Same kit, different year. For some reason I actually LIKED the "straight built" look back then. Now it just looks cheap

Improvement is awesome

I was looking through old pictures to see how long it took me to complete my 1/144 Gundam wing collection and found this

(It took 10 months btw. This was the first one, built in September of last year)

Ooh, gaw dahm

Probably a LOT longer than that if you count my first hg leo, which I built LONG before the Heavyarms and don't have a picture of

Uuh, cool.

I have no idea what half the things you just are, but they seem cool

Hg is short for High Grade, one of the several bandai model kit difficulties/complexities. It's the second lowest.

Leo is basically the main Gundam Wing grunt suit.

Mass produced in the anime, simple design, and surprisingly good in model kit form.

Ah