Chris Watton and Vanguard Models news and updates Volume 2

[palmerit]

2 hours ago, Cathead said:

It's certainly possible younger generations will have different interests, but it's also reasonable to assume that people can develop new interests once they have more time on their hands.

Agreed. With my youngest in college, there was a lot more free time for me. And hitting 60, I was looking for a new hobby that I could carry into retirement. I had lurked on here a decade or more ago but didn’t have the time, the space, or the money to take on this hobby. (I also learned to scuba dive last year, which has young people and surprisingly a fair number of older folks too). 

[thibaultron]

In the model railroad hobby, they have been saying the same thing for over 60 years! This hobby will also survive.

[Chuck Seiler]

    When I first seriously got into wooden ship modeling about 30 years ago, our club was mostly 60, 70 and 80 year olds.  They were lamenting that there were very few young people in the hobby and it was dying out.  Now, at 71, I sit back and smile.  The young folks who were NOT into the hobby back then are the old folks that ARE in the hobby now.  In addition, our club has several 20/30-somethings, many 40-somethings and a few pre-teens.

 

    The hobby is thriving and with the plethora of resources/kit makers we will be around for a long time. ...Well, at least the hobby.

[ECK]

I also agree, starting in my 50's (now in my early 60's) when we became empty nesters with time and more disposable income available.  Also able to take over the kid's play room and convert it into my shipyard. The kids were the ones who encouraged me to take the leap ! As we get older I think the hobby is a good way to keep manual dexterity and avoid cognitive decline given all the different mind processes need in ship building.