discussion What was your favourite?

[Alan 45]

since Peter ( takeslousyphotos) has started the thunderbirds thread it got me thinking about the other Gerry Anderson shows and I remember the models he built I think this was my main draw to the shows


So I got thinking about my favourite vehicles he built so I thought I'd find out what everyone's favourite top five was


Here's mine


S.P.V ( spectrum pursuit vehicle ) captain scarlet


Sky 1 U.F.O


Shado Mobile U.F.O


Mk9 Hawk space 1999


Thunderbird 4 thunderbirds


These were special to me as a kid and I wish they built them now in kit form

 

[Guest]

Thunderbird 2


SHADO Mobile


Special Pursuit Vehicle


Sidewinder


Fireflash

 

[dave]

Thunderbird 2,


The Eagles from space 1999

 

[Guest]

Mine are


Thunderbird Two


The mole, Thunderbirds


S.P.V


Joes car, Joe 90


UFO Interceptor

 

[Guest]

Thunderbirds 2 and 3 spv mk9 hawk.

 

[takeslousyphotos]

They were all brilliant........ It was the early sixties. Gerry & Sylivia Anderson were a real Genious couple......... Thunderbirds was proper seat of the pants stuff back then as a kid......... Although I think my favourite vehicle as a kid was definitely Stingray.

 

[PaulTRose]

spv


angel interceptor


shado mobile was uber cool


skydiver


thunderbird 2

 

[Guest]

Just watched The Pit of Peril again! The music was so important to adding that sense of danger & excitement!

 

[Guest]

Yes, in not alone in loving tb2, awesome fat green blob that dropped off some class vehicles. Loved the way it has wings like a dodo but acted like a graceful Harrier and dramatically dropped the pod after getting up on its spindly wee legs and yeah it was just stupidly awesome.

 

[PaulTRose]

Yes, in not alone in loving tb2, it was just stupidly awesome.

a very very long time ago i did the Imai TB2......now i know what im doing id love another crack at it


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[Guest]

Mine would be


Eagle transporter,


Shado Mobile


SPV,


Fireflash.

 

[Robert1968]

Oh I grew up with them too but I remembered the other stuff he did too the terra Hawks that tree that a rocket came from and the underwater sub thing that echoed a bit of UFO to it that flew to the sky and did its stuff and didn't they all join up o something

 

[Robert1968]

I loved Penelope's rolls FAB1 and Parker was brill but stingray held a lot of fond memories too


FAB1


Stingray


Joe 90 jet car


SPV


Cloud base was awesome too


Angels


Tb1


Tb2 and all her amazing pods


What about fireball ?


Loved ATV in those days


Robert

 

[Guest]

Along with many others I suspect Thunderbirds actually got me into modelling. The first episode I ever saw, series one, episode 1, left such a lasting impression I can remember it now just as well. Fireflash, the airliner, had gear trouble and couldn't land. It was circling while Thunderbirds arrived and set up Thunderbird 2. The tension was unbelievable as the fuel in Fireflash got lower and lower. Out of TB 2's pod came these flat topped trucks with around eight massive wheels and a flat bed on top. They accellerated up the runway and of course Fireflash timed it's landing to perfection and dropped it's nose on the trucks. The trucks were nothing like I'd ever seen before. They were grubby, they smoked, they looked real, the engine noises were out of this world as they accelerated up to the required speed to match the ever decending Fireflash and it was all absolutely breathtaking. I was hooked on modelling from that day forth, which must be something like over fifty years ago.


Those flat topped trucks were the best models I ever remember the Andersons making and boy would I love to see one now!


and I even found it on Youtube. I remember now there was a bomb in the landing gear so they couldn't use it. I kid you not it brings a tear to my eye now watching it.

 

[Guest]

By the way who remembers Thunderbird 6? Without looking it up who can remember what it was? I went to see the movie as a young kid.

 

[Guest]

By the way who remembers Thunderbird 6? Without looking it up who can remember what it was? I went to see the movie as a young kid.

Wasn't it a rickety old biplane? The big unveiling of the new Thunderbird turned out to be a bit of an embarrassment for Brains!

 

[dave]

TB6 was a biplane. If I remember the film Brains spent the whole time coming up with designs for specialist vehicles that kept being rejected and in the end they needed a light vehicle with lowspeed and minimal engine wash to land on top of an airship. But I cannot remember what the problem with the airship was.

 

[takeslousyphotos]

Along with many others I suspect Thunderbirds actually got me into modelling. The first episode I ever saw, series one, episode 1, left such a lasting impression I can remember it now just as well. Fireflash, the airliner, had gear trouble and couldn't land. It was circling while Thunderbirds arrived and set up Thunderbird 2. The tension was unbelievable as the fuel in Fireflash got lower and lower. Out of TB 2's pod came these flat topped trucks with around eight massive wheels and a flat bed on top. They accellerated up the runway and of course Fireflash timed it's landing to perfection and dropped it's nose on the trucks. The trucks were nothing like I'd ever seen before. They were grubby, they smoked, they looked real, the engine noises were out of this world as they accelerated up to the required speed to match the ever decending Fireflash and it was all absolutely breathtaking. I was hooked on modelling from that day forth, which must be something like over fifty years ago.
Those flat topped trucks were the best models I ever remember the Andersons making and boy would I love to see one now!


and I even found it on Youtube. I remember now there was a bomb in the landing gear so they couldn't use it. I kid you not it brings a tear to my eye now watching it.

Brilliant ........... I remember that episode so well ........... and don't forget the music / soundtrack.

 

[Guest]

Along with many others I suspect Thunderbirds actually got me into modelling. The first episode I ever saw, series one, episode 1, left such a lasting impression I can remember it now just as well. Fireflash, the airliner, had gear trouble and couldn't land. It was circling while Thunderbirds arrived and set up Thunderbird 2. The tension was unbelievable as the fuel in Fireflash got lower and lower. Out of TB 2's pod came these flat topped trucks with around eight massive wheels and a flat bed on top. They accellerated up the runway and of course Fireflash timed it's landing to perfection and dropped it's nose on the trucks. The trucks were nothing like I'd ever seen before. They were grubby, they smoked, they looked real, the engine noises were out of this world as they accelerated up to the required speed to match the ever decending Fireflash and it was all absolutely breathtaking. I was hooked on modelling from that day forth, which must be something like over fifty years ago.
Those flat topped trucks were the best models I ever remember the Andersons making and boy would I love to see one now!


and I even found it on Youtube. I remember now there was a bomb in the landing gear so they couldn't use it. I kid you not it brings a tear to my eye now watching it.

Awesome, awesome awesome awesome awesome

 

[Guest]

By the way who remembers Thunderbird 6? Without looking it up who can remember what it was? I went to see the movie as a young kid.

TB6 was a biplane. If I remember the film Brains spent the whole time coming up with designs for specialist vehicles that kept being rejected and in the end they needed a light vehicle with lowspeed and minimal engine wash to land on top of an airship. But I cannot remember what the problem with the airship was.

Well done guys, that's all the series and the 2 films purchased on blu ray (to watch with Lucy of course!)


£60