Ghibli: Ponyo (Fujimoto's Submarine)

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July 27, 2017
Here's the box.. nice ship... Not what I'm going to build... but nice.
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July 27, 2017
Here's the most important part, the main hull. I also found a couple of Bandai wings from a "Gundam thing"
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July 27, 2017
First things first... cut the hull to shape and glued it together.
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July 27, 2017
Added internal structure for support and for something to drill into so I can attach the wings.
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July 30, 2017
Added the deck, the beginning of the cabin, and modified the "wings"
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July 30, 2017
Drilled out some side windows.
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July 30, 2017
The shape is not quite 100% correct, but it's about as close as I can reasonably expect.
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July 31, 2017
Roughed-in details for the cabin.
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August 2, 2017
The very beginnings of the upper cabin frame...
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August 2, 2017
That's a pretty close match. Book it!
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August 5, 2017
Lots of glueing, clamping, cutting, sanding and putty later...
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August 5, 2017
Added a bit of detail to the back end.
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August 5, 2017
Interior details... upside down.
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August 5, 2017
More interior details, upside down. Just some shelves and whatnot.
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August 7, 2017
Added a few of the external details.
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August 8, 2017
After a coat of primer, it looks like there'll be a few more rounds of PSR...
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August 8, 2017
All the interior work should pay off because it will be quite visible when completed.
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August 9, 2017
Touched up a few missed spots with putty. Where'd that 3-wheeled tuck come from? 😉
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August 14, 2017
Painted lots of the interior bits... but not quite finished yet.
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August 21, 2017
Painting done.
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August 21, 2017
Everything glued in place and a coat of Future applied.
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August 21, 2017
Thank god the two halves still fit together.
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August 24, 2017
Whoops! Almost forgot to add the rudder. Now let's get some paint on her!
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August 25, 2017
The first coat of red paint. Might need a second go 'round.
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August 27, 2017
Captain. We have a problem. Tipped over and roughed up the paint. That's okay... Red needs to be darker anyway.
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September 11, 2017
Ok... that's better the four main colours (white, beige, blue and red) are all in. Now for some details.
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September 11, 2017
I'm glad I made the stand tall enough to accommodate the flippers.
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September 11, 2017
I quite like the bend in the flippers... gives it that organic flow look.
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October 3, 2017
Looks like the light bulb works.
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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 Fujimoto's submarine from the Studio Ghibli animated film, "Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea." For the main hull, I used a modified 1/350 Cutty Sark (Academy). For the wings I used some parts from a random Bandai "Gundam thing". The rest is all scratch built.

Ghibli: Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea

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