I don't know about anything on this site, but I think the Testors website has a multiipart series of printable pdf's about various modeling topics
Here is the link: http://www.testors.com/hobbyist_guides.asp
It may be alittle more advanced than he is looking for, but thee is a lot of good info in it that is easily printed. I printed off a copy for my own personal reference binder.
my favorite headache/current project:
1/48 Panda F-35
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