Gundaming

once per month maybe!

I also having the same problem..... no time to build all my kits, having tons of model kits under my bed sux, and i already stop buying for 2 months!

Well, I'm a complete novice at this. Though I'm not a Gundam fan, I do have a few Code Geass models. They are great 5-6 hour projects, but I don't do painting or anything else though...

Very cool kampfer!
I am a slow builder, my last gunpla took me about 4 months.

recently got the Macross Frontier valkyria, but i have no time yet for him...

Ah, awhile ago I got MG Hyper Mode G Gundam, though I was rather discouraged that the gold pain gets chipped off. So I'm waiting for when I somehow find a way to paint and get some gold paint and stuff. Though I also need to test the electric airbrush my dad gave me since it's old and I don't know how well it'll work.

What also discouraged me was the fact that when I was screwing the screws for the action frame the book told me to use one which has the same diameter as the screw, but that ended up wearing it out. So now a bit of the screw sticks out which makes a bit of the piece I have to put over it stick out

Once a month maybe? It's good to see you Gundamming again :))

No I still have a gundam 00 gunpla i bought it last week but don't have time

I still have gundam 00 plamo but don't have time to make it . imake gunpla only when felt confusing or boring and had a hard problef to reduce strees in y head.

I haven't built a Gundam kit for a long time. Somewhere as long as Danny-san.

The next kits I really like to obtain is Infinite Justice Gundam (MG) & VF-25F (Macross Frontier). I still have unfinished kits, 2 SDs from SEED Stargazer, Strike Freedom BM, Infinite Justice Gundam neck mod and a MG Saviour Mod which it got stuck at puttying ^^;

Painting is the hardest...

I paint my plamo so rarely

I do it when I have time, which is only after exams T_T During that time, I have other things to do so I hardly get a chance to start.

It's very time consuming to do a detail paint job on gunpla, rushing it is not the way as the best is to enjoy the flow so that the end result will come out nice & the modeler themselves will also feel satisfy & proud of it.

I'd seen my associate do contract of toys modeling for Hasbro as a professional modeler.

I have alot of time to build alot of gundam kit but..... so little money to spend for...

THAT! is one of THEE coolest freaking things I have ever seen ! Where can I find a life sized version ? =p

As far as Gundamming, I did one about 9 Years ago when I was in High School. It was Deathscythe Hellcustom. Although there was no painting involved or anything complicated. It was one of those medium difficulty EASY ones. I somehow magically effed it up too. Still have it.... in pieces... lurking in different places.... ;_;

I try to maintain a turnaround of 1 kit a month. and if I feel like it , maybe 2. but I don't get around to painting them as detailed as that one in the photo.

Having just completed the PG Strike I am finding myself not wanting to spend money on lesser kits. It seems I am Master Grade or nothing at this point, no longer satisfied with the HG kits. Makes for a lot less gundaming in my life.

seemed to take forever for me these days. my mgs has been stuck for more than 6mths, they are all stuck in straight-build stage, waiting to be prime and sprayed. And the tropical weather over here makes it worse. On weekends, when I'm free to do spray work, weather gets to cloudy/rainy, when I not free, freaking hot blazing sun. :s

danny, do u remember u promised to finish wing zero by this year? ^^;

Haven't built one in maybe a year, and have a small backlog of MG's too.

I'm not a good builder...so I don't buy those very often

Can't remember when i last buy any gundams...
the gundam in the picture looks godly.. don't think i will reach that standard T_T;

mm. at least one 1/100 kit per month.. some time may add some sd.. wow wow wow.. it's been long time didn't see danny post anything about gunpla here.. nice kampfer there..

I remember I could finish one mg kit within a week. although the last one took me over half a month to finish. however it's best not to count the days, just build at your own pace.
been itching to start painting kits myself. ^^; great looking Kaempfer by the way.

1/100
2 or 3 days of straight build with nub marks cleansing
MG
2 week of straight build with nub marks cleansing

tho mostly end up modified and haven't been painted T.T
lack of skill & hardware (no compressor)-_-

I want to get into gundaming but don't know where to start.

Only buy Gunpla 1/month.
Don't have problem with the time spent building it since I always buy 1/144 HG.
Planning to get MG Aile Strike @ 1/144 HGUC Sazabi.
Which one should I get?

Not often enough I'm afraid, I'm currently lacking everything except money...

master grade kramfer. used to own 1. love the design of it. like a more advance zaku.

When I have the money to buy one, after all other important things are paid off. Which is not that often. It's also quite a bit more expensive to import things to a place like Sweden.

Come on Danny,am waiting for more of your gundam reviews..for me..i usually buy gunpla twice a month,but if there's a lot interesting new gunplas and it reaches Indonesia pretty quick,it could be four times a month...

I've got a bunch of kits sitting in their boxes, but haven't made a new one in over 14 years... ^^;

I think that when I am working, I wouldn't have enough time to make something like model kits, even though I find them fun. When working a full time week of up to 40 hours, I have other things to do with my time off or I just like to relax.

I don't have any monies = No kits to build...

Every 3 to 5 months = 1 kit XD

I used to build one or two each month. Lately, I don't seem to be making any significant progress. My unopened boxes are piling up, no thanks to the wonderful sales at the recent BAKUC event!

1 kit Every Month... but I usually go over that... like 3 kits in a week... lol

I just cant resist buying gundam kits... oh... must stop buying gundams...

Man, it's been a while...
I so far have 6 model kits that reminds untouched...
It's just hard to find time to start building again...
It's already been over a year since I built one...

1 per year... Have to juggle time between full time work and part time studies...

im currently have bout 13 MG kit and 1 PG kit havent build yet ^^; all thx to SPM examination.... but once after spm over, 1 shot~!

u guys can see my previews here http://hobbysuki.blogspot.com
soon it will fills with my modeling progress and gunpla reviews!

stay tune!

ever since i choose programming as my major i rarely have time to engage in my "hobbies"

Its kind of irregular for me.
For me its when there is enough time and when the mood is there.

I seldom got time to do gundams, being a college student really nvr give me time to do any gundams, back at high school i hav time but since started college, rarely got time to do -_-|||.
the only time i get to do it is during my college holiday break
and
Yes Danny, you shud go back to gundams, wud love to see the gundams you make.
what happen to the Wing Zero Custom? Abandon already? wud like to see it finish by you ^^

Not often enough...

It'd be nice to see some more Gundam action from you, Danny. We know you're busy busy, but it's sad to see this corner of the site languish.

i have too much time to make and paint kits right now.. but winter break is coming up! that means money for kits and paint.. and ultimately time to do it all

i have the same problem with time + every time i start working on a gundam i find that there is another important tool that i am missing, and cant be bought somewhere around...

well, i normally have on SD WIP all the time. Sometimes two, sometimes three but them unopened boxes keep piling up :(

That looks pretty good. It's a pity that the kampfer mg has a bad joint system.

For me, a new kit takes forever but not because I work slow. I've been working on a scratch build conversion for the pg strike for 2 years now. I think it's at 90% complete now, but it keeps going back down when I come us with more brilliant ideas for more articulation. Sometimes I wish I was less creative.

i have this kamper kit personally and the gundam NT/RX-78-4 gose with and still have not found the time to put them together. My to MSG SEED perfect grades are both in the box have finished.

I'm also a novice... I've only built one so far (cross bone) and can see it becoming addictive.

that gundam looks epic!

nice Kampfer, do want.

*drooling*

Ive still got 2 models sitting around, 1 part built that i bought in hong kong like some time in march or something....need to get around to that fashizle

My last one was 18 mths ago.....

one MG model per 2-3 months? Dont have much time to spare as I did back in the day.

How often? maybe once or twice a month..i just can't find the time :/

Very nice made Kaempfer, like all those mods that you made. If it goes about models then I made usually 1 per 1-2 months it all depends how much money I can spend on gunpla, I always find some time to complete it. Right now I'm waiting for MG Infinite Justice and 1/100 Dynames. And in next month I will order 1/100 Over Flag and maybe Astrea Type F . In next year probably in spring I plan to buy airbrush because painted models are looking much better so then my time of completing gunpla will be longer because of sanding,painting etc. But oh well it's my hobby so I always find some free time :D .

You made any more progress with your Wing Gundam? or Wing zero is it...
You should deffo find time to do some more Gundam articles and attend Gundam events, it's why I started coming on to this site and I can't remember last when you covered something on it haha. GL on finding the time. ^_^

I made arrangements with comrades to get together to build plamo every 2-3 weeks. The amount of progress isn't that much but better than none. Planning dates to build plamo does help tho.

whenever there's something I want...
for the t=month of October and November, I got four kits...
Probably I will not buy anymore until I finish half or three of those, as well as getting money for them
=P

It's been a LONG while since you've last mentioned anything "Gundam", Danny! Whatever happened to that Wing Ver. Ka you were working on? ^^;
As for myself, I take a little free time everyday (30 mins-2 hour) to work on a model and I try to complete one model roughly every other week. I envy those who can complete a MG kit in a day or two.

It takes me anywhere between a month and 4 to finish a figure, although gundam kits tend to be a lot faster, esp if I decide to forego painting for any reason.

My first gundam was Gundam Wing Zero First Edition. LOL I really made it nice, but then due to my playful child time, I used it as a protagonist in my fictional world. Used it to *defeat* any figures I have, used it as a movie star. LOL, eventually, it broke up because of too much use. I saw the middle part, where the belly is for us humans, crap out. It was thin because of too much 'movements' of my kit. LOL

it depends on whats going on with me (school, work) but it usually take me anywhere from 1 to 4 months. The MG Destiny I just finished I started back in july so this took even longer than 4 months

Woah WOW!! I've never seen gundams before, it's so awesome!

just finished building a 1/100 Gundam Kyrios. last gunpla I finished before that was a month ago. I didn't want to start another one so soon but the Kyrios was on sale so I bought it. ^^

Alas, i have a dozen or so kits sitting in storage, and haven't such as handle a Gundam marker in months... and then, not in the service of modeling. And yet, I keep buying new kits. T_T

Perhaps one day, I will have a proper workspace for modelling again, one that the cats will not disturb between sessions....

Gundams look awesome but I just don't have the time or the initiative to make and then paint one.

there was a time where it was a one model a week thing for me but now im lucky if i get to build one a month. n time or cash T_T

I really want to start building them again!

probably it's your life that's gotten too busy, more important things take precedence, etc

maybe it's time to call it a day with gunpla?

When I do have time, It takes me around 20 hours per gundam (MG). However, I have a lot of unbuilt ones laying round.

I was on hiatus for 7-8 years, just got back into it this year. I've so far completed 4 this year, one MG and 3 1/144 HG, seeing the difference in quality from back then is suprising.

It takes me about 3-7 days for the 1/144 HG. The MG took me about 2 weeks, cuz i was working a summer job and was quite busy.

Yes DANNY GO GUNPLA!!!

Not enough time to build or continue kits. It's really hard to balance work, games, watching anime, and other hobbies. Sometimes I wish a day had 72 hours.

One of the best ones I've seen...and it's in my color too!

SD I had around 22
FG only 1
HG had 10
1/100 I had 6
MG I had 2
perfect grade never made it

All I hear about Gundams from you reecntly is that you're slowly replacing them with figures!
And the last Danny's News on Gundam before this is like over 2.5 months ago!

Never... no experience in painting... I want to get into it a bit at the very least. Not sure where to start though...

I'm stuck on two now and without time to build them. D:

On a sidenote, that Kampfer is awesome. Did you build it, Danny? Or is this Kampfer going to be your next Gundamming project? XD

It really depends on my mood at the time I start a project. But I will say 1 solid month has been my fastest to complete a build. And my slowest was almost 8 months!...just couldn't for the life of me finish my PG Strike. Now that it's been done for awhile I've stripped it clean and I am going to repaint my PG Strike. Go figure see you next year I guess! =)

haven't dont any gundamming since I built my PG strike and skygrasper+ailestrike which was nearly 2 years ago. Lack of money and time meant I couldn't really do much about it. I could try doing some noe but with uni and work its just too hard. Besides, having a 4 year old foster child who has way too much energy and too eager to want to try and do everything I do has sort of stopped me from getting any gunpla now that I can afford them.
All i can do is look at them on the net and drool :P

My biggest problem is going to buy one. Not really the type to order online. I prefer having the thing when I buy it, so :/
Last one was in the summer. Been Gundam-less since. :(

oh ya.. some update from me too.. i'm just finish sd gundam oo.. and i was working on MG IJ now.. .. still got 1/100 exia and sd sangokuden hyaku shiki in the box.. i hope i can finish MG IJ by this week so i can start build my favourite exia..

i just finished the force impulse gundam soon i will post the photos. the main problem i have with the plamos is they costs a lot of money =(.

ZEON for life!!!! That Kampfer rocks!!!

Lately, it is whenever I can make time. ^^ I just wish I had an area to leave my work so I didn't have to clean up when I finish. I haven't had anytime to work on hobbies for a while. I need more hobby time so I can have energy to get my work done... You know all work no play...

That soo cool.. The cooling is spectacular!

I actually haven't bought any gunpla in a while...>w<

Always wanted to try...hopefully one of these days...

It's funny this post came up--I not to long ago made a post on my blog about getting back into building Gundam mods. I haven't built a Gundam model in 4 years! I got caught up playing Pay-2-Play MMORPGs, I couldn't afford them anymore; it was either that or give up Manga which is the second reason my allowance goes so fast. I used to buy most of my models from Toys "R" Us when Gundam Wing was huge here in the US. Now I'll have to get them online.

I get around to making a new kit, whenever I can afford it, which is rare. Painting tends to cost me more than the kit itself so I am doomed to wait until I have a good amount of income.

i'm still waiting for correct time for painting my plamos -.-
its raining here a lot each day. .
most my plamos are now fixed, puttied, and ready to be paint, but weather not allowing
sad =(

Currently im working on my Unicorn, but I only get to over the weekend when I go from from university, and usually tons of other stuff happen so I barely get any time at all T-T

thats a damn fine Kampfer

^^; I'll be ordering my first Gundam after I get paid >.<

if there are still paint left, then i will start working. currently in progress upgrading my PC. Probably I will start next year. ^^;;;

I have some gunpla parts to created some model and i took a 3 months to thinking on what design may i fix. I try some MG Zeta gundam to try some add materials but its hard.

At least once every weekend. Sometime at night for an hour. Don't really like to leave it unbuilt too long.

we should do a DC group build...
provide a set amount of time that people should finish their kits, and display them here

Once I break my month/50 comment curfew, I'll post my stack of yet-to-build kits... I have a HUGE G-System Kampfer to tackle... I think it's one of my favs. I have the FIX too. :)

About once every 3 months, tho it tends to be more often in the winter.

The great Kampfer. I wish I had that!

PLEASE DANNY COME BACK TO GUNDAM!!! or at least to mechas :)!!
by the way, that's one badass Kämpfer there >:) i love it, just so many kick ass gun's and agressive look's HAIL ZEON!!!

I am slowly building mine since, I'm procrastinating a lot... which is a bad thing, since I keep buying more and piling them up.

I've got a couple of 1/144 in my room. The first one I ever bought was a Flag. It was only 900 yen but I had no idea if it was any good or not. Turns out it wasn't great. I got a 1/144 00 Gundam after that and then I realised what was possible. The last thing I built was a 1/100 Freedom. I did the whole thing in a solid 9 hour session. I don't have anywhere to paint them though so that really speeds up the process...

Thinking of making an Exia next and at least trying to ink the panel lines.

this is a kampfer? oh. i love the details.

Sup danny..been a while havent posted anything..a new look por your portal thou..loves the previous one btw..

Really happy to see some gundam talk,its been far to long.And equally as happy to ssee so many with the same problem as me.Finding time is so difficult these days.But don't give up.One of my favorite modelers has to be http://www.geocities.jp/a2crafts/index.html ...crazy stuff.

according to my habits, approximatly 1 gundam kit every 3-4 years. Model wise, I strive for one every three or four months! Instead of quantity, lately I am focusing on quality.

I get one when i see a gap in my schedule. If there are small gaps i would usually build the legs one day and the arms another and so on until its complete.
I bought the Gundam Strike PG 1/60 model scale just because my xbox had a "red ring of death" and i was left with noting else to do so i figure i model a bit and do school work at same time :P

I usually build my gundams around the longer holidays like Winter and Summer ones. Anything I buy larger than HG scale will be saved for then. Otherwise, Sds and Hg sets will be built without paint but sanded and markered.

I feel so lucky, i can put together models whenever I want (being a student rawks) but i usually end up making my larger purchases around birthday/christmas, due to cash flow. Gundam is prolly the only reason I haven't knocked myself off, but I haven't got any PG's .T_T.

WOW! I've been gundamming for years and i ahev never seen a Kampher done so well! What scale is that? Its looks liek 1/60 Master Grade. Wow!

I dont make many gundma purchases my last were in the summer, and I beleive I got a 1/144 HAC and 1/100 Nataku and Death Scythe Hell. I'll probably make a couple purchases within the next few weeks. What sucks is that I ahve to order all of mine online seeing as no stores carry them in my area so getting them is a bit of a diterent for me.

If I have the money, it's either a new DS game or a new Gunpla set.

If I have the time
and the will to finish one

blast, that's a resin kit of MG Kampfer, am I right? and it also comes with metal parts... COOL!

Now I can't wait for my order of Metal Parts to arrive...

I’m having the same problem. It has been almost two years since I sat down and built something. I need to find a good excuse to dust off the 30+ kits I need to build.

Sadly, I don't have any money for more kits. As soon as I get a job I have a couple of ideas for a couple of kits though.