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I have always been a big fan of Gerry Anderson's work, especially UFO, his first live action series.

Having seen Kallisti's excellent build of the UFO, I dug out my old one made by SHED.

It was built a long time ago, it is vac form & white metal, and half the size of the Kits For Cash one.

I spruced it up and took some pictures:

 

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I then took it outside for a picture up against the sky:

 

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Thanks for looking  :)

 

 

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That looks great.

 

BTW I had a couple of places to go to

in Bedfordshire today on the way back

from deliveries in London.

The Black Horse in Leighton Buzzard

and the Wellington Arms in Bedford.

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17 minutes ago, noelbarnes said:

Excellent. Do you know if this kit is still available?

I got it from Comet Miniatures, who now trade as Timeless Hobbies and do not show it as available.

I have seen some on the Bay, but the prices can be a bit "silly".

 

I'm glad you like the flying juicer! :)

It was and still is, a very imaginative design, and I love the noise it made when it was flying.

 

I remember seeing some fan art in the Fanderson magazine, SIG, on an idea to how it opened up.

The top dome was raised by the central structure, and one of the fins hinged up to allow access.

 

The only time you saw the inside was in the episode "Ordeal" when Colonel Foster was abducted, but it was pretty psychedelic!

The same magazine also suggested that there were various sizes of UFO depending on the mission. 

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another great model and good to see two of these UFO's up on the forum simultaneously.

 

These things remind me of the big UFO shaped thing my mother-in-law sticks her head under in rollers to dry her wet hair - it probably dates back to the same era as both the TV show and her youth ... i.e. very old

 

Thankfully, she has no idea about what I write about her and her hair online...

 

Brilliant modelling - keeping UK TV sci-fi alive and spinning.

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1 hour ago, Whofan said:

Was it your model that was on display at Cosford ?

 

Not mine, may have been Kallisti's

 

Thanks for all the comments :)

I really appreciate them.

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3 hours ago, HL-10 said:

Not mine, may have been Kallisti's

 

Thanks for all the comments :)

I really appreciate them.

 

Ah ha!. Two fine examples then of this model.

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4 hours ago, Whofan said:

 

Ah ha!. Two fine examples then of this model.

Nice to see this kit built,i have 2 of them in my stash,got them for a fair price a few years back,i just picked up a SHED Thunderbird 3 kit that should be fun to build,i fancy scratch building a TB 5 one day.

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On 04/04/2017 at 10:34 AM, HL-10 said:

Not mine, may have been Kallisti's

 

Thanks for all the comments :)

I really appreciate them.

 

It was indeed mine, it'll be touring the shows this year, next outing will be Salisbury :)

 

This looks lovely, a nice compact size with excellent detail, much more than was ever on the studio models lol

I have a sneaking suspicion that this might have been the inspiration for the Kits for Cash model...

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