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building small models of big things

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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
confusion
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Both are remakes of the original Best Mecha Collection kit (1980), preserving one part of the BMC's design while modernizing the other. The FG (1999) is a remake with modern sculpt and old-school assembly. The BMC Revival (2024) is a remake with old-school sculpt and modern assembly.
Product picture of the First Grade 1/144 RX-78-2 Gundam (1999)Product picture of the Best Mecha Collection 1/144 RX-78-2 Gundam (Revival Ver.) (2024)
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Had a funny Gunpla realization: The 20th anniversary kit (First Grade) and the 45th anniversary kit (Best Mecha Collection Revival Ver.) are opposite versions of the same idea.
Box art of the First Grade 1/144 RX-78-2 Gundam (1999)Box art of the Best Mecha Collection 1/144 RX-78-2 Gundam (Revival Ver.) (2024)
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The series does depict more atrocities directly than Fullmetal Alchemist, both by antagonists and protagonists, and this scene from vol 8 (between Gabby and Hikaru, the Kagemori manga) is pretty easy to read as Arakawa pointing it out
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Reading Le Phénomène Gundam by @jpdubrulle.bsky.social (French Gundam translator and president of @aeug.fr) as research for my Intro to Gundam panel. Likely the best one-stop resource on Gundam in a non-asian language. Highly recommended if you can read French.
Book cover of Le Phénomène Gundam: Le colosse de l'animation (The Gundam Phenomenon: The Colossus of Animation) by Jean-Philippe Dubrulle
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
It's...a short sword, shaped like a key.
Gilgamesh from Fate/stay night, holding a keyblade from Kingdom Hearts.
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Eggbug Haro at Anime North!
Eggbug Haro at the Gunpla and Model Area at Anime North 2026

rest in peace cohostClose-up of Eggbug Haro
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Anime North weekend! I will be presenting three panels: - The History of Gundam Model Kits - Gundam GQuuuuuuX: Self-Portrait of a Generation - Visual Flow: The Invisible Backbone of Manga
The History of Gundam Model Kits
Friday at 6:00pm
Waxman (TCC South)Gundam GQuuuuuuX: Self-Portrait of a Generation
Gundam, Gainax and the Dream of the Newtype
Saturday at 3:00pm
Waxman (TCC South)Visual Flow: The Invisible Backbone of Manga
Saturday at 4:30pm
Montreal (Delta)
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Any thoughts on the significance of September 8? Checking broadcast dates, it would match episode 22 ("Matilda's Rescue"), but I'm not sure why they would pick that episode.
Young boys rushing into a Japanese home to watch Mobile Suit Gundam. The calendar on the wall reads September 8.
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
ok but, maybe?
extremely low resolution screencap from the A boy with GUNDAM short (at 4:36, just right of the center of the frame), featuring a mobile suit that might be the G-Saviour Space Mode?
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
The Ones Who Are Isekai'd to Omelas
Magic Knight Rayearth
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
The Gundam stabbing a Zaku II through its cockpit with a beam saber
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
(2/2) (1) 6/6/6/8+4 / 8/8+3 / 6 / 6/8/6/8+4 / 8/8+8 / 6/8+2 / 8 / 8/8+8 The most distinctive aspect of this song is (to my ears) its ever-changing measure groupings, always a bit shorter or a bit longer than expected. Learned Aegisub to try to explain that in an intuitive way. Worth it.
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
@jamies.page makes some neat music (breakdown of the metric structure of I Wish That I Could Fall) (1/2)
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Machu kissing Shuji, stylized like the art for One Last Kiss by Hikaru Utada
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Machu from Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX, stylized like the art for One Last Kiss by Hikaru Utada
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
much better
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
paper surgery (the laser cutting on this sheet was off by a full millimeter)
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
First build of the new year
Paper Theater PT-324 Mt. Fuji & Crane
ペーパーシアター PT-324 富士山と鶴
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
I figured out what this was reminding me of
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
For example (from 2.5 Dimensional Seduction chapter 144, which uses the school sports festival mostly as an excuse to make a bunch of Gunbuster references)
Characters holding up a banner that reads "WELCOME HOME" with the final E reversed
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
"Gundam 1979" by cassette twitter.com/cassette_123... hjweb.jp/article/2449...
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
I'm not sure, it might even have been free (minus the "cost" of approval) In the manga, the camera is the just-barely-offbrand "Miss M"; I feel like it's more likely that Canon reached out to the anime staff than the other way around (but I could be conpletely wrong)
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Looks like we'll be meeting soon, Luffy. One Piece Paper Theater PT-368 Shanks
Paper Theater papercraft kit of Shanks' wanted poster, front viewAngled viewAngled view close-upRear view, showing the Red Hair Pirates skull-and-bones
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
fun with furigana
My Dress-Up Darling
The Bisque Doll (Dress-up Doll) Falls in Love
その着せ替え人形(ビスク・ドール)は恋をする
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
And here's the interior detail Two details I'm especially proud of: - the metallic gray color accents on the railing (done carefully with a sharpened pencil) - the door at the top of the stairs (present in Mozu's build but missing in the kit, I scratch built it with leftovers)
Full view with of the papercraft kit. The wall has been removed, exposing the full inner detail. A paper backing frame supports the back and side walls and keeps the staircase centered.Close-up view, angled-left.
There is a door at the top of the stairs, with a window on the center of the door and a handle on the right.Close-up view, angled straight ahead.
The staircase, handrail and poster can be seen in full.Close-up view, angled right.
Better view of the full handrail.
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
A peek up the staircase
Close-up view, angled right.
A handrail can be seen on the right and back walls, as well as a light switch on the right switch just above the handrailClose-up view, angled straight ahead.
The handrail continues up the back wall. There is a small framed poster above the handrail.Close-up view, angled left.
The handrail continues up the stairs around the left turn and out of sight.
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
MOZU Studio × sankei miniatuart – kobito series Little Stairs
Close-up picture of a small box
The box is on its side, with the top facing forward
On the top of the box is the image of a wall outlet with the text "Miniatuart koibito series"Picture of the box opened. Inside the box is a papercraft miniature model of a wall. The wall has wallpaper texture, wooden wall, wood floor at the bottom, and an outlet just a bit above the wall trim. To the right of the outlet is a small opening in the wall which looks like a tiny doorframe, and inside the opening is a tiny staircase. The staircase goes up a few steps and then takes a turn around a corner to the left.
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
It's a lot of time to remove not a lot of material, but the result is very satisfying
Left and right thruster bells from the Ma.K Gachanen 1/35 Kauz
On the left part, the plastic between the  fuel lines and the thruster bell has been carved outThruster bells attached to the body of the Kauz
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
I think I love detail work
Thruster bell part from the Maschinen Krieger Gachanen 1/35 Kauz kit
The thruster bell has fuel lines on the left and right
To the left, the space between the fuel line and the body of the thruster bell is filled with plastic
To the right, the plastic between the fuel line and plastic has been carved out
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Have you ever seen a translation so good it moved you to tears (from My Dress-Up Darling Official Anime Fanbook)
恋(コスプレ)は変える。姿も、心も。

Love (cosplay) [changes/transforms] . Both in [shape; appearance] and in [mind, heart, spirit].

(My Dress-Up Darling Season 1 tagline)Love, like cosplay, changes you inside and out.

(translation from My Dress-Up Darling Official Anime Fanbook, translated by Taylor Engel)
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
They really take an entire week off from the main plot to celebrate the announcement of their own anime, complete with spelling out the structure of the series and speculating about voice actors.
Lilysa: I wonder how it'll turn out...

Lilysa: How're they gonna handle the early chapters with heavy fanservice? As it progresses, it turns into a passionate sports anime, but...
Noa: True, it might be a bit much for a wider audience.

Okumura: Still, that fanservice is at the core of the protagonist's character.
Lilysa: I know they can't do everything, but I hope they don't cut out any of the stories.
Tsubaki: "Fanservice at the core of..." Does that even make sense?
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Rereading 2.5 Dimensional Seduction for panel research and I completely forgot they just say it out loud (Correction: They're talking about Lililili, a completely unrelated and definitely fictitious manga)
Lilysa: That high school sports rom-com! Lililili is getting an adaptation!!

(Everyone cheers)

Tsubaki, to the side: I've never heard of that manga before!
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
5- make pilot hole 5- transfer to reverse tweezers (so I can use the pin vise for drilling) 7- drill out center hole 8- result
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Alternative solution, make it from scratch using a pin vise as a makeshift lathe 1- shape the base with a round file 2- flatten out the body with a rectangular file 3- shape 4- trim to length, sand
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Trying my hand at restoring simplified detail
Tube-shaped surface detail on the Maschinen Krieger Kauz
Left shows the original simplified shape on the model, right shows the resculpted shape
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Progress on the Gachanen 1/35 Kauz Pushing myself to do more mold line removal
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Annotated build process For each layer, I start with a test fit of each set of adjacent pieces to identify alignment references (a mix of shared edges and shared lines), then glue the pieces one by one, placing them lightly and shifting them into alignment using the pre-identified alignment points.
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
🤔
Gachanen 1/35 Kauz from Maschinen KriegerEggbug from Cohost
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
I hear the Drums of Liberation. Joyboy... has returned!!! One Piece Paper Theater PT-367 Monkey D. Luffy
Paper Theater papercraft kit of Monkey D. Luffy's wanted poster, front viewAngled viewAngled view close-up Rear view, showing the One Piece Straw Hat skull-and-bones
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Papercraft portrait of Luffy's face from One Piece, step 2Papercraft portrait of Luffy's face from One Piece, step 3Papercraft portrait of Luffy's face from One Piece, final stepPapercraft kit of Monkey D. Luffy's wanted poster from One Piece, before final assembly
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Doom Dut Da Da 🎵
Papercraft of hand detailWork-in-progress papercraft of widely smiling mouth
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
There sure is! The one and only MG G-Fighter (2009), compatible with the MG Gundam 2.0 (2008). (All photos credit to Dalong: www.dalong.net/reviews/mg/m...)
Master Grade 1/100 G-Fighter (2009)MG G-Fighter with MG Gundam 2.0 (2008)MG G-Fighter separated into parts, with accessoriesManual photo of the MG G-Fighter showing the different possible combinations (G-Fighter, G-Armor, Gundam + B-Parts, G-Sky, G-Bull)
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
The straight line connection is obvious in retrospect
Hover Plider docking into Mazinger Z's headGundam torso docking onto Core Block + legs
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Coloured the gray details on the handrail with pencil, easy to apply and has a bit of a metallic sheen Really glad I did the edges as well as the surface, adds depth and makes a noticeable difference
Handrail part from papercraft kit, still attached to laser cut sheet. The gray parts coloured in pencil.Handrail part held in tweezers. The gray sections on the left half of the part are only coloured on the surface, while the gray sections on the right half have been coloured on the edges as well.Handrail part glued to wall texture sheet.Handrail part placed in context of full model of staircase. The coloured edges of the gray sections of the handrail are visible from the angle of the photo.
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Making some progress, one step at a time
Papercraft build of a staircasePapercraft build of a staircase
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TwoAi @twoai.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
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