by slothead » Sun Nov 26, 2017 9:19 pm
The track looks good, just remember to keep it fun so your son remains interested. And, let him make and fix things. One of my grandsons raced with me all the time since he was 6 or 7, but whenever something needed doing I did it. So, when he left for college this year he still hadn't learned how to wire up a track, solder, design and build a chassis, etc. He was participating in my hobby more than making it his own, and that was my fault.
On the up side, when he came home for Thanksgiving and came over to see me, after about 5 minutes he wanted to know if he could run some laps on the road course, and raced car after car till we got called to dinner. When he comes home for Christmas break we'll do some real racing and maybe scratch build a car together with him doing most of the work.
Fun comes first, then teaching and learning basic skills follows.
Slothead