djmcguire Posted January 25, 2015 Posted January 25, 2015 This is a '34 Ford Street Rod that my 10 year old daughter wanted to build. After seeing the interior of my 'in-progress' Jeep Rubicon she wanted to try her hand at flocking the interior. You can't see it but it's definitely got some 'carpet' in there and she did a great job on it by herself using Elmer's clear glue and black flocking material. The only thing she needed help on was the stickers, which had to be stretched around some of the curves to get them to lay down. Looks like she'll be doing an actual glue-together Titanic next...
Lowlife ! ! Posted January 25, 2015 Posted January 25, 2015 Hey looks like your daughters got good taste in cars, great build..... ....... Lowlife ! !
unclescott58 Posted January 25, 2015 Posted January 25, 2015 Great job. I know people many times older than 10 who can't build as well. Scott
rmvw guy Posted January 25, 2015 Posted January 25, 2015 (edited) That's a good one to start on. Looks like she did it right. Another good one is the snap '57 Chevy, also the '63 Corvette. I tried one on my grandaughter and she put the flames going toward the front. Started her on a glue kit and wound up doing it myself. She is only 8. I started building models at 8 but, the 1/25 scale cars started when I was 10, same age as your daughter. I bet she can do a glue kit with your help. Edited January 25, 2015 by rmvw guy
Danno Posted January 25, 2015 Posted January 25, 2015 Daniel, That's the Revell Snap Tite kit (which I'm sure you knew). They were the Make-N-Take kits Revell donated for the GoodGuys Rod & Custom Association events last year. The kids at our events LOVED THEM!!! Your daughter did a good job! Keep her interested and keep her building. There are SO MANY much, much worse things out there for a young lady to get interested in.
djmcguire Posted January 27, 2015 Author Posted January 27, 2015 Thanks for the kind words guys and I will show her your replies as I'm sure it will make her day. She's also done a Star Wars 'Snap-Tite', a helicopter and a Ferrari LaFerrari and Mustang convertible. She has no aversion to the putting things together and was pretty handy with a torque wrench by 8 when we re-built a Yamaha YSR50 for her. I made sure she did some of the work and knew how to use the tools so she could truly say it was 'hers'.
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