Gundam

[rattle can man]

I've never built any Gundam kits.  Is there anything useful for auto/ truck models in them? 

[stavanzer]

Could be.

There are Ga-zillions of Gundam Kits. Only way to find out would be to buy a couple and see what's inside.

[OldNYJim]

Not the kits, but some of their photo etch upgrade sets have all kinds of useful pieces on - little brackets and rings with faux screws and rivets on, stuff like that.  

I picked up a few a little while back and keep finding good uses for them 

[Cool Hand]

Check out some this guy's builds, he use's Gundam parts on most of his creations.

https://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/profile/15927-daxman/content/?type=forums_topic&change_section=1

[Bugatti Fan]

Gundam kits are quite popular with a younger generation, and that is all to the good getting people into a creative modelling hobby. As they get older, perhaps their interests might also cross over into other fields too like auto modelling. making

I have seen some interesting articles on painting and weathering Gundam models that can be applied to other fields in model making. Previous posters have already mentioned useful PE parts in those kits and a link to a guy who used parts from those kits.

I think that there are paints aimed at the Gundam model maker that might yield some useful colour shades.