Dateline: 2065: Very brief update

I was unable to sleep last night so I got my razor saw out and started trimming the area around the hole left by the motor on the JR21 Thunderbird 3. The ABS was easy to deal with and just needs some sanding to leave a flush surface. Now I just have to figure out how to cover the hole.
Originally I was going to remove the engines from the lower cylinder and replace it, but that's too risky. Instead I need to find a plastic cylinder of the same size and then cut out a shape roughly the same shape as the hole. Once that is secure I can fill and sand until the fit is seamless and I have a complete unit.

I was wrong about the docking ring and arms being softer plastic... they also appear to be ABS, albeit rather slippery ABS. That's good as it means I can sand off rough areas, and also tidy up where I cut the nose wheel from the docking ring.
I will also have to use filler on the tip of the nose and sand to shape... or a blob of superglue, which may be stronger and less likely to 'plink' off as I sand it to a point.

All in all I am very happy with this old toy. Comparing it to profile photos I can see that the main body could be a little longer, while the lower cylindrical bulge could be a little shorter, but I'm not complaining, it was a toy, after all.

From what I've seen of the other JR21 toys, I think they are all pretty good likenesses, so much so that they were used in the Thunderbirds Christmas episode "Give or Take a Million" albeit with some minor changes such as TB1 with legs and with its wheels removed.