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Accurail and Athearn are really simple. My son started building them by himself at age 9. MDC/Roundhouse can be a little tougher, as they use some metal frames and parts that have a bit of fla***o be cleaned up. 15-20 minutes cleanup and paint on a cement hopper from MDC is not uncommon. Branchline,and Intermountain cars are about as tough of a plastic kit you are going to find. Branchline boxcars are his latest foray into the field. Yeah, all the tiny metal grabs aggrevate him, but now at 13, his eyes are better than mine! Next comes Redball/Quality Craft and other "craftsman" type kits . Usually made from resin or wood and/or brass, they are not the easiest thing to build. Maybe even taking a few evenings to build, let alone paint and decal BUT I have found that the greater the degree of difficulty a kit offers, the greater the satisfaction level is on getting it done![^] Start off slow, get proficient with each level of kit, and move on to the next. Next thing you know, you will have taken a box-o-sticks type kit and really made something out of it![^]
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