So my 12 year old kid loves #modeltrains to death: machines, tracks, landscapes, everything. Unfortunately, this is a hobby dominated by grumpy old men, some of whom don't react too cool towards a rainbow family. Are there any familys out there with #trainkids? #Berlin, Germany, wherever? I am thinking exchange of photos or small films, maybe sending stuff to and fro, meetings in Germany at some point. German, English works. Neurodivergent kids/parents welcome. #modellbahn#Modellbau
I can't answer your question really (I'm somewhat of a loner and trains are a thing I'm comparatively less into), but want to suggest another potential direction: there are people who are very much into rail signaling systems: simulating them, using them in model rail, restoring physical hardware, operating full country-sized simulated rail networks, ... I don't know whether that's less conservatively-grumpy area.
@nisjasper There are a number of relatively young model train enthusiasts who run quite fun channels on #YouTube. I can't point you at any specific ones offhand but I stumble across them from time to time and fall into their rabbit holes.
I’m not a clubby kind of modeller, but I do belong to a couple of online forums. One of them is chiefly about model railways, and very much about the doing as much as the chatting. It also has a fair contingent of members that model European and US railways. I’ll be happy to pass on the link if you like.
@nisjasper Well, we have visited the events of the local mrr club a few times, and my son is into it as long as it lasts. But my mrr times are over, I keep it in a box and let the kids play with it. The club is hardly reachable by public transport, and I guess too many members are quite conservative. 🤷
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