Specimen 0026 · Model kits
AiP10001 Thunderbird 1 (1:144 kit)
A 1:144 Thunderbird 1 kit with movable wings and a choice of launch or in-flight build — a UK release of an Aoshima kit.
About this item
Bachmann lists movable wings, launch or in-flight assembly, wheels or skis and five sprues; the licence line on the listing is dated 2021. Hannants lists it as “ex Aoshima”, and Fanderson described the AiP range as essentially reboxes of Aoshima kits. Bachmann says its new 1:144 Thunderbird 2 is in scale with this kit.
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