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Over the last few weeks my son Christopher (that's him in my avatar) has been getting more interested in modelling after playing a bit of War Thunder and watching some documentaries with me. He decided he wanted to build another model now he's getting older (still 9 y/o) - He's built two as a wee nipper, a Cromwell tank and an I-16 which he used mostly paint brushes on, although he did dabble with an airbrush at times. This time he was determined to do a good job, and despite a little bit of impatience here and there, he's achieve that in spades, and made his old dad proud This is the Hobby Boss kit that he chose and I bought for him (he's not having any of mine!), and he's built mostly unaided over a number of sessions during lockdown. It's all airbrushed, and 99% of the work is his. He couldn't be bothered with the decals when they came around, so I did those for him, and I think I gloss coated the underside, but everything else you see is his work. Oh, and I had to glue in the landing gear with CA because they were a bit squiffy. He didn't do much with the cockpit other than paint it grey after it was in the fuselage, and gave the same treatment to the gear bays. I was his airbrush servant, filling and cleaning it for him, as I didn't want to put him off so early and the colour suggestions were mine. We had a problem with my RLM76 being empty when I opened it, so we used the next nearest colour from the same brand (Gunze). So, with great pride I introduce my wickle boy's first proper model He's particularly proud of the underside, as it looks like it's seen some action on the front, and you may also notice that we'd forgotten to add the pitot probe and a couple of aerials when I took the pics, so we'll add those as long as we can find them Speaking of finding, we've lost the retraction jack on the nose gear, but it's a sturdy connection so it shouldn't matter, and I've straightened it up since the photos. The next techniques he needs to master (other than patience) is cockpits, weathering wheel bays, seams, and patience. Did I mentioned patience yet? Patience. How awesome is that for a 9 year old though? EDIT: We've got a very happy Christopher here, and he's very touched by all your comments. We thought we'd put another pic up with the last few bits added for good measure, and he insisted on painting in the wingtip lights, so I suggested a layer of silver with translucent green and red over the top. He even got to use my W&N Series 7, so is a true modeller now