Ghibli: The Wind Rises (Jiro's Bird Plane)
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16 12 August 2017, 16:54
Greg Baker
I was looking at the leftover sails from the Cuty Sark kit I used for Fujimoto's submarine in Ponyo and I got another idea... can you guess where this one is going? 🙂
I was looking at the leftover sails from the Cuty Sark kit I used for Fujimoto's submarine in Ponyo and I got another idea... can you guess where this one is going? 🙂
12 August 2017, 23:16
Greg Baker
Got most of the cockpit interior painted. Just a few more details and then I can get to work finishing the shape,
Got most of the cockpit interior painted. Just a few more details and then I can get to work finishing the shape,
14 August 2017, 15:48
Greg Baker
Looks like this is the only "Mystery" left in my Ghibli project group... all the others have been correctly identified.
Looks like this is the only "Mystery" left in my Ghibli project group... all the others have been correctly identified.
16 August 2017, 00:50
Greg Baker
Just one small update today. Spent a lot of time cutting the feathers and glueing them like a san which betweeen two sails and then putty/sanding it all together. Now it looks like a thing though.
Just one small update today. Spent a lot of time cutting the feathers and glueing them like a san which betweeen two sails and then putty/sanding it all together. Now it looks like a thing though.
17 August 2017, 15:30
Greg Baker
You think Choppa Nutta will notice the engine cowling is slightly askew? Better not mention it..😉
You think Choppa Nutta will notice the engine cowling is slightly askew? Better not mention it..😉
20 August 2017, 15:20
Choppa Nutta
😢 haha, too late you already did 😄
Looks fine to me though 🙂
Anyhow, you know I love your work though Greg, right ? 😄 😄 🙂
😢 haha, too late you already did 😄
Looks fine to me though 🙂
Anyhow, you know I love your work though Greg, right ? 😄 😄 🙂
20 August 2017, 15:47
Greg Baker
Heh. I'm just impressed by your mental telepathy and ability to discover the part of a project I'm not happy with... sometimes before even I Know! 😄
Heh. I'm just impressed by your mental telepathy and ability to discover the part of a project I'm not happy with... sometimes before even I Know! 😄
20 August 2017, 15:52
Greg Baker
Ok... I know have all the parts I need. Next up is priming and painting.
Ok... I know have all the parts I need. Next up is priming and painting.
27 August 2017, 16:40
Greg Baker
After a lot of sanding touche ups, it was finally done, primed and ready to pain.... and that's when I cracked the leg nearly off... le sigh
After a lot of sanding touche ups, it was finally done, primed and ready to pain.... and that's when I cracked the leg nearly off... le sigh
31 August 2017, 16:22
Greg Baker
Ok... I screwed up the masking around the cockpit a bit, but my attempts to fix it started making it worse... so I'm moving this project into the "done" column before it rolls right down hill.
Ok... I screwed up the masking around the cockpit a bit, but my attempts to fix it started making it worse... so I'm moving this project into the "done" column before it rolls right down hill.
17 September 2017, 08:46
Lochsa River
let's see...wings that are actually sails.....with feathers...that's normal....carry on.....
let's see...wings that are actually sails.....with feathers...that's normal....carry on.....
3 October 2022, 05:13
Jay Dubya
Extraordinary and immediately recognisable Greg. Let me guess, less than CAD5 in total materials costs?
Extraordinary and immediately recognisable Greg. Let me guess, less than CAD5 in total materials costs?
3 October 2022, 06:58
bughunter
How could I miss this? I guess due to holiday ...
Very creative recycling? No, this is upcycling 👍
How could I miss this? I guess due to holiday ...
Very creative recycling? No, this is upcycling 👍
3 October 2022, 11:42
Greg Baker
Thanks guys! There is a kit in 1/48 of this plane (check out this great build of it - Jiro Bird-Wing Aircraft | Album by Hikaru (1:48)) but I wanted one in 1/72 scale. So I cobbled most of it together using leftovers from an Academy Cutty Sark and a Spad XIII - so yeah... about $5 in costs. 😉
My only regret is that the Spad fuselage is a bit too big. Maybe if I had a 1/100 scale kit... oh, well. Such a fun little bird though. 🙂
Thanks guys! There is a kit in 1/48 of this plane (check out this great build of it - Jiro Bird-Wing Aircraft | Album by Hikaru (1:48)) but I wanted one in 1/72 scale. So I cobbled most of it together using leftovers from an Academy Cutty Sark and a Spad XIII - so yeah... about $5 in costs. 😉
My only regret is that the Spad fuselage is a bit too big. Maybe if I had a 1/100 scale kit... oh, well. Such a fun little bird though. 🙂
3 October 2022, 14:05
Album info
A scraftbuilt version of the imaginary "bird plane" that Jiro flies in Hayao Miyazaki's The Wind Rises. Cobbled together using an 1/72 Spad XIII fuselage, sails from a 1/350 Cutty Sark and the nose-cone of a 1/72 MiG-21 (all from Academy).