discussion Upgrade for UFO interceptor craft

[peter.collins443]

Purchased a Gerry Anderson UFO aircraft which was badly damaged and needs a lot of tender care. Decided to do this in reverse order ordered some new skids and will have to find away to fit them on. No missile with the this model typical the first thing to be lost when playing with them.

So got 4 replacements which needed repainting and marking put also decided to have a set of missile carriers built.

Peter Collins

 

[Steve-the-Duck]

Is this the old, green, UFO Interceptor Dinky put out waaaay back?

 

[peter.collins443]

Is this the old, green, UFO Interceptor Dinky put out waaaay back?

Yes pity about the condition though that some had dropped it from a height...

 

[PaulTRose]

Oooo.... That brings back some memories

 

[Steve-the-Duck]

Green Interceptor, green Shado Mobile, green Space 1999 Eagle, Thunderbird 2 in metallic blue

Dinky Anderson's were weird!

 

[peter.collins443]

Green Interceptor, green Shado Mobile, green Space 1999 Eagle, Thunderbird 2 in metallic blue

Dinky Anderson's were weird!

The thunderbird 2 in metallic blue was not supposed to be sold as it was a factory fault in the paint department, the pre sales reported that the metallic version would not sell, so they went with the green version instead.

Peter

 

[Steve-the-Duck]

The thunderbird 2 in metallic blue was not supposed to be sold as it was a factory fault in the paint department, the pre sales reported that the metallic version would not sell, so they went with the green version instead.

Peter

Ooh, never heard that before. Most of the Dinky TB2s on eBay are blue, the blister-pack version, so that must have been a re-issue sometime? Like ten years after Thunderbirds was first shown?

Also, I've just seen a white Interceptor, with a set of red-stripe stickers, offering. There's an, exhaustive, internet site on Dinky Anderson releases, and he doesn't acknowledge a white issue, so that's a minor mystery
There's also a story that the green finish was because that was the paint Dinky had a stack of. Which would also explain the Eagle!

And that's it for our un-sponsored minutiae time, and back to the modelling studio!