mike delamar

I believe the exhaust pieces I was looking for are from the revell beatnik bandit. cheers guys Mike

Hi guys Im wondering if someone could be kind enough to post a photo or 2 of the revell bubble dome custom car pack for me please. Ive never seen a good shot of whats in the kit and would like to eliminate it from my search many thanks Mike

they where one of the earliest people to do it, they later used the technique in star wars and films like that to dress up shapes without having to make each individual part. saves on time and kit parts are cheap. In Thunderbirds they did build the 1/25 car kits standard too, remember this was 1965 when this was made,they where thrown together quick, ánd they where only meant to be seen for a few seconds on screen, the days before video and dvd they bought loads of the kits of the time, the exhausts I need will be from one of them, just havent found it yet, and need you guys help. some blu ray screengrabs of 1/25 kit cars in Thunderbirds. the ford thunderbird I believe is the 3 in 1 monogram kit. I quite like it in the Police car colours and may do one some day. Mike

Thanks David heres something else you guys may be able to help me with for another project.... Im pretty sure the bubbletop dome on this was from the revell mysterion kit, the dimensions are pretty close although this is a little flat at the rear and doesnt have the lips either side, the profile is pretty close. the kit was released in 1964 so it could be it. Im just wondering where there any other kits from this time that had a similar type of bubbledome? and if anyone thinks it could be from the mysterion. does the 60s version differ from the later re-release? i think it has a slight blue tint to it also. the chrome parts on the side im pretty sure are from the AMT allison engine parts kit. thanks guys for any help cheers Mike

Hi guys Im still looking for those exhaust manifolds, in the meantime Ive built a truck from Thunderbirds, I even displayed it at a recent convention along with some of my other replicas where I met the creator of the show Gerry Anderson, he was very kind with his comments on my models, which havent been recreated for around 45 years. here are some of my work in progress models, some are finished such as the fire engines which featured in a few episodes, took me 2 years trying to find the original style of 1960s kitchen spice canister they used on it! including the large industrial bulbs, original toys they canibalised and kit parts.. can see the yellow fire engine still in wood in the background which I want the v8 manifolds for.. my truck at the con, worked out the majority of the bits on this but theres still a few im looking for although I have used similar pieces for now.. Mike

heres a better pic from a screengrab, taken later on when some of the other bits had fallen off Im not asking for anything for free, will certainly pay if anyone has any, although itd be nicer to still know what they where from, as the same kit may give clues to some other mystery bits Im trying to find, as if the original model maker had the sprue from that kit in front of him, he'd be likely to stick other pieces from it elsewhere on the model which would be impossible to identify otherwise. cheers Mike

just found a pic of the double whammy, it aint that, but close although definatley getting warmer Mike

no problem, would you be able post a pic of them please? just trying to narrow it down, the show was filmed late 1964 early 65, so thatd rule out anything later. do you think it could be the double whammy kit? have you had one of those? if theres any suggestions to throw into the hat please do thanks Mike

Hi Dan would you be willing to part with them? Mike

Hi guys one kit I think it could be is the AMT Double whammy, although I cant find any pics on the net of the parts, only box covers. can I ask if anyone has this kit, could they maybe post a pic of the exhaust parts or maybe an instruction sheet or similar please? or if they think it could be any other kit please say cheers Mike

Hi guys, Ive got a revell 1965 catalogue, and so easily managed to work out that it wasnt anything from Revell. would like to try and get hold of a AMT, Monogram and others it could be from, having trouble finding those. If someone has a catalogue from around 1964/65 could someone either please tell me what dragsters AMT and Monogram produced around back then, maybe post a list or maybe a catalogue page pic? thanks for any assistance cheers Mike

The SPV in the first episode when it appears, is hidden in a truck... some of you may recognise it, as it was a large Topper Johnny Express toy truck Im not sure how popular that toy was here in the UK but believe it was popular in the states? the SPV and SPC where big models, the best replicas of them Ive seen are by this guy... http://homepages.tesco.net/d.sisson/spv.htm http://homepages.tesco.net/d.sisson/spcar.htm cheers Mike

few more shots of 1/24 1/25 cars. Stingray, not sure what kit. the AMT silhouette pops up again E type jaguar some more american cars.. note how theyve used a cut out of an AMT box as an advert on the magazine booth Mike

Steve, thanks, I hope it is that, that would leave only the piece behind it with the red painted dots on. and the chrome bumper piece underneath it.. also the mesh, but I dont think thats from a kit. Paul, Ive got a fab1. Imai do a kit of it, its around 1/25 but I think its slightly small, they do a recent one with clear bubble dome, the old kit it was blue, nice kit, only thing I did was to add the white piping on the seats. everything else you get in the kit Mike

thanks again heres some behind the scenes shots of the crablogger before filming in 1966... the sidewinder was a huge model too, I dont think theyres any behind the scenes shots of it.. the helicopter is around 12" long, so that gives some Idea of the size, also the arms are metal cake tins some more big uns. big Thunderbird 3 and puppet size Fab1 Rolls royce, I think this one looked the best, they did build a full size one but it didnt have any of the shapes and curves or a proper bubble dome roof, there was a few smaller scale ones too, 1/25 and a larger one of about 15inches. sorry if this is going wildy off topic of 1/24 plastic car kits cheers Mike