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TV21Dalek · 22-12-2012, 10:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mike s

cheers guys - they ran from 1967 to 1968

Ah... no wonder, I was only 3 or 4

Wookiee · 22-12-2012, 11:50 AM

I got at Avon IPMS show at Yate the best model kits of the Thunderbird ships
in a small scale for the price of £17 each, but the Tb5 by Imai is great because it has a Tb3 with it.

I am look for the Imai Thunderbird Firefly kit and the viny TB2 by Imai?

TV21Dalek · 28-12-2012, 07:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wookiee

I got at Avon IPMS show at Yate the best model kits of the Thunderbird ships
in a small scale for the price of £17 each, but the Tb5 by Imai is great because it has a Tb3 with it.

I am look for the Imai Thunderbird Firefly kit and the viny TB2 by Imai?

If you mean the resin TB2 that Imai did to 1/144 scale, good luck. It's pretty expensive, but from what I've read a real beauty.
As for the Imai Firelfly... well, the shovel's the right shape

The Imai TB5 is probably the best of their older TB kits... no gimmicks, no motors, just a good model with plenty of detail and a nice size.

Wookiee · 30-12-2012, 11:07 AM

Some model kits are price out of is world and you never see them on table at model shows built or the trade stands like jurassic park viny dinosaur by Horizon, who are gone now!

I think Imai are on longer a round to?

TV21Dalek · 30-12-2012, 11:12 AM

Most of the Imai kits came out in the late 60s according to my Imai Thunderbirds book. Also according to that book Imai brought out a resin TB1 and a resin TB3, although I've never seen them listed anywhere else other than that book.

It seems that when Imai went bust, the only a handful of their kits were released by Aoshima. Maybe we'll see the resin kits again someday.
Personally I'm after the two 1/35 resin figure sets they did. I saw them in a model shop in Japan (behind the counter) for 5000 yen each.
Which is silly.

Wookiee · 30-12-2012, 01:36 PM

TV21Dalek do you go to Ipms or standerd model shows?
some of the resin kit on the marcket are crap, you need ten tin of car filler or more and the wet and dry paper ten sheets and more to get the model looking right, like the old Imai kits are unbuilt toys.

TV21Dalek · 30-12-2012, 01:46 PM

The Imai TB2 resin kit was meant to be a wonderful thing, so I suspect that the TB1 and TB3 would be the same.
As for the cottage-type garage kits... yes I've built a few of them in the past. All air bubbles and misaligned mouldings. By and large Japanese resin kits tend to be well-made... at least the ones I've built are.

As for the older Imai kits being unmade toys... well, for a while they were all we had, until Imai cottoned on and started to produce their accurate models... then went bust!
Shame.

Wookiee · 01-01-2013, 11:00 AM

Happy new year TV21Dalek and keep on modeling

**mike s** · 30-01-2013, 12:15 PM

not a purchase but I have just got hold of scans of this UFO counter display box - I will be making some, anyone interested drop me a PM cheers

barrattdisp&boxes.JPG

**mike s** · 07-03-2013, 12:51 PM

just picked this up - check the condition, I'm dead chuffed

cap_1_12213.jpg

**TerraForm1** · 07-03-2013, 01:46 PM

Very nice Mike. Even has the Mysteron Detector. Spectrum is Green - with envy.

**Transporter** · 07-03-2013, 02:09 PM

Congrats! Nice buy and it looks very accurate to the originals too. How much did you have to pay?

**mike s** · 07-03-2013, 02:42 PM

hi chaps - yeh the detector and radio are there but not the suitcase, but I have a mate who has a spare bag so will buy that then sell the spares

it was £340 which I am very happy to pay for one in this condition - I know a big dealer just sold a very similar one for £900(!)

where I can afford it I am trying to upgrade my stash as I think condition will matter more and more as time goes by

**mike s** · 08-03-2013, 07:39 PM

hi - bagged this today

splendidly battered but I will get the box spruced up and swap it with my current box

my current box is in generally better condition apart from the white square on the front where the lettering goes: that area I had to retouch as it was very grubby when I bought it

so the spv pictured here + my very respectable box may be up for grabs in the near future if anyone's interested

cheers

650349821_o.jpg

mack29 · 11-03-2013, 11:36 AM

New release by Aoshima of the Imai Thundebird 5 kit.
Includes a gimick mechanism which causes the model to rotate on its base but significantly has a ribbed outer ring for the first time and a more detailed bottom antenna.

**TonyB** · 12-03-2013, 08:01 PM

I picked up a signed copy of the Haynes Thundersbird's manual and a 10 x 8 colour picture/autograph of Pam Rose from Space 1999 from Brit Sc1-Fi last Saturday.

**mike s** · 23-05-2013, 02:29 PM

hello folks - just got these pics from ebay

I've been looking for a decent version of the portrait shot for years - its the pic that appears in the inside cover of the first Scarlet Annual, always really liked it but never seen it anywhere apart from that annual

it shows close up just how superbly made the characters were

cap.jpg

Eagle-2 · 23-05-2013, 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mike s

it shows close up just how superbly made the characters were

Especially when you consider that the image is probably two or three times the size of the actual puppet head.

**mike s** · 23-05-2013, 05:49 PM

yeah absolutely - when I get it I'll scan it and stick it up on a post so you can have a proper look

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eagle-2

Especially when you consider that the image is probably two or three times the size of the actual puppet head.

**mike s** · 24-05-2013, 09:34 AM

here you go chaps - 12 x 15 inch first gen prints - possibly made while working on the first annual..?

the SPV is for sale if anyone's interested

DSCF0027a.jpg

DSCF0033a.jpg

22-12-2012, 11:50 AM	#642
Wookiee Astrophysics Technician Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Half way up a Welsh mountain Posts: 309	bandi Tb1 to Tr5 I got at Avon IPMS show at Yate the best model kits of the Thunderbird ships in a small scale for the price of £17 each, but the Tb5 by Imai is great because it has a Tb3 with it. I am look for the Imai Thunderbird Firefly kit and the viny TB2 by Imai?

07-03-2013, 12:51 PM	#650
mike s Eagle Pilot Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 545	just picked this up - check the condition, I'm dead chuffed cap_1_12213.jpg Last edited by mike s; 07-03-2013 at 12:52 PM. Reason: aesthetic reasons

07-03-2013, 01:46 PM	#651
TerraForm1 Astrophysics Technician Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: ONT. Canada Posts: 337	Very nice Mike. Even has the Mysteron Detector. Spectrum is Green - with envy. __________________ Replica Parts: Mattel EAGLE, MPC & Quercetti Fireball XL5, Lincoln International STINGRAY C21 Mac's Car, Rosenthal Thunderbirds. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

07-03-2013, 02:09 PM	#652
Transporter Life Support Officer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: CH Posts: 1,801	Congrats! Nice buy and it looks very accurate to the originals too. How much did you have to pay? __________________ Some of my work: To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. , To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

12-03-2013, 08:01 PM	#656
TonyB Science Officer Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Chesterfield, Derbyshire UK. Posts: 5,260	I picked up a signed copy of the Haynes Thundersbird's manual and a 10 x 8 colour picture/autograph of Pam Rose from Space 1999 from Brit Sc1-Fi last Saturday. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

30-12-2012, 11:07 AM	#644
Wookiee Astrophysics Technician Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Half way up a Welsh mountain Posts: 309	Some model kits are price out of is world and you never see them on table at model shows built or the trade stands like jurassic park viny dinosaur by Horizon, who are gone now! I think Imai are on longer a round to?

30-12-2012, 11:12 AM	#645
TV21Dalek Eagle Pilot Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Glasgow Posts: 529	Most of the Imai kits came out in the late 60s according to my Imai Thunderbirds book. Also according to that book Imai brought out a resin TB1 and a resin TB3, although I've never seen them listed anywhere else other than that book. It seems that when Imai went bust, the only a handful of their kits were released by Aoshima. Maybe we'll see the resin kits again someday. Personally I'm after the two 1/35 resin figure sets they did. I saw them in a model shop in Japan (behind the counter) for 5000 yen each. Which is silly.

30-12-2012, 01:36 PM	#646
Wookiee Astrophysics Technician Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Half way up a Welsh mountain Posts: 309	TV21Dalek do you go to Ipms or standerd model shows? some of the resin kit on the marcket are crap, you need ten tin of car filler or more and the wet and dry paper ten sheets and more to get the model looking right, like the old Imai kits are unbuilt toys.

30-12-2012, 01:46 PM	#647
TV21Dalek Eagle Pilot Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Glasgow Posts: 529	The Imai TB2 resin kit was meant to be a wonderful thing, so I suspect that the TB1 and TB3 would be the same. As for the cottage-type garage kits... yes I've built a few of them in the past. All air bubbles and misaligned mouldings. By and large Japanese resin kits tend to be well-made... at least the ones I've built are. As for the older Imai kits being unmade toys... well, for a while they were all we had, until Imai cottoned on and started to produce their accurate models... then went bust! Shame.

01-01-2013, 11:00 AM	#648
Wookiee Astrophysics Technician Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Half way up a Welsh mountain Posts: 309	Happy new year TV21Dalek and keep on modeling

30-01-2013, 12:15 PM	#649
mike s Eagle Pilot Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 545	not a purchase but I have just got hold of scans of this UFO counter display box - I will be making some, anyone interested drop me a PM cheers barrattdisp&boxes.JPG

07-03-2013, 02:42 PM	#653
mike s Eagle Pilot Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 545	hi chaps - yeh the detector and radio are there but not the suitcase, but I have a mate who has a spare bag so will buy that then sell the spares it was £340 which I am very happy to pay for one in this condition - I know a big dealer just sold a very similar one for £900(!) where I can afford it I am trying to upgrade my stash as I think condition will matter more and more as time goes by

08-03-2013, 07:39 PM	#654
mike s Eagle Pilot Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 545	hi - bagged this today splendidly battered but I will get the box spruced up and swap it with my current box my current box is in generally better condition apart from the white square on the front where the lettering goes: that area I had to retouch as it was very grubby when I bought it so the spv pictured here + my very respectable box may be up for grabs in the near future if anyone's interested cheers 650349821_o.jpg

11-03-2013, 11:36 AM	#655
mack29 Astrophysics Technician Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 285	New release by Aoshima of the Imai Thundebird 5 kit. Includes a gimick mechanism which causes the model to rotate on its base but significantly has a ribbed outer ring for the first time and a more detailed bottom antenna.

23-05-2013, 02:29 PM	#657
mike s Eagle Pilot Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 545	hi hello folks - just got these pics from ebay I've been looking for a decent version of the portrait shot for years - its the pic that appears in the inside cover of the first Scarlet Annual, always really liked it but never seen it anywhere apart from that annual it shows close up just how superbly made the characters were cap.jpg

24-05-2013, 09:34 AM	#660
mike s Eagle Pilot Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 545	here you go chaps - 12 x 15 inch first gen prints - possibly made while working on the first annual..? the SPV is for sale if anyone's interested DSCF0027a.jpg DSCF0033a.jpg

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