http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog Blogging on building Gunpla, Gundam & Japan Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:44:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Quite possibly the best fan made trailer ever, and it makes a damn good point too. You’re a man, not as much of a man as this guy but nonetheless.. on August 13th(19th for UK) you know where you need to be!]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/07/14/the-expendables-call-to-arms/ Meet Claude, he’s an 8 year old Bear who currently lives in Asa Zoo, Hiroshima. He could seriously kick your ass. Unrelated: WordPress 3… ooooooooo…..]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/07/05/727/ A while ago I posted a collection of amusing examples of Janglish I came across during my Japan adventures, time for some more! Above we have a bar in Shibuya, not sure heading out to nob would be my idea of a good night Liquor Shop, I think that’s a slight exaggeration… Store my Ducks. [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/05/17/janglish-signs-and-products-2/ Found some time for Gunpla! this time i’ve built the Red Frame Kai leg! The quality of this kit continues to impress, the legs have alot of detail and articulation. Obviously that means a whole tons of pieces! I’ve decided the majority of my Gunpla content will migrate over to Gundam Factory, so for the [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/05/01/mg-mbf-p02kai-gundam-astray-red-frame-%e2%80%93-leg/ Rejigged my original Time Lapse Kyoto footage.. bumped up the saturation and added some lens blur to turn it into a moving tiltshift! Pretty happy with how this turned out, i’d recommend checking it out over on youTube for the high resolution version!]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/04/29/tilt-shift-time-lapse-kyoto/ I’ve been a bit quiet on the posting front recently, while working on a secret project which i’m now proud to unveil! I’ve created Gundamfactory.com to try and give Gundam and mecha builders a community, a place to share your work and look for tips or inspiration. I’m not trying to redirect attention from anybodys [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/04/23/announcing-the-launch-of-gundamfactory-com/ Well I made it! Somehow… Set off from the house at around 10.30 this morning with Steve, and caught the train to Ilkley where out crazy adventure began. I’d set the camera to interval mode and attached it to my bag in the hopes of getting some decent shops for a timelapse of the walk.. [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/04/18/ilkley-moor-walk-conclusion/ We’re due some lovely weather in my neck of the woods this weekend, so this Sunday i’m off out with the dog to walk from Ilkley to Saltaire across the moor! I’ve dug out my walking shoes, got some bottled water and made sure the GPS on my phone is working. Will be taking the [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/04/17/ilkley-moor-walk/ Back here in the UK, building any kind of addition onto your home involves a ton of paperwork and red tape. By the looks of thing in Japan all you need is a few bits and pieces from your local hardware store and a bit of time! Here are a few unique extensions I came [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/04/15/japanese-house-extensions/ I’ve bodged a connection between my phone and laptop to tide me over until Saturday, so here’s a Red Frame update, construction of an arm! Lots of pieces for this one, hopefully it’ll be nice and mobile but without compromising stability so it can wield the tactical arms properly. Pretty standard mod of separating the [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/04/13/mg-mbf-p02kai-gundam-astray-red-frame-%e2%80%93-arm/