Hi Mr Jim, I just got my own Thunderbirds Pachinko, and I LOVE IT! It's completely mad, totally unfathomable, but great fun late at night after a couple of drinks and with the lights turned low - just like most women I have known! :)
@delflord Glad you like it. I always loved the concept of a hover-motorbike, and wanted (want!) one for real. I made Steve's Jetmobile mainly from rigid modelling foam (although the foam panels that builders use on top of concrete floors before they put down chipboard flooring would do just as well, and would be much cheaper - free if you skip-dive!). I also used balsa wood, alloy tubing, metal kebab skewers (for the canard wings aerials) and other bits and pieces.
LOVE the jetmobile! always wished they would release some die cast versions of these with Steve, Venus and Matt on them..I'm sure they'd sell loads! I'd buy em, been after a jetmobile for years.
Thanks for your appreciation, I'm just sorry that the video isn't better quality. My love of Gerry Anderson's Supermarionation shows goes back to the first run of Fireball XL5 in the UK in 1962, and I can just about remember Supercar, Torchy, and Twizzle before it. I think people will love those old shows as long as TV and video exists because they are made with such love and attention to detail. In short they are pure quality.
Hi MrJim, thanks for your kind comments. I just got my Pachislo last Friday and I love it. However, I'm not convinced that it's a game of skill as every time I think I've detected a pattern to the result of a particular sequence of button-pushing at a given point in the game it seems to change! What's the Thunderbirds Pachinko machine like?
You buy the resin casts from eBay sellers Dazscarlet, Powerlee, or theearlofcamden, paint them, drill out the eye sockets and add doll's eyes, stick on mohair for the hair and eyebrows, add doll's eyelashes, then make the costumes and props from scratch. SIMPLE - each one only takes a few months of work! :)
The resin casts of the puppet heads and bodies can be bought on eBay - check out the following sellers: powerlee, dazscarlet and theearlofcamden. You then have to get mohair for the hair and eyebrows, doll's eyes and eyelashes - all available from specialist dollmaking outlets. The costumes and props are all scratch-built.
I've never fully worked out what level of skill is required for the Pachislo. It depends on your payout settings swith inside the cabinet. I just keep playing it until it pays out. It fun to play though isn't it :) As for the Pachinko, it is amazing, the LCD display has some nice animtion on it & you get more audio on it. Fully recomend in getting it if you find one. Pachitalk com is really helpful for tips etc.
Glad you like it, but it really isn't very good. I made the video a number of years ago, and I have completed a lot more puppets and puppet-scale props now, so I really must make a new video.
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I like this~!
Super done...Thunderbird was my favorite TV show in the 70' Thanks! :)
Hi Mr Jim, I just got my own Thunderbirds Pachinko, and I LOVE IT! It's completely mad, totally unfathomable, but great fun late at night after a couple of drinks and with the lights turned low - just like most women I have known! :)
@delflord
Glad you like it. I always loved the concept of a hover-motorbike, and wanted (want!) one for real. I made Steve's Jetmobile mainly from rigid modelling foam (although the foam panels that builders use on top of concrete floors before they put down chipboard flooring would do just as well, and would be much cheaper - free if you skip-dive!). I also used balsa wood, alloy tubing, metal kebab skewers (for the canard wings aerials) and other bits and pieces.
AMAZING !! I WANT ALL !!! FANTASTIC !!
LOVE the jetmobile! always wished they would release some die cast versions of these with Steve, Venus and Matt on them..I'm sure they'd sell loads! I'd buy em, been after a jetmobile for years.
This absolutely amazing!!
Great cover of Fireball XL5!!
Thanks for your appreciation, I'm just sorry that the video isn't better quality. My love of Gerry Anderson's Supermarionation shows goes back to the first run of Fireball XL5 in the UK in 1962, and I can just about remember Supercar, Torchy, and Twizzle before it. I think people will love those old shows as long as TV and video exists because they are made with such love and attention to detail. In short they are pure quality.
Wow I like your Steve Zodiac & Phones. I also own a Thunderbirds Pachislo & Pachinko :)
Hi MrJim, thanks for your kind comments. I just got my Pachislo last Friday and I love it. However, I'm not convinced that it's a game of skill as every time I think I've detected a pattern to the result of a particular sequence of button-pushing at a given point in the game it seems to change! What's the Thunderbirds Pachinko machine like?
You buy the resin casts from eBay sellers Dazscarlet, Powerlee, or theearlofcamden, paint them, drill out the eye sockets and add doll's eyes, stick on mohair for the hair and eyebrows, add doll's eyelashes, then make the costumes and props from scratch. SIMPLE - each one only takes a few months of work! :)
The resin casts of the puppet heads and bodies can be bought on eBay - check out the following sellers: powerlee, dazscarlet and theearlofcamden. You then have to get mohair for the hair and eyebrows, doll's eyes and eyelashes - all available from specialist dollmaking outlets. The costumes and props are all scratch-built.
Cool, glad to hear your happy with it. Wait until you get it in high fever mode, it goes barmy & pays out loads of balls :)
a flying lambretta!!!!!!!
I've never fully worked out what level of skill is required for the Pachislo. It depends on your payout settings swith inside the cabinet. I just keep playing it until it pays out. It fun to play though isn't it :) As for the Pachinko, it is amazing, the LCD display has some nice animtion on it & you get more audio on it. Fully recomend in getting it if you find one. Pachitalk com is really helpful for tips etc.
You can't have him! :)
Very nice! Did you make them?
Glad you like it, but it really isn't very good. I made the video a number of years ago, and I have completed a lot more puppets and puppet-scale props now, so I really must make a new video.
I see
What about Venus?
a flying lambretta!!!!!!!