Getting young people into the hobby...
Fellow modelers,
I would like to highlight a wonderful post on Gerald "Hawkeye" Voigt's blog. A short time back he posted the full video from an interesting program in the UK. The program is "Toy Stories" hosted by James May. Some of you may recognize James May from "Top Gear" which is carried on this side of the pond on BBC America.
In this particular episode, May discusses his lifelong love of modeling and the special place that Airfix holds for him. He then goes on a mission to see about interesting young folks in the hobby and works with a group of kids at a school (about middle school age). Many interesting adventures, comments and insight along the way. It all leads up to attempting to construct a Spitfire at 1:1 scale with a 1:1 scale kit based on the Airfix plans. I haven't finished watching it yet, so not sure how it all turns out. The bits I have viewed are very enjoyable.
I just wanted to provide a heads up, and hope others enjoy as much as I am. No affiliation with Gerald or Hawkeye Hobbies, just an satisfied reader of his blog.
The link is: http://hawkeyes-squawkbox.com/page/2/
Just copy and paste the above link into your browser. Sorry, but I haven't got the hang yet of embedding an live link in a post. Enjoy!
Cheers, Rick