Thunderbird 2 Hanger

[HL-10]

This is the Adventures In Plastic, formerly Imai's Thunderbird 2 hanger in 1/350th scale. 

The walls are injection plastic and the floor is card.

I replaced the moulded on walkway rails with etched ship ones.

With TB2 I made the legs out of brass tubes, engraved the panel lines, and cut opened the lower windows.

You only get 3 pods in the kit, but I had a spare one left over from an old kit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking

Angelo

[Vince1159]

Another fantastic job...

[Pete in Lincs]

It is indeed. I like the subtle shading on the pods and walls.

Does TB2's right rear strut need a bit more pressure?

[Homer]

"BEAUTIFUL "

[Lee Chambers]

Very nice indeed.

[F-32]

Quality work, that's very impressive

[Kallisti]

Your model beautifully illustrates two of the problems with the TB2 hanger in the series:

1) How does TB2 lower itself onto the pod without breaking its wings

2) How do the pods fit between the front and rear legs when there isn't space for them

 

Thunderbirds are Go solved this by making the wings fold up and lengthened TB2.

 

In the end who cares, we loved it as kids and still love it as adults

 

Lovely build!