Sounds like the perfect hobby for me. Hi Shaniqua, the skills you would need depend on what it is you wanted to do. If you want to be a researcher, obviously math and science are high up on the list. Also, although you may not believe this based on my spelling here, communications skills are very important. No one is so brilliant that they can lock the door and do wonderful things.
Most jobs require collaboration with colleagues.
Last, I would say that people skills are important, especially when dealing with people who may have focussed on math and science to the exclusion of people skills. Like I have said in my Journal, managing researchers can be a lot like herding cats and being able to convince people that it is in their best interest to play nice is really important. My daughter isn't quite 5 yet, but I take her to model airplane meets. There are clubs all over the country for building and flying all sorts of model airplanes from big expensive radio control jobs to rubber band powered free flighters. They are very friendly and at the last meet, a gentleman gave a rubber band power kit to my daughter and helped us build it right there.