http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog Blogging on building Gunpla, Gundam & Japan Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:44:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/02/18/gundam-new-home/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/02/18/gundam-new-home/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:02:01 +0000 James http://www.naffworld.co.uk/blog/?p=504 No, i’m not giving up the hobby! As the basement room / mancave / whatever you want to call it takes shape i’ve moved all my completed kits down there where they can be displayed with pride! At the moment i’ve got this mishmash of different scales and grades on a tv unit directly below [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/02/18/gundam-new-home/feed/ 1 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/01/24/basement-cinema-bulb-change/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/01/24/basement-cinema-bulb-change/#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2010 10:20:58 +0000 James http://www.naffworld.co.uk/blog/?p=455 Two updates in one week, things are moving along quicker than ever! The new bulb arrived really quickly (thanks to CP Lighting) so I fitted it straight away to see if there was a difference. These bulbs are massive, and light as a feather – handle with care In we go! Firstly I removed the [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/01/24/basement-cinema-bulb-change/feed/ 0 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/01/22/basement-cinema-update/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/01/22/basement-cinema-update/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:28:44 +0000 James http://www.naffworld.co.uk/blog/?p=446 Thanks to some of the best friends a guy could ask for, the basement cinema project which has laid dormant for nearly 2 years is a step closer to reality! I always knew I had an amazing set of friends, but it was proven to me to a huge degree when they all travelled up [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/01/22/basement-cinema-update/feed/ 0 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2008/01/13/putting-it-all-together/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2008/01/13/putting-it-all-together/#comments Sun, 13 Jan 2008 13:41:12 +0000 James http://www.naffworld.co.uk/blog/?p=39 At the great expense of my poor computer and common sense, i’ve started putting all of the 3D room mockups i’ve created together with the plan to model all the other rooms to have a 3D replica of our house in it’s finished state! It’s great practice for me and i’ll be able to produce [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2008/01/13/putting-it-all-together/feed/ 0 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2008/01/12/bathroom-renovation/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2008/01/12/bathroom-renovation/#comments Sat, 12 Jan 2008 13:44:22 +0000 James http://www.naffworld.co.uk/blog/?p=37 Behold the amazing bathroom we inherited with our house! (Click to open in new window) It had to go… the pointless purple decking, whose only purpose was to hide the plumbing which was lazily above the floor! the nasty tiny grey bath and the basin under the boiler.. it was all just wrong! Obviously before [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2008/01/12/bathroom-renovation/feed/ 2 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2008/01/11/attic-bedroom-plans/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2008/01/11/attic-bedroom-plans/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:00:48 +0000 James http://www.naffworld.co.uk/blog/?p=35 Our house has a massive converted attic which we ultimately plan on making into our bedroom, i’ve included a few pics in various states of production below, click to open in a new window. As you can see it’s in a bit of a sorry state at the moment which makes it a little hard [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2008/01/11/attic-bedroom-plans/feed/ 2 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2008/01/10/project-cinema/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2008/01/10/project-cinema/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:39:09 +0000 James http://www.naffworld.co.uk/blog/?p=34 This is a big project of mine i’m really excited about. Our new house has a very nicely sized basement room which I have been toying with turning into a Cinema Room. Click to view larger versions (opens in new window) I took measurements of the room and designed this mockup accordingly to see how [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2008/01/10/project-cinema/feed/ 0