Mass production isn't all fun and glory... finished all of these extra detail bits for my Psycho Gundams. It's my my first time doing this much scrapbuilding. They aren't perfectly identical, but close enough that on a painted and weathered model you wont notice (I hope!). #gunpla #ガンプラ

Printed some more photos and now have a full-on collage of gunpla pictures (plus one tank). Feels a little ironic that this is in the same room as the display case containing most of the subjects. #Gundam ##gunplaphotography

Before and after on some (mostly) scrap-built rear leg detail for the Psycho Gundam. Only six more go go! #gunpla

The insanity of custom building: I don't like how this completely unnoticeable detail looks even though no other human would ever even pretend to care, and I'm going to fix it #gunpla #gundam

Before and After Custom Color - HG ZZ Gundam Custom Panel lines, Decals, Fully painted #gunpla #gundam #ガンプラ

Making little extra handmade gunpla detail seems so cool, until you realize you have to do it 7 more times (okay, 6, one is in a destroyed section). #Gundam #scalemodel

In gunpla, you know you're getting seasoned when your pile of extra parts is itself another giant backlog. Some of these go back to the 2000ish - heck, there are two generations of FAZZ in here among other deep runner lore. #Gundam #scalemodel

"Mr. Glemy, I don't feel so good..." - Psycho Gundam Mk 2 areas marked for removal. I won't actually be hacking away until I finish most of the base scribing to match the "healthy" version. #gunpla #ガンプラ

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Where we're at vs. where we're going. This is going to be fun, I promise. #gunpla #ガンプラ #gundam

What's crazy is that this is my second one... the plan is to mark up the "destroyed" sections so I don't waste time scribing them before I rip them apart. #Gundam #gunpla #scalemodel

In Germany it's really easy and cheap to make prints, so obviously the first thing I tried is some #gunplaphotography - and I figure I might as well frame it and put it in the workspace... #gundam

Detailing before and after for some Psycho Gundam feet (I did two, two more to go). Got some good time with my new DSPIAE tools. Now all I have to do is work my way up the mobile suit... #gunpla

Now that I'm back from a couple trips, I can finally take inventory of all the new stuff I bought for my gunpla #GBWC project, including paints, Bandai™ decals, scribing tools, and builder parts. I'm still salty about having to use Bandai decals, hopefully they aren't as bad as I remember.

Finding your specific brand of paint(+line) in the wild is a treat, but I can never remember which colors I'm actually running low on #gunpla #painting #vallejo

As someone who builds models AND pays attention to the anime, this kind of thing is annoying, but sadly Bandai believes the market has spoken on whether anime accuracy matters. GBWC sure doesn't seem to care either.

I've been searching, and there are surprisingly few custom HGUC Psycho Gundam Mk-II's out there. Maybe it's too expensive+niche+new to be that popular, but I'm probably also missing all the wildly skilled non-English speaking talent out there. #gunpla #ガンプラ

This is a brush-painted model of a modified Requiem for Revenge Zaku Besides the colour scheme, changes were done to further align it to the traditional Zaku. Since I'm a total newb at scale painting, I followed the painting workflow of professional modeler Shimizu Kei #ガンプラ #gunpla #Gundam

Posting some artistic process; or how to over-think panel lines. The HGUC Psycho Gundam Mk-II is a giant blank slate so lots (too many) options. I keep having to remind myself to hold back since I'm the one who will be scribing these. #gunpla #scalemodel

Experimented with adding some polystyrene bits for extra detail to the HGUC Psycho Gundam Mk-II. I have a ton of strips of different sizes now, and I plan to abuse them. #gunpla #Gundam #customgunpla

I'm waiting on some DSPIAE tools to really get cracking, but for practice I'm doing a bit of scribing with my trusty Tamiya Scriber II in less important places. #gunpla #gundam #scalemodel

Road to GBWC 2026 Part 3: The beginnings of a plan. Starting with the design, I've loved the Psycho Gundam Mk-II for jeez, over 20 years now. Back in the day, I'm talking about pre-9/11, I'd go through HLJ.com's listings just to look at old boxart. Just check this out: #gunpla

Part 2 of my Road to Gunpla Builders World Cup 2026 (14th GBWC) series: the Road not taken (the dream project I decided not to start and why).

Going to be doing a couple long multi-part posts to organize my thoughts for Gunpla Builders World Cup 2026 - first up: a retrospective on this year, where I trash other people's work (not really)

Hey, I guess they posted my GBWC entry on the official site! Would have been cool if they, like, emailed me but at least it's there (the pictures are horribly compressed sadly): gunplabuilders-contest.com/europe/work.... Looking at the other entries is still really neat though!

Inscrutable obelisk-thing is one of the transformations of all time, but it's growing on me. Probably never going to do it again, but it's neat to try (HGUC Psycho Gundam Mk. II). #gunpla

Final Gunpla of 2025! Here's to like, at least another in 2026. #Gundam

Local art supply store is sadly closing, but at least I got a bunch of stuff on sale, including a tiny pile of pre-made trees that are great for gunpla diorama. #diorama #gundam

Not a bad gunpla Christmas haul. Will be a fun year of custom building, I'm really looking forward to it. I have grand plans for GBWC 2026 I need to write up. #gundam

Back after a short holiday hiatus for a simple gunpla build before starting a giant new project. #Gundam

RE/100 デナン・ゲー 頭部を塗装しました。 他の部位とグラデーションの加減を 揃えることを意識して塗装。 イイ感じにできてる☺️ #ガンプラ #gunpla

I like this picture because you don't really get a sense of the scale of, even having built it and doing hours of taking and editing photos. It's... not really that big. #gundam #gunpla #scalemodel #diorama

Who cares about a lame robot, check out this terrain! Okay, the robot is pretty cool, too. Not too bad for a first diorama. #gundam #gunpla #ガンプラ

Submitted my #GBWC entry, the saga is over. My first complete diorama. Dumping pictures now. #gundam #gunpla #ガンプラ

So upon reviewing the rules for the Gunpla Builder's World Cup, my entry may or may not be disqualified due to third-party decals. Mega sigh. I meant this to be a learning experience for ~big project~ next year, and I guess that's happening. Some of these pictures looks pretty OK though. #Gundam

After spending all my free time for weeks working on it, rushing to get it finished before the #GBWC deadline, I finally got my diorama ready enough to stick in my photo booth, as the last thing I do before bed (and work tomorrow). I'm not emotional, you're emotional #gunpla #gundam

Reassembly complete. A lightly customized RG RX-78 2.0 for my ongoing diorama project. Was a little dicy doing shading on disassembled parts but doesn't look too disjointed... #Gundam #gunpla

I'm done with decals, hopefully. My eyes don't focus roo good anymore #gunpla #scalemodel

I call this the "boring stage" #gunpla

So, uh, I forgot I had a ton of photo etch detail-up parts until now... the things an international move will make you forget. #gunpla #gundam #scalemodel

It feels kind of ridiculous to be scribing a real grade, but thats where I'm at right now. #Gundam #gunpla

#Diorama update: the base is looking surprisingly okay, but I'm tired of working on it, so for now I'm going to switch to the Gundam for some light customization. #gunpla #ガンプラ

Progress on the #diorama Did some work on the natural ground area. It's a bit too green, I'm thinking about how to knock down the color of the grass to something more desaturated. #gunpla

Decent #diorama progress on the damaged concrete but I need to figure out that inside portion. IRL its often light dirt or gravel thrown around when a runway is cratered, but this is one of those cases where I might go cool over real. #gunpla #gundam #battledamage #scalemodel

Hm, yeah, colored pencils seem to be the way to go for cracks on this pavement. Not sure if it's in-scale exactly, but looks pretty good anyway (to me at least). #diorama #gunpla #gundam

Diorama preview, apparently. RG RX-78 fist for scale. #gunpla #gundam #diorama

This evening I continue clogging your feed with #diorama updates. Messed up some asphalt, on purpose. Needs another pass or two with oils but looking less factory fresh than yesterday, which was the goal. #Gundam #gunpla #scalemodel #weathering

First time doing something like this, but its coming along (fingers crossed I don't screw it up!) #diorama ##scalemodel #weathering #battledamage #gunpla

Some more progress on the ol' #diorama. Cement is looking good, but not sure about the tarmac. It looks super clean, which is neat, but probably a little too clean. I'll have to think about layers to add. #gunpla #gundam

Diorama update: pre-shaded the pavement and took a crack at the dirt area. Dirt looks halfway decent already but let's see what happens when I start adding layers. #gunpla #gundam #diorama