marty_hopkirk Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 According to HLJ Aoshima are to release 5 of their Thunderbird kits in June and July. http://www.hlj.com/scripts/hljlist?Word=th...s=All&Dis=2 Marty... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Hmmm, will this drive down prices on eBay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 According to HLJ Aoshima are to release 5 of their Thunderbird kits in June and July.http://www.hlj.com/scripts/hljlist?Word=th...s=All&Dis=2 Marty... Are these half-decent kits or are they more like toys, with large wheels and motors to propel them across the carpet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Mullen Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Are these half-decent kits or are they more like toys, with large wheels and motors to propel them across the carpet? Not sure of the Thunderbirds base, but the others are half decent kits. Here is the only I have built so far - Thunderbird 2 and Container Dock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marty_hopkirk Posted April 21, 2012 Author Share Posted April 21, 2012 The Thunderbird 1 kit is a relatively new one and regarded as the most accurate ever produced. Marty... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Loggie Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Will HLJ get more models of the Fireflash airliner? That's the one that I'm after. George, out.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Kesterton Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Not sure of the Thunderbirds base, but the others are half decent kits.Here is the only I have built so far - Thunderbird 2 and Container Dock Very impressive Thunderbird 2 - is the Container dock part of the kit, or is it scratch built? anthony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Mullen Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Very impressive Thunderbird 2 - is the Container dock part of the kit, or is it scratch built?anthony Tony, Thunderbird 2, the three pods, 2 vehicles and the Docks two walls and floor were all provided in the kit I bought years ago. My kit number was #33135 which is different to the kit number shown as #00354. The Aoshima web site shows it with 13 vehicles so they may have added to it. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Wonder if they would do a Thunderbird 1 pen diorama, featuring of course the infamous lemon squeezer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Womby Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Wonder if they would do a Thunderbird 1 pen diorama, featuring of course the infamous lemon squeezer It's not listed for re-release but they did one. It's in 1/350 scale with the TB2 container dock diorama. Aoshima 1/350 TB1 Launch Pad David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copernicus Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Any one else ever wonder how Thunderbird 2 settled onto its selected pod without its wings crashing down on top of the pods either side of it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Any one else ever wonder how Thunderbird 2 settled onto its selected pod without its wings crashing down on top of the pods either side of it ? Also why Thunderbird 1 rotates through ninety degrees when it gets to the bottom of the ramp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Vale Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Or why the Mole's tracks run backwards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Or why the Mole's tracks run backwards? That could be down to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marty_hopkirk Posted April 29, 2012 Author Share Posted April 29, 2012 Or why the Mole's tracks run backwards? In GA productions often the model was static and it was the set that moved. Marty... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Vale Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 This was in the launch sequence - the tracks on the side which presumably drag the Mole into the 'ole looked like they were going backwards. The crawler tracks always go the right way in the episodes I've seen. It could be the wagon wheel effect, I'm not sure. I *think* the drill was going the wrong way too though, so it might just have been a case of plus-to-minus, minus-to-plus? Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Vale Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Are these half-decent kits or are they more like toys, with large wheels and motors to propel them across the carpet? I forgot to add earlier, but the 1/72 Mole is really good. I'm just about done with mine and it compares well with what I see on screen. Admittedly, it does have large wheels and motors to propel it across the carpet, but there's a decent scale model wrapped around them so it's hard to hold that against it @Andy Mullen: your TB2 and hangar look brilliant - accurate and impressively big-looking. Did the decals (?) and glazing for the windowed control room come with it? Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avro683 Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Any one else ever wonder how Thunderbird 2 settled onto its selected pod without its wings crashing down on top of the pods either side of it ? Trick photography, as stated in Derek Meddings' excellent book, 21st Century Visions, published shortly before he died. I must rescue my copy and have another read. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Mullen Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 (edited) @Andy Mullen: your TB2 and hangar look brilliant - accurate and impressively big-looking. Did the decals (?) and glazing for the windowed control room come with it?Will Will, yes, the tranparencies for the control room were supplied. The control room backgrounds are actually stickers not decals. Heres a link to the instructions in PDF >> Aoshima #33135 << [1.3Mb] and Photobucket links Edited May 1, 2012 by Andy Mullen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avro683 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 (edited) Does any one else find it ironic that kit manufacturers find difficulties in producing accurate models of, er, models? And I llove the TB2 hangar, Must get one. Tony Edited May 2, 2012 by avro683 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 I can sort of understand it. When making a model of a real vehicle, you can usually find an example in a museum somewhere and take a tape measure to it. With a model of a model, its not always possible, so you are relying on photos and plans which might be different from the article that appears on screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Does any one else find it ironic that kit manufacturers find difficulties in producing accurate models of, er, models? And I llove the TB2 hangar, Must get one.Tony I can sort of understand it. When making a model of a real vehicle, you can usually find an example in a museum somewhere and take a tape measure to it. With a model of a model, its not always possible, so you are relying on photos and plans which might be different from the article that appears on screen. Also bear in mind that there were several different models used (of different sizes) depending on the requirements of the scene being filmed, and these did not always match each other. So for instance the Aoshima Thunderbird 2 kit might (say) match the overall shape of the complete studio model used for flying shots, but the nose section could still be different from the larger scale cockpit and front end used to show the craft lifting itself up on the hydraulic jacks to reveal the pod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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