ORIGINAL: Mike in DC
People tend to associate with people kind of like themselves, so if there is a big age, race, culture or other difference between you and them, then it might take a little more than a little effort.
65 years in modeling and all this time I have been suffering under the illusion that modeling brought us together regardless of age, race or culture - and that is pretty well supported in my personal experiences from California to Maine, Michigan to Florida - and a few places in Europe. Perhaps we have transition into an era where there are modelers and then toy airplane fliers and a common ground does not exist.
