Photo by Will James.Īlthough I did most of the cutting, I did let my son help me cut some of the parts out. We laid all the parts out, removed them from the bags, and started on Step 1. Once back home and armed with just a pair of flush cut sprue cutters, we went to work on the kit. My son settled on the BB #396 SD Build Burning Gundam kit. These kits are great for little kids not only because they are cute, chibi robots, but they also have a relatively low number of parts that are easy to assemble without glue, and they include a good amount of stickers for decorating, so you can skip painting the kit and still have a decent looking toy at the end of it. Then we headed over to the Gundam model kits. My mom was along for the trip, so she bought him the Finding Nemo figure. The first thing that caught his attention in the store was the Funko Pop! vinyl figures. With that in mind, I took my two-year-old son to the local Japanese toy and model store, International Model Toys, to pick something out that he would enjoy.
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That was also when I really stepped up my game and started doing full dioramas and airbrushing, learning techniques to make my models into art culminating with Perfect Grade Gundam kits. And after several years of building those, I discovered Bandai and Hasegawa and their Gundam and Macross model kits. I moved from standard vehicles to more geeky model kits when I learned that there were Star Wars and Star Trek model kits available. A ‘Gundam’ diorama and a custom Perfect Grade Zaku I built. The feeling of accomplishment and reward of having something I built myself was one I still relish to this day. I remember laying newspaper out on my desk and losing myself for hours as I focused on cutting, gluing, and painting. I don’t remember exactly what I built, but I’m sure it was a car or jet of some generic flavor. I first started building plastic models after watching my dad build a Navy Battleship. I recently decided to introduce my son to this geeky art form. Revell, Ertl, and Testors were even some of the first brand names I learned as a child. Photo by Will James.Īs far back as I can remember, I have enjoyed scale model building. A ‘Gundam’ battle scene diorama I built several years ago.
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