Andy's FAB1 Lady Penelope`s Rolls. 1/32, Dragon models

[The Smythe Meister]

Smiffy I'm in for this, it was my all time favourite kids program and I still enjoy watching the reruns.

Nice one Scottie
I still like watching them too as well... WAY ahead of their time IMHO

[The Smythe Meister]

Bloody brilliant :thumb2: Possibly the greatest kids TV show of all time (for boys anyway). Superb theme tune, exciting story lines, and thunder flash…..the only passenger plane more dangerous than the Tu-144…..
What a great subject…..I can hear that theme tune thundering out as I type….

Completely agree Tim
It was ALL good... And still is if you ask me!!

[Tim Marlow]

Completely agree Tim :smiling3:
It was ALL good... And still is if you ask me!!

Pity the film killed it really…..though the film was pretty poor to be fair.

[The Smythe Meister]

Pity the film killed it really…..though the film was pretty poor to be fair.

Gotta be honest Tim, I've never seen any films of it... Just remember,and rewatched, the series.

[Mickc1440]

Definitely in for this one. One of my all time favourites

[Tim Marlow]

Gotta be honest Tim, I've never seen any films of it... Just remember,and rewatched, the series. :smiling3:

They made two films, released in 1966 and 1968. Neither were really any good :sleeping2: . The first one had a sluggish plot line including a really tedious nightclub section featuring cliff and the shadows….yawn a minute…..the second did have the hood, and ended up with a tiger moth as thunderbird six……but by then the series had been eclipsed by Captain Scarlet…..

[The Smythe Meister]

They made two films, released in 1966 and 1968. Neither were really any good :sleeping2: . The first one had a sluggish plot line including a really tedious nightclub section featuring cliff and the shadows….yawn a minute…..the second did have the hood, and ended up with a tiger moth as thunderbird six……but by then the series had been eclipsed by Captain Scarlet…..

Fair enough.. I can't comment on stuff that I haven't even seen
... As for Captain Scarlet...
..Again, excellent vehicles,but my favourite was the "Angel Interceptor"

[The Smythe Meister]

As we're on this subject...
Do you remember "Project UFO"?!!
I LOVED that,..
...the S.H.A.D.O. Interceptors,and S.H.A.D.O 2 Mobile vehicle...
Loved all that.

[Tim Marlow]

As we're on this subject...
Do you remember "Project UFO"?!!
I LOVED that,..
...the S.H.A.D.O. Interceptors,and S.H.A.D.O 2 Mobile vehicle...
Loved all that. :smiling3:

Yep, remember that as well.

[boatman]

Bloody brilliant :thumb2: Possibly the greatest kids TV show of all time (for boys anyway). Superb theme tune, exciting story lines, and thunder flash…..the only passenger plane more dangerous than the Tu-144…..
What a great subject…..I can hear that theme tune thundering out as I type….

Tim it was the fire flash airliner not the thunder flash lol
an yes ive got both films as in the first one which i thought was best i loved the ZERO X space craft was goin to build one once but gettin married got in the way if i remember rightly an most of the thunderbirds series as i thought it was great
chrisb

[Tim Marlow]

Tim it was the fire flash airliner not the thunder flash lol
an yes ive got both films as in the first one which i thought was best i loved the ZERO X space craft was goin to build one once but gettin married got in the way if i remember rightly an most of the thunderbirds series as i thought it was great
chrisb

Correct of course Chris….where I got thunderflash I just don’t know……it was in the first ever episode if I remember right…….

[Mini Me]

I'm following this Smiffy, just to find out what you are all going on about. I like Jakko am completely in the dark on this apparently short lived TV show. I will admit to seeing some builds on the forum of some rocket ships 1 through 5? and some references made to thunderbirds but never made the connection for some reason. I think I do remember the six wheeled pink RR......didn't Corgi make a diecast replica of that vehicle? It all sounds interesting and has certainly elevated the blood pressure of this ordinarily mundane group of mostly senior citizens! :tongue-out3: :tongue-out2: :smiling3::tears-of-joy::thumb2:

[Tim Marlow]

Here you go Rick. When you are seven, as I was, this was just the coolest thing ever…..still pretty good……

…and FAB1…..

[Tim Marlow]

….Oh, and the main protagonists, Alan, Scott, Gordon, Virgil and John were named after project Mercury astronauts. The series was cancelled because they couldn’t find a US network to host it in the states :sleeping2:

[adt70hk]

COOL!!!!