16/12 INFERNAL MACHINE EPISODE SET

Although I’ve covered this in the past, here’s some photos I’ve recently taken of the Sixteen 12 ‘Infernal Machine’ Episode set, which was released in 2021, and has a limited production run of 1500.

Before we start I’m aware that the set raises some consternation with some collectors, as it doesn’t include a model of ‘Gwent’, the actual ‘Infernal Machine’ in the episode title. To be honest, while the story is fine, that ship isn’t one of my favourite designs from the series. It was apparently a pain to film too, and I can understand the frustration that visual effects director, Nick Allder had with the thing, as, once filming had finished, he apparently picked up the larger of the two models used, and destroyed it by throwing it across the studio floor.

The set contains a standard Transport Eagle with detachable pod.

As with all Sixteen 12 12 inch Eagles, the detail is excellent, a lot better than the recent Anderson Entertainment releases, which we now know are actually Eaglemoss models with a few tweaks.

Here's my review of the Anderson Entertainment Eagle: 

https://projectswordtoys.blogspot.com/2023/12/a-look-at-rescue-eagle-from-anderson.html

It’s fair to add though, that the Anderson Entertainment 10 inch Eagles are currently on sale for £125, while the Sixteen 12 set, which is still available on the Sixteen 12 website, retails at £230.

The Sixteen 12 Eagle features the familiar machine turned and hand finished engine bells, which helps in giving it’s authentic look.

There’s the usual Alpha Moon Buggy and a grey loading platform display plinth included.

The set comes with two of the three Alpha Tanks, as seen in the episode. The third, with the bubble cockpit cover was included with the Sixteen 12 ‘Breakaway – Part 2’ Episode set, which is now sold out (The same tank, minus a driver was part of the Product Enterprise Deluxe Eagle set)

The Alpha Laser Tank with the Eagle type cockpit. The fan speculation about the Laser Tanks is they are converted lunar construction vehicles, adapted for defence at some point following the Moon’s breakaway from Earth.

Although they aren’t actually named individually in the episode, this is generally referred to as the flat bed Alpha Laser Tank. Although the models in the Sixteen 12 set are scaled to the 12 inch Eagle, the actual three filming prop tanks were built using the chassis of 1/25 scale Tamiya Chieftain tank kits