Indoctrinating children

[gavino200]

On 3/8/2022 at 4:17 PM, Tom1970 said:

Lol - I had to chuckle when I read the title of this thread. For my part I am doing my best to get my two daughters interested in the hobby, with some success. The younger one forced me to put googly eyes on an old Santa fe f unit, lol

 

Have you considered tracking down a Tomix Hello Kitty Shinkansen?

 

 

[railsquid]

6 hours ago, cteno4 said:

sunset reflecting in the window or did the train go thru a large spider web and spider splat?

 

 

I asked that exact same question and the answer is "sun reflecting".

[cteno4]

Aww I kind of like the idea of a giant spider splat! Usually the answer you get out a 5 year old or me for that matter…

 

man he’s getting into all the artistic concepts now!

 

jeff

[railsquid]

The indoctrination is state-sponsored, it seems - Squidlet brought the following home from school:

 

 

[railsquid]

Checking out the "local" model shop

 

[railsquid]

OK, my work here is done.

 

Earlier, the Squidlet, contemplating my layout, said (and I paraphrase somewhat) "you know Daddy, your layout has a far higher ratio of track to scenery than you would see in real life".

[cteno4]

The student has exceeded the teacher.

 

jeff

[disturbman]

On 8/9/2022 at 12:16 AM, railsquid said:

Checking out the "local" model shop

 

We know it's your old room.

[railsquid]

Come to think of it, the Squidlet has not yet become aware of my Big Trains (OO).

 

Meanwhile here's the Squidlet experiencing some advanced British railway technology:

 

 

But what really impressed him was shortly before above kettle backed onto the train, someone in the leading coach used, err, the 1930s-era facilities in a non-liquid way, which vented directly and visibly onto the permanent way...

Edited August 24, 2022 by railsquid

[chadbag]

4 hours ago, railsquid said:

 

 

But what really impressed him was shortly before above kettle backed onto the train, someone in the leading coach used, err, the 1930s-era facilities in a non-liquid way, which vented directly and visibly onto the permanent way...

 

Which was standard for a long time...  I remember riding DB trains in 1983, while on a month long HS exchange to Germany, and found the, uhmm, "facilities" on the train from Munich to Stuttgart, rather interesting.  That and the super coarse, DB labeled (sand)paper...

[Sean]

My kid now has the best seat in the house....

 

Edited November 25, 2022 by Sean

[Sean]

Learning how to landscape.  Lesson 1: its all about the glue.

[railsquid]

I see he's had the obligatory "victory sign" lesson already 🙂

 

While I'm on the thread, the Squidlet has a desk lamp which is one of these new-fangled USB-powered things with an internal battery, and it stopped working today, so I spent a bit of quality time poking at the innards with a multimeter, which led to a brief introduction into the basics of electricity, followed up by a practical demonstration on the basis of the electrical fundamentals of a (DC-only) model railway layout.

Edited December 4, 2022 by railsquid

[cteno4]

Excellent squid! Nothing like learning how stuff works by tearing open something broken to either figure how it works or even fix it! Much of my childhood spent this way.

 

jeff

[Sean]

11 hours ago, railsquid said:

I see he's had the obligatory "victory sign" lesson already 🙂

 

 

 

I think all kids learn that in the first 6 months of life here!

[lighthouse]

On 12/5/2022 at 3:00 AM, Sean said:

 

I think all kids learn that in the first 6 months of life here!

 

My little boy, now 5 months old, is trying to use the middle finger as well.... I hope it is a mistake by himself 😂

[jappomania]

I don't know if indoctrinating is the right term (at 3-4-months old maybe is brain washing..)... but... oh f...k I just ordered one for me 😭

Shin-QUACK-sen !!!

 

[Wolf]

18 hours ago, jappomania said:

I don't know if indoctrinating is the right term (at 3-4-months old maybe is brain washing..)... but... oh f...k I just ordered one for me 😭

Shin-QUACK-sen !!!

DO - WANT

Link anyone?

[jappomania]

6 minutes ago, Wolf said:

DO - WANT

Link anyone?

 

I bought it on Mercari (trought Buyee)

 

search this 新幹線バスダック

 

surely it will be available in other places, but I don't have to collect all the series, just a couple is enough and for 3-400JPY more is the same for me 😊

(I will have to see a doctor anyway)

[Sean]

My father hasn't seen his grandson in almost 4 years due to the stupid pandemic.  Yesterday he and my mom arrived for our first holiday visit in a very long time and my son has been having a lot of fun showing grandpa our layout 🙂 

[lighthouse]

My son is now 2 1/2 years old and he want to play with dad´s toys.... ok, why not! 😅

He love the "KATO Sound Box" as well.... playing without the black box is not debatable...

[Martijn Meerts]

He looks really happy 😄

 

[Kamome]

My 8 year old son borrowed this book from our local library.

 

A book written and illustrated by Naotaka Masa, about the EF55. He has written a big selection of kids books, mostly revolving around railways and transportation with fantastic illustrations. 

 

Kaba Densha (Hippo Train) was actually a pretty moving story from the perspective of the locomotive, taking people to war and not seeing many of them again. 

 

ISBN978-4-86549-140-1

Edited Sunday at 11:20 PM by Kamome

[lighthouse]

On 12/10/2024 at 11:14 AM, Martijn Meerts said:

He looks really happy 😄

 

 

Yes, he was very happy that he was able to play with the little train again. Since I'm not a fan of showing my son in his entirety on the internet, I have to work with smileys.

 

BTW, in the summer we took the opportunity to visit the Rasender Roland on the island of Rügen in north-eastern Germany, where I grew up. He had a lot of fun and would probably have ridden it for longer. When we go for a walk together in the afternoon, a visit to the train station must also be on the agenda... The train drivers always say hello back; he has met them many times after a short chat. My wife also seems to drive to the station for him often. Otherwise, I try to show him the old and new trains as far as I can.