Reverse Engineering Project: Valley of the Wind Gunship

**ARMORMAN** · #1 03-11-2012, 04:49 PM

Hey all, a quick weekend project:

I had seen pics floating through the web of a paper model of the Nausicca: Valley of the Wind Gunship that was some sort of premium about 20 years ago. Well, after doing some searching, the best I could find was some photos some people had taken for some japanese auction sites. I was able to find between different posts a full set of pictures of the model parts (albeit distorted and rather small). So I took what I had, adjusted the distortion, resized the image, traced/modified the parts and produced what you see below:

**whulsey** · #2 03-11-2012, 06:27 PM

Vaguely remember that, looks like you've done an excellent reverse engineering job on it.

**goodduck** · #3 03-11-2012, 07:27 PM

So that what it looks like when it was built. The model was released by Animage, a Japanese anime maginaze back in Dec 82. I been want to build that too, but just too busy with other things. Nice to see what it looks like tho.

By the way, there is a Japanese link to that two pages model in all it glory. No, not in .pdf but people can "save image", just a little digging is all one need.

**Alcides** · #4 03-11-2012, 08:45 PM

Very interesting. I like a lot the movie and I think the gunship could be a great model.
Great work in your reverse engineering.

**ARMORMAN** · #5 03-11-2012, 09:26 PM

good:

well, my interpretation of it anyway...

Maybe I'll have to post it....now if only I can find all the pages for the tank that was in that hobby mag....

**ARMORMAN** · #6 06-27-2012, 08:17 PM

For those of you who want to try it, I finally got the thing finished and the instructions done.

Changes from the original: gun barrels colored as are the rubber tires. The wheel pattern has been changed to more resemble the movie version (original had spoked) and the tires were single sided in the original version

PaperModelers.com - Downloads - Nausicaa Gunship

**ARMORMAN** · #7 07-01-2012, 11:43 AM

Did a little coloring....

**John Bowden** · #8 07-01-2012, 12:50 PM

Cool Movie.......... did anyone do those big bombers?

**Rubenandres77** · #9 07-01-2012, 07:21 PM

looks very nice with the additional graphic details.

**ARMORMAN** · #10 07-01-2012, 08:39 PM

John,

As far as I know, the only models created were all inserts in various fan and model mags. To my knowledge there were 3:

1) The Valley Gunship

2) The Torumekian Tank (think Stug) that appeared in 2-3 consecutive issues of Model Graphix (I have yet to find this one)

3) The Ohm (giant pillbug)

Someone developed patterns for a wooden model of the Torumekian Gunship, but that's all I know that was developed.