There are some issues with this...
- You can make the same comments about almost any hobby.
- All hobbies are fun. Otherwise, they'd be work.
- Males, generally, are more into hobbies than females. And like it or not, most people into model trains are male.
- Model trains are, to a degree, geeky. We collectively need to accept that, revel in it, and move on past that fact.
- And while it's a noble effort to pass along a hobby to your kids, that doesn't happen very much. At a model train show on Saturday, a guy was telling me his newborn son will be into model trains. "What was your dad into?" I asked. He frowned and said his dad was into cars and working on engines. "Did you get into that?" I asked. Heck no, he said, he couldn't stand it and wouldn't even change his own oil. "So, knowing that, what makes you think your kid will be into your hobby and not hate it like you do your Dad's interest?"
Now, all that said, I think model trains are a great way to spend your time. Otherwise, I wouldn't be into it... But these things need to be said.
