Absolutely love it! I grew up with watching Thunderbirds and I was born in 2000. I watched every episode ever and I know most by heart and can reside it as I rewatch it...this one's for this video...WE RUNNING OUT OF RUNWAY! WERE NOT GONNA MAKE IT!!! FIREFLASH LIFT PORT WING LIFT PORT WING!!!
Oh come on mate , what about the pepsi livery , it's stunning . Apparently they only painted one for publicity , as it caused problems to the aircraft . I seem to recall , the colour caused the aircrafts surface to become too hot . So it only ever flew subsonic , but it was a hell of a paint job .
There's 4 elevator cars because as in the show when the first rescue was attempted one of the elevator cars had a malfunction and crashed so they used the fourth which was a spare this is why there's 4 in the kit for a guess.
Love the boxes on these. Because it's bachman most of the online railway model shops are carrying them. Just finishing the fab 1 and to be honest it's a bit of a shocker.
if you wanted to fly fireflash there was an add on for microsoft flight sim x (in fact most Anderson craft except tb4 and tb5), Ihave most and all fly correctly (tb2 even drops a pod with an animated mole). fireflash is amimated and once up flies well but take off and landing are pigs and now i know why it kept getting in trouble lol
Great kit for a fantastic show. Loved the Thunderbirds as a kid. I'm a Thunderbird 2 man myself but this looks like it has a lot of potential. Guess you'll have to watch the episode several times, you know, for research purposes. Want to get all those details correct.
Hi Jason, I was watching some old episodes of Mr. Bean(Rowan Atkinson) last night. In one of the scenes, season 1 episode 10, he is getting into bed and guess what? He has a Thunderbird comforter and pillow case! See you next time.
Fireflash landed on 3 elevator cars but what you are forgetting is one the first landing attempt car number 3 has a fault and drives its self into a plane.
So you wanted to fly one huh , well i've always wanted to make a radio controlled model of one , so i guess that basically makes me no better . I got to agree with you though , it is a stunning looking aircraft . I've got some line drawings kicking around somewhere . In a japanese book i managed to pick up years ago . Just never had the time , to really sit down , and figure out the issues , i think there will be plenty . Perhaps the biggest , will be lift , It's quite a big aircraft , and the wings are relatively small . So i think the wings are gonna be short of area . I think the only aircraft you could compare it to , would be the american fighter aircraft , F104 , Lockheed Starfighter . There's no addition lift devices like slats or flaps , only air brakes , so to overcome lack of lift , speed would be a go to . Except here the problem is , it may get too fast . Then you have to consider the loss of wing area in the landing configuration . At a time when you need it the most , the stall speed would climb faster than the actual aircraft . Don't forget the wheels are in wingtip pods , and the outer panels folded , would be producing little to no lift at all . And that leads us to another problem , undercarriage . There is no articulation , which would make rotation difficult . That's actually quite an easy one to deal with , but without it , there would be too much stress on the back half during take off and landing . Building the model would be a doddle , getting it to fly would be just a little bit more of a challenge .
I've got the japanese release in my stash waiting to be built for the second time. What I remember when I built my fist one is that the white stripe is a pain and that there isnot enough of it. Would be interested in see what you make of it when it comes to decals as i cannot tell if they are the same and have the same faults of the japanese version.
Hi Jason, really nice review. I can tell you are more than a little excited to have this kit. I have never heard of the show, or the vehicle. I'll have to do a little searching to see what it's all about. Thanks for sharing. See you next time.
Absolutely love it! I grew up with watching Thunderbirds and I was born in 2000. I watched every episode ever and I know most by heart and can reside it as I rewatch it...this one's for this video...WE RUNNING OUT OF RUNWAY! WERE NOT GONNA MAKE IT!!! FIREFLASH LIFT PORT WING LIFT PORT WING!!!
The extra car was needed as there was a radio issue with one of the cars when they tried to land the first time. Things we remember of our childhood
Thats right they bring the spare out! Well remembered 👍🏻
i was remembering the same, car 3 decides to piss off just as fireflash lands lol
Glad this has been re-issued. The older editions were becoming rarer and more expensive by the day.
Now I want to retcon 2 of these to build as British Airways versions in Landor and Chatham liveries as seen on Concorde. :3
Oh come on mate , what about the pepsi livery , it's stunning . Apparently they only painted one for publicity , as it caused problems to the aircraft . I seem to recall , the colour caused the aircrafts surface to become too hot . So it only ever flew subsonic , but it was a hell of a paint job .
@@mickey1299 Tempting, tempting,lol.
Only downside, it's Air France.
There's 4 elevator cars because as in the show when the first rescue was attempted one of the elevator cars had a malfunction and crashed so they used the fourth which was a spare this is why there's 4 in the kit for a guess.
Love the boxes on these. Because it's bachman most of the online railway model shops are carrying them. Just finishing the fab 1 and to be honest it's a bit of a shocker.
Will need to get the finger out and finally get around to getting one of these kits.
I love 1:72 & 1:350 scaled Sci-fi and real kits…
1:72 goes with my large Dragon Saturn V kit
1:350 goes with my large Star Trek 1701 Enterprise
I was a kid Thunderbirds was on the air in that time, the time is so fast!
if you wanted to fly fireflash there was an add on for microsoft flight sim x (in fact most Anderson craft except tb4 and tb5), Ihave most and all fly correctly (tb2 even drops a pod with an animated mole). fireflash is amimated and once up flies well but take off and landing are pigs and now i know why it kept getting in trouble lol
excellent review my friend looks a great kit that box looks amazing thanks for sharing
Nice kits. Thanks for sharing.
Great kit for a fantastic show. Loved the Thunderbirds as a kid. I'm a Thunderbird 2 man myself but this looks like it has a lot of potential. Guess you'll have to watch the episode several times, you know, for research purposes. Want to get all those details correct.
research what a nightmare 😎😀👍🏻
Really poor excuse mate . Really poor !
What channel is it on ?
Hi Jason, I was watching some old episodes of Mr. Bean(Rowan Atkinson) last night. In one of the scenes, season 1 episode 10, he is getting into bed and guess what? He has a Thunderbird comforter and pillow case! See you next time.
Got to love thunderbirds
I love the thunderbirds
Cool! they provided a stand and display sheet!!!
Yep its all very cool indeed 👍🏻
Fireflash landed on 3 elevator cars but what you are forgetting is one the first landing attempt car number 3 has a fault and drives its self into a plane.
Shouldn't you have strings attached Jason 😉😉
The box art alone sells the kit.
So you wanted to fly one huh , well i've always wanted to make a radio controlled model of one , so i guess that basically makes me no better . I got to agree with you though , it is a stunning looking aircraft . I've got some line drawings kicking around somewhere . In a japanese book i managed to pick up years ago . Just never had the time , to really sit down , and figure out the issues , i think there will be plenty . Perhaps the biggest , will be lift , It's quite a big aircraft , and the wings are relatively small . So i think the wings are gonna be short of area . I think the only aircraft you could compare it to , would be the american fighter aircraft , F104 , Lockheed Starfighter . There's no addition lift devices like slats or flaps , only air brakes , so to overcome lack of lift , speed would be a go to . Except here the problem is , it may get too fast . Then you have to consider the loss of wing area in the landing configuration . At a time when you need it the most , the stall speed would climb faster than the actual aircraft . Don't forget the wheels are in wingtip pods , and the outer panels folded , would be producing little to no lift at all . And that leads us to another problem , undercarriage . There is no articulation , which would make rotation difficult . That's actually quite an easy one to deal with , but without it , there would be too much stress on the back half during take off and landing . Building the model would be a doddle , getting it to fly would be just a little bit more of a challenge .
I've got the japanese release in my stash waiting to be built for the second time.
What I remember when I built my fist one is that the white stripe is a pain and that there isnot enough of it. Would be interested in see what you make of it when it comes to decals as i cannot tell if they are the same and have the same faults of the japanese version.
Thanks for looking in and the heads up on the decals 👍🏻
Hi Jason, really nice review. I can tell you are more than a little excited to have this kit. I have never heard of the show, or the vehicle. I'll have to do a little searching to see what it's all about. Thanks for sharing. See you next time.
Thunderbirds puppet show from the 60's recently redone as an animation. original is best full of models 😎
@@ModelkitStuff I just did a quick internet search and found the entire series on Amazon Prime.
@@JeffDonahueScaleModeling Thunderbirds is the original series the modern remake is Thunderbirds are go,
@@ModelkitStuff The one I found is from 1966/67, I am watching episode one right now, VERY COOL!
Really don’t like this video as gave me hope that he would actually build it just made me sad when I first watched it as soon as it was posted :(
the video clearly states its a first impressions video only. I will build it at some point, I don't by kits to collect I build them