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| Subject: | Re: What Can We Do to Attract More Young Modelers? |  |
| Date: | May 24, 2002 |
| From: | john.williamson3 | |
Hi Tim,
I started modelling at the age of 15 (now 19) and now have 20 modern
AFV and trucks to my name, Nowdays I tend to photograph more as
I have uni and girlfriend commitments but I still perhaps make 2 or three
models a year and attend as many shows as possible to get could
reference photos.
I guess I had a longer attention span and a genuine interest in the military
which pulled me through. Even the lads which had no interest at all in
models
were impressed by them, i guess they just dont have the attention span to
actually build them.
Nick
Tim Streeter wrote in message
news:3CEA94C6.141AFA56@msn.com...
> As somewhat of a tangent from my earlier question, I'm wondering what
> your thoughts are on how more young modelers can be brought into the
> hobby. Face it, growing the consumer base is the only way we're going
> to be able to ensure the future of this hobby.
>
> I taught a weekly modeling class at my son's summer kid's club at school
> last year. It was a mixed experience. We started with 15 kids, which
> was too many, but a number switched into other activity groups after a
> session or two, and a few more left after they completed their snap-tite
> kits (kits which I had tried to politely discourage). I ended up with
> about 8 kids, about half seriously working on models and the other half
> prefering the screw-together diecast kits. I quickly discovered their
> attention span is about a half hour. Unfortunately, this was a two hour
> block of time. So I spent as much time cajoling and babysitting these
> 10 year olds as I did modeling with them.
>
> I tried to promote a seven week parent/son modeling class through
> community education last winter, but didn't get enough interest to make
> a go of it.
>
> My son, who started out with a strong interest, was seduced by the
> Warhammer kits that are all the rage in his crowd. Between those and
> the ever present Legos, I've got a lot of competition. And it won't be
> long until he starts seriously looking at girls!
>
> So I'm wondering what you guys think about this. How do we nuture the
> new AFV modelers? Do we need a return of the motorized 1/35 kits? Do
> we need R/C AFVs in this scale and at a lower price point than the 1/16
> monsters to get kids interested?
>
> Is there anything we can do collectively to mobilize ourselves,
> manufacturers or the local hobby stores to promote the hobby?
>
> Tim
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 | What Can We Do to Attract More Young Modelers? - Tim Streeter - May 21, 2002 |
| . . . Re: What Can We Do to Attract More Young Modelers? - Alex Hodges - May 21, 2002 |
| . . . . . . Re: What Can We Do to Attract More Young Modelers? - Adam Vukich - May 21, 2002 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: What Can We Do to Attract More Young Modelers? - Tim Streeter - May 22, 2002 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: What Can We Do to Attract More Young Modelers? - MSW - May 22, 2002 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: What Can We Do to Attract More Young Modelers? - Landon Olson - May 23, 2002 |
| . . . The WOW factor is missing... - Yuchung Wang - May 21, 2002 |
| . . . . . . Re: The WOW factor is missing... - Ruben Kremer - May 21, 2002 |
| . . . . . . Re: The WOW factor is missing... - Alex Hodges - May 22, 2002 |
| . . . . . . Re: The WOW factor is missing... - Alan - May 22, 2002 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: The WOW factor is missing... - Yuchung Wang - May 22, 2002 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . SF - Peter Ong - May 22, 2002 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: SF - Yuchung Wang - May 23, 2002 |
| . . . Several things - Peter Ong - May 22, 2002 |
| . . . . . . Re: Several things - Alex Hodges - May 22, 2002 |
| . . . . . . Re: Several things - Yuchung Wang - May 23, 2002 |
| . . . . . . Re: Several things - Thorsten Wieking - Jul 3, 2002 |
| . . . Re: What Can We Do to Attract More Young Modelers? - john.williamson3 - May 24, 2002 |
| . . . Re: What Can We Do to Attract More Young Modelers? - john.williamson3 - May 24, 2002 |
| . . . Re: What Can We Do to Attract More Young Modelers? - john.williamson3 - May 24, 2002 |
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