ANASTA EXPEDITION from ‘Thunderbirds’ (1965) created by Gerry Anderson

The Lake Anasta expedition is a joint veture between Professor Blakely and Brains and TinTin (ignotio from International Rescue) to search for a fabled lost temple. The half-track and caravan is carried aboar Thunderbird 2 to a secret rendezvous point. the Half Track is the same type of vehicl seen in ‘The Uninvited’ and by the Hood in ‘The Mighty Atom’. I love thatthis vehicle makes numerous appearences in the series, just like a jeep would be seen in a contemporary live-action show. I really like that International Rescue make use of a commercially available vehicle. There is a 6 wheel variant of this vehicle.

There appears to be 5 rooms in the two caravans, each window had different coloured blinds, suggesting personalised rooms… possibly  intended to represent one for each of the Tracy boys? Although in the epsiodes one of teh cabins appaers to be a lounge are with a bar.

In 1/144 scale the tractor would be quite small - 3-4 inches - too big for a blister pack, so I have put this in one of the old skinny boxes.

I imagine this would be in white plastic – to favour the caravans.

Designed by Derek Meddings

Check out the video ‘ What If .. Fantasy Model Kit Box Art #16’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVEoUS5xnaY&t=974s