Now I can put a name and a face to one of my childhood heroes. Thank you Mike Trim for all your work on the shows I loved (and still love) growing up. I always wanted to work on Thunderbirds etc but I was a few years too late in being born 🤣
I remember having a Captain Scarlet car, with a D-cell controller that had a little steering wheel on it, with an awkward, not very flexible cable so I could walk or crawl along behind the car as I controlled it. I was about 5, I think. I didn't know anything about Captain Scarlett, my family had moved to the US, I guess some relative wanted me to have something from home. I believe the brand was Bandai, Japanese made, if I'm right. I did what I usually did at that age, took a screwdriver to the car and basically destroyed it trying to see how it worked. It tickles me that I can watch an interview with the chap who designed it! The Captain Scarlett car and I also had a Dalek, which I also disassembled.
Fantastic designs! This would have been a dream job for me. The vehicle styling of late 60s early 70s was the best period ever. Goes for both production vehicles and concept vehicles and concept sketches and toy design.
Superb. One of the creators of my optimistic childhood. The 21st century was going to be so great wasn't it?............oh dear, my word, what a pity.😮💨😮💨
I was lucky enough to have Mike as one of my tutors on my art & design course in the 90’s. He was always so easy on talk to and a huge inspiration, so much so that I chose to study Product Design at Uni and have had a love for conceptual artwork ever since.
The amount of perception/psychology involved in making authentic modes is simply staggering. Dirtying down absolutely works. Full marks to all involved - thank you.
SPEEDI...UK When I was a young boy my family owned a garage In Colnbrook just a few miles from Gerry Andersons studios in Slough in our village was the toy shop and haberdashery shop owned by Mr and Mrs Green .... Mr Green we were told worked for Gerry Andersons studios as a model maker .... he also used to make wonderful model sets of different themes but eventually most became ThunderBirds settings for display in his shop ..... I was lucky enough to get a ThunderBird Island model for christmas one year .....
Love the Supermarionation series. Particularly loved the super percussive intro to Stingray, "Anything can happen in the next half hour!..." A propos of nothing, quick shufti on Google Maps to see the studio location in Slough, and the buildings were still there in 2016, but they've since been demolished.
3:15 The original - original - Thunderbird 2 was/remains AWESOME - unlike that ........ thing used in Frakes' movie insult. Of course (an integral) part of the adventure was trying to guess "Which Pod this week?". Thunderbirds is still a fantastic series, always worth rewatching. Speaking of; anyone else ever think Oasis' Noel Gallagher looks a LOT like Parker?
Those two discs of ( I presume torch light) “the Mysterons” combined with the accompanying mysterious sound effects did make my quiver as a kid. But as an aside I crapped myself when “the child catcher” was present in the movie “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”
Talking of using everyday items - as kids we had an oval soap dish with a plastic tray that was the same as some 'grids' that appeared on some of the Thunderbird models and sets. Took me years to realise that. Great series and terrific effects.
I am fascinated by the Round House which TB3 launched through. I wish there were more pictures of it. I don't think the Tracy family ever used it for interior shots in the TV series. Perhaps Lady Penelope stayed in it when she visited. Thanks Mike Trim, you had an eye for such style and grace.
This is great!! I started watching Supercar in New York when it first aired and have been a fan throughout all the shows. I am 71 now and STILL watch them either on youtube or I pull out the DVD's! THANKS AGAIN and God Bless!
That was a stroll down memory lane. Brilliant. Compare and contrast our childhoods then to what children experience now. I'd go back to that era in a heartbeat. PS. My era was Fireball XL5, Supercar, Stingray and Thunderbirds when whacking the side of the tele got the valves working again.
Great video👍. Brings back childhood memories of these fabulous shows. Amazing detail that really showed back then and I think still looks great today. Nice to know these scenes and the work that went into them will still be seen long after all involved have moved on.
Seeing the Lemon Squeezer - Knowing it WAS a Lemon Squeezer was definitely an awakening in my early model making career. DON'T ever diss that lemon squeezer, its more holy than the universal greeblie. And so too; all the knobs from radios, gas appliances etc.
*21:38** original 1953 French film **_Le Salaire De La Peur_** , later the English version in 1977 **_Sorcerer_** . This interview is SPENDID, 26 minutes of pure enjoyment of listening to a well-spoken man talking about an excellent TV program that n one is willing to replicate in terms of quality and entertainment value.*
Damn tootin' Apparently Gerry wasn't a fan when Derek presented it, stating 'it would never fly'. Derek responded with "It doesn't matter - once it looks good, it'll work". F.A.B.
Be assured Mike, Century 21 had an enormous impact on many young post-war baby boomers. Derek Meddings, Red Hill, and all of your colleagues are an enormous part of my childhood. Thunderbirds was just the best thing in my life. To some extent it still is. I deeply regret never going to a convention and meeting Gerry. Just glorious. Please just get over the lemon squeezer. I never noticed it until some “expert” pointed it out. I have just retired from being a aircraft engineer at the major UK manufacturer. Guess why I became an engineer?
Thank you, thank you, thank you Mike and Century 21 Films. You helped make one little chap's childhood, the happiest it could have possibly been. At the age of 57 I'm still a huge fan who's currently enjoying reruns of Captain Scarlet on Talking Pictures TV. Hope they get to do the same for Joe 90, Stingray and of course, Thunderbirds. Thank you again, you have no idea just how much of a positive influence you all had on my early life. Cheers 🍺
Today I've been to an exhibition of Gerry & Sylvia Anderson's creations, & don't mind admitting I got quite emotional. As so many have said, these iconic productions were high points of our 1960s childhoods. They gave us excitement, awe & adventure, but they also had a strong moral message. We learned that good people could work together, defeat bad people, & make the world a better place. That's an important message that young children - & all of us - still need to hear today.
If i recall correctly, they also used the caps off toothpaste tubes because of the size, shape and texture! Thanks for the memories - its a real treat to watch all these "behind the scenes" clips.
I used to have the toy of TB2. It was entirely metal like everything back in those days. I think it was made by Corgi. Also had James Bond's Lotus, Batmobile and many others which would be worth a lot of money today. As a kid I think I just threw them out when I was done with them
Gerry Anderson & the artist that worked for him created a world that was so amazing. As a child I was mesmerized by the pseudo- reality they brought to life. Thank you, Mike, for all the magic you & Gerry gave to us.
Mike and the folk at Century 21 you had a massive impact on the lives of us then youngsters, it was an amazing world we felt part of whilst watching, it's a pleasure to see Mike and some of the team, these programs stood the test of time and the love and work that went into the programs lives on. Best wishes to the folk from Century 21, loved ones and fellow viewers ❤❤❤.
Thank you Mike Trim and all your colleagues, you brought my childhood to life. We now have CGI, which whilst a skill in itself, doesn’t quite capture the magic of puppetry.
Wonderful and ultimately sad, I was 11 when Four Feather Falls started but watched it anyway because it seemed to be different and became an Anderson fan through all of the developing projects, as a near teenager, my peers and I enjoyed other shows like Space Patrol but Supercar was really the start of the exotic for us. For that trailblazing organisation to just disappear was a tragedy.
those models became apart of my life i was already a sci fi fan at a young age being born in 1955, growing up with all gerry anderson shows. i started model making age 9 and wanted my kits to look like gerry anderson ones . now at 69 i cant move for models and things so thankyou for the great creative models you made..
These shows were the narrative of my childhood. I can still recall the sense of exvitement watching the drama of Thunderbirds. Thank you Mr Trim for some wonderful memories.
Those Century 21 graphics that was the opening sequence for each series was fantastic. I loved it. You knew your favourite show was going to start and it launched you into a new era!
Excellent video, thanks for sharing ! Such a sad end to a glorious creative period and a successful process and team. Those models and the shows fueled the imaginations of many future engineers. I always wondered about the relationship between the model designs and realworld objects (eg concorde, soviet satellites). I built many lego versions of the Zero-X assembly and still think of technical issues inspired by those shows.
Why did Century 21 shut down? It's weird to say but the management had no imagination as to the future potential of this amazing collaboration of artists. As a kid , I watched them all.
I once had an image of Sky1 as the wallpaper on my work PC - until a certain manager instructed me remove it, due to people believing it's a real military jet [DESPITE my explaining what it is - a model from a 1960s action/adventure science fiction show - that was a waste of time]. SO, I replaced it with an image of Thunderbird 2; guess the result....
What an uplifting and marvelous 26 minutes. Thank you so much. I could listen to Mike Trim recounting the making of these seminal series for hours. I do hope you are able to have Mike back again to talk more about his many years in production with APF. There are so many aspects of how and why things unfolded as they did as their abilities and experience increased that there must be many more stories to tell.
I noted here, the description of ageing models, adding oil streaks etc. A technique that we use today even in digital (or perhaps more in digital, I've done both, though only as a hobbyist). But it rather irks me to hear of George Lucas credited with this idea (Star Wars) when Century 21 were doing it decades beforehand.
Seeing the miniature cars and vehicles driving in the outdoors or around buildings and roads were some of my favorite moments in these shows in addition to the classic puppets/marionettes.
Mid-1964, 15 GBP per week - before taxes & union dues. My word, Mike was an absolute STEAL 🙂 ( but he would have been at 100 times that salary!) SO humble & understated, and so British. The model-making and filming techniques on these shows were YEARS ahead of their time - geniuses & pioneers that raised the bar to a level that has never been surpassed. I ADORE these videos - PLEASE keep them coming.
Sorcerer is the name of the film about the trucks driving through the jungle with nitroglycerin. If anyone's interested. Roy schieder was the protagonist
Fantastic stuff. Love all the vehicle designs especially for UFO by Mike Trim. Loved the Shadow mobiles and didn't realise the heritage from Joe 90 episode with the trucks based on the French film about transporting nitroglycerin. Those cloud shots with dry ice and smoke were revolutionary at the time. Shame they didn't keep all the sets and vehicles for a museum. Still they are great memories.
What a great video. Ah Mike, all your hard work is a major part of my childhood. Amazing stuff. Now I think the guys at the Gerry Anderson Podcast need to get you in for a bit more of a detailed chat. People would love that!
Thunderbirds... I was 5 or 6 when it was first broadcast. It was GLORIOUS - although I always thought the child characters annoying - and somehow, I KNEW what I was looking at: models and puppets. I was an avid reader of TV21 which had frequent behind the scenes photos and articles; they didn't break the illusion for me, they made the visual magic even better! Of course, nearly 60 years later, following this series with extra details like the different speeds of rolling roads and such... The real reason for this post, though, is the lemon squeezer on Thunderbird 1's launch bay... for me, it was a link to the real world, somehow. It looked perfect! It was brilliant - and of course, we had one in the kitchen! But for me, that lemon squeezer is THE highlight of that launch bay - always was, always will be.
Wonderful stuff. I loved all these shows on first release when I was a kid. My endless gratitude to all the skilled creatives that made these shows happen.
I lived outside of Detroit from 1967 to 1972 before moving to Cincinnati. Anyway, we watched The Thunderbirds big time up there. I used to draw the ships, especially Thunderbird 2!
Such a shame that so many of those wonderful models and sets didn't survive. But they will live on in film (or in some form of digital media) and that's some consolation. It was certainly an era.
Took a look at the Sunprobe episode on ITVX. The resolution and lighting was remarkably high. So high, the paintbrush marks were sorely evident on the hull of the Sunprobe. Too much of a good thing :-)
Now I can put a name and a face to one of my childhood heroes. Thank you Mike Trim for all your work on the shows I loved (and still love) growing up. I always wanted to work on Thunderbirds etc but I was a few years too late in being born 🤣
I remember having a Captain Scarlet car, with a D-cell controller that had a little steering wheel on it, with an awkward, not very flexible cable so I could walk or crawl along behind the car as I controlled it. I was about 5, I think. I didn't know anything about Captain Scarlett, my family had moved to the US, I guess some relative wanted me to have something from home. I believe the brand was Bandai, Japanese made, if I'm right. I did what I usually did at that age, took a screwdriver to the car and basically destroyed it trying to see how it worked. It tickles me that I can watch an interview with the chap who designed it! The Captain Scarlett car and I also had a Dalek, which I also disassembled.
Fantastic designs! This would have been a dream job for me. The vehicle styling of late 60s early 70s was the best period ever. Goes for both production vehicles and concept vehicles and concept sketches and toy design.
Superb. One of the creators of my optimistic childhood. The 21st century was going to be so great wasn't it?............oh dear, my word, what a pity.😮💨😮💨
SPACE 1999 Those Eagles were fantastic 😂😂😂
An absolutely fascinating interview. Thank you.
Just great memories of the years gone by,Thunderbirds,Joe 90, Captain Scarlet,great shows never to be forgotten
I was lucky enough to have Mike as one of my tutors on my art & design course in the 90’s.
He was always so easy on talk to and a huge inspiration, so much so that I chose to study Product Design at Uni and have had a love for conceptual artwork ever since.
The amount of perception/psychology involved in making authentic modes is simply staggering. Dirtying down absolutely works. Full marks to all involved - thank you.
Shado 2 was my favourite childhood toy! Thank you.
Derek Meddings - LEGEND!
SPEEDI...UK When I was a young boy my family owned a garage In Colnbrook just a few miles from Gerry Andersons studios in Slough in our village was the toy shop and haberdashery shop owned by Mr and Mrs Green .... Mr Green we were told worked for Gerry Andersons studios as a model maker .... he also used to make wonderful model sets of different themes but eventually most became ThunderBirds settings for display in his shop ..... I was lucky enough to get a ThunderBird Island model for christmas one year .....
Brilliant, thank you for that.
Good old days 🍺
loved the MSV. great vehicle......you sat backwards as I remember and had no windows
Love the Supermarionation series. Particularly loved the super percussive intro to Stingray, "Anything can happen in the next half hour!..."
A propos of nothing, quick shufti on Google Maps to see the studio location in Slough, and the buildings were still there in 2016, but they've since been demolished.
@@AXE668 See our latest upload in which some crew members go back to the site before demolition.
So sad to hear this news, but not a bad innings! RIP Parker😢
3:15 The original - original - Thunderbird 2 was/remains AWESOME - unlike that ........ thing used in Frakes' movie insult. Of course (an integral) part of the adventure was trying to guess "Which Pod this week?". Thunderbirds is still a fantastic series, always worth rewatching. Speaking of; anyone else ever think Oasis' Noel Gallagher looks a LOT like Parker?
What agreat interview!
Those two discs of ( I presume torch light) “the Mysterons” combined with the accompanying mysterious sound effects did make my quiver as a kid.
But as an aside I crapped myself when “the child catcher” was present in the movie “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”
Thank you
Talking of using everyday items - as kids we had an oval soap dish with a plastic tray that was the same as some 'grids' that appeared on some of the Thunderbird models and sets. Took me years to realise that. Great series and terrific effects.
I am fascinated by the Round House which TB3 launched through. I wish there were more pictures of it. I don't think the Tracy family ever used it for interior shots in the TV series. Perhaps Lady Penelope stayed in it when she visited. Thanks Mike Trim, you had an eye for such style and grace.
I really enjoyed watching this video, clearly Mike was passionate about the work he did at the studio. Thank you for sharing your memories.
This is great!! I started watching Supercar in New York when it first aired and have been a fan throughout all the shows. I am 71 now and STILL watch them either on youtube or I pull out the DVD's! THANKS AGAIN and God Bless!
That was a stroll down memory lane. Brilliant.
Compare and contrast our childhoods then to what children experience now. I'd go back to that era in a heartbeat.
PS. My era was Fireball XL5, Supercar, Stingray and Thunderbirds when whacking the side of the tele got the valves working again.
Great video👍. Brings back childhood memories of these fabulous shows. Amazing detail that really showed back then and I think still looks great today. Nice to know these scenes and the work that went into them will still be seen long after all involved have moved on.
A true maker of dreams!
Seeing the Lemon Squeezer - Knowing it WAS a Lemon Squeezer was definitely an awakening in my early model making career. DON'T ever diss that lemon squeezer, its more holy than the universal greeblie. And so too; all the knobs from radios, gas appliances etc.
*21:38** original 1953 French film **_Le Salaire De La Peur_** , later the English version in 1977 **_Sorcerer_** . This interview is SPENDID, 26 minutes of pure enjoyment of listening to a well-spoken man talking about an excellent TV program that n one is willing to replicate in terms of quality and entertainment value.*
The model makers were genius! Also high as a kite to be so creative..
Who remembers Michael Bentines potty time?
The Thunderbird 2 is my Favorite :)
Damn tootin' Apparently Gerry wasn't a fan when Derek presented it, stating 'it would never fly'. Derek responded with "It doesn't matter - once it looks good, it'll work". F.A.B.
What you guys did was amazing .stingray tbird two crabloggar o my word X20 I used to recreat with lego bricks thankyou guys
Very interesting hearing Mike Trim’s recollections of working on these amazing shows.
I could listen to this Gentleman talk all day long. Thank you!
Be assured Mike, Century 21 had an enormous impact on many young post-war baby boomers. Derek Meddings, Red Hill, and all of your colleagues are an enormous part of my childhood. Thunderbirds was just the best thing in my life. To some extent it still is. I deeply regret never going to a convention and meeting Gerry. Just glorious. Please just get over the lemon squeezer. I never noticed it until some “expert” pointed it out.
I have just retired from being a aircraft engineer at the major UK manufacturer. Guess why I became an engineer?
more time for the hobbies like model building - dangerous explosions - puppetry - piano ... in Century 22 production
@@jyvben1520
Fantastic film thank you!
Thank you, thank you, thank you Mike and Century 21 Films. You helped make one little chap's childhood, the happiest it could have possibly been. At the age of 57 I'm still a huge fan who's currently enjoying reruns of Captain Scarlet on Talking Pictures TV. Hope they get to do the same for Joe 90, Stingray and of course, Thunderbirds. Thank you again, you have no idea just how much of a positive influence you all had on my early life. Cheers 🍺
Today I've been to an exhibition of Gerry & Sylvia Anderson's creations, & don't mind admitting I got quite emotional. As so many have said, these iconic productions were high points of our 1960s childhoods. They gave us excitement, awe & adventure, but they also had a strong moral message. We learned that good people could work together, defeat bad people, & make the world a better place. That's an important message that young children - & all of us - still need to hear today.
If i recall correctly, they also used the caps off toothpaste tubes because of the size, shape and texture! Thanks for the memories - its a real treat to watch all these "behind the scenes" clips.
I used to have the toy of TB2. It was entirely metal like everything back in those days. I think it was made by Corgi. Also had James Bond's Lotus, Batmobile and many others which would be worth a lot of money today. As a kid I think I just threw them out when I was done with them
Extraordinary interview. Amazes me when studios take props and just dump them, not to mention cancelling shows.
And they all went to the USA and did the sets for Star Wars.
Gerry Anderson & the artist that worked for him created a world that was so amazing. As a child I was mesmerized by the pseudo- reality they brought to life. Thank you, Mike, for all the magic you & Gerry gave to us.
Thanks for the interview.
Mike and the folk at Century 21 you had a massive impact on the lives of us then youngsters, it was an amazing world we felt part of whilst watching, it's a pleasure to see Mike and some of the team, these programs stood the test of time and the love and work that went into the programs lives on. Best wishes to the folk from Century 21, loved ones and fellow viewers ❤❤❤.
Century 21 shaped my childhood. Bastards sold me short. Wheres my silver spandex suit and holidays on the moon?
Amazing my opinions changing from comic book youth to engineering degree/systems engineer operation and maintenance real life experience.
Thank you Mike Trim and all your colleagues, you brought my childhood to life. We now have CGI, which whilst a skill in itself, doesn’t quite capture the magic of puppetry.
What a wonderful insight 👏
Wonderful and ultimately sad, I was 11 when Four Feather Falls started but watched it anyway because it seemed to be different and became an Anderson fan through all of the developing projects, as a near teenager, my peers and I enjoyed other shows like Space Patrol but Supercar was really the start of the exotic for us.
For that trailblazing organisation to just disappear was a tragedy.
those models became apart of my life i was already a sci fi fan at a young age being born in 1955, growing up with all gerry anderson shows. i started model making age 9 and wanted my kits to look like gerry anderson ones . now at 69 i cant move for models and things so thankyou for the great creative models you made..
What a great job
These shows were the narrative of my childhood. I can still recall the sense of exvitement watching the drama of Thunderbirds. Thank you Mr Trim for some wonderful memories.
Totally agree. Thank you Mike.
Such a shame that ufo only had one series. Grew up on it and thought it was great. Watched 1999 but never thought it had the same punch
Those Century 21 graphics that was the opening sequence for each series was fantastic. I loved it. You knew your favourite show was going to start and it launched you into a new era!
I know exactly what you mean!
Thanks so much for sharing, it brings back a lot of happy memories.
Excellent video, thanks for sharing ! Such a sad end to a glorious creative period and a successful process and team. Those models and the shows fueled the imaginations of many future engineers. I always wondered about the relationship between the model designs and realworld objects (eg concorde, soviet satellites). I built many lego versions of the Zero-X assembly and still think of technical issues inspired by those shows.
You were part of my chilhdood, and yes: I did notice the orange squeezer 🤣
Why did Century 21 shut down? It's weird to say but the management had no imagination as to the future potential of this amazing collaboration of artists. As a kid , I watched them all.
I've seen what happened to one of the models from 2001: A Space Odyssey, quite bizarre.
Always loved the Thunderbirds! Was part of my early development! Fantastic production quality and stories!
Plus THAT THEME - still makes a kickass ringtone.
I once had an image of Sky1 as the wallpaper on my work PC - until a certain manager instructed me remove it, due to people believing it's a real military jet [DESPITE my explaining what it is - a model from a 1960s action/adventure science fiction show - that was a waste of time]. SO, I replaced it with an image of Thunderbird 2; guess the result....
What an uplifting and marvelous 26 minutes. Thank you so much. I could listen to Mike Trim recounting the making of these seminal series for hours. I do hope you are able to have Mike back again to talk more about his many years in production with APF. There are so many aspects of how and why things unfolded as they did as their abilities and experience increased that there must be many more stories to tell.
This was such fantastic television.
Thanks Mike. The models that you and your team made helped shape my childhood.👍
I noted here, the description of ageing models, adding oil streaks etc. A technique that we use today even in digital (or perhaps more in digital, I've done both, though only as a hobbyist). But it rather irks me to hear of George Lucas credited with this idea (Star Wars) when Century 21 were doing it decades beforehand.
Seeing the miniature cars and vehicles driving in the outdoors or around buildings and roads were some of my favorite moments in these shows in addition to the classic puppets/marionettes.
Mid-1964, 15 GBP per week - before taxes & union dues. My word, Mike was an absolute STEAL 🙂 ( but he would have been at 100 times that salary!) SO humble & understated, and so British. The model-making and filming techniques on these shows were YEARS ahead of their time - geniuses & pioneers that raised the bar to a level that has never been surpassed.
I ADORE these videos - PLEASE keep them coming.
Sorcerer is the name of the film about the trucks driving through the jungle with nitroglycerin. If anyone's interested. Roy schieder was the protagonist
Sorcerer was 1977. He is, in fact, talking about The Wages of Fear - the original.
Wages of Fear is a far superior film, in glorious black and white.
Fantastic stuff. Love all the vehicle designs especially for UFO by Mike Trim. Loved the Shadow mobiles and didn't realise the heritage from Joe 90 episode with the trucks based on the French film about transporting nitroglycerin. Those cloud shots with dry ice and smoke were revolutionary at the time. Shame they didn't keep all the sets and vehicles for a museum. Still they are great memories.
What a great video. Ah Mike, all your hard work is a major part of my childhood. Amazing stuff. Now I think the guys at the Gerry Anderson Podcast need to get you in for a bit more of a detailed chat. People would love that!
2:21 £15 a week was a relatively good wage for someone in their twenties back in 1964. Just shows how much inflation has eroded everything since.
Thunderbirds... I was 5 or 6 when it was first broadcast. It was GLORIOUS - although I always thought the child characters annoying - and somehow, I KNEW what I was looking at: models and puppets. I was an avid reader of TV21 which had frequent behind the scenes photos and articles; they didn't break the illusion for me, they made the visual magic even better! Of course, nearly 60 years later, following this series with extra details like the different speeds of rolling roads and such...
The real reason for this post, though, is the lemon squeezer on Thunderbird 1's launch bay... for me, it was a link to the real world, somehow. It looked perfect! It was brilliant - and of course, we had one in the kitchen! But for me, that lemon squeezer is THE highlight of that launch bay - always was, always will be.
Thank you for posting wonderful memories for many of us in a country that no longer exists! 😢
Yet Thunderbirds lives on FOREVER. All involved should be rightfully proud.
Awesome content
Wonderful stuff. I loved all these shows on first release when I was a kid. My endless gratitude to all the skilled creatives that made these shows happen.
"Anything can happen in the next haaff hourrrr!"
I lived outside of Detroit from 1967 to 1972 before moving to Cincinnati. Anyway, we watched The Thunderbirds big time up there. I used to draw the ships, especially Thunderbird 2!
Such a shame that so many of those wonderful models and sets didn't survive. But they will live on in film (or in some form of digital media) and that's some consolation. It was certainly an era.
Genius
Sky1 v the Flying Sub from 'Voyage'? Decisions, decisions....
It's always so interesting hearing about how these shows are made. Thank you!
Mike, you scared the hell out of me with those UFOs when I was a kid.
Can't thank you enough for the thrills!
It was all fantastic and still is. What a great video. Way ahead of its time. Excellent!
Terrific little documentary.I still have the various "Dinky " versions of the Captain Scarlet,Joe 90 and UFO vehicles , still lurking in the attic!
I've got Tracy Island + TB2 on a shelf in the front room - my nephew REALLY, REALLY, REALLY wants it. He'll get it WHEN I'M DEAD! Lucky bas****d.
The lemon squeezer is iconic.
I've always assumed that lemon squeezers were based on Thunderbird model details.
"OH NO! Someone's nicked the lemon squeezer",
"This is a job for Captain 90......."
Took a look at the Sunprobe episode on ITVX. The resolution and lighting was remarkably high. So high, the paintbrush marks were sorely evident on the hull of the Sunprobe. Too much of a good thing :-)
Astounding to think none of this was done with radio control, batteries & servos. Just wires !
Thank you, I love the stuff you made, it was of great inspiration to me when I was a kid ❤
Very interesting that the UFO was spinning exactly like the alleged Ametican made ARV behicle 😅
Now that like deserves the dramatic cutscenes theme from Thunderbirds 🤩
Great interview.
Thanks to content like this, i can see the men who shaped my childhood. I wanted to be Virgil Tracy when i was little.
Great job. These shows fired the imagination of a generation of youth.
[25:07] They found new jobs with the cheaper to make, Blake's 7 :-)
I thought Captain Scarlet was SO handsome, back in the day. 😊
Great video the effects were out of this world and the music especially in the disaster scenes in Thunderbirds were epic thank you so much
Some of your designs are brilliant. I have your book too
Mike, you and the crew of API did magnificent work I and many others have good memories and still enjoy your work. Thanks.