DINKY MOBILES & THE SOUND OF SILENCE

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.