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Monday, 11 September 2023

THIS CHARMING NOMAD

I'm a big fan of Nomad from the (proper) Star Trek episode The Changeling, so I just had to have this charming little Eaglemoss replica.

This unit is different, it is well ordered

Kevin

Sunday, 10 September 2023

DOWN THE SUNDAY SALE

An impromptu visit with the Grandkids to a very local cricket club car boot garnered loads of stuff for them and a few tasty morsels for yours truly.

Don't know much about them yet but here they. Any ideas?

TANKS IN ADVANCE

Years and years ago MC covered a cheapo plastic ATV available in the discounters, the advance guard of any carpet army.

It had the solid chops of the Joe 90 TV show Explosives Truck U59 we thought. Here's a Japanese Tamiya model of it and the U87.

Well it looks like decades later a similar cheapo ATV is back, the Deform Armoured Car.

This could be Chinese or Indian, I'm unsure. Its online.

Its bump 'n' go!

Interestingly the tank barrel pops out and the rear lifts to run a disco!

What do you think?

Have you got an cheapo ATV like this?

Saturday, 9 September 2023

FLASH BACK

I love this carded space set I saw on auction last year. Its a Flash Gordon Space Explorers by the US company Shimmel.

The pieces are mostly Major Matt Mason style miniatures with a couple of Giant type spacemen.

I love the card backing art. The Major Matt Mason style Recono-Jet is fab but I don't know what the satellite is. Do you?

Moonbase Junior's Space Explorer

The spaceship blasted through the black hole at the speed of light.

Words, model and pics all by Junior age 6.

The Grandson Moonbase Junior is a tough nut to crack when it comes to Thunderbirds. He's a big fan of the modern Thunderbirds are Go animated series. He's not such a fan of the puppet version, the original TV show we grew up with. I have tried to get him to watch but he got bored!

To coax Junior into the old stuff I'm leaving vintage Thunderbirds annuals out in his room.

Not sure if this substitute will work but Brains said give it a go.

Any other ideas?

Airfix Kits in Thunderbirds on You Tube

Here is another video from Matteline 1967, looking at various kits, mainly by Airfix, and how the parts were used on various vehicles and buildings in Thunderbirds.

Most of the kits are from the Airfix Trackside range, such as the Footbridge, Travelling Crane, railway Signal Gantry, and others; along with the SR.N1 Hovercraft. There are also a few US kits by Revell and AMT.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN77RPBVUjY&t=19s

Paul Adams from New Zealand