A gigantic wooden replica of the titular mecha from Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn has appeared behind a farm house in the Daiyue District of Tai'an City in Shandong Province in the People's Republic of China. The 1:3 scale statue is the work of a local college student who graduated from the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute.

The statue is contructed entirely of a wooden framework covered in varnish and coated with waterproof paint. It stands 6.6 meters (21.65 feet) tall and weighs nearly one ton. Some 3500 bolts were used to hold the Gundam Unicorn replica together.

Constructing the statue took nearly a year, during which its maker braved heat, cold, and clouds of mosquitos as the seasons changed. The statue's creator admitted that he spent about 6 hours on the statue's construction each day, and one time he nearly injured himself by falling from the second story roof.

The statue's creator admits that spending all of this time and effort may seem a little obsessive-compulsive, but he's satisfied with the results, which are attracting visitors who wish to admire his work. He plans to start a professional studio building similar large scale models in the future.

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