dr_gn Posted August 30, 2015 Posted August 30, 2015 Here is my 8 year old son's Fouga Magister now complete (I donated the grass base!): WIP here: http://forum.largescalemodeller.com/topic/3927-airfix-172-fouga-magister/ So thats model No.5 complete. No.6 will be a Matchbox Zero. 2
One-Oh-Four Posted August 31, 2015 Posted August 31, 2015 Wow, 8-year old you say? Magnificent work! Pleas congratulate him from me! This promises much for the future!! 1
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted August 31, 2015 Administrators Posted August 31, 2015 8 yrs old?? Are you kidding me?? We have some talent amongst our ranks!! 1
JonathanReed Posted August 31, 2015 Posted August 31, 2015 That looks great! Definitely have some skills! 1
dr_gn Posted September 1, 2015 Author Posted September 1, 2015 Thanks guys - appreciated by the boy and me too. Yes, he's 8 years old, but is happy to practice and re-do things until they are as good as he can get them. Some folks elsewhere have implied it's too much to expect an 8 year old to go through all this and still enjoy it, but he seems to like the different processes. All the assembly and painting was his own work, admittedly with a lot of guidance from me. I also did all the paint mixing/thinning as necessary. Also, if any scalpel work needs doing - I do that for him (e.g. canopy frame strips). Paint spraying (airbrush or can) is conducted under very close supervision, but still, it's his own work. He's got decalling down to something of a fine art (for his age!)- even the tiny stencils which he insisted on using. He would like to enter it in a competition (the kit itself was third prize from the Cosford show). I made a point of explaining to the Cosford judges exactly what help I'd given him for his previous entry, but even so, with this one I think there might be an issue with people not believing it's his own work... Lego is for 'free' building, plastic kits are for modelling - at least that's my theory!
Administrators James H Posted September 1, 2015 Administrators Posted September 1, 2015 Damn fine job!! 1
Administrators Fran Posted September 1, 2015 Administrators Posted September 1, 2015 8 years-old??? Really??? A very talent modeller!!! Fantastic job! 1
k5ikl Posted September 1, 2015 Posted September 1, 2015 WOW!!! Very nicely done. I didn't even do that well when I got back into modeling and I was 30+ something. Your young man has some great talents. Cheers, Jerry 1
Mish Posted November 29, 2015 Posted November 29, 2015 Wish I built and painted like that when I was 8, very nice work. 1
dr_gn Posted November 29, 2015 Author Posted November 29, 2015 Wish I built and painted like that when I was 8, very nice work. So do I - then again I don't think my dad could keep up with the number of models I was building, so I had a shallow(er) learning curve! Either way, so long as he enjoys building despite my constant advice and totally unreasonable expectations, I'm happy! 1
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