Hobby World

The Top Five Old-School Hobbies That Are Dying Out

Whatever happened to old-school hobbies that get us out of the house and away from our screens?

Model Trains: Pass on the hobby to young people who love trains

Model Trains appeal to young people, how can we get more young people involved? When you enjoy model railroading with young people, everybody wins.

Top 3 Reasons To Carry A Revolver Rather Than a Semi-Automatic Handgun

Some thirty years ago the American gun-buying public began to see semi-automatic pistols as reliable firearms. Once semi-autos cleared that hurdle, their superior capacity and quick reloadability ruled the day. When cops switched to semis, as the Brits say, it was all over bar the shouting. And yet revolver sales are still going strong — and for good reason! …

Someone Spent A Lot Of Time Building This Huge, Functioning Boeing 747 Model

Building model planes is a fun and wholesome hobby, but the person who built this giant, functioning Boeing 747 has taken it to the next level.

So You Have No Model? Here are Ways to Practice Your Portrait Lighting With Toys

Sometimes it's difficult to practice portrait lighting when you have no model. Find out how you can successfully use toys to learn key lighting techniques.

How to Prime Your Models: Goobertown Hobbies

This is an important step that is often overlooked, learn how to prime your models in this Goobertown Hobbies tutorial!

Model Says Her Kidney Disease Was Caused By Waist Trainer

When you look at those models, specifically fitness models, on your favorite social media platforms with their great abs, small waists and great bodies, many of us would automatically assume that t…

What does a model do?  

Young? Thin? Tall? Today, these are the characteristics we almost universally associate with fashion modelsIn a general sense, the word “model” means “a thing or person to be imitated.” Think of the scale models used in architecture, for example. As applied to humans, the term was used to describe artists’ models, men and women whose bodies were “imitated” in a sculpture or a painting.In the 20th century, this term came to also describe fashion models. The use of fashion models evolved…

16 Tips To Improve Your Model-Making Skills

Virtual 3D Modeling has for decades been increasing in its popularity, yet hand-made models are far from extinct. Perhaps a reason for this is that...

How Much Time Should We Spend Painting a Miniature?

Brent from Goobertown Hobbies challenged himself to finish a model a day for 13 days, but how much time should we spend painting a miniature?

Cop Hobbies: Remote control (RC) airplanes

I definitely think cops need a good hobby. My hobby is remote control (RC) airplanes, and I really do credit it for helping me when I’m off-duty to get my mind to join […]

How to Pose Like a Model

Looking like a model is one thing, but models don't get paid to just sit there and look pretty. Their success in the business comes down to how well they can pose and give the photographer interesting and marketable shots. Whether you want...

Reduced models: A way to choose initial parameters for a mixed model

This article describes how to obtain an initial guess for nonlinear regression models, especially nonlinear mixed models.

How to Drive a Model T

Are You a Role Model? Are You Your Own Role Model?

One of the challenges of a leader, whether a group leader, supervisor, educator, or parent, is to recognize the power of modeling: that is, role modeling. Role modeling has been defined as teachin…