sunray Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 I can remember making this kit in the 70's with my brother and as he is soon to be the 50 so I made this for him to bring back some memories.As then its not the best fit, a fair bit of filler was required and all the panel lines were re-scribed. The cockpit was scratch built except for the seat and the canopy was't in the best I have seen but hey thats what its all about, it would be boring if everything fitted wouldn't it?Any way here it is, Spectrum is Green.CheersIan 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmonk Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 For an old kit it certainly scrubs up well!! One of the best I've seen in a long time. Nice birthday present. Cheers, Warren 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 You've done an absolutely fantastic job on that very old kit! Brilliant work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabio Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Superb model, best I've seen of an Angel, they were really cool 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Nicely done! I like the rescribing work and finish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Very nice indeed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roymattblack Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 A lovely build. As an idea, find a few nice 'sky' pictures on Google images and enlarge one to full screen. Position your 'plane in front in such a way that one of the dropped wings obscures the support pole and take a few piccies. If you're any good with Photoshop or similar, the support pole won't matter and you can 'paint' it out. Again, if you use photoshop, try some of the lighting effects. I did some pics of my TB2 in this way last year. Great fun. Roy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natter Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 SIG - eeee those were the days! Best Angel Interceptor I have seen, love it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunray Posted April 1, 2014 Author Share Posted April 1, 2014 Thanks guys for all the kind comments, most appreciated. Its nice to know its jogs a few memories, I told my brother that Captain Scarlet would live forever, he indestructible! Now where have I heard that before? Spectrum is Green (SIG). Cheers Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Nicely done. In the actual show, they filmed the models in flight by suspending them in front of a rolling background painted with sky and clouds. It worked fine until the planes began to dive, because they just tilted the camera so the plane looked as if it was at a 45-degree angle. Trouble was, all the clouds were as well! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knikki Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 I remeber making one of those kits when I was a kid Nicely done looks very good. ~goes off to Amazon to look for the orginal series~ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunray Posted April 1, 2014 Author Share Posted April 1, 2014 Nicely done. In the actual show, they filmed the models in flight by suspending them in front of a rolling background painted with sky and clouds. It worked fine until the planes began to dive, because they just tilted the camera so the plane looked as if it was at a 45-degree angle. Trouble was, all the clouds were as well! I never noticed that and you are spot on, I just had a look on youtube. Did they ever shoot that bloody cat it the opening titles? Thanks Gordon. I remeber making one of those kits when I was a kid Nicely done looks very good. ~goes off to Amazon to look for the orginal series~ Thanks Knikki. I think the series is on youtube, or a few episodes away. Cheers Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormfrontmodels Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Looks wonderful - love the subtle weathering! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smudge Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Symphony Angel, report to my cabin. There are a couple of things we need to go over. S.I.G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael louey Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Hi Ian, Best completed Interceptor I've seen! Must have bee a lot of work with all the panel lines and shading. I have just completed the same kit and noticed you've been caught by the same 'gotcha' that I have. After getting to too late a stage I found out on the web (maybe even on this site) that when Airfix retooled this kit as a snap tite they added spurious canards above the real ones (i.e. the small ones on top). They don't exist on the ones in the TV show. I decided not to bother for this build as we are talking sci fi anyway I must admit 'research' for the kit was fun - re watching a number of episodes from my DVD box set. I'll get around to posting mine hear once I get the camera set up but it won't light a candle to yours. Cheers Michael 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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