I believe that there are those that start out with electrics that become hard core and eventually convert to glow or gas. When I was a kid, we didn't have that option. We didn't have the "net" either. Everything was try and fail and try again. If you were lucky, you would have a friend to help you. I was the first kid in the neighborhood to build a Sterling Ring Master. I must have read those plans 100 times, before I saved enough money to buy glue (Ambroid ) No such thing as epoxy. .
After I got mine built, several of my friends got interested.
Frank