Ghibli: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (Mehve)

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July 20, 2017
Hmm.. a pair of wings...
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July 20, 2017
Oh, look... add a tank, and cut the wings.
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July 20, 2017
Cut the ends off the tank and squished it a bit, the trimmed the wings and added longer tips
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July 20, 2017
Ahhh.. let the putty flow freely!
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July 21, 2017
A bomb, a cap and a couple of pieces of styrene tubing... let's make an engine!
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July 21, 2017
Some sanding done and the engine is assembled.
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July 21, 2017
Added the handles, runners, holsters and vents.
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July 21, 2017
The holsters are made from a bit of diagonally cut tubing.
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July 21, 2017
The runners are bent 0.8mm brass wire, and the vents are from a bit of styrene track that's been cut and shaved
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July 21, 2017
Luckily the engine still fits!
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July 21, 2017
You can also see it from the rear.
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July 22, 2017
Lots of sanding, but primer is applied!
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July 22, 2017
Looks good. Now we need some paint!
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July 22, 2017
Rear view
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July 22, 2017
Front view
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July 24, 2017
One last pic before I swish to the completed gallery. All 4 Mystery projects together!
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July 25, 2017
Ok. Stand's done too.
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July 25, 2017
From the back
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July 25, 2017
Underside
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August 10, 2017
Completed build...
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August 10, 2017
Side view...
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August 10, 2017
Straight on..l
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August 10, 2017
Other side...
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August 10, 2017
Underside with stand...
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August 10, 2017
Hmmm... looks good, but something's not quite right here...
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August 12, 2017
As Choppa Nutta pointed out, the scale is way off, so it's back to the drawing board for Round 2!
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August 14, 2017
Glueing and sanding...
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August 14, 2017
There... that's a much better wing shape.
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August 16, 2017
After another Choppa poke I realized the bend in the wings was in the wrong place. So back to the drawing board...
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August 23, 2017
The bottom is slightly larger than the top.
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August 23, 2017
I hope that angle is correct.
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August 23, 2017
Cut and shaped.
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August 25, 2017
Added the wing details and shaped the engine cavity
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August 25, 2017
Yay! Putty!
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August 29, 2017
I cut off the flaps and created news ones.
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August 31, 2017
Flaps glued on... engine created.
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August 31, 2017
Part of the engine goes in the back...
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August 31, 2017
The rest of the engine goes in the front.
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September 5, 2017
Look ma! All done! Tape/wire seatbelt was the finishing touch.
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September 5, 2017
Underside vents painted in.
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September 5, 2017
Engine glued in place... even straight!
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September 5, 2017
Now to build a stand
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October 30, 2017
All done!
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October 30, 2017
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October 30, 2017
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October 30, 2017
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October 30, 2017
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October 30, 2017
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October 30, 2017

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A little kit-bashed scratch-build of the "Mehve" glider from the Miyazaki manga/anime "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind". Built using a pair of unknown white wings I picked up for $0.50 in Tokyo in a spares bin, the tank from a 1/72 F4U-4 (Academy), a rocket from a 1/100 Me-262 (Tamiya) and some bits of styrene tubing.

Ghibli: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

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