BOATMANS FIREBALL XL5 BUILD

[BattleshipBob]

yes Bob about a 30" why ?

Knowing your great skills at building from bugger all, thought you had turned your skills to a TV lol

 

[boatman]

Chris,
That is a great build mate.

YEA Scottie considering i dint have no plans on really no info on fireball as videos were only just comin out at the time i built this so i was very pleased all i had to go by was a picture on my TV CENTRUY 21 COMIC AS ON THE FRONT PAGE THERE WAS A FULL COLOUR PICTURE AN THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAD SEEN IT IN COLOUR AS NORMALLY IT WAS SHOWN IN BLACK AN WHITE an ive still got the comic from all those years ago in my time capsule im bedroom
chris

 

[boatman]

Knowing your great skills at building from bugger all, thought you had turned your skills to a TV lol

Bob mate im not that good lol an really im lousey at eletrics but when im doin them it just seems to flow from my hands if you get my meaning an most times it all works i amaze myself at times thinkin i cant do that but it happens crazy is'nt it
HOPE YOU AN JUILES ARE WELL an has MR ORURKE FOUND OUT ABOUT THE DOCKYARD PAYMENT YET LOL?
CHRIS

 

[Peter Gillson]

Excellent.

Peter

 

[tigersteve]

Great effort ! I remember the TV series well from my childhood ( back in the Black and White days !!)

 

[boatman]

Excellent.

Peter

THANKS Peter
chris

 

[boatman]

Great effort ! I remember the TV series well from my childhood ( back in the Black and White days !!)

YEA so do i Steve i never missed it an i read the book by derek meddings sayin he dreaded havin to keep rebuilding the small ship that caught fire when he fired the little smoke unit in the model but i bet he had a great time makin all them exsploshion like on thuderbirds be right up J/R 's street that an all us kids would talk about how we was gonna be like steve zodeiac in the 21 first centrury but sadly it never happened
chris

 

[adt70hk]

Brilliant!!

 

[Mini Me]

Nice model Chris......How old is that TV and does it still work? B/W or Color?......I'm a fan of old electrical appliances. Also, what make is it? Cheers, Rick H.

 

[boatman]

Nice model Chris......How old is that TV and does it still work? B/W or Color?......I'm a fan of old electrical appliances. Also, what make is it? Cheers, Rick H.

HI Rick i think it was a 30" hitchi think i spelt it right an it was a colour tv an no not got it now as this was 40 yrs ago an the tv has gone to the great eletronic graveyard in the sky lol an jen an i used to watch this in bed
chris

 

[boatman]

AN Rick i think i got the TV name wrong as lookin at it it had a wood style facicea an the HITICHI was in all black plastic so i think it was an ITT make as if i remember rightly i bought it because of the TV advert THAT said BUY an ITT tv as it shew a red in indain in full war bonnet as saying buy an ITT as its shows red indain in the correct colours an not like a paleface an anyone remember that advert ?
chris

 

[Mini Me]

Wow Chris that is going back a ways.....I think the brand was Hitachi.....I still have and use my 14" JVC with built in VHS player from the 1980's...works like a champ. The oldest working set I have is a 1939 Zenith multi band console radio.....I'm certain that, at one point, it was used to listen to the news broadcast of Hitler's march into Poland. Rick H.

 

[boatman]

Wow Chris that is going back a ways.....I think the brand was Hitachi.....I still have and use my 14" JVC with built in VHS player from the 1980's...works like a champ. The oldest working set I have is a 1939 Zenith multi band console radio.....I'm certain that, at one point, it was used to listen to the news broadcast of Hitler's march into Poland. Rick H.

WOW Rick thats got some history ANY CHANCE of a pic of it an well at the moment we have got a 43" sony HDMI smart TV in the livin room ( i wanted a 50") but it wont fit in an home cinema an a panasonic dvd recorder an a video recorder combined an under that another panasonic video an then an a normal SONY DVD PLAYER an a humax recoder an they all work through our smart TV only trouble is i have 6 HANDSETS to use on them oh an a computer game goin through the same TV phew an up in the bedroom a new toshiba 24 " HDMI TV an video an a sony DVD plyer to whatch in bed an thats another 3 handsets lol but we are not ruled by our tv's like some lol
chris

 

[Mini Me]

Here you go Chris.......1939 Zenith Console Radio. The cabinet has the original finish on it and it is in perfect working condition. I acquired this from a close personal friend in the late 1980's.....he purchased it new in 1939 before he went into the Navy. It lived most of its life in his parents home in Carmel California. when he came home after the war he left it there and bought a small table model for his tiny apartment. When his parents passed away he inherited the house in Carmel and still it remained there as he used it for his second home. I happened upon it at his residence in Palo Alto California while visiting him one afternoon. He had brought it there to see if his Son was interested in having it. I was shocked that it was in such beautiful condition and asked if he would consider me if his Son didn't want it. Well, I ended up with it and have enjoyed it ever since. Rick H.

 

[Tim Marlow]

That’s fantastic Rick. I assume it’s valve driven? If so, do you have spares.

 

[boatman]

That’s fantastic Rick. I assume it’s valve driven? If so, do you have spares.

DITTO TO WHAT Tim said Rick its a bueatfull radio thats when they made them with care AN TOOK PRIDE IN THE FINISHED ARTICKLE not like now with all this massed produced stuff
chris

 

[Mini Me]

Yes indeed Gentlemen.....I had everything gone through and all the old dried up condensers were replaced as well as any weak vacuum tubes so it's all fresh as a daisy.....it was amazing that it still played when I got it. There is a Vintage electronics supply house in Tempe Arizona that has everything under the Sun for vintage radios and stereophonic equipment...actually quite a following here in the U.S.
Rick H.

 

[Tim Marlow]

That lovely warm tube sound…..can’t beat it for radios or guitars….

 

[boatman]

OK Gents weve veered off the main thread theme so unless anybody wants to talk about the model then we will start a new thread on vintage radios an vids ok an i'll close this thread
chris

 

[sootysue]

AN HERE IN ALL HER GLORY THE FINISHED MODEL ON HER STAND an she drawfes THUDERBIRD 2 which is about 15 inches long an THUNDERBIRD 1 at about 8 inches long as i still have the models up in the loft but jen wont let me bring them down View attachment 428381

Wow another fab build Chris love it ,xx