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For all railroaders with kids, grandkids, and greatgrandkids: Am trying to compile a list of kids' ages vs appropriate scale. One cringes to think of a 6 year old grabbing your prized locomotive, but in truth these little hands (with age and practice) can be far more dexterous with small objects than our own will ever be again. Watch kids as they manipulate game keypads, run rings around us on the computer keyboard, and focus on objects 2 inches away. Or watch the fingers of an 8 year old violin or piano virtuoso who has practiced and learned these skills. The question is: Can you supply from your own experience some information about at what age a child (after a wee bit of practice) can successfully rail a car in your chosen scale, and then a locomotive? Preferably without breaking it? Uncouple cars without derailing and work a throttle carefully? I know it took me a bit of time to learn, and i've had years to work on motor skills. Half the problem is not being able to see those black wheels in the dark under the cars from a foot away. I hear many folks say HO and bigger for kids, but has anyone tried to find out where the age vs scale breakpoints occur? Thanks for your help,
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