Ghibli: My Neighbour Totoro (Daihatsu Midget DK)

Greg Baker
Since he inspired me with his own mini vehicles build, this one is for hermitkey 😉

Choppa Nutta
You're getting good at this Greg ! 🙂
definitely a fan of your work

John Thomas
Vert cool start

Greg Baker
Thanks guys! I'm having fun putting all these Ghibli-inspired mystery mini projects. This one is probably pretty easy for à ghibli fans to guess though, no?

Kim
You made a new vehicle, amazing~!

Kim
maybe, Tricycle in 'My neighbor Totoro'?

Greg Baker
Bingo! I knew it wasn't going to be hard. I've already scratch built the Mehve from Nausicaa, the Flapter from Laputa and Tombo's prop bicycle from Kiki's Delivery Service. I had to at least include something from Totoro. 🙂

Denis Kuleshov
I can not stop admiring your work based on Miyazaki's cartoons.
They are delightful.

Greg Baker
Thanks Denis! I'm just glad someone's following along. The feedback is very much appreciated. I kind of have this mental image of a 1/72 scale "Miyazaki Museum" that I'm the curator of. I just put the finishing touches on the Kiki's Delivery bike and the Laputa Flapter, so I'll post up some "work completed" pics soon.

Greg Baker
Just a little bit of progress with a very fiddly interior. I also think I made the cargo bed side walls a bit too high. I might need to cut them down a bit.

Choppa Nutta
Doesn't look wrong, nice colour too,
yeah painting the interior now is going to be tricky, sure you'll manage 🙂

Btw, I was looking the novels again, started reading them again more like 🙂
Because I thought something was off with the Gun Ship kit, mostly the scale but also the tail too.
at 1/72 that puts the model at 54 feet span which is big, way big.
In the novels it looks much closer to 40 feet, more like 35 I reckon,
which means if you carve out the cockpits to fit 1/48 figures that will be much closer to "correct" scale 😄

Also the tail end is very different, in the novel hardly any bend and it has a fin to hold the tail wheel
other than that overall I think the kit shape is quite good 🙂

Greg Baker
It doesn't look wrong, because I cut the sidewalls down a millimetre. They looked okay until I put the fenders on. Then I realized they were just a bit too high. I was hoping not to have to get fussy on the paint job, and luckily Tamiya X-14 Sky Blue came to the rescue. Painting the interior will be tricky, but with the open cab, I couldn't really paint it before I built it in place.

Choppa Nutta
Do I spy the beginnings of another Mehve in the bottom right of pic 13 ?😉 😄

Greg Baker
Hehe... I replied to the rest of your comments on my Nausicaa build... Ghibli: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (Mehve) | Album by strobez (1:72)

Choppa Nutta
yeah just replied ! 🙂

Greg Baker
Got a bit more paint on.... masking the front wheel was a pain, but I hope it pays off.

Greg Baker
The Totoro mini-truck is basically done! Just a wash left to do!

Mathias Carl
I´ve just seen this one.
I like the movie, so do my kids. 🙂
I´ll stay tuned for further progress. 👍

Greg Baker
This Totoro mini truck is almost finished. Just final presentation stuff (including a base), but I have a bunch of Studio Ghibli-related scratch builds ongoing. Someone tried to talk me into doing the Catbus from Totoro as well, but that might be a bit too ambitious a project... at least for right now.

Denis Kuleshov
Will you put furniture in the body?

Greg Baker
I thought about it... but probably not. I'm thinking I might just add some boxes and barrels I have leftover from the kit I used. Building the dollhouse furniture doesn't interest me much, especially when I just got another idea to use up another one of these little car kits...😉

Greg Baker
I lied... (sigh)😉

Spanjaard
very nice Greg

Choppa Nutta
Love it 🙂

Greg Baker
It damn well better all fit is all I can say. 🙂. I stacked it all three times before painting, but guaranteed, something will be out of place when I got to do the final assembly... I just know it.

John Thomas
Nice base and tree

Greg Baker
Thanks a lot John. I've updated some final-ish pictures. Luckily all the cargo I created went back in place more or less as I planned. It was tricky to glue together without making a mess of the whole thing, so I was a bit sparse. Hopefully it all holds together (the string actually does help... as does the generous coating of Future). Maybe a bit of a wash on the wheels and undercarriage for depth, but this baby is basically done now.

Spanjaard
well done Greg!

Antonio De Girolamo
I love this, really a stunning example of reuse of pieces... great Greg!!!

Greg Baker
Thanks! For the comment. As soon as I saw the donor kit, I kinda knew it was going to work... well, that's what I hoped!

Mathew Nate
I really like it!

Greg Baker
Thanks Mathew! I have a bunch of these little Miyazaki contraptions. They're mostly flying machines, but who can resist this little Daihatsu?! 😄

Spanjaard
Nobody. It is simply fantastic

Łukasz Gliński
Lovely, it must be tiny

Alec K
Another awesome build, Greg 👍

Finn
Fantastic mate!

Julian Herrero aka Yuri
Impressive ,,, well done

Jv
Fabulous start looking forward to what you are going to do

Bas Tonn
This is great !! Very original !!

LucLuke B
Very nice idea. With Satsuki and Mei?

Greg Baker
Thanks guys. If you want to see all my Studio Ghibli builds, it's probably easiest to check out my blog - strobez.ca/wp/index...1-72-scale-projects/

Neuling
Very nice indeed!