Gunship of the Valley of the Wind

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December 6, 2021
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December 6, 2021
Pink primer airbrushed.
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December 6, 2021
Details of the faces with acrylics and a brush.
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December 6, 2021
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December 6, 2021
1/72 is just so tiny even with "anime-eyes".
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December 6, 2021
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December 6, 2021
Faces are ready.
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December 6, 2021
liquid mask for protecting the faces.
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December 6, 2021
I forgot Nausicaä had back hair. I must avoid it when painting clothes. Also I didn't put putty in the back because I though it won't show when sitting in the cockpit.
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December 12, 2021
Mito's base color was airbrushed while Nausicaä was hand brushed entirely.
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December 12, 2021
Rest of details hand brushed with acrylics.
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December 12, 2021
Liquid mask removed from Mito's face. Needed to fix the boundaries.
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December 12, 2021
Mito fixed. Shame all the flaws are shown in the picture but in real life they were difficult to notice.
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December 12, 2021
Figures are ready after black wash and matt varnish.
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December 12, 2021
The Gunship itself is under construction. Cut off most of snap-fit pins for easier dry-fitting.
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December 12, 2021
The rocket fits very loosely so it is safe to paint. Its diameter is about 3,7 mm.
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December 12, 2021
Almost only additions I built from scratch are the tiny levers of the control stick. There wasn't enough room to drill holes so I glued them on the surface.
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December 12, 2021
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December 12, 2021
Interior parts painted and first varnish layer applied.
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December 13, 2021
Just checking. It is not possible to insert Nausicaä afterwards through the open cockpit.
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December 13, 2021
Front seat assembled according to the instructions. The guns are not glued because snap-fit.
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December 13, 2021
The guns needed to be removed because I couldn't add Nausicaä otherwise. Good I didn't glue them.
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December 13, 2021
Now the front seat is ready.
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December 13, 2021
Everything that comes inside the fuselage is in place. Not glued, because I trust snap-fitting here.
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December 13, 2021
I didn't add any extra to the back like levers, tubes or other controlling devices, bacause they would not have shown and Mito takes most of free space.
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December 13, 2021
Fuselage halves glued together.
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December 13, 2021
Surfacer 500 added on the seams and started to make wings.
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December 19, 2021
Not much new. The central seam of the fuselage is smoothed and primer was added before attaching the wings.
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December 22, 2021
Painting flaps beforehand.
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December 22, 2021
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December 22, 2021
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December 22, 2021
Attaching wings and flaps.
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December 22, 2021
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December 22, 2021
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January 2, 2022
Back from vacation! Some preshading with white.
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January 7, 2022
Main color coming up little by little. I usully avoid mixing paints, but the Vallejo Air 71.420 Earth Yellow was too brown for my taste so I had to mix it with some white and yellow.
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January 7, 2022
Windscreens coming up. I felt lazy and masked them with liquid mask that may retaliate.
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January 7, 2022
The front window was nasty surprise and needed gap filling.
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January 7, 2022
After painting I noticed how bad one seam was so it needed to be sanded and repainted.
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January 7, 2022
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January 9, 2022
Hopefully the paint is now ok, so I airbrushed the first clear varnish layer.
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January 9, 2022
Landing gears are in good shape so they got their clear varnish layer also. One landing gear panel was unlucky and its paintjob needs to be fixed.
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January 18, 2022
Weathering ongoing. Chipping with sponge method.
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January 18, 2022
Testing A.MIG shaders.
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January 18, 2022
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January 18, 2022
Fault of snapfitting. I pushed the cover too hard unevenly and so it cracked.
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January 21, 2022
Too much snapfitting so I'm now scared of using glue, so the projectiles are installed with blue tack.
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January 21, 2022
Masks are removed. I'm not happy with the deep little window, so it is filled with Micro Kristal Klear.
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January 21, 2022
Last minute decision to fill the bottom hole. Nice 2mm wide and 8mm long hole filled with styrene strips and super glue.
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January 22, 2022
Now it is fixed.
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January 22, 2022
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January 22, 2022
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January 22, 2022
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January 22, 2022
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January 22, 2022
My camera skills doesn't make honor for this model. Color settings varies so much.
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January 22, 2022
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January 22, 2022
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January 22, 2022
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January 22, 2022
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January 22, 2022
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January 22, 2022
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January 22, 2022
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January 22, 2022
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January 22, 2022
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March 5, 2023
Over a year after completing this model, some marker marks (number 8 in the picture) has come visible. Strange phenomenon. I don't remember, was this marker mark under or over the primer...

Comments

32 6 December 2021, 21:38

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Faces look great! 👍
I'll just comment here. 😄

12 December 2021, 19:38

S M
Thanks, WhiteGlint! 😄

12 December 2021, 21:06

Alex K
Taking a seat...

12 December 2021, 21:19

Thomas Espe
Oh, can't miss this

12 December 2021, 22:00

Cortex
amazing, I built this kit and it was very fun to build. Your looks awesome, please keep posting!

13 December 2021, 04:34

S M
Thanks Alex, Thomas and Cortex! I hope it stays being fun.

13 December 2021, 10:48

Robert Podkoński
Watching with pleasure and interest, of course 🙂

13 December 2021, 20:36

S M
Welcome aboard, Robert!

13 December 2021, 21:14

Torsten
Great progress, the figures I like very much and enhance the model again very much, excellent 👍

14 December 2021, 15:08

S M
Thanks, Torsten!

14 December 2021, 21:54

Greg Baker
This is looking good!

19 December 2021, 18:59

David Thorausch
Lovely!

19 December 2021, 20:21

Alec K
Following. Great project and topic 👍

19 December 2021, 21:33

Cortex
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20 December 2021, 06:26

S M
@Cortex nice reminder, how epic this aircraft is in the movie😎

20 December 2021, 21:20

S M
Wings are in place.

22 December 2021, 19:45

Greg Baker
Ooooh... looking good!

23 December 2021, 02:26

Simon Nagorsnik
Great paint work so far!
Nice pre shading and your figures are fantastic!
Love this project😄

2 January 2022, 20:58

S M
Thanks, Simon and Greg!

2 January 2022, 21:10

LucLuke B
Really nice work, I'm enjoying this.

8 January 2022, 10:45

Torsten
I like the paint job well 👍

8 January 2022, 12:51

S M
Project is advancing a bit slowly. I have been uncertain what kind of weathering I would like.

18 January 2022, 12:43

Alec K
Nice progress 👍. On the weathering, just go with your gut. There was no weathering in the movie, at least as far as I remember. Good luck with it.

18 January 2022, 14:22

S M
Thanks, Alec 🙂 I think now the weathering is done after some pore shading. Unfortunately one landing gear cover got damaged and I need to fix it. Otherwise this could be ready in this week.

18 January 2022, 19:58

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Landing gear looks good. 👍 I hope you have no problems fixing it. The crack does not seem so bad in the picture.
I have a feeling you went for some subtle weathering.

19 January 2022, 20:38

S M
Thanks, WhiteGlint! I just put some cement into the cracks, sanded them smooth and painted again.

19 January 2022, 21:32

S M
Few last minute fixes. Soon completed.

21 January 2022, 21:25

Tom ...
I love the paint work!

21 January 2022, 21:38

Torsten
Very nice step-by-step. I really, really like the painting, i.e. preshading and the small details. This will be a top model 😎

22 January 2022, 09:23

S M
Thanks, Tom and TWN! 😄 I have to say that preshading worked, but postshading on few parts made this better. The model is now ready.

22 January 2022, 18:59

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Beautiful gunship!
The details are great and the subtle weathering is a nice touch.

22 January 2022, 20:05

Robert Podkoński
Fantastic work!

23 January 2022, 05:43

Torsten
Nice finish, great work and a model which is a pleasure to look at 😎

23 January 2022, 07:22

Villiers de Vos
Very nicely done.

23 January 2022, 07:34

S M
Thanks, mates!

23 January 2022, 10:19

Greg Baker
Added this to my « chest and try to copy » list for my upcoming projects… so sweet.

24 January 2022, 07:05

S M
Thanks for this honor, strobez! 😄

24 January 2022, 15:25

Simon Nagorsnik
really good job mate!
looks so fantastic, i am very happy that you shared this with us!

24 January 2022, 16:53

Greg Baker
that should say "cheat and try to copy" 😉

24 January 2022, 17:54

S M
Thanks, Simon! 😄

24 January 2022, 20:32

S M
Added photo 66 to demonstrate how some marker marks (like the number 8 in the picture) have came visible a year after completing this model. I marked these parts because the four flaps were very similar and difficult to differentiate.

5 March 2023, 20:18

Album info

Two-seater fighter jet from the film "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind" ("Kaze no Tani no Naushika", 1984). It has a jet engine, the pilot is located in the front cockpit and the co-pilot is in the aft cockpit managing engine. The thrust is generated with giant "blown flaps" similar to Hunting H.126 and Ball-Bartoe Jetwing.

Gunship of the Valley of the Wind

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