IMAI Captain Scarlet SPV Model.

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IMAI Captain Scarlet SPV Model.
IMAI Captain Scarlet SPV Model.

I bought this model back in the 90's.

I have been a lifelong fan of all things Anderson, but Captain Scarlet was always my favourite.

I love the SPV so much and when I found this kit in a model shop, I bought it straight away.

Essentially, it is designed and manufactured by Japanese company IMAI, to be a Toy, rather than a Model. It is approx 1/30 or 35 scale.

It came with the wiring for it to be motorised and to fire "missiles" from almost every orifice!!!

To make this into a reasonable facsimile of the "real" vehicle will require an enormous amount of work, but I am determined to make something of it.

I have at last started work on it and have now identified which parts I need and which can be discarded.

I have started a clean up of the parts and have un-blocked the side windows, which are set into the doors of the vehicle.
These were simply blanked off, so I ground down the plastic to make it as thin as possible and in the photo, you can see how I have started to cut out the remaining plastic, so that I can "glaze" them.
I have also added "grills" to the apertures on either side of the Crew compartment, as these were missing, due to the model being designed to fire missiles from these openings.

As you can see, they will need a little more filler and of course, painting.

The following photos on my page show what comes in the kit, what work I need to do and will give you an idea of what I am up against!!
If you are interested, continue to follow my progress with this (disaster) of a kit!!

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