Model making has been an interest of mine for a long time: first in high school, when I built a lot of Star Wars kits, and then later as I became more interested in anime I started building anime kits. However, it was only once I discovered the “rec.arts.anime.modeling” newsgroup that I finally connected with other modelers from whom I learned many important techniques for improving my builds.
One of the things I want to emphasize in my builds is the unique structural character of each design. Form and proportion define these designs, and as such it tends to bother me when these matters are ignored or treated as an afterthought.