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What Really Keeps People From This Hobby?
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I too, was gonna respond to this string and found that I had written over a page and was repeating a lot of what has already been said. <br /> <br />However, I will say that I agree with kbfcsme quite a bit. I'm trying to get back into this after a 20 year layoff and I have probably been as discouraged in my learning about this hobby as I have been encouraged. I've posted a couple times about the 'fun' aspects of the hobby or the trade off between prototypical and fantasy. It seems to me that most of the information I read here (or other forums) or in MR magazine is so very complicated, prototypical or detailed that I'm hesitant to get back into this. <br /> <br />I posted once a week or so ago about having fun on my layout and what I noticed is the high response of people that said ' hey go for it , its your layout, etc, etc.' what struck me is that many of the responders were "lurkers" or people with low post #'s. That tells me there is probably a lot of people who lurk on these boards and are too intimitaded to speak up or ask a dumb question . . . <br /> <br />Just my opionion as a newbie debating the merits of getting back into this or continuing on with my astonomy, flying and pool playing.
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