PDF detailing how to create 12+ foot paper mecha to be
sold at next Wonder Festival
[News via AnimeNewsNetwork]
The model gun and accessory maker Dai-Nihon Giken has
created a "PDFcraft" guide detailing how to create a life-size
Scopedog robot mecha from Sunrise's VOTOMS anime series primarily out of paper.
The group is planning to exhibit the lower half of a completed version of the
model at the 2012 Summer Wonder Festival, where they will also sell the guide.
The 3.8-meter tall (about 12.5 feet) model uses a simple frame consisting of a
modified ladder, but is otherwise made out of paper.
In an interview with Japan's ITmedia website, Seiji
Tanaka, the head of Dai-Nihon Giken, said that it will take roughly one year to
complete the model, so only the lower half of the robot will be completed in
time to exhibit at the upcoming event, though he hopes to display a completed
version in the winter. Tanaka also states that though his group is selling a
DVD-ROM for 3000 yen (about US$38) with instructions on how to build the model,
he does not expect anyone else to actually create one themselves. Tanaka is
also posting regular updates on the model's construction on his Twitter
account.
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Update: Kōgorō Kurata famously built a life-size iron
statue of the Scopedog Brutish Custom about six years ago.
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