Very proud dad

and the glue is passed to another generation.

Stock car kit?!

The instructions look very familiar...

And proud you should be. If he takes to the hobby, you and he can share some great moments over the years he is with you, then he could teach his boys. (:>)

Good for you both. How about a few photos when he completes it, we'd love to see it.

Patrick

Continuing the model making tradition!  Congratulations to you and your son!

Toshi

Nice 

Yep.. He picked it out, it's a Dale Earnhardt black #3 version. I will try and get some pics up later

That's a great start!  I know you're proud of him; thanks for the uplifting post!

Gary

Murphy's Law

Yep.. He picked it out, it's a Dale Earnhardt black #3 version. I will try and get some pics up later

 

Yes!

Morrisons Third Law proved once again.

"No matter how large your bench, the usable area will always be exactly two square feet".

Out standing. looking forward to the pics 

These days if you can get a 9-year-old interested in anything you've scored a victory. Let's hope he stays with it.

I used to tell the students in my museum studies courses that the typical American high school student is interested in precisely six subjects: rock music, automobiles, beer, drugs, sex, and sex. If you and your kid can survive the nine years, you'll be doing just fine. And model building can be a big help.

I think I see a Trumpeter BF-109 and a couple of Tamiya military kits in the background. Are those his too?

jtilley

These days if you can get a 9-year-old interested in anything you've scored a victory. Let's hope he stays with it.

I used to tell the students in my museum studies courses that the typical American high school student is interested in precisely six subjects: rock music, automobiles, beer, drugs, sex, and sex. If you and your kid can survive the nine years, you'll be doing just fine. And model building can be a big help.

I think I see a Trumpeter BF-109 and a couple of Tamiya military kits in the background. Are those his too?

 

Actually a Revell 1/32 109, and yes a Tamiya 7.5cm piece with sandbag kit...those are mine (we share the work table, he wins most of the time)

YES ! !

 Proud you should be . You just proved me right ! Get a kid past the " Oh , look at all those tiny parts " . Then the rest is gravy . Good Gravy that !  T.B.

Here is the completed product. I will say I helped him with setting up the airbrush but he did most of the actual spraying, also helped him out with the decals and any technical advice he needed. He did all the cement work and hand painting himself. I gotta admit it looks light years better than my first (it was a poly cement mess if I recall). He's looking forward to the next one already, thanks for all the kind words from everyone...maybe now I can squeeze in some time to work on my BF109 now

Aww man, he's got it!  That car looks great and that satisfied smile speaks volumes.  What a fine start in this hobby!

Gary

Terrific job!

Congratulations to you and your son on a job well done.  That car looks great!  Dad, you did well in the training and support. 

John

Ya know, that's a mighty nice job, at any age or experience it looks just great. And he's a good lookin' lad, rightfully proud of his work. I'd say you're a very good Dad.

Thanks for the post and photos, hope some more will be following.

Patrick

He's 9 and that's his first model??? Sheesh, his first model looks light years better than anything I'm building now at 50...great job by him. If that's his first, I'd love to see the models he will build in the future, he is off to a great start.

Good job, Dad.

Awesome  job, both of you.

That car looks great!  Really nice job. This "All American " modeler needs his own table , and then you can model together.  

Way to go! He did a great job on that being his first model! Like many of us, my first few models were glue- and paint-smeared messes. I don't even remember what they were.