I've been building models since I was 7ish when my brother bought me two ship models (he let me chose) for my birthday, the Bismarck and Hood. That started me on a lifelong fascination with ships and model building in general.
While I took a long break from model building in my 20s I picked it up again in my 40s and have been at it since. In the last five years I've had four 3D Printers and learned to be pretty darn adequate with Blender. I enjoy designing models to print and build almost as much as building them, to the point where I may never buy another kit!
Ok - that last bit probably isn't going to happen...