1/350 Thunderbirds TB-2 Perfect (831914)

“The kit is an old Imai, one of a series dating back to the 60’s re-released in new boxing in 1999 under the Carlton International Media tag. The kits title is “TB-2 Perfect” and is completely moulded in clear PS with the addition of a new silver-plated sprue supplying full interior details such as engines, cockpit and nuclear reactor and a miniature model of the Mole and a bulldozer in the pod.  The scale is 1:350 which appears to tally with descriptions of TB-2 as being about 70m or 200 odd feet long.  The basic kit is also available in standard green and even gold-plated…!

I built the kit in 2007 and it appeared in SeamLines in April of that year.  Apart from small details picked out in colour and clear red applied to engine intakes and nozzles the kit is ‘out-of-box’.  Since 2007 it’s been on display at Hobbies 4U but I took it home last week because it was looking a bit tired.  It’s been cleaned, coated with Future and fitted with an old Matchbox aircraft model stand kindly supplied by Chris Hales.  Several other kits from the series await their turn on the bench including the Fireflash airliner, the TB-1 Hangar and TB-2 Pod-Bay.”