BritJet Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 I picked this up about 10 years ago just in a plastic bag with no clue of the manufacturer. A quick look on Scalemates shows it to be by Musasiya from Japan who mostly do figures. The instructions are all in Japanese, but the pictures are in English! The parts are fairly decent with only a few bubbles, that I've put some filler into already, metal detail parts and pilot figure. The vacform canopies aren't very clear and are too big so I'll be making a new one. I've also drawn and printed some decals as the kit didn't come with any. For anyone who isn't sure what this is, or just likes purple wigs.... - https://www.facebook.com/GerryAndersonOfficial/videos/ufo-interceptors-immediate-launch/221768608763619/ Steve 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 1 hour ago, BritJet said: just likes purple wigs.... You tease! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mjwomack Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 10 hours ago, BritJet said: the pictures are in English That's got to help, I'm sure I've had some kits where even the pictures weren't in English more likely Egyptian hieroglyphic😏s 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mjwomack Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 Also, I wasn't expecting this; I assumed it was going to be a 1960s experimental plane for a very high altitude version of the lightning! Shows what I know, though I do know considerably more since joining Britmodeller 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritJet Posted May 20, 2021 Author Share Posted May 20, 2021 On 18/05/2021 at 23:20, Pete in Lincs said: You tease! Watching this series as a kid, the purple wigs always seemed strange as they were part of the uniform, rather than a fashion decision by the individuals. On 19/05/2021 at 09:02, Mjwomack said: That's got to help, I'm sure I've had some kits where even the pictures weren't in English more likely Egyptian hieroglyphic😏s I've had plenty of kits where the drawings actually hinder the construction! On 19/05/2021 at 09:09, Mjwomack said: Also, I wasn't expecting this; I assumed it was going to be a 1960s experimental plane for a very high altitude version of the lightning! Shows what I know, though I do know considerably more since joining Britmodeller I almost built this at the beginning of the GB but side-lined it until now and as I've had it for ages, it deserves to be built. I don't stray too much from building aircraft but the occasional bit of sci-fi has been known to happen. As there are only a few major parts to this, they are now joined and some filler applied. There is a part missing in my kit but it should be easy to replicate, it goes between the rear of the spine and the engine exhaust. Thanks for looking. Steve 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterB Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 I always wondered about the armament of these things. I know the "Sky" part of "SkyDiver" had cannon but did these interceptors have any as a back up for the one ruddy big missile in the nose - looks like there may be some troughs moulded in front of the canopy? The missile must have been guided given the way the target "saucers" wobbled about!😆 Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritJet Posted May 21, 2021 Author Share Posted May 21, 2021 It would make sense to have a secondary armament , especially given how often the missiles of all three Interceptors missed the incoming UFO! I don't remember ever seeing anything other than the missiles used in the TV series - I'll have to watch it again now for research purposes.... There are definitely three troughs in front of the cockpit with what look like cannons in them, but they would have to be very short to fit in that space. The UFO was obviously wobbling on purpose to try and avoid being hit by the missiles - I thought everybody knew that I've rubbed down the filler and made a mould for the new canopy so a little bit of progress. Steve 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritJet Posted May 23, 2021 Author Share Posted May 23, 2021 Starting to look like a UFO Interceptor now all the major parts have been assembled and once the filler around the cockpit has been rubbed down I should be able to get a coat of primer on. My kit annoyingly had two left stub wings so I had to make a replacement from plastic card Steve 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritJet Posted May 27, 2021 Author Share Posted May 27, 2021 The filler was soon rubbed down and a few pinholes filled after a coat of primer showed them up. I took advantage of the decent weather today and got some gloss white on which looks good. Next step is to vacform a new canopy using the mould I've made and get that fitted Thanks for looking. Steve 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritJet Posted May 30, 2021 Author Share Posted May 30, 2021 I haven't vacformed the canopy yet but have got the silver and black detail painting done. There are still a couple of parts to be added but it's getting closer to the finishing line now. A close up of the decals I've done for this. Cheers. Steve 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike N Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 Loving those decals! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritJet Posted June 19, 2021 Author Share Posted June 19, 2021 On 18/06/2021 at 22:36, Mike N said: Loving those decals! Cheers Mike, they were nice and easy, for a change! I got this finished today - photos in the gallery; Steve 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike N Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 That looks really nice. Weird, but nice. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritJet Posted June 20, 2021 Author Share Posted June 20, 2021 3 hours ago, Mike N said: That looks really nice. Weird, but nice. Mike Cheers. A product of the Gerry Anderson world and the 1960/early 70s - would you expect anything else! Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 The missiles we're meant to hit th incoming UFO which is travelling too fast - they are meant to saturate the space the UFO is about to traverse with hard radiation and shrapnel - they are area effect mines essentially rather than missiles. Love this, I've built the Bandai 1:48 scale kit which has ridiculous decals in some sort of Spanglish! That decals sheet looks like it was printed from the image available on the Italian ISOSHADO site that I also ended up using on my build a few years back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritJet Posted June 30, 2021 Author Share Posted June 30, 2021 Cheers, the decal sheet was based on the ISOSHADO image but I re-drew everything in CoreDraw to get it all nice and sharp. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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