Quote History Originally Posted By Leisure_Shoot:
I agree. I did RC planes for about 10 years when electric started to take off. I did not like the club environment due to old guys.
My experience with model train blubs has been a pretty good mix of young and old. Approx 25 years ago, I was a 22 year old president of a 10K sq ft club at the state fairgrounds with about 30 very active members. It definitely wasn't "run by old guys". Several of us build a huge HO layout that operated for 14 days straight every year for the state fair, and then all year round as a club layout.
Now, my experience includes young and old and is mostly online. I am part of several facebook 3d printing groups and other modeling groups like HO, track weathering and detailing, shelf layouts, buildings, scenery, brass trains, etc... The group sizes range from 3K-20K members. The age range seems to be incredibly varied.
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LOLOLOLOL!
I flew RC back in the ‘90’s when I was 28-38 yo. I went to the meetings. It was a hoot watching everyone stick to Roberts Rules. I laughed, but after hearing about all the latest school board meetings and county council meetings where the majority were voted in because of the demographics changing in the area, I was glad those rules were put in place.
“I’m gonna cut yo ass when we get to the parking lot!”
“Can we get a motion on that?”
So glad to leave Richland county.
But back to model railroads. I got into O gauge a few years back with a Christmas set from Lionel. I wanted to build an outdoor display and started buying straight track sections. Never happened, we moved. Not sure how I could make it happen in the new place. But one thing is for sure. Nicer stuff isn’t cheap.