Yes, SPV was my favourite, loved the fold down tracks. Seem to remember driver faced rearward. Had Cpt S outfit for my action man too. Happy days.

Exactly!

I think that was made by Dinky Toys - I had one too.

My favourite toy as a kid. That and the spv, also thunderbird 2 with tb4 in the pod.

Hours? I’m still looking for mine....!!!!!!

+1 I, too, had one of these toys. Back when they knew how to make tough toys.

yep dinky

Generally stock sound effects from the V-12 Rolls Royce Merlin 'Meteor' engine, used in many British tanks.

John Culshaw. It is in the credits

@@moreheff Gee thanks... for replying to my comment from over a year ago... Timely, very timely!

@@Jarvis-MkII LOL

Me too.

i have 3d modelled the vehicles and placed them in the crysis 1 pc 3d game engine as part of my hobby modding

Would make a helluva camping vehicle.

First question how are you going to stop noise Knaybours and second how are you going to explain to the government you have a armoured vehicle with heavy fire power in the garage ! How are you going to get it in the garage . Don't forget taking it out too give it run out the noise ! , then there's the risk you might run over someone cat or dog or God forbid someone's child. From a old man who wanted the real thing too but had make do with corgi or was it dinky toy, anyway like you i will dream on 🤣👍😎.

@@barriewright2857 actually there is a guy lives not far from me has a collection of Tanks! So as long as you dont have and ammunition you would be ok, The noise is easy as long as you use it between 8am and 10pm, it would need to be plated to run on the roads just like any kit car, and the tracks would need rubber inserts if you wanted to use it on the public highway just like any tracked vehicle. The biggest problem would be fuel consumption.

its fishnet tights for the male troops in todays day and age , oohhh matron !!

I'm watching the re runs on Forces TV. The themes are very adult, just the other night the closing scene was a pull back of "Arthur Daley" as he suffocated to death on the moon's surface because his space suit had a cut in it caused by an exploding UFO. Not kids stuff!!

Jon Culshaw :)

Water and Fire, the two curses of the miniature effects world, incredibly difficult to integrate 100% convincingly as they don't scale! :)

The licence plate format of 2 letters, 2 numbers, 2 letters is based on real life. This format is used on all British military vehicles, even to this day.

@@billy.g3597 - ty sir - Gerry would never overlook a detail like that - he was a genius in all that he did

@FandersonUfo It works the same in real life. You make a covert vehicle look as normal as possible. If someone notices it is a bit "odd" they tend to write it off as a version they aren't familiar with. However, a missing license plate will catch a police officer's attention and that piques curiosity which could lead to an encounter, questions and/or cover being blown.

And put the name SHADO all over every vehicle. 😀

They can stand up to explosions as seen in 'ESP'

@@ACtheLegend Yes, I saw this episode, and I wondered for a long time if the Shado-mobile could have survived the blast had it not these huge windows in the front.

@@MrFlaviojosefus well it survived with them, so one imagines it would have survived without them :)

Probably thought they'd sell more. My moonbase Interceptor was metallic green (& orange) instead of white!

@@intercommerce As was mine :(

Hi Nigel, it happens a few times, but the first one is The Square Triangle :)

i have 3d modelled the vehicles and placed them in the crysis 1 pc 3d game engine as part of my hobby modding

@@troffmeister68 That's really cool, well done!

Skydiver, Interceptor, Moonbase and UFO are available as other episodes :)

@@ACtheLegend cool ty...into a playlist they go

I missed out on that one! Many years ago when the Plymouth 'Runway' model shop had a closing down sale I got the Product Enterprise Stingray and SPV a week apart, reduced to £19.99 each, was going to get the Fireball XL5 the following week but they'd all gone!

There's nothing more serious than alien invasion

It's not a picture of Ed Bishop, it's an image of General Straker :)

Thanks James :)

In the alternate timeline of the series all NATO countries adopted the US spelling for all military matters :)

Should also be Canadian Forces Base, but again, it could be an alternative timeline thing.

Old fish and chips cooking oil.

@@LoneBrowncoat Excellent. The Crew could have Fish and Chips while they're hunting for UFO'S. What a great organisation S.H.A.D.O. was for looking after its workers.

@@iamgod6464 Also ensures their bodies won't be chosen by the aliens!

@@jamesthecat Yes, all that grease will clog up their Green Liquid Breathing Apparatus.

Ah, but the General has spent a lot of time in Britain over the years, picking up some of their habits :)

It also sounds nothing like Ed Straker sorry but it doesn't.

@@reddog183 well each to their own, I think it's fantastic :)

Ed Bishop had a very listenable and unique voice very difficult to mimic and was very underrated.

It’s meant to be a much older Straker…

The saucers are huge.

What silver hair?

Is that a amphibious vehicle used by the Marines

Very true. They were certainly noisy.

@@stewban007 *Yells* "WHAT DID YOU SAY? I COULDN'T HEAR YOU OVER THAT AWFUL RUMBLING SOUND!"

@@ACtheLegend 😂😂😂