Maybe not your dad, but an influential male in your life?

 

My dad is a railway modeler and I've begun to recognise likenesses between us, mainly: we're both obsessed by something typically thought of as a boy's toy! 

 

I looked in his shed today - stacked with boxed up railway models - this shed is big enough to fit a car in.

 

Is this just a male thing - the collecting? Or does it run in the family?

My dad (now deceased) was really into model ship building. He started out with kits and then completed a few of his own designs.

 

I definitely got the gene of his that likes building models, so I do think it must run in families.  ; ) 

My dad (now deceased) was really into model ship building. He started out with kits and then completed a few of his own designs.

 

I definitely got the gene of his that likes building models, so I do think it must run in families.  ; ) 

 

I suspect if people bother with this thread we will find more and more stories like yours and mine!

It may even come through the mother's side too...

My dad is an avid horologist.

My dad is an avid horologist.

Can you draw similarities between that and your lego hobby?

He is really into the assembly of the actual movements of the timepieces. I like putting lego sets together.. Guess it's kind of a stretch.

As we all get older we become our parents.  I'm doomed to be bald 

I'm already very thin on top at 29!

Biking, outdoors, and well... home improvement. He loves both of them! I sort of inherited the home improvement part, and that's partially why I love LEGO bricks. We also go on camping trips a few times a year, along with 15 mile bike rides every few weeks.

The only hobby my dad has is collecting pennies. That seemed strange to me when I was younger, but know I am doing it too. I guess it runs in the family.

Maybe not your dad, but an influential male in your life?

 

My dad is a railway modeler and I've begun to recognise likenesses between us, mainly: we're both obsessed by something typically thought of as a boy's toy! 

 

I looked in his shed today - stacked with boxed up railway models - this shed is big enough to fit a car in.

 

Is this just a male thing - the collecting? Or does it run in the family?

 

It is funny you say this. My father in law loves anything to do with trains and railways, and as soon as he saw Lego trains in my collection he wanted them. He is in the process of collecting all of them now, and is working on configuring a spare room into a large Lego train setup. Currently running multiples Maersk, Cargo Trains (red and yellow), Passenger Trains and motorized Horizon Express sets. 

 

My stepfather is into sprint cars and motors, and is constantly tinkering in his shed. My father has a crossword obsession......

AFX slot cars. He had them as a kid and got back to them in his 30's. I did the same with Lego.

This is a strange topic. Fishing.

This is a strange topic. Fishing.

Fishing?