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Originally Posted by Bluewavestudios Nice Touch Barry
This is what is Vital to keep the Hobby alive and is exactly the same way I started too, even my Nephew on here now -=nemesis=- is following in my steps...he has been watching me build models for years...ok he has started in cars but he loves my aircraft too and has always shown great interest in all my models....he will do well in the hobby as he is a quick learner...he knows how to sort out I/C engines already and what to do if any problems. Ideal for me coz I know he can take his car out if I am not around and he knows what to do to get it running and enjoy himself.
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*** He is very fortunate Mark to have you as a mentor,by tinkering with that model engine will give him a good grounding in basic carburettors,it has been said that after a certain age group people stopped wanting to get their hands dirty and stick their head under a bonnet to find out what was wrong,the back yard mechanic in recent years has been pushed aside because nobody showed him how to do simple tasks,I could go on about this practical education thing having been put through the Comprehensive education system it did me no harm ! at least we whilttled wood,welded and filed lumps of metal into strange looking pipe racks,learned how to bind the spine of a book,made wood & fabric canoes in the evening at school and flew control-liners in the playground at weekends,I just feel that whilst we have more technology now than ever before that vital 'How to glue a piece of wood together' stood us in good stead for the rest of our life.
Whilst we cannot compete with the way the education system works at least we can try and do our own little things like this for these budding young modellers.
=Nemesis you are a very lucky lad= good to know that you are enjoying your models and learning along the way.