Will Vale Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Hi folks, I built this as a "quick" build this week - I have no idea how people manage to do weekend builds of anything - and as an antidote to the big ship I still haven't finished for the LTAT group build. (Click for bigger) It's Bandai's kit of the Nausicaa gunship, with figures of Nausicaa and Mito. I only watched the movie last night so I didn't realise that the flaps are actually funky thrust-vectoring engines, or I would have got some metallics and exhaust stains in there instead of the interior green. The figures are nice and I've made an effort to paint them properly, but they had to be installed before the fuselage was closed. I masked them with wet tissue and they're now covered with a tracery of tissue fibres which I need to get rid of before taking some better pictures. The light was failing so I only got these two, I'll put some more up tomorrow. Decals are from my spares - the big numbers and the heart are from a Ma.K Grosser Hund, and the stencils are mostly from a Wave sheet. They have mostly silvered in annoying ways (the whole decal rather than bubbles). I'm not sure what I did wrong - plenty of gloss varnish under and over, and I've used them before with some success. Oh well. Paint is decanted Tamiya IJN Gray-Green, Tamiya acrylics, with Alclad metallics and MIG washes, and it's sealed with Alclad Klear Flat since the Light Sheen was too shiny in this case. Decals aside, I'm quite happy with it! Cheers, Will 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Will, Very nice job and good choice of markings. There's definitely a whiff of late 30's Germany in the machine designs in the anime. I have this one in the to do pile. When? Who knows? Not my favourite anime but a good watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Vale Posted June 14, 2014 Author Share Posted June 14, 2014 Yeah having just watched the end I really enjoyed it. I don't think the story is tight but the mood, backgrounds and designs are fantastic. I've seen some pictures of the Tsukuda sprues and they looked OK, but I gather the fit was iffy and the clear parts were bad. Bandai provided lovely, albeit thick, clear parts, an interior, and good fit. I think the main downside is that the U/C is quite heavy now whereas the original had a bit more finesse. I did scrape down the edges of the U/C fairings a bit to try and make them less toy-like. Cheers, Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalensis Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Great looking ship and fantastic work as always when you show us something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravens Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Excellent job; I didn't know a model of this existed. Ross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotorheadtx Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Great job!!! I've got one half-finished on my shelf-o-doom; yours gives me a KUTA to get on with it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Vale Posted June 14, 2014 Author Share Posted June 14, 2014 Thanks for the kind comments! Ross, not only does it exist but it's dirt cheap. There are some others too - Nausicaa on the glider, Nausicaa with an Ohmu, and one of those riding chicken-ostrich things. I've got one half-finished on my shelf-o-doom; yours gives me a KUTA to get on with it! Would like to see that! I don't know if there's much advice I can offer - the seams were generally nice although the wing-body fit was a little gappy. The hardest thing was masking the figures so I could paint the fuselage. Oh, and I left off the big dome windows and masked the holes with circles cut from Tamiya tape, that worked really well and they just clicked in place at the end. Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Nice going! Don't usually hang in this section but that looks really good. Don't forget to get back on your LTAT destroyer! Regards, Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arachnid Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 "Ross, not only does it exist but it's dirt cheap" How much and where from? Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Vale Posted June 15, 2014 Author Share Posted June 15, 2014 It's about 5 quid from HLJ: http://www.hlj.com/product/BAN924909/Sci Plus postage, but these kits are pretty light so that's not normally a problem. Having seen the movie I'd quite like the glider and the baby Ohmu/Oumu I took some more pictures today: I hope the crushed blacks aren't upsetting anyone, I thought they looked quite cool. I also managed to mostly de-fluff Nausicaa and Mito and got their pictures too: I won't be using wet tissue again - better to spend more time with Tamiya tape I think. Their heads in the flying helmets are almost exactly the same size as matchheads, so I was quite surprised I managed to get the eyes in. Bandai provided moulded detail to paint, and anime eyes are usually a bit bigger which helps! Cheers, Will 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madhatter Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 whilst I'm not familiar with the subject at hand, I think you've done a bang up job on that Will! Especially with the pilots considering how small they are Great photography too! Si Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalensis Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 The figures are incredibly good! Fantastic work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 (edited) very nice work looks great, I may have to add one these to my collection at some point Edited June 15, 2014 by batcode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Those faces are awesome! The rest isn't bad either.... :-) Regards, Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invidia Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 wow thats really nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Vale Posted June 17, 2014 Author Share Posted June 17, 2014 Thanks for the kind comments! The bit of tissue stuck to Mito's headrest is really annoying me though, I might see if I can remove it. Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Odd looking thing, but rather graceful and of course beautifully modelled.....As we've come to expect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carts Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 I don't know the source materiel for this kit,but love the "1930 Racing plane" vibe,and it's beautifully executed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravens Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 I like the markings you put on the starboard wing; I didn't realise it wasn't in the film's gunship till I watched it again last night. Ross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Vale Posted July 12, 2014 Author Share Posted July 12, 2014 Thanks for the kind comments folks! I was going to paint it in the film scheme but then I saw a lovely model of a Zero on a recent magazine cover and I had to have something in that grey-green. The markings just seemed to fit - they're liberated from a Hasegawa Ma.K kit. Plus I was 39 the weekend I started the model Cheers, Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rx79guntank Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Wow looks great; one of the bet build I've seen of the gunship! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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