Bill talks about the blog effect now and then so when I saw this I wondered if this would be a case in point as the effect usually involves ...

Today's fascinating discussion about the LP Moon Explorer Car tyres reminded of the mysterious wheels on another model I have, Imai...

This is exciting for SWORDies like me. This looks like a normal boxed Thunderbird 7 / Project SWORD Beetle by Imai. But it cont...

AKA the Project SWORD Beetle

The movie Thunderbirds Are Go is a must see for SWORD Fans. Its all about Zero-X after all! The movie Thunderbird 6 has much to offer t...

If you want to search the Japanese web for the Imai Thunderbird 7 then check google images using this サンダーバード７号.

Imai's Thunderbird 7 aka The Project SWORD Beetle filmed by Tachit Sky on You Tube. Beware, there is a hypnotic noise in the backgr...

Japanese fan painting of the Imai Thunderbird 7 box art. The TB7 or  サンダーバード７号 was the Project SWORD Beetle, the heat-shielded form o...

Fellow collector Terry H recently alerted me to this auction in Japan of a Imai THUNDERBIRD 7. The interesting thing that Terry spotted is ...

In the early summer Bill and I did some repairs to the Moonbase Project SWORD Fleet. On the bench [garden table] were the Imai Thunderbi...

I took these photos recently to show the size of the Imai Thunderbird 7/ Beetle model, [kindly constructed by Bill] compare...

Some of the booty netted this half term holiday at boot sales and on the net. All interesting in one way or another. The old Dutch Prin...

Not sure how to follow a whole hour of SWORDesque stuff on the radio but here's something I've had on the backburner for a while.  ...

Browsing the amazing Japanese website, which in English is the Thunderbirds Merchandise Museum [I think], I found two new images of ...