Vanship and Vespa from The Last Exile

[philp]

Hey, I finished a model, two even.  Ok, both from the same kit but two separate vehicles so am counting them as two builds, first finished this year.

The Hasagawa 1/72nd Vanship and Vespa from the Last Exile.  Not too bad of kits but the decals must be a little thick as they didn't want to conform around sharp curves like the side of the vespa and rear of the vanship.  Still 2 done is 2 done.





Had hernia surgery last Tuesday (never hurt before the surgery, still hurts pretty good now) but have vowed to get to the workbench and finish these off as they have been in the Review kit backlog for way too long.

[kerick]

I would dearly love some more pics of these two and more information on this kit. Never seen this before and its awesome!

[Dizzyfugu]

Lovely. Being an anime fan I also had an eye on these for some time, but found the kit to be MUCH too expensive for my taste (or what you get - these things are tiny/delicate!). Great work, though. A fellow modeler here did one in a metallic blue livery:










It belongs to a loose kit series with vehicles from anime movies/series, the "Space Wolf SW-190" kit also belongs to it, and there are two floatplanes (basically the same kit, two liveries) with retractable floats available.

Also thought about scratching a Last Exile/Claudia-powered vehicle, as their retro style is gorgeous.

[VickersVandal]

RAD! 

I'm about to start this kit for a May Scifi group build on the UAMF. Yours is adding further inspiration. I plan to do mine in the white livery option in the paint chart, just to be different.

[McColm]

Wow, great build.

[nighthunter]

The anime series was awesome! Wish I could afford the kit to make a military version, or a sky pirate...

[Dizzyfugu]

You might find this inspiring, too:

http://www.8bitartist.com/tag/scratchbuilding/

[NARSES2]

Fantastic builds Phil

[pyro-manic]

Very nicely done indeed.

[kerick]

I like the red and white version better. I think it looks a little more Art Deco style in line with the styling of the vehicle.

[Captain Canada]

Very nice ! Always neat to see something different around here.

[Mossie]

I've never got into anime, but I do enjoy the things that come out of it.  Lovely looking machines both of them, the blue one too!

[zenrat]

Cool.  I was looking at these the other day on HLJ.  I've got two series of the anime on my computer in the "to watch" queue.
Any chance of a pic next to something to give us an idea of their size please?

[Dizzyfugu]

These are 1:72, and what I could find out about measures...

Van Ship-Full length: approx 193mm. Full width: approx 87mm.
Vespa-Full length : approx 44mm. Full width: approx 20mm.

[zenrat]

Thanks Diz