TERRAHAWKS MODELS BY DAVID SISSON

It will come as no surprise that there was no shortage of models, both original and replica on display at Andercon.

Model maker, David Sisson whom I'd previously chatted to at last year's Cosford event, had brought along a few of the many excellent studio scale replicas he's made over the years.

Although many of his Supermarionation models were on display I was taken with his Terrahawks replicas which carried some incredible detail . In fact as they had their own table display with a couple of original Zeroid props if someone had told me they were original I wouldn't have known any better.

His Battlehawk is a fair size, around three feet long. Again, the attention to detail is awesome. 

You can just about see the tracks of a little Battletank on the underside.

David's Battletank is another nice model. I remember putting one of my models, a revolving Space City Tower on display at Fanderson '84, and while I was setting it up I was asked to repair the original Battletank which had been damaged in transit. The original was made of perspex sheet and fairly battered about, with heavy detail that would presumably have been picked out under the bright studio lights.

The excellent detail on David's Battletank is a little more subtle, but nevertheless effective.

David's Treehawk could quite easily fool anyone into thinking it was an original prop. The black scorch marks on the hull look very effective.

Note the detail around the cockpit - excellent stuff!

   More of David's other models later.