I bought an Airfix kit that contained two modern Mini kits over Christmas, and surprisingly, my wife decided that she'd have a go!
She made both, and they didn't look too bad at all, so I bought her a larger model, the Tamiya 1:12 scale Rover Mini 1.3i
She spent the past two weeks in the evenings painting and gluing the parts together, and this is the result, with no help from me!