Why do all of you give him advice on how to model? He should start simple, make faces maybe, make... crosshairs... something to get him WANTING and EXCITED to make Add-Ons. If he doesn't have the creativity for it, he'll never be able to model, never mind make anything else that's useful in any way.
Scripting is the only thing that's pretty dull and boring and takes no creativity. However the thought process for it requires an I.Q. above what most of the drama section has.