DINKY TOYS - THUNDERBIRD 2 AND 4

The smaller of two eventual versions of 'Thunderbird 2' represented a scale of around 1/515th, and both halves of the fuselage were die-cast. Early versions were finished correctly in gloss green whilst later versions were finished in metallic green. The spring loaded folding legs were usually moulded in yellow, but some do turn up with red. A small yellow plastic model of Thunderbird 4 was included in side the removeable cargo pod. In 1974, this model was superceded bu a slightly larger 1/500th scale version, the bottom half of the fuselage still initially diecast but soon being changed to plastic. All the larger versions were finished in metallic blue, the all die-cast version having both halves finished in the same colour. The plastic bottomed versions did not have the bottom painted, and so appeared as metallic blue and black two-tone for most of the production run, though the very last versions (around 1980) appeared with a white plastic bottom half. Again, the folding legs on these larger versions could be either yellow or red. The smaller scale Thunderbird 2's are valued highest today, the gloss green commanding slighty more than the metallic green, though the short lived all die-cast large version is not far behind. --(Model Collectors) See more