Ghibli: Ponyo (Sosuke's Toy Boat)

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June 4, 2020
That's a very big box... but we're only after one small part..
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June 4, 2020
Yep... that's all we need... in fact, we're only going to use the hull.
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June 4, 2020
Of course, we will need some polystyrene to work with.
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June 4, 2020
And, just like that, we've got a roof!
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June 4, 2020
Glued on, but still pretty rough.
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June 4, 2020
Now for the interior "engine" - just a few circles and some heat-bent tubing.
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June 16, 2020
Got some paint on... also need the rudder. A bit of wire and some more polystyrene should do the trick.
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June 19, 2020
Assembled and painted, but needs a bit of touch up.
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June 19, 2020
There... that's better... more or less.
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June 20, 2020
A few decorative bits around the hull.
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June 23, 2020
A bit of silicone water and we're done... wait... should I add a couple of blue LEDs?
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1 4 June 2020, 11:26

Greg Baker
This one was a bit of a lark. I bought the HMS Bounty kit for a Tintin project. But when I saw this little boat, I just knew what its destiny was - Sosuke's toy boat that magically grows.

4 June 2020, 23:20

LucLuke B
Great idea and nice animated movie.

5 June 2020, 05:33

wilky
There's a bloke at the Fisherman's Wharf market in Port Adelaide South Australia that sells those little boats

5 June 2020, 05:45

Greg Baker
It seems I'll need to do some touch up painting on the blue top. Oh, well, I wasn't quite happy with it anyway... needed more sanding.

19 June 2020, 00:01

bughunter
The colors looks really like a toy - perfect match to the heading line!

19 June 2020, 16:07

Greg Baker
It's funny Bugsy... it's one of the only times I'm TRYING to build a model that looks like a toy. The fact that the toy is magically enlarged in the animated film makes it a very forgiving subject actually... any building/painting errors can be chalked up to trying to capture the essence of "shoddy mass production".😉

19 June 2020, 22:57

Greg Baker
Basically all done, except for a bit of water for the base. I need a bit of white paint touch up here and there... stupid dirty paint fingers... grrr...

20 June 2020, 23:52

Alex K
I like how Greg's workbench is always bustling with activity - and there are always extremely cute and/or interesting things coming out of the production line! 👍 🙂

21 June 2020, 00:42

Lode Schildermans
Painting boats...here is where the fun starts 🙂

22 June 2020, 05:24

Slavo Hazucha
Training with the Bounty already?😉

22 June 2020, 07:13

Sergej I
I like the Bonanza in the background, tell us more about it 🙂

22 June 2020, 07:21

Greg Baker
Heh, Alex... who knows what'll happen next?! Everyone's gotta start somewhere, but I'm pretty sure Lode didn't get his start painting a toy boat in primary colours! I opened up the Bounty kit... just to "check it out" and see if it'll work for one of my Tintin projects (it'll work now... I bought it already!). But when I saw the little life boat, I just knew it had a separate destiny from the rest of the sprues... 🙂

As for the photo-bombing Bonanza... 😉 The Calculus Affair (Beechcraft Bonanza) | Album by strobez (1:72)

22 June 2020, 07:42

Greg Baker
And, we're done. I didn't really plan to add any lighting, but there were a couple of blue LEDs just kicking around, so here we are.

23 June 2020, 00:27