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Gundam models are all stupidly easy to put together so long as you stay away from the original firstgrade models and ignore resin upgrade or conversion kits.
Even the PG models.

The challenge comes from trying to paint them nicely.

Don't need glue for a Gundam kit. Not any of the modern ones, anyway

Actually Doesnt that huge model of the Minerva require glue and paint? As well as the Perfect Grade Gundams? Though I think the mini pilots may just need painted.

If you're going to start putting Gundam kits together, you need to learn about the way they're constructed from the torso down.

Start with TV-Series kits from either Wing or X (which both had prolific 1/144th lineups with simple universal construction). You will learn quickly that most if not all Gundam kits use one or two sheets of UNIVERSAL ABS polycap joints across the scales. The only exceptions are PG kits, which use very few, if any, polycaps and rely mostly on metal screws and metal friction to keep joints in place.

Gundam kits aren't hard to assemble. They're just notoriously hard to paint to complete TV accuracy in smaller grades. If one were to make a true difficulty scale, the bigger 1/60th Big Scale and PG kits would be Lv1, while TV-Series 1/144ths would be Lv10 (ESPECIALLY the non-posing SEED and SEED Destiny Collection Series kits -_-).

Also, EX kits aren't worth the money you pay for them in any way, shape, or form.

actually, if you want to erase the connection of two pieces, it is required that you use glue...
very simple technique really... Over glue, have it spew out, let it dry, than sand it down...


any one can honestly put together a model...
I am pretty sure I can put together an SD gundam within 20 min, and an HGUC within an hour (I say hour, b/c the TR-5 Gaplant is probably one of the more complex models I have built to this day)

But the true beauty comes from:
a.) painting it (custom or not)
b.) getting rid of the connection line (have not tried yet)
c.) using the fine tip marker to color in the lines, and then using a qu-tip to get rid of the excess (this alone upgrades the awesomeness of a gundam)