THUNDERBIRD 3 from the 1965 TV Series ‘THUNDERBIRDS’ created by GERRY ANDERSON

Thunderbird 3 is part of the International Rescue organisation and is used fro space rescues

as well as travel to and from THUNDERBIRD 5.

This picture shows Alan Tracy on a spacewalk in Earth’s orbit. This would be a glorious model

kit. At a whopping 287 feet tall, this 1/144th scale model kit would be approx 2 feet long!

To make teh kit more interesting I imagine that it would have a detailed flight deck, which would be viewable by removing the nose cone (above teh docking ring). how about a bayonet fitting like the classic ‘Saturn V’ kit? You’d also get the settee transporter and figures of Scott and Alan in both casual and uniforms as well as John, Braina nd TinTin. They would of course be tiny.

This artwork has been updated to incorporate the more standard Type IV design.

Designed by Derek Meddings

Watch the video ‘What If… Fantasy Model Kits ‘#12’ here:

https://youtu.be/pT5Sr4bf2ZQ?si=BpkayfFcJJ37v2Sc