Model airplanes for 10-year-olds.

[badamsios]

Well, those ships are sure out of context. Anyone know how to delete that?

 

[urumomo]

Hit " edit " , then remove
But ,
no need unless you really want them gone

 

[badamsios]

Man, I would love to be there to help him, but he lives in Michigan and I am here in California. I guess his dad's going to have to help him.


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[badamsios]

I don't even know how I got those photos of ships on here.

Anyway, what I wanted to say is that about 20 plus years ago I was looking for something substantially more challenging then plastic models.

I went to the local hobby shop and on a Shelf behind the cashier was a huge wooden model of the USS Constitution.

I asked to see it, he pulled it down from the Shelf and I opened it up.

There were hundreds of mahogany strips used for planking the hull and deck. The sizes were 0.5 mm X 5 mm.

Here is the end result. It took me 4 years to build it and one second for the new kitten to knock it off the shelf.

The rest of the photos I had to pull up from the web.

 

[athabascamaverick]

Beautiful - so much nicer than the ones with plastic sails. Bet it wasn't cheap.

 

[badamsios]

Actually, it was. The the price was knocked down from $699 to $499. You should have seen the dust on that thing.

 

[GaryG64]

I have a 1/96 model of the Constitution, which I do not see it being built anytime soon if ever.

 

[badamsios]

Who's the manufacturer?

Why do you not see it being built? Do you feel it might be intimidating?

 

[BlackSheepTwoOneFour]

Start him off with a snap kit before jumping with a glue together kit.

 

[GaryG64]

Who's the manufacturer?

Why do you not see it being built? Do you feel it might be intimidating?

Yes and no. I might work on it at a much later date. I got it as a Christmas gift in 2008.

I have the hull completed and all of the guns on second deck installed and tied down. The officers quarters are completed.

I abandoned it after installation of the top deck. All that's left are the cannons, masts, and tons and tons of rigging. Block and tackle require rope to go through each eye.

The manufacturer is Revell.

 

[Mycatistypingthis]

Hello y'all!

I have an 8-year-old grandson that is a sheer Genius. He can name every capital in every state, he knows the names of all most every country in the world, and he can even name all of the planet in order. He even told me that Pluto may or may not be a planet depending on who you ask. He is also extremely coordinated.

We flew him and his family from Michigan to here in California to see Jeff Dunham.

He is now fascinated with airplanes. I want to get him a model for Christmas. I am sure he could handle one for a 10 or even 12 year old.

I would prefer a World War I biplane. Barring that, a World War II fighter would be fine. Barring that, I'll settle for a modern military aircraft.

I am now open to suggestions.

TIA

This is a while ago, but if you ever want the details of a kit, search for the kit number (or general description) together with " scalemates", they often have instructions which tells you a lot about what is included, but also how old the kit is (modern kits tend to be crisper and more detailed)..

For instance, I am looking at a 1:48 scale Bristol Beaufort from ICM, but want to know if detailed engines are included. I google "beaufort 1:48 icm scalemates" and look it up. I then look at the instructions and fight the urge to put it into my cart immediately.