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Today let's talk about models. the

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University of Houston possesses series about

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the machines and make our civilization

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run into people whose ingenuity created

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though. I

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love models. No not necessarily those underfed

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types on magazine covers, but the terms

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of models at precisely to book a

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real objects in miniature The code you

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buys a box of small parts that

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there must be carefully assemble with glue

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and paint. I simply can't get

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enough of them my peers occurs a young

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me to spend countless hours grooming and painting

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to my heart's content when my fondest memories

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as when my mother took one of my

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model airplanes to work with her to display

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on or office desk. Having. Of

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fruits of my labor appreciated by others. Keep

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group prior to my then twelve year old

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self. Scale. Models have been

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around for aeons, but it wasn't till around

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the mid twentieth century that they were able

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to be mass produced for the general population.

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New. Level gear towards the other twenty

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crowd is most kids today would rather

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play video games and you social media

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anyways. Modern model kits are technological marvels.

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It's not uncommon for a kid to

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have hundreds of parts and took scores

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of hours a complete. Most

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it a fun however is actually in a

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building process. Building. Something from

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abstract parse isn't educating experience

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and cognitive skills, special acuity

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and simply follow instructions. This.

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Is a case where the jury truly is

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more enjoyable than the goal. Models.

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Have meant more to me than just a some

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other parts. they help me grow as a person.

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Like me, intellectually. Like most

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kids, I had little interest in

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history and reading, but building scale

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models nurtured my infatuation with airplanes

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and technology. Became curious

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how real aircraft worked so I started

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reading about him. With. Learning

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of how they function, I discover the

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why, why they look like they did

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and how brave men and women push

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the envelope with experimental design so as

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the speed of transportation or four nations

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where. I owe my path

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to becoming an engineer to the form

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of years good my fingers a plastic

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and immersing myself and books about these

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machines of men, I still enjoy the

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solitude and relaxing aspects of model building

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As an adult, the sense of accomplishment

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is another major factor of me not

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being able to kick the habit. Painting

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and detail inquire much disciplined and forethought.

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Yet it is not purely a solitary

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adventure. I belong to

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a local modelers club rugby other mostly

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to display or less creations Ensure advice

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on getting a perfect paint job. Each

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person brings a the table their own

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interests and indepth knowledge of a particular

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subject matter. It's like a meeting of

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walking encyclopedias as the array of obscure

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knowledge is often amazing. And.

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One night you could hear about

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intricacies of nice century Viking ship

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construction. What into your colors are

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available for nineteen sixty five Chrysler

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buyers? or even why Charles Lindbergh

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Atlantic Crossing airplane had no front

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windows. So. The next time you

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see scale model and someone shelf. Don't.

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Just think of it as a toy but

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as a gateway to a larger world of

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learning and discovery of it's walker on behalf

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of your receive used in interested in a

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way in front of mine.