Ghibli: Ponyo (Fujimoto's Submarine)
Here's the box.. nice ship... Not what I'm going to build... but nice.
Here's the most important part, the main hull. I also found a couple of Bandai wings from a "Gundam thing"
First things first... cut the hull to shape and glued it together.
Added internal structure for support and for something to drill into so I can attach the wings.
Added the deck, the beginning of the cabin, and modified the "wings"
Drilled out some side windows.
The shape is not quite 100% correct, but it's about as close as I can reasonably expect.
Roughed-in details for the cabin.
The very beginnings of the upper cabin frame...
That's a pretty close match. Book it!
Lots of glueing, clamping, cutting, sanding and putty later...
Added a bit of detail to the back end.
Interior details... upside down.
More interior details, upside down. Just some shelves and whatnot.
Added a few of the external details.
After a coat of primer, it looks like there'll be a few more rounds of PSR...
All the interior work should pay off because it will be quite visible when completed.
Touched up a few missed spots with putty. Where'd that 3-wheeled tuck come from? 😉
Painted lots of the interior bits... but not quite finished yet.
Painting done.
Everything glued in place and a coat of Future applied.
Thank god the two halves still fit together.
Whoops! Almost forgot to add the rudder. Now let's get some paint on her!
The first coat of red paint. Might need a second go 'round.
Captain. We have a problem. Tipped over and roughed up the paint. That's okay... Red needs to be darker anyway.
Ok... that's better the four main colours (white, beige, blue and red) are all in. Now for some details.
I'm glad I made the stand tall enough to accommodate the flippers.
I quite like the bend in the flippers... gives it that organic flow look.
Looks like the light bulb works.
All done!
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20 May 2024, 01:58 -
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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.
