Ghibli: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (Mehve)
Hmm.. a pair of wings...
Oh, look... add a tank, and cut the wings.
Cut the ends off the tank and squished it a bit, the trimmed the wings and added longer tips
Ahhh.. let the putty flow freely!
A bomb, a cap and a couple of pieces of styrene tubing... let's make an engine!
Some sanding done and the engine is assembled.
Added the handles, runners, holsters and vents.
The holsters are made from a bit of diagonally cut tubing.
The runners are bent 0.8mm brass wire, and the vents are from a bit of styrene track that's been cut and shaved
Luckily the engine still fits!
You can also see it from the rear.
Lots of sanding, but primer is applied!
Looks good. Now we need some paint!
Rear view
Front view
One last pic before I swish to the completed gallery. All 4 Mystery projects together!
Ok. Stand's done too.
From the back
Underside
Completed build...
Side view...
Straight on..l
Other side...
Underside with stand...
Hmmm... looks good, but something's not quite right here...
As Choppa Nutta pointed out, the scale is way off, so it's back to the drawing board for Round 2!
Glueing and sanding...
There... that's a much better wing shape.
After another Choppa poke I realized the bend in the wings was in the wrong place. So back to the drawing board...
The bottom is slightly larger than the top.
I hope that angle is correct.
Cut and shaped.
Added the wing details and shaped the engine cavity
Yay! Putty!
I cut off the flaps and created news ones.
Flaps glued on... engine created.
Part of the engine goes in the back...
The rest of the engine goes in the front.
Look ma! All done! Tape/wire seatbelt was the finishing touch.
Underside vents painted in.
Engine glued in place... even straight!
Now to build a stand
All done!
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19 May 2024, 23:51 -
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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.
