THUNDERBIRD 2

[GEEK1138]

Hey guys, so I have wanted to build this beautiful ship for years, and now, with the departure of the Mando starfighter I have some room in my workshop, so it feels like the time to do it.
It is 3 x studio scale
Here's what I got so far;

 

[joberg]

^^
One of my F.A.B. ship Looking good and eager to see the next updates

 

[GEEK1138]

OK the printing is finished...actually just gonna have it as is, in flying mode;

 

[enterprise0216]

FAB!!! Thunderbirds ARE GO!!

 

[joberg]

Love it already

 

[yaris]

Looks good so far, but I hate to tell you this...you wings are on backwards....

 

[GEEK1138]

So here's my problem...what colour is TB2...on a Thunderbirds forum a member stated emphatically that it was Pantone 363 and there doesn't seem to be much more information or a consensus of what is right. But, this is Pantone 363 and it don't look like the Thunderbird 2 I remember from the tele of my childhood. Any helpful ideas?

 

[joberg]

Always difficult...But this is the model used in 2014 and sold by the PropStore. I guess that with the dark lines of the paneling + a good satin finish, the color should be good

 

[KevinD]

Colour is so difficult. Lighting changes it, film stock changes it and different prints of the same reference photo look a different colour!
I went with a Tamiya green spray for mine, it looked OK (or so I think anyway).

 

[flimzy]

I still think you hid away a whole crew of people when I came to your shop.

 

[KevinD]

?????

 

[rastanz]

I used Humbrol 80 Grass Green (flat) and Humbrol 131 Mid Green Satin enamels over a black primer.

 

[GEEK1138]

Thanks for the input guys...some beautiful work there...hopefully mine will look as good

So I have used an online colour matching service and referenced the iconic ramp launch as my pic colour to clone. Hope to have the paint soon and get this puppy painted and weathered

 

[enterprise0216]

Truly incredible its ready to be filmed.... ROLL THE CAMERAS!!

 

[kermet]

I always watched these so cool and super job on this project.

 

[RevelationSpace]

Did you make any progress on the paint?

The colour of TB2 is one of those famously difficult things to nail (only marginally less difficult than the shape of the nose, which is almost never right) because, as has been noted, it changed quite often and the colour we know from the show is not the colour as seen on the real model.

 

[GEEK1138]

OK it's been a while and longer than expected but I can now get round to finishing this puppy. Quite happy with the paintwork now...still some subtle stuff to do with panel lines etc, and then the lettering to finish;

 

[yaris]

Excellent work and it looks awesome...!! I prefer the Army Olive type colour, but it could and is just about any colour depending on perspective.

It's the best Thunderbird and Iconic right up there with the MF from SW

 

[SSR]

Looks great !
Interesting that TB2 has wings that another poster jokingly referred to as "on backwards".
I guess it is another example of Derek Meddings being ahead of his time - the Grumman X29 with "backwards wings" wouldn't fly for another twenty years after the premiere of Thunderbirds in 1964.

 

[GEEK1138]

F.A.B. Thunderbird 2 is done...still one of the most beautiful ships ever created, and I'm happy with how it turned out. I don't really have the room to keep this, so it is for sale...if anyone is interested, just PM me