large scale scratchbuild of thunderbird one

[barrie]

hi guys
well it had to happen after me making a a lot of star wars models and a coupld of battle star gallactica models I thought it was time to have a go at a thundrbird machine, and here is my humble attempt at thunderbird one. she is all built from flat sheet and a little bit of filer ( or should I say a lot of filler ) she took just over 3 weeks to build and I did enjoy it so much in fact that another thunderbird machine may be also on its way soon to this website. anyway take a look at the first few build up images and please let me know what you think.


regards Barrie ( the old guy )

 

[Glyn800]

Nice look forward to seeing more! Loved the Thunderbirds series

 

[DMC 12]

Very nice! Just the other day I was thinking of how much I want a 6 foot tall Thunderbird 3

 

[Chaank]

AW DUDE!!! Looking forward to more pic's of this. Nice work there.

 

[damienjameswebb]

has it been done to any particular scale?

 

[barrie]

Re: large scale scratchbuild of thunderbird one part two

Hi Guys,
yes I also miss the thunderbirds nothing has come close since then, now about that six foot thunderbird three are you sure you have the room for it ?. I could arange for one to be built hahahaha. glad you like what you see so far guys so here just for you are some more pics, there wil be some more over the next few days, keep watching this space. boy thats sounds very corny.
anyway here they are. ooopss forgot to mention the scale who knows but the model is approx 32 inches tall and main body 6 inches across. I scaled up Philip d reas plan by five times after printing it of fro the internet and many thanks to philip for making them available for all.

regards barrie ( the old guy )

 

[jimpeachey]

I want a large Thunderbird 2, i think that could be a really cool model.

 

[darkoutcast]

I loved that show. Looking forward to more. Thanks for sharing.

 

[barrie]

part three thunderbird one scratchbuild

hello everyone,
well here it comes part three of my scratchbuild of thunderbird one, then soon the finish shots then you guys can ripp it to pieces and tell me how to improve my model making.

regards Barrie ( the old guy )

 

[barrie]

scratchbuild thunderbird one part three

hi guys here is part of the large thunderbird one scratchbuild, painting is not my srong point so I feel my models are like works of art best viewed from a little distance, and as for the digital cameras they miss nothing at all, they are just to good, I wish I had a friend that could paint all my models as I just like to build and build,


regards Barrie ( the old guy ) let me know what you think guys and be honest so that I can take on the messages on board and improve on the next one I HOPE.

 

[barrie]

launch of scratcbuild of thunderbird one

hi everyone well here she is ready to launch into the realms of the internet super highway, here are the last few shots of my large scale scratchbuild of thunderbird one which will soon be on display in my local hobby shop TRNASPORT MODELS OF PRESTON LANCASHIRE pop in and have a look at thunderbird one if you can along with some of my other models. please let me know what you think as this will help me to improve on my next scratcbuilds.




regards Barrie ( the old guy )

 

[Gattaca]

Re: launch of scratcbuild of thunderbird one

Looks good to me, and not as big as I thought it would be. Maybe I should build models this big, it would be easier on my eyes and I wouldn't need reading glasses. If you're happy with it then that's all that counts, every model is a learning experience, try new things and learn from mistakes, mistakes are just as important and successes if you learn from them. Keep it up, I always enjoyed watching the Thunderbirds as a kid, may favorite was Thunderbird 2.
Another old guy.

 

[seven]

Re: launch of scratcbuild of thunderbird one

Nice to see more Thunderbird love =)

 

[redcarl69]

Any chance of posting the link to the plans you used? This looks great!

 

[barrie]

Hello Mr Recarl69,
nice name tag, anyway if I knew how to stick a link in I would do so but if you just search under thunderbird one you will find the drawings by Philip D rea, he has done all the thunderbrid machines at some point but they are not all on the net, but I must thank him for putting thunderbird one out there for model makers have fun

regards Barrie ( the old guy )