Continuing my revisited look at some of the Sixteen 12 Eagle Episode sets, here’s one that hasn’t actual been released yet.
Not long ago
Sixteen 12 officially announced the latest addition to their Episode Collection,
The
Swift, the spacecraft seen in the season 2 episode, Brian the Brain.
I was lucky enough to be able to take a few
photos of their new Swift pre-production prototype model back in September, this year.
It’s a good
size, some 14” long, and although my photos show their excellent 3D model, the
final miniature will be a highly detailed die-cast, which will come with its
own display base.
Personally,
I think it looks great and perfect for anyone who wants a ready-made display
piece, and doesn’t want to tackle the option of a garage kit and all that
entails!
Bearing in mind the model is a prototype, to
the more critical eye, it does look like it needs a few alterations, and possibly additions. The sides
that stick out from the main body are not angled in line with the upper
section, which does make the hull look too wide. There's also a green mechanism missing from between the two top cylinders.
Hopefully,
this is something that the Sixteen 12 team will correct for the finished item.
The
Catacombs website explains that the original filming prop was designed by Ron
Burton, and built by Martin Bower. The model was originally intended to appear
as a landing ship in the Gerry Anderson TV special; Into Infinity, presumably, had it become a series.
In the
Space: 1999 episode it is described as one of four support ships, serving an
unnamed ‘mother ship’ for a 1996 ‘star mission’.
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