From the mind of a 9 year old...

[iamsuperdan]

So my 9 year old daughter is the only other one in the household that has taken any sort of interest in dad's hobby.

So heck yeah I'm going to encourage that!

This is her latest. Other than the BMF (which I decided to use for practice. Obviously I need more practice) this is entirely her. All the paint and assembly. Zero direction from me regarding colours or ideas.

Needless to say, she's a fan of colour and custom paint. No factory stock for her! She sprayed the Tamiya fine primer, the Duplicolour flat black, did the paint splatter, and hit it with Tamiya clear. Interior is a few shades of black, except for the roll bar and dash which she wanted red. Wheels are Tamiya's Coral Blue.

The kit itself is one of the Revell snap kits. I found it and a few others in the series for $2 each, many years ago at a toy liquidator shop we used to have here.

 

 

Other than my BMF job, I think it turned out pretty good.

Now she wants to tackle something with glue. Sounds good to me.

 

[Foxer]

I love her paint! Most of us old timers would superglue our noses to the ceiling to have that creativity~!

[espo]

I think your daughter has a very creative mind. The paint job isn't something I would have thought of, but you just can't stop looking at it. If she can came up with all this at 9 years of age I think you two are going to have a lot of fun together at the work bench in the future. 

[iamsuperdan]

I'd never have considered paint splatter for a kit! 

But the more I think about it, the more I think, "why not?"

The whole point of the hobby is to enjoy it, to have fun. Why do I fret over small details, when I could just build what I want and have fun with it?

Time to start thinking a little more like a kid.

I'm going to consult with her on some of my future builds. See what she comes up with for me.

 

[charger74]

Wow she is good, that paint job is awesome ??

[PARTSMARTY]

That looks awesome for sure !!!

[TarheelRick]

OK, everything I have is up for sale.  When a 9 year-old can build something that eye-catching I may as well give up and start doing counted cross-stitch.  That paint is fun to look at.

[Dann Tier]

She has done an awesome job here!! -right down to the balance of kolor and composition!!  -I bet it is nice to have someone to pass-on your skills to, I thought my nephew would, but then he started playing video games, and that was the end of that. its gonna be a bugger to find a good home for all my model stuff when I die.  Anyway, Tell her she did a Fantastic job!!

[426 pack]

Wow it is very cool and crazy and I like it. It is very imbearising when you learn that a 9 year old can paint better than I can. 

I cant wait to see what she comes up with next. 

[Dragline]

Outrageously creative. This is how you approach something with no preconceived notions about what a thing should be and just apply creative brain waves.

 

 

[Earl Marischal]

Outrageously creative. This is how you approach something with no preconceived notions about what a thing should be and just apply creative brain waves.

 

 

+1

steve

[Scalper]

Love it. She did a great job. Looks right from the 80's 

[Lizz62]

Looks like Barbie and the rockers car. Nice job!!

[satterwhite78]

That would be "Center Stage" in my display case.  Please let her know that the fellas on the other side of the screen would love to see more!  Super job Miss Clark!   Chuck

[shoopdog]

Very cool for sure! Looks awesome. I think it would look neat under a black light.

[Modelbuilder Mark]

Cool, encourage away!

[ChrisR]

Awesome!

[disabled modeler]

See has a great mind and creativity...keep feeding it with plastic...cant wait to see more of her work.

[landman]

I think your daughter has a very creative mind. The paint job isn't something I would have thought of, but you just can't stop looking at it. If she can came up with all this at 9 years of age I think you two are going to have a lot of fun together at the work bench in the future. 

I agree totally. I tried to start my grandson but everything came to a scrreching halt soon after. I am in the process of building a desk for him. Your daughter got right into it. Beautiful.

[crazyjim]

I really like that paint.  Good job.

[thatz4u]

what they said x 2, she artistic and gifted

[bobthehobbyguy]

Wow very impressive. That paint is amazing.  Great design and composition.  Hopefully she will stick with it she has a bright future in modeling.

[gtx6970]

I love it.

 

[KWT]

this is awesome! Dang fine job

[XJ6]

I was in shock when I saw the Model, telling myself that is really wonderful, very creative