My Thunderbirds Puppet Replicas.

[NextGenMaker]

Thunderbirds had me when it was airing on the now defunct TechTV; I'm a sucker for cheese and enormous machines. These are awesomely crafted and look original.

You know, it'd be cool to see a reboot of that show done with puppets, but maybe augment the marionation with some rod puppetry since the rod removal is much easier now. You know, so they don't have to fumble with holding and grabbing objects .

 

[TheNylonGag]

Simply Beautiful

Gag

 

[Face Ache]

Cheers all. Currently making Alan.

 

[Junk Pilot]

Fantastic craftsmanship.

 

[gjjackson]

I remember watching the show as a kid and wondering how they got the mouth movements to sync up with the audio so well. Come to find out they put solenoids in the heads and ran the audio through it. This was the reason the heads were over sized. Another aspect that made me wonder is the faces of the characters. They all seemed to be familiar looking. I never could determine Who they may have been patterned after.

 

[Guff]

I I never could determine Who they may have been patterned after.

Not sure about Thunderbirds (apart from Lady Penelope, who looked very similar to Sylvia Anderson), but I believe Captain Scarlet was modelled after Cary Grant and Colonel White was based on Charles Gray...or are was this just an urban myth?

 

[joberg]

Very good job on Alan...keep up the good work

 

[JANDERS10]

Not sure about Thunderbirds (apart from Lady Penelope, who looked very similar to Sylvia Anderson), but I believe Captain Scarlet was modelled after Cary Grant and Colonel White was based on Charles Gray...or are was this just an urban myth?

I know Francis Mathews ( who voiced Captain Scarlet) was doing his impersonation of Cary Grant for it, not sure about the modelling though.
I spotted a pic of Sean Connery on the wall of the guys making puppets for the first Thunderbirds film. I think he might be the Mike Travers, one of the pilots of Zero-X ?

 

[Face Ache]

I want to make a Crazy Harry Muppet and a 4ft Martian tripod sometime in the next few months.

I got my Martian Fighting Machine (mostly) made. 4 foot two inches.

Next up: Making a more accurate TB1 pilot's chair while I collect parts for making Captain Scarlet.

 

[Face Ache]

Over the last two weeks I've made a better TB1 chair. Has some original parts - the front grilles are from 1960s Revell Custom Car Parts "Dream Car Bumpers and Grilles", the seatbelts are Brooks cyclists toe clips, and the side levers are column indicator arms.

Using original parts, I was able to guesstimate some of the dimensions reasonably well.

 

[zuexeus]

on man, i'm diggin' that animal! off topic, but i'ld love to see more pix of him and that drum set!

 

[Face Ache]

That's just a Master Replicas Animal and a toy drum set that I customised.

 

[Face Ache]

Gnnyaaargh! Someone pointed out that the third "hydraulic" leg on my TB1 chair should, in fact, be a counterbalance, not a leg! It's been driving me crazy all week, so today I fixed it and made a working counterbalance.

If my house ever suddenly rotates 90°... the chair will fall off the table.

Well what did you expect?

 

[Face Ache]

Just finished a new Parker puppet replica.

 

[DaddyfromNaboo]

Great work, as usual! But please, no subtle advertising for sales, since this is against RPF rules.

 

[Face Ache]

Great work, as usual! But please, no subtle advertising for sales, since this is against RPF rules.

Sorry. Just had a look at the rules and edited my post.

At my current rate I should have 50 posts by... um... January 2017. Something to look forward to! lol.

 

[DaddyfromNaboo]

Sorry. Just had a look at the rules and edited my post.

At my current rate I should have 50 posts by... um... January 2017. Something to look forward to! lol.

Look into becoming a premium member and ask Montagar if that post count rule applies to members who have been around for almost two years, too.

 

[joberg]

Parker is looking spiffy...good job mate:cool

 

[Lee S]

Amazing work!!

 

[SofaKing01]

These are beautiful pieces of artwork!