Before I
break up the temporary diorama I did for my previous post and photos on my
Product Enterprise Mobiles, I thought I do a few shots of two of my Dinky S.H.A.D.O.
Mobiles which have been given a bit of a make –over.
After
watching the UFO episode, Sound of
Silence which uses Black Park, situated next to Pinewood Studios for some
of its locations, I thought I’d have a little fun trying to recreate some of
the model scenes which featured the Mobiles.
In the
episode a UFO lands in a lake within a thickly wooded area. Mobiles are sent to
investigate, and it soon becomes clear that the UFO is hidden beneath the murky
depths. As dusk falls the Mobiles close in…
Col. Paul
Foster oversees the hunt for the UFO and uses SHADO Control as the mobile base
of operations. Unlike the other three Mobiles, SHADO Control has a roof mounted
radar scanner. I scratch –built one for
the Dinky using some plastic card, plastic square shaped rod, some bits of old
kit parts, and for the radar dish, a section of a clear curved plastic from the side of a washing up bottle. Finally,
it’s bolted to the roof so I can rotate it by hand.
As I only
build these things for my photos they don’t have to be ultra-accurate, just
look something like.
For
S.H.A.D.O. 1, which I built a while ago, the only scratch-built parts are the
bits on the cabin roof. I used spray paint Ford Cuirass Metallic for the body,
although for my SHADO Control I opted for Ford Glacier Blue, which is slightly
lighter in shade.
I suppose I’ll
probably get round to doing a Dinky S.H.A.D.O.2 & 3 eventually, once I find
a couple of cheap donor models, suitably battered and ready for a new lease of life.
