8 year old son has anxiety - Need model suggestions

The newer Airfix kits are quite nice, and in 1/72 very affordable. You just have to do a little research as with a company as old as Airfix, you may find a 50 year old kit on the shelf beside one that was tooled up last year. They offer beginner kits which are the same kits as the non-beginner kits except they come with paint and glue, as well as a different decal option. Their P-51D Mustang practically falls together, and barely even needs glue. There are some delicate parts which require a proper sprue cutter and some care to remove from the sprue but otherwise it is a very easy kit to build. The same applies to most of their recent WW2 aircraft kits.

Hope this works. Photo of the happy modeler with his Snap-Tite A-10. He did this one with only calling me for help once. I promised him that after he got one or two more of these under his belt he could "graduate" to models that involve glue and paint. I've already put together a little tool kit with some decent quality sprue cutters and sanding sticks. He's eager to add brushes and paint to his aresenal.

Again thanks to all who have posted with suggestions and words of encouragement. It is much appreciated.

 

GregFK

Hope this works. Photo of the happy modeler with his Snap-Tite A-10. He did this one with only calling me for help once. I promised him that after he got one or two more of these under his belt he could "graduate" to models that involve glue and paint. I've already put together a little tool kit with some decent quality sprue cutters and sanding sticks. He's eager to add brushes and paint to his aresenal.

 

 

 

 Hi Greg!

Hi;

 This is always possible .Get a kit number he doesn't have .If he has enough bricks then he can build something from the on-line thing . LEGO and others have many plans on-line .You just have to know the kit number !  T.B.

GregFK

Hope this works. Photo of the happy modeler with his Snap-Tite A-10. He did this one with only calling me for help once. I promised him that after he got one or two more of these under his belt he could "graduate" to models that involve glue and paint. I've already put together a little tool kit with some decent quality sprue cutters and sanding sticks. He's eager to add brushes and paint to his aresenal.

Again thanks to all who have posted with suggestions and words of encouragement. It is much appreciated.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/152538110@N04/shares/M394x9

[Edit: Not sure how to post the actual photo. Sorry for the link]

 

 

Hi Nino,

Thanks for the tutorial. I've fixed the link. Now he'll be pleased as punch to see he's "famous" on the internet! Lol.

Greg

You know he's gonna eventually do a video of it "flying".

When I was his age I lit glue on the wings of a Hawker Hurricane and Flew it out the 2nd story window. If you think that's bad, my model of a 1960ish Ford T-Bird convertible got a rocket engine in the back seat and was last seen shooting down Route 232.

  Keep him building.

     Nino

 

 

So awesome we have a youngling amunst us. Very cool he loves the A-10, later on he may wanna build another, then mount them in tandem on a strike mission. I know he's only 7 but it all starts somewhere. Great toot on Flikr as well.