THE GUNPLA PHILOSOPHY: THE MODEL FOR EVERYONE! "without glue or paint All Gundam models are characterized by two essential properties: - the parts are nestable - and they're molded in color. Gunpla are classified by ranges (called "grade") according to their quality and/or size. The main ones are : - NG No Grade (1980), although the term only appears much later, it refers retrospectively to the first models released as early as 1980. - HG High Grade (1990), first range of higher quality at a scale of 1/144. - MG Master Grade (1995), of higher quality than HG High Grade with, for example, the