SHADOcon 2 – a fan celebration of Gerry Anderson’s UFO as well as his film Doppelganger – took place at QUAD in Derby on Saturday 30 June 2018. The day started at around 8am when the organisers were allowed access to the building and had around an hour to set everything up. Models were carefully unpacked and ferried into the …

Build Thunderbird 2 in your Living Room! Dreaming of being part of International Rescue? Scale modelling experts ModelSpace recently caught up with UK-based scale modeller Eddie who has just finished the 1:144 scale Thunderbird 2. Read on to find out how he brought part of the Thunderbirds universe into his living room! Judging by how good his completed Thunderbird 2 kit looks, it’s …

Announced back in October 2017 during FAB Live, Space Precinct: Reloaded is a revival of the 1994 TV show Space Precinct, set 10 years before the show we join Aria Fontane as she becomes the first human cop in Demeter City. The writer, Chris Thompson, tells us the story of how Space Precinct: Reloaded came about. I had been working …

Nick Macarty is a digital artist and runs the Space 1999 by Nick Macarty Facebook page. We asked him to talk about the various exciting new Eagle Transporter variants he had been coming up with. For me, the Eagle Transporter, from Space 1999, was one of my favourite ships. The whole NASA, earth-based look, gave a sense of realism to a great TV …

Captain Scarlet Retaliation The title Captain Scarlet Retaliation may not be instantly recognizable to fans of Spectrum’s finest officer, but it was the name given to a Captain Scarlet video game that was cancelled before it could be released. Ian Coomber was dispatched from Cloudbase to find out more about this mysterious project. This is his mission report. As the most successful of …

Spectrum Hovercraft Model available to pre-order! To celebrate the recent 50th anniversary of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, we’re thrilled to announce this fabulous new item from Planet Replicas – the Spectrum Hovercraft! The Spectrum Hovercraft was specially developed for use in remote environments and harsh conditions in which other means of transportation would be hazardous or impractical. The craft was …

FAB Thunderbirds Fan-made Figures! Thunderbirds are definitely go with these wonderful Pop!-style fan-made figures of the legendary Tracy brothers! Thunderbirds fan Jessica Walters has previously submitted photos of her fan-made figures depicting Scott and Virgil Tracy, but now the rest of the family has arrived on the scene! We asked Jessica how she produced the impressive line-up. Assembling the team “To make …

Special Assignment: A Mission Report! On the 50th anniversary weekend of Captain Scarlet, Fanderson undertook a Special Assignment in honour of the Captain’s birthday. We took a look to see what celebrations were in store for Anderson fans. There was a full takeover of the event in Maidenhead for the 50th anniversary, with a Spectrum vehicle parked right outside to …

If you’ve tuned into the last few episodes of FAB Live, you may well have heard the name Peter Littman being mentioned by Jamie Anderson. Peter is a teacher who has introduced countless pupils in a new generation to the genius of Gerry Anderson through his teaching. Prepare to forget everything you think you know about school as Peter tells …

Mysterious Captain Scarlet bust sighted! It’s fair to say that you can’t help but notice that there’s something a little unusual about these images of everyone’s favourite Spectrum hero – he certainly doesn’t look himself. There’s a very good reason for this, however, it’s a not any old Captain Scarlet, but rather a customized Captain Scarlet bust created by an artist …