discussion Papa 695s Bandai Thunderbird 2

[boatman]

HI Ian all you need now is the fireflash airliner lol
chris

 

[papa 695]

HI Ian all you need now is the fireflash airliner lol
chris

That’s one for another day, maybe.

 

[john i am]

Thunderbird 2 my favourite and I'm sure in one of the episodes back in the seventies the little elevator trucks saved a plane from crashing on landing. Looking great Ian keep up the good work. Cheers John.

 

[rtfoe]

That's really small like working at 1/144 scale. The gizmology is looking good for the interior.

Cheers,
Richard

 

[papa 695]

Got the pod and most of Thunderbird 2 put together. I needed to cut the legs down, as they were too big.
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Still plenty of work to do.

 

[rtfoe]

Hi Ian. all looking good including the shortening of the legs for scale. I know this would be hard to correct but I think the canopy windows on the kit are a little large and set too high on the nose. Could be just me but seeing some of the images just gives me that impression. Would still be okay left alone as it's your kit. You've done quite a bit to get it looking this good so far.

Cheers,
Richard

 

[Tim Marlow]

Coming together well Ian. Nice mod on the legs.

 

[yak face]

Looking great Ian , the legs look spot on now , cheers tony

 

[papa 695]

Well it’s now green.

I used Tamiya XF5

 

[boatman]

HI Ian lovely build of TB2 but this is not a critiusum of your build just an obsevation but this in my opinion that the green is a bit to dark as when ive seen it was a very bright green something like a bright emerald green or is this an undercoat for a bright emerald green ? but maybe its me got it wrong
but please keep up the good work on these THUNDERBIRDS as im enjoying seein these built as to be honest i dont think ive ever seen all the THUNDERBIRDS all togeather brilliant build
ATB chris

 

[papa 695]

Thanks Chris, no criticism taken, thanks for the input. as for the colour, there’s a big debate about that.

 

[Neil Merryweather]

Thanks Chris, no criticism taken, thanks for the input. as for the colour, there’s a big debate about that.

I like what you have Ian

 

[papa 695]

Added a bit more colour.

 

[Tim Marlow]

Looking good Ian. The colour breaks up the monotone green nicely. The green sha looks pretty much spot on to me…. Out or interest, how are you going to do the windows?

 

[Mark1]

Coming along nicely.

 

[boatman]

LOOKIN GOOD Ian
chris

 

[outrunner]

The yellow really sets it off, well done Ian.

Andy.

 

[papa 695]

Looking good Ian. The colour breaks up the monotone green nicely. The green sha looks pretty much spot on to me…. Out or interest, how are you going to do the windows?

Thanks Tim, not sure about the windows yet. I usually paint them white, then over paint in clear blue.

 

[papa 695]

Not been able to do much modelling as of late, but got the legs on and added some small detail.

 

[papa 695]