From Fireball XL5 to Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, Gerry Anderson's 1960s Supermarionation (puppet) TV series presented a 21st century full of amazing machines, wonderful craft, and brave men and women ready to fly off into space, dive under the sea, rescue helpless people from seemingly impossible situations, and defend the Earth from vengeful aliens able to recosntruct objects and people after destruction.
Although Fireball XL5, Stingray, Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet were all stand alone series, Gerry Anderson's weekly comic, "TV Century 21" brought them all together, inhabiting the same continuity, and even crossing over occasionally. These stories were as action-packed as the TV versions, but weren't hampered by budget or technical issues. They were magical...
This isn't a blog about the various TV series, but rather building models of craft and characters based on, and inspired by those series, and also of the world of "TV Century 21". Whether it's a star craft like Thunderbird 2, or a guest model such as the Arrowhead fighter I will do my best to recreate these from kits and conversions.
I won't be attempting to build studio scale replicas... I just don't have the space for models like that.
I won't be attempting to build studio scale replicas... I just don't have the space for models like that.
So, whether your call sign is PWOR, FAB or SIG I hope you will join me as I delve into the spares box, shake the bits about and build models.
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