Ghibli: Laputa - Castle in the Sky (Flapter)

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July 8, 2017
Here's the box from the donor kit... an Academy Spad XIII
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July 8, 2017
The kit itself comes from a couple of failed attempts at the Spad XIII. Already partially chopped up!
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July 8, 2017
Lets's cut some more!
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July 8, 2017
These pods from an Airfix Gnat will do nicely...
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July 8, 2017
Pods cut to size and glued together.
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July 8, 2017
Ok. The engine cowl has been filed down and opened up. I also glued some extra strips to a bit of styrene.
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July 10, 2017
Some sanding done to check the basic outline... looks okay.
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July 10, 2017
A bit more sanding and the front pods are glued on. Started on the cockpit.
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July 10, 2017
Cockpit taking shape. A bit of wing for the floor and some scratch built instrument panels.
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July 10, 2017
And now for the putty... lots of putty.
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July 11, 2017
I only used half this kit for my Tintin sub project... hmmm...
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July 11, 2017
Bingo! I can use this for the underside!
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July 11, 2017
First, a bit of surgery...
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July 11, 2017
Yeah... not quite 100% perfect... but you can't be too choosey in a kit-bash, right?
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July 11, 2017
From the side it looks good.
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July 11, 2017
The bottom looks good too...
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July 11, 2017
Hmmm... the front's not quite right, but there's not much I can do about that.
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July 11, 2017
Covered the gaps with some styrene.
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July 11, 2017
Ok... I can live with that.
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July 11, 2017
The side still looks okay.
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July 11, 2017
A bit of filing to shape, and it looks okay.
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July 11, 2017
The cockpit is looking pretty good.
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July 11, 2017
Alright then... let's dive back into the putty!
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July 13, 2017
Drilled some holes for the hand rails and test fit.
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July 13, 2017
Okay. Now to get started on the wings... using a bit of sprue and some 1/144 missiles.
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July 13, 2017
Sprue cut to size and notched.
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July 13, 2017
Okay, the joints are in place.
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July 13, 2017
Added some handrail anchor at the top.
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July 13, 2017
The missile tips should work alright to attach the wings.
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July 13, 2017
Couldn't resist test fitting the canopy (another leftover from my Tintin submarine build).
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July 20, 2017
Ok. Added a bit of detail to the cockpit.
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July 24, 2017
The panel lines needed a "do-over", so I'm attempting some repairs.
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A little kit-bashed scratch-build of the "Flapter" used by the Dora gang of pirates in Laputa: Castle in the Sky. I had a sliced up bit of a failed Academy 1/72 Spad XIII lying about in my spare "odds and ends" box and it struck me how much it looked like a Laputa Flapter. Add the bottom from a 1/100 Me162 Komet (Tamiya) and a lot of sanding, and voila!

Ghibli: Laputa - Castle in the Sky

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