From the Studio Ghibli movie Porco Rosso.
About this creation
COMPLETED--02/17/08
I am happy to say that my most ambitious project ever is finally completed. It hasn't been that long a build compared to other people's but I started it in November and have since then made way too many Bricklink orders to finish it. I would make an order from 2 or 3 stores only to find I forgot to order some needed bricks or had to modify my build to get a more true to the original design and as a result had to make more small orders. I hope everybody finds this a worthy homage to Porco Rosso! If you haven't seen Porco Rosso, watch it as soon as you can: it's one of my favorite movies.
The build for the engine was completed early on and made me very happy to see it actually turn out.
The front end was a challenge. I had to include the machine guns but it took me a while to figure out how.
Scale is really dictated by available Lego parts. I think I'm lucky that everything came together as well as it did. The propeller for example is almost perfect scale wise.
"A pig that can't fly is just a pig." That's my favorite line from the movie.. it might not be that way in the English version and is different from the subtitled version I have but that's the way I think it translates best into English from the original Japanese.
I really wanted the cockpit to be as detailed as possible since Ghibli put so much great detail into the movie version. I was able to build the foot peddles the dials and the control stick so I'm pretty satisfied.
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October 16, 2010 |
portrait magnificantly! i loved this movie, and love this creation! |
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June 21, 2009 |
great work i loved that movie |
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May 21, 2009 |
love the movie and all of the movies by Hyio miasaki or however you spell it. this is great i might make one for myself. |
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March 5, 2009 |
Great job, you even got the extreme angle of incidence and the amazing fuselage. well done! |
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January 9, 2009 |
I usually don't much care for anime but I saw Porco Rosso yesterday and found it surprisingly enjoyable. I'd never heard of it before seeing this MOC, so thanks for the movie tip! |
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January 8, 2009 |
Fantastic! Like Andrew said, you've captured the overall shape very well. This is a fitting homage indeed for an excellent movie. |
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January 6, 2009 |
Great angling on the wings, and you've captured the shape of Porco's plane very well. |
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masterchief 1 October 24, 2008 |
Liked the film, awsome aircraft! |
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July 9, 2008 |
That is a really great subject for lego airplanes. You probably won't see another Italian flying boat or any other Italian airplane in legos. Very nice!! I wonder if you could build a 3 engine bomber like an SM.79?? |
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July 1, 2008 |
HOLY CRUD!!!! ITīs REALLY AWESOME!!!!!! keep it up! |
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June 1, 2008 |
A very interesting plane! Built extremely well, too. The construction is nearly flawless. keep 'em comin'! |
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April 7, 2008 |
man i love this movie.probably the best lego s21 i will ever see |
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March 26, 2008 |
Honestly it's a masterpiece ! Sometime I write a review for thanking a reviewer on my page, but here, it really deserve a GREAT 5/5. Now I must see the movie :-)
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March 17, 2008 |
Oh!wonderful molding!
The wings attached aslant and the line of the body are very good.
Especially engine is good.
Brilliant!
PS:I think whether I will make classic batplane.
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March 11, 2008 |
Beautiful MOC as always! -15 |
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February 18, 2008 |
I saw the mivie maybe a year or so ago, and from what I rmrmber, this is pretty acurate. 5/5. |
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February 18, 2008 |
It has arrived... in all its glory...
The hull is really well shaped here. As usual I wonder how you got the wings to make that angle without a lot of ugly exposed structure. Great job! |
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February 18, 2008 |
Very good. Porco Rosso is also one of my favourite movies. Try to do the blue Curtiss now. |
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February 17, 2008 |
I've fallen in love with this MOC. This is amazing. I love the details all over the thing! Such a great movie, and a very faithful representation of the plane. |
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February 17, 2008 |
B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L!! And a fitting tribute to one of my favourite movies too; ah, great minds DO think alike. I know exactly what you mean about reordering from Bricklink: oh the AGONY of forgetting 1 or 2 tiny parts! Great build mate, very enjoyable! |
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