"Specific to model car building, it's easily a pretty isolationist hobby. Even when people get together to build in a group, they're working on their own thing, while someone is doing something similar near them...but not really working on the same projects most of the time."
So Mark, what if we were to have something more like a sporting event ,where say, one or two people do a build and everyone else watches from the sidelines and cheers them on, offers constructive criticism, ideas, or suggestions on the build? Just something to keep the hobby fresh.