Calling International Rescue

[AndrewR]

The Aoshima 1/350 kit with Thunderbirds 2 and 4.


Starting soon!

F.A.B.

[PaulBradley]

FAB!

T4 must be tiny in that scale.

[Clashcityrocker]

Gggggosh, ccccan't wait for this to get ssssstarted.

Brains

[AndrewR]

Here is the T2 part of the set. Very hard dark green plastic. Raised panel lines.


The cockpit is moulded into one piece, and then you slot the nose section over that.



The pod has no internal detail, but given the size of the pod bay door nothing will be seen.



The fit is okay, there are one or two places which will need filling. The worst area is the rear bulkhead.

[AndrewR]

FAB!

T4 must be tiny in that scale.

Oh yes. Less than 2cm long, as far as I can see.




The T4 sprue in bright yellow includes the launching ramp. I may try and sneak a bit of photoetch onto the ramp, to make it look better. I have some 1/700 IJN steam catapults, which would look better than a solid moulding.

Here's the flight deck, sprayed in Light Grey.

[philp]

How big is T2 in this scale?

[AndrewR]

How big is T2 in this scale?

It's around 15 cm/6 inches. I'll get the ruler out after supper!

[AndrewR]

The interior is painted in light grey, with the seats picked out in red. There are decals for the instrument panels, which are completely unlike anything on the actual TV programme! Not that it matters, as everything will be invisible when the nose section is added!



TB-2 measures up to be around 7 inches - it may get a little longer with the engines and nose attached.



One side of the pod has a nasty step on it, and vigorous sanding is underway

[59North]

Vigorous sanding is a favorite in modelling, right next to watching paint dry.

Nice cockpit, though!

[Stuart]

Very smart - you need to get a 1/72 version

[SJPONeill]

Very smart - you need to get a 1/72 version

It exists...



...very thin resin for its size so a challenge even to handle...

[Stuart]

Very smart - you need to get a 1/72 version

It exists...



...very thin resin for its size so a challenge even to handle...

Coooooooooool!

[SBO]

Oh my word that 1/72 scale looks about the same size as the real thing! And by real, I'm sure you know what I mean

I have seen these Aoshima kits on Amazon and added Thunderbird 1 to my wish list, so I'm really keen to see how this goes together and am loving yours so far. I am pretty sure that no modelling cave is complete without at least one Thunderbird sat on the shelf. You know, just in case anything goes wrong and needs rescuing at any point. Given that in one episode Allan managed to find a solitary astronaut floating about in space, I'm fairly sure that he would have at least an even chance of finding a bit of photo-etch that has pinged off as an offering to the carpet monster

[AndrewR]

Oh my word that 1/72 scale looks about the same size as the real thing! And by real, I'm sure you know what I mean

I have seen these Aoshima kits on Amazon and added Thunderbird 1 to my wish list, so I'm really keen to see how this goes together and am loving yours so far. I am pretty sure that no modelling cave is complete without at least one Thunderbird sat on the shelf. You know, just in case anything goes wrong and needs rescuing at any point. Given that in one episode Allan managed to find a solitary astronaut floating about in space, I'm fairly sure that he would have at least an even chance of finding a bit of photo-etch that has pinged off as an offering to the carpet monster

It's worth looking on eBay, as Tokyo Hobby sometimes have good deals on.

They have the TB-1 kit on at US$20/£14 at the moment.

[DavidWomby]

Andrew, you're building one of my all-time flying machines (fictional or real). Lovely to watch.

David