RC Modeling a Family Hobby

Once upon a time model planes were built with balsa and tissue paper. Boats were built with light weight wood. Models were built to sit and be admired or pretend played with. Boys and men enjoyed building these models but after they were made they were put on shelves to be looked at. Some planes were played with as light weight gliders but soon that just wasn't enough.

Ideas where beginning to be put into place to see if these planes could be made to do more. An engine was attached as was a string to tether the plane and with luck and perseverance the plane flew - for awhile. The drawback was that the plane flew in a circle as it could only go as far as the string allowed it to. This was also not enough for the hobbyist.

With the invention of servos and radio bands a form of remote control was developed. Now with an engine, radio control, and a plane we could fly without being attached to anything. We had free flight. A boat could be operated from the shore while the boat was out on the water and doing maneuvers. Cars and trucks could be made to do different things as well and tanks could shoot BBs, smoke, and the turrets move. Models were coming out of the dark ages. Cars, trucks, boats, airplanes and helicopters previously powered and operated by imagination were now able to be operated from afar.

Today the world of remote control modeling has opened to electric motors. Planes have progressed to being able to fly in back yards, football fields and parks. They are small, compact and clean - no fuel mess to clean up.

The fuel motors were larger and the servos were bigger. All this added weight to the aircraft. Work was done to shrink the size and weight of the servos to make a lighter aircraft. Today the nano and mini servos have enabled the electric motor to become the motor of the future. The Backyard Flyer is a product of this technology. Work is now being continued to make the small servo capabilities even better. In the near future planes will be larger and still use the electric motor with the small more powerful servos and add a whole new era to the fun of model airplane flight.

Planes, boats, helicopters, just about any toy or model can be made to do something. New technology is being made available every day. This makes RC Modeling a fun hobby for the whole family.

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Modeling - A platform for Bollywood

What do Aishwarya Rai, Juhi Chawla, Arjun Rampal ,Sushmita Sen, Diya Mirza, Lara Dutta, Bipasha Basu, Dino Morea, Shiny Ahuja, John Abraham, Celina Jailtley and Priyanka Chopra have in common apart from their killer looks and awesome bodies? Yes, they shared one platform namely, modeling. These model turned actors were highly successful in modeling before stepping into the world of bollywood. Many actors believe that modeling gives them a stable foundation to be recognized before getting their first break in bollywood. Most of these stars believed that modeling is a stepping stone to bollywood. Without entering into the world of modeling, their life would take a very different turn by making their entry into bollywood more difficult and inaccessible.

Most model turned actors stepped into modeling by catching our attention in beauty pageants. Who can forget Sushmita Sen and Aishwarya Rai sashay down the ramp after winning their titles? No one. These beauty queens inspired millions of Indians who watched them and wanted to be like them in every manner. Young girls desired to look like them and take part in these beauty pageants. Mothers of teenaged daughters would pester their kids to dress well and push them forward for beauty pageants. With the advent of these exotic beauties,

w:st="on">India was in for a beauty revolution. These strong willed beauty queens had no looking back . They reached their destination - Bollywood in no time.

With this instance, many young aspiring actors looked up to their role models to pursue their much sought after bollywood dream. Modeling is an arena more to do with beautiful personalities than fashion per say. No one is throwing dust one anyone's eyes here, as it is a well known fact that, clothes look good on a beautiful body rather than on someone ill-proportionate. Beauty is all over the place and looking uniquely gorgeous is the mantra for models. These stars surely had what it took to be a Hindi film star and yes, they did it with style.

It is well known preconceived notion that models can't act. There were many instances when models were criticized heavily and were shown the exit. However, over a period of failures, there were many of these same models who proved critics wrong. For instance, Aishwarya Rai was considered plasticky in her debut film Aur Pyar Ho Gaya but with time, she set by bollywood by storm in her stellar performances in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Devdas. John Abraham is another actor who has also won several accolades in his films like Jism, Dhoom and Taxi no.9211. Athough Shiny Ahuja is just 2 films old, his mind blowing performance in Hazaaron Khwaishye Aisi and Gangster has won him millions of fans.

Many young and upcoming actors like Samir Dattani believe that modeling provides them easy entry to Bollywood. Daisy Boppana of Garam Masala fame have been cast with extremely successful actors like Akshay Kumar and John Abraham. Katrina Kaif famous for ads campaigns like Seagram's, Lakme and Dyna have acted in films like Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya and Humko Deewana Kar Gaye cast opposite Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar. Models like Deepika Padukone and Shivani Kapur are the new entrants to Bollywood after a successful stint in modeling? What lies ahead, only time will tell. Watch this space for more.

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