Dollieh Sanctuary

i began my road to OTAKUdom long ago, as a young teen back in the early/mid-1990s, by proxy of leftover 1980's Paint-and-Glue Anime Mecha model kits.

around 1997, i took my first major leap forward thanks to my first GUNDAM-related kit,

with multi-color molding, press-fit assembly and extensively-polycapped joints, it was a quantum leap

beyond the standard no-frills plastic model fare i was used to up to that point.

around 1998, i got my first MASTER GRADE series GUNDAM kit, and from there i scarcely looked back.

my most recent kits, -just finished in late 2019- are also my most thoroughly satisfying.

2001 BANDAI MG MSZ-006A1 and MSZ-006C1, from 1988 ZETA GUNDAM side-story GUNDAM SENTINEL;

I think that what I like best about this story is that, twenty-some years on, you are still involved in the "mecha" modeling hobby, you are still building kits, and after all this time, your enthusiasm for and enjoyment in the hobby continues to grow!

It is rare that anyone sticks with a hobby or interest over such a long period of time, and even more rare, I think, for the excitement to remain.

I find that inspirational.

Wishing you many more years of increasingly challenging and fulfilling builds!

And please continue to share pics of your mecha collection!

though still GUNDAM-related, here's something a little different;

Those are too cute for words!

Reminds me of a silly thing I did several years ago:

I've gotten into Gunpla in the last year or so. To date, I've built six mecha, two of which are actually Flame Toys FuRai Transformers models. I've mainly been sticking with the 1/144th scale kits because price, but I do have my eye on several larger-scale kits. I also built a model of the Starship Yamato, which was kinda finicky in places, but still fun.

Wish the model shops here would carry interesting stuff.

now for something a bit more old-fashioned than the average GUNDAM kit, dating clear back to 1983. a bona-fide classic, even;

Impressively detailed! That looks like a very challenging kit to assemble!