THE JO TEK THUNDERBIRD 3 MYSTERY

 

This is an odd one, the JO TEK Thunderbird 3 toy on a very basic blister card.

 All I know is that I saw it listed in Budapest. Does that mean its a Hungarian Thunderbirds toy?

Anyone know?

ED's SWORD DAY TARHEEL PINK NOVA I

I've just got this Nova I rocket in the post! It has a couple of condition issues, but these things simply don't come up for sale that often and, as they say, "Any port in a storm will do".

The canopy is missing and one of the canard wings is broken off (it appears that perhaps a 1/72 scale F-104 Starfighter wing might be a close match??). According to Paul V., all three Nova rockets share the same part or item number (No. 5918).

Enjoy!

From Vegas Base

Ed

Strange Attractor

 

This Spanish carded set is odd. The attractive Space rocket art suggests a space toy but the game appears to be fishing for 'paper' boats!

and is that Thunderbird 3's red engine at the left hand side of the backing art?

Like I said, strange!

THE AOSHIMA THUNDERBIRD 3 LAUNCH BAY

Hi,

Managed to get the Aoshima kit of the Thunderbird 3 launch bay. 

Once more I needed to replace a load of bits and add a load of bits, but it looks nice on display.

Taking off now,

Kevin

UK

This one hasn't been re-released by AIP like TB1 and TB2 have. Still, I've completed the set!

Bill EV's Taito Thunderbird 3

Here's one that my friend Wayne Stock did. The model is a Taito TB3, I did the photography, placing it in front of a black velvet backdrop. [a-la-space-1999-eagles]

There were several shots taken and then then it was over to Wayne to do the really clever stuff. He's a very talented fine artist and photographer, and even had exhibitions when we were still in school together. In fact, I've known Wayne since I was about 4 years old, so we predate Thunderbirds!

The TB3 normally sits in a display cabinet on a shelf with the rest of my roughly 1/300th scale collection of models which include; a Concorde, Zero-X, Titan 3 MOL, Avro Vulcan and a load of other Gerry Anderson TV Vehicles.

But it was good to see the old firework in her natural environment!

Bill Everatt | Celtica Radio

THREE BIRD

 

I think I saw this fine snap of the JR21 Thunderbird 3 on Ebay a while back.

A toy I had I had as a kid, we've been apart far too long. The box art is just superb I think too. With prices that would make Alan Tracy run off, I enjoy this and the other JR21 Thunderbirds from a safe distance these days.

Are you lucky enough to own one of these beauties?

THUNDERBIRD 3 TOY MYSTERY

I love this old Birthday Card I bought offa Ebay.

Besides the vintage ted's admiring his rocket there's a genuine yellow and red Thunderbird 3 toy too!

Anyone any idea which toy TB3 it is?

kev's fantastic thunderbird 3 from scratch

Hi,

Quick images of my TB3 scratchbuild. I never seem to take many shots of it.

Take care,

Kevin

JR21 Thunderbird 3

Here’s the JR21 Thunderbird 3, and at 6/11 eventually reducing to 5/11 it was the cheapest of the Thunderbird toy vehicles.

The toy is a reasonable representation of International Rescue’s spaceship, and has some nice detail.

 

 

Mine is an Empire Made version rather than the less desirable Made in England one which appeared when production moved to Britain.

 

Very much a stocking filler.

 

 

 

THE BOOSTER ROCKET AND TB3 HEAT SHIELDS BY AMY AND JON

Blog readers Amy and Jon have sent in this great bloglet:

Following up your recent article comparing the Sword Booster Rocket engine with the JR21 Thunderbird 3 Heat Shield we thought we'd try to help out, so here's a few statistics with some attached pics.

We'll compare the Sword Booster with the JR TB3 and also the Heat Shield from what we assume was the Lincon International kit of TB3 (we can only assume it's from the Lincon kit as the heat shield is all we've got ! It's been in a box of spare parts since the sixties, but we assume it's from the Lincon kit as it's approx. 1/3 bigger than the JR toy, which seems right for the overall size of the Lincon - about 30 cms. - to the JR - about 20 cms.).

It seems unlikely that JR and Lincon would share each others moulds but we thought we'd throw it in for completeness ! We've also noted the number of "Ribs" or "Fins" that go around each piece. So-

JR TB3 heat shield - 3.75 cms. long with 16 ribs

Booster engine - 6.5 cms. long with 12 ribs

Lincon TB3 heat Shield - 6.5 cms. long with 18 ribs

So there doesn't seem to be much correlation - even if the Sword part was "tooled up " in scale, it could be expected to have the same number of ribs. However ...

A famous part of the TB3 design is the the tiny "flair-in" at the base of the heat shield where the ribs bend back on themselves at around 90 degrees to give an "tucked in" effect (Difficult to put into words, but just look at the base of the heat shield - they are coloured yellow on the JR TB3 ).

Now if you look closely at the pic showing the rear of the Booster engine - there it is - the exact same "tapering in" effect which is distinctive of the TB3 heat shield.

So there we are - that's our evidence - for and against - what does anyone else think ?

Fab stuff Amy and Jon! Thanks ever so much for sharing this! Woodsy