Kits as Christmas Gifts!!.....Buy 'em For Everyone You Know!!....

[Bluzboy66]

Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza.......GIVE MODEL KITS AS GIFTS THIS YEAR!! Let's do our part to ignite the modeling hobby in a brand new generation of builder.

There are some awesome snap and super Snap kits available for the new and inexperienced builders, and ultra-detailed kits for the folks on your list that appreciate a challenge. Know someone who has a new Mustang?? The new Revell Mustang releases are killer, go together wonderfully, and will make great conversation pieces for their friends and fellow Mustang nuts. Do you have a brother or sister that keep talking about that old Chevelle or pickup truck they learned to drive in?? Give them a kit, some paint and glue, and spend an evening or two helping them to recreate that old car of their formative years. Let the nieces and nephews help out. All it takes is a spark, and before you know it they'll be eyeballing your collection for inspiration.

I'm just a shmoe with a dusty stash of unbuilt kits, but my son Alex helped to reinvigorate my participation in the hobby a few years ago.......he was only 8 or 9 years old at the time. Now, Alex is an accomplished builder himself, having won TWO Mid-Atlantic NNL Junior class awards, and having one of his winning models featured in Model Cars Mag last year, and again this year, in the latest issue of Scale Auto Contest Cars 2008!....page 104. After years of wondering whether or not manufacturers would continue to offer plastic model kits, I'm excited to see new releases from Revell and Auto World/Round 2. I'm lucky to have a bunch of friends, my 21 year-old nephew, and my son Alex frequent the hobby stores with me. They're new to the hobby, and even THEY are excited at the prospect of new kits. This is a very promising time for us.

Sorry for the long-read.

Happy Holidays,

Mike

Edited November 24, 2008 by Bluzboy66

[Smart-Resins]

Hello. Just my idea!! I have collected 9 snaps already in wich I will give away to some needy kids this year and hope to spark somemodeling interest . I am doing better at collecting kits then I figured I would be. Not as good as I wish, but this is my first year for "Project Christmas". I hope to get some pics of the kids if I can and share them when the time comes! Jody

[VW Dave]

I just picked up a snap kit for my nephew through a trade with a fellow MCM board member; he wants to build it with his dad, and I'm glad to help him find the specific kit he wanted. My mom has also gotten him a snap kit for an after-holiday 'grandmother/grandson' project.

[Bluzboy66]

Jody, Dave,

Excellent. Glad to hear you're already doing your part to 'plant the seed'.

Mike

[mikeD1]

to: smart resin

i have been look for snap type for my son cub scout den...i really have a lot of cash to buy them for the boys..

i get SSI and SSD .. i post on lot different form ...there is 8 boys in him den.. itryed to get den to help foot the bill... but we dont even have the cash for it...i want the boysto earn there beltloop for model making.. he is a bear scout.......

thanks,

~mike

Pack 55 of hudson Fl

Edited November 24, 2008 by mikeD1

[Bluzboy66]

to: smart resin

i have been look for snap type for my son cub scout den...i really have a lot of cash to buy them for the boys..

i get SSI and SSD .. i post on lot different form ...there is 8 boys in him den.. itryed to get den to help foot the bill... but we dont even have the cash for it...i want the boysto earn there beltloop for model making.. he is a bear scout.......

thanks,

~mike

Pack 55 of hudson Fl

Mike,

You should visit the hobby stores in your town, and see if one of them would be willing to sponsor your Scout Troop. They can become a sponsor by donating the snap-tite model kits.

Mike

[mikeD1]

Mike,

You should visit the hobby stores in your town, and see if one of them would be willing to sponsor your Scout Troop. They can become a sponsor by donating the snap-tite model kits.

Mike

i will looking to that...thanks for the idea

mike

Edited November 25, 2008 by mikeD1