Jim N

Great job Steve!

There are a couple of other considerations. Starting any hobby is hard. There are a lot of skills that have to be mastered and at each level frustration can set in that makes the person give up the hobby. There is a reason we see a lot of lightly used sporting goods at garage or yard sales. Model building is no exception. It can take 5 to perhaps 10 models before the person sees real improvement. There is the monetary cost, but there is also the fact that frustration may set in and the person does not want to stay with the hobby. The other point that I think is important is that the time a lot of kids have is highly regulated. They go to school and then are whisked away to an activity after school. Then they go home to eat supper and then either have to do their homework or they may be whisked away to another activity. My kids are in their 20's and we did this to a certain extent, but I hear some parents talk about how they run their kids around, and the kids don't have the time to start many other activities. The Playstation or the Xbox are easy diversions. The games cost about $60.00. They could have hundreds of fails learning the game, but the cost is still $60.00. Bluenote made a brilliant point about the sheer number of other options there are available to kids, but they are also available to adults. Times are vastly different now and there is so much more that can draw a person's interest.

Really great work Michelle!

Truly outstanding work! I really enjoy looking at your figures. Wow!

Great work Tim!

Great work Steve!

On Sunday went to the airshow in Kansas City and saw BOTH the Blue Angels and the Thunderbirds. The Thunderbirds were supposed to be in Michigan and their show must have been cancelled. They were added to Kansas City at the last minute. That airshow was spectacular!

Great stuff Michelle! All look superbly done.

Great job Steve!

Impressive looking model Michelle. Great work!

Great work! Looks really great.

You do amazing work with figures Marcin.

Another great one Michelle.

Very cool Michelle. Great work!

Very cool looking! Great work.

Super looking build Steve! Really great. NASCAR went from the 115 inch wheelbase to the 100 inch wheelbase in 1980 or 81. Salvino bought the Monogram tooling when Revell went through their bankruptcy. Salvino is using the chassis and underpinnings from the early 80's Monogram kits, which is period correct.

Great work as usual Mark. Really outstanding!

Great looking build Tim. Really outstanding!

Great looking model. As one of the previous posters said, it's nice to see a Ferrari in a color other than red or yellow.

Great work!

Both look really nice!

That's sad. Before AT&T bought DirecTV, DirecTV's customer service was here in the States.

Looks amazing! Great work.

I've used it a number of times and never had a problem. I rub it down with a Q-Tip and nothing stronger, but to each his or her own.

That's really interesting and not the garbage we get with the talking heads. If I tracked this correctly, it all started because the flight crew got the reverse thrusters to engage at the wrong time, and then the dominoes started to fall. Thanks for sharing Ace.