Papa 695s Bandai Thunderbird 2

[boatman]

Bit late, only just caught up on the thread, but this pic from one of my books may help.
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HI DAVE fanstatic cutaway pic of TB2 an could you show the front of this book an where you bought it
chris

[boatman]

AN HI again Dave but could you put the pic on accross the screen as im getting a croocked neck tryin to read about this pic please
chris

[dave]

It came from this book

[boatman]

It came from this book
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HI Dave just ordered it as it looks great an i also orded the hayneys manual on thunder birds as im lookin forward to reading up on these thanks for info an sorry Ian i let you get back to your TB2 BUILD
chris

[papa 695]

Got the master elevator cab built.
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[boatman]

HI Ian all you need now is the fireflash airliner lol
chris

[papa 695]

HI Ian all you need now is the fireflash airliner lol
chris

That’s one for another day, maybe.

[john i am]

Thunderbird 2 my favourite and I'm sure in one of the episodes back in the seventies the little elevator trucks saved a plane from crashing on landing. Looking great Ian keep up the good work. Cheers John.

[rtfoe]

That's really small like working at 1/144 scale. The gizmology is looking good for the interior.

Cheers,
Richard

[papa 695]

Got the pod and most of Thunderbird 2 put together. I needed to cut the legs down, as they were too big.
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Still plenty of work to do.

[rtfoe]

Hi Ian. all looking good including the shortening of the legs for scale. I know this would be hard to correct but I think the canopy windows on the kit are a little large and set too high on the nose. Could be just me but seeing some of the images just gives me that impression. Would still be okay left alone as it's your kit. You've done quite a bit to get it looking this good so far.

Cheers,
Richard

[Tim Marlow]

Coming together well Ian. Nice mod on the legs.

[yak face]

Looking great Ian , the legs look spot on now , cheers tony

[papa 695]

Well it’s now green.

I used Tamiya XF5

[boatman]

HI Ian lovely build of TB2 but this is not a critiusum of your build just an obsevation but this in my opinion that the green is a bit to dark as when ive seen it was a very bright green something like a bright emerald green or is this an undercoat for a bright emerald green ? but maybe its me got it wrong
but please keep up the good work on these THUNDERBIRDS as im enjoying seein these built as to be honest i dont think ive ever seen all the THUNDERBIRDS all togeather brilliant build
ATB chris