whiskee
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I was looking at all my airplanes with broken propellers and missing landing gear today, and I got to thinking about this. I am fortunate to have a dad who is also a modeler and I cant think of any time he never let me or my sister, no matter how young or clumsy, NOT play with his finished models. I broke countless models, HO trains, wooden ships, you name it. He never got mad either. Sometimes he would even participate. I remember u-boats in the bath with clay ballast, a Revelle B-29 set on fire and thrown into a creek, a Guillows sopwith camel strung to a ceiling fan blade, a Tamiya Lamborghini Countach sliced long ways down the middle with a hot knife..It may sound sadistic but its not, it was always done in good fun and we always had too many models and hobby stuff around the house anyway. I have discussed this with him before and he always told me that he let me play with his models and hobby stuff because "that's what they were for". He also said that when he was a kid and went into the dusty, smoky, hobby stores he would look at the finished models and only wish he could touch them, and built models for that very reason. Now with two 5 year old sons of my own, I have to let them touch mine. I don't even think twice, I may cringe a little bit, but I know I am doing my part for the future of this hobby. I think to most people finished models are only a work of art. To me they are a family legacy and good memories.
p.s. I just remembered this, he had a collection of Tamiya 1/10 racing motorcycles way back in 1989! I remember completely destroying them one day ( I was in kindergarten). IT MAKES ME CRINGE THINKING ABOUT THAT!! LOL, but even at that very young age I remember thinking how cool it was that the swing arms moved and steering worked.
p.s. I just remembered this, he had a collection of Tamiya 1/10 racing motorcycles way back in 1989! I remember completely destroying them one day ( I was in kindergarten). IT MAKES ME CRINGE THINKING ABOUT THAT!! LOL, but even at that very young age I remember thinking how cool it was that the swing arms moved and steering worked.