love them when i was a kid. (very, very long time...) i bought their fix-it-urself model. the half fighter plane and half robot type, but cannot fix it. then throw the whole goddamn thing away...
i'm not a Gundam model fan but i own a few for artistic purposes- pose them to draw. i believe that this mecha-oriented anime has a very strong story line albeit being complicated at times. thoroughly enjoyable.
Omg. I can't draw for nuts. Sub! One day must let me see! Would be interesting.. some of my friends do sketch, but yeah, just a rough sketch. They say musicians are also good visual artists...
I collect a few models, but I only buy the Master Grade series ones since they're the only ones that I think are worth buying, the other kits usually have very poor articulation or details. Unforunately since I like to display them on my table they get dropped sometimes...
Anime-wise, currently on Gundam Seed Destiny, of which the last episode was a bit on the lame side haha.