits, but they will all be built by late spring, the only exception being the Avante BS which is still in factory shrink wrap. All my kits get run so my only worry is cleaning them after the fun. I'm just glad I don't have to worry about mold like I did back in Connecticut.

This had been niggling away at me for some time, then after reading this post yesterday morning I spent the remainder of the day and most of the night checking each kit (with the help from my devoted wife) it took hours they are now also in a bigger room which should enable me to check more often for any nasties.

Indeed I came to the same conclusion living in a dry environment must help nothing had touched any kit not one insect of any type, actually we don't even have fleas here our cats have never experienced a flea bite.

Some time ago I started putting any new kits aside for a few weeks kind of like quarantine then after a given period of time they would be moved to the collection.
The down side is my wife now knows how many kits I have, I would hear her comment yesterday on inspecting a kit ohh I like the gold wheels in this kit and doesn’t this one have a nice body, and where did you get all these F-1 cars from      

Maybe having my kits on a shelving system helps ...not sure ,but defiantly living in a dry atmosphere helps .

I think that you do need to subscribe as the SIG's are connected to showroom entries.  Once accepted that is, you can select an SIG to link to any of your showroom entries.

I have applied for a couple and had no reply from the administrator of the SIG, boo.

Does this mean that you will be subscribing soon and showing us all of your great buggies ?

Sorry Thommo .
Have added you to the Down Under SIG Group ,would have added you sooner but did not get any notifications or messages ,been busy mate .
Welcome to the SIG anyways.
Stuart.