You might want to get her exposed to 3-d plastic printing.

All kinds of things can be made that way.

The newest machines can be rented for a few $$ a day and the software is not too expensive. A bright kid could rock-soup their way into a small fab shop. With her gifts, she is light years ahead of most modellers. Almost no one is able to go from plans to 3-d objects that smoothly!!

http://www.objet.com

http://www.objet.com/Applications/Application_Notes/

http://www.protoswift.com/