When I was a teenager, there were plenty of teenagers building models of sailing ships, and people in their twenties and thirties building them out of wood - a very intricate process. I don't think any of them saw sailing ships in revenue service.
I think the change in model railroading lies more in the loss of the art of modeling, having been replaced by the art of compiling and arranging. Now the waiting period is no longer the year it takes to build a locomotive, it is the year(s) between when you put down your deposit and when the model arrives. There is a certain satisfaction that comes from seeing a purchased locomotive added to your roster, but how long does that last compared to watching a model that you slaved over, were frustrated over, and then finally won the battle? BTW, it's pretty well known in other circles that if you want to connect with young people today (20 - 30 yrs) you need to offer something that can be experienced socially, not individually. We do social (bull sessions), but we don't really do modeling (experience) socially. Maybe the Pines and Prairies guys can help us out with that. -Michael Eldridge -Model building on hold for three more weeks (counting down) --- In [email protected], JGG KahnSr <jacek...@...> wrote: > > The anxiety seems to be that the younger generation is not exposed to > railroading in their daily experience, hence they have no interest in > replicating it in miniature. Or that all of us old farts (I am sixty-nine > and have been a serious model railroader off and on for over fifty-five of > those, not counting an even earlier encounter with Lionel) are committed to > modeling only what we remember from first-hand. How does one then explain > the perennial interest in military miniatures? ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
