Max's models.......

Army of One · January 30, 2015, 07:14:38 AM

Max as some of you know is my son. At time of writing he is 6yrs old. Some of you have met him at shows and may remember his enthusiasm for aircraft. Last year he made a new tool Airfix Spitfire MkI or II....he loved doing it. I cut and trimmed the parts and mostly applied the glue. He pushed most parts together and painted the whole model. I drew the outline for the camo pattern an he filled it in. He tried to apply the decals but needed some help. The more he does the better he gets. I will post pics of his work heres. He has done 3 real world kits but is currently working on two Whiffs....when I post pics can people just bear in mind the age of the modeller when commenting......many thanks.....H

Admin...I think this is the best place to post pics of Max's Work.....

Army of One · January 30, 2015, 07:28:33 AM

Max making his Spitfire and then displaying it on the Whiff table last year at Hendon RAF museum......big thanks to OGL Martin for the space.....

And then it proudly on display.......

NARSES2 · January 30, 2015, 07:30:29 AM

Good to see this mate, and yes it is the best place for the posts

Howard of Effingham · January 30, 2015, 07:31:34 AM

brilliant stuff!

thanks AoO for reminding us of max's spitfire from the Hendon show.

all things considered it was a very good model.

Mossie · January 30, 2015, 08:33:16 AM

Great work Max! I don't think my builds were that good when I was my teens.

Librarian · January 30, 2015, 08:38:48 AM

....and we share the same name

. I didn't paint my first model 'til I was much older, just glued them together. It took awhile before I tried harder. Well done

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Army of One · January 30, 2015, 08:44:44 AM

Max working on one of two Whiffs.....any guesses as to the time frame/user.... Kit n Chris are excluded as they know.....or at least been in on the discussion....

PR19_Kit · January 30, 2015, 10:23:05 AM

Wonderful stuff Hank, and Max too.

When I was five plastic kits didn't exist, but my 'building' of the equivalent Veron solids was APPALING compared to Max's work.

Army of One · January 30, 2015, 12:49:15 PM

Thank you all for the encouragement......Max was over the moon reading the comments......I will try and post some of the pics of the stuff he has already made........he is so proud of them.......I'm so glad he likes modelling.....he already started playing rugby......he is a good lad......he likes beer as well......proper beer.....none of that lager horse pee either......!!!!

Weaver · January 30, 2015, 01:06:55 PM

Way to go Max, that Blenheim looks interesting!

(Just as I typed that, my Max (black and white cat) jumped on my knee......)

Army of One · January 30, 2015, 01:11:21 PM

Harold......as you can probably see......I do the outline for him at the moment.....he fills it in......he's getting better.......

NARSES2 · January 31, 2015, 05:23:07 AM

Its the look of concentration on the face that gets me

It must help kids with their school work to have a hobby that encourages them to think about things they like doing ?

I was going to say that eventually women and beer will interfere but it appears the beer has already started

Glad he's into rugby as well mate. I played football but some of my friends grandkids are into rugby and it sure teaches them a few things that football never could nowadays

Army of One · January 31, 2015, 11:40:20 AM

Playing rugby will hopefully teach him respect and discipline.....anyhoo.....here he is working on a whiff Hurricane escort to go with his Blenheim....

Captain Canada · January 31, 2015, 03:54:18 PM

Great stuff. And nice work Max ! Man, I miss being a kid

Army of One · February 02, 2015, 01:32:47 PM

Cap'n C......he is so enthusiastic......I love it......I hate saying no to him......but there are other things to do during the day. He is also very chuffed today as he recieved a special delivery from a member here.......the kits are virtually finished, just gotta have a bit of gloss varnish over the matt paint so they bed down nicely.........something for him to do when I get home from work tomorrow hopefully.....I will hopefully get the B26 from Thorvics sale at the end of the month.....thanks Weaver.......Max will love using the rattle can as I think a silver/NMF be different for the model shelf as its full of camo schemes at the moment.......