The FD7 (floating
dock #7) was the mother ship for the B1 gold mining
bathyscaph featured in 'The Golden Sea'. It was about 48
inches long. Like most of the model ships featured in
Stingray, the FD7 was made mainly from balsa wood with
kit part details. Note the Airfix HO/OO scale model
railway bridges used to make the gantry cranes.
Galleon
This is the old
museum piece featured in 'Set Sail for Adventure'. Of
course, this one of the wooden ship models seen in 'The
Ghost Ship'. This model appears to have been built from a
wooden sailing ship display model, like those made by
James Bliss Marine.
Gunboat
Wadi
The El-Hudatvian
gunboat Wadi was featured in 'Star of the East'. This
detailed model was reused throughout Stingray and
appeared later on in harbor scenes in Thunderbirds,
Captain Scarlet, and Joe 90.
Pink
Ice Ship
This is the
freighter seen in 'Pink Ice'. Note the ice field in which
the ship is stuck. This 'ice' is nothing more than pink
tinted pieces of styrofoam packing material. This ship
model may have been reused (and destroyed) in the
Thunderbirds episode 'Edge of Impact'.
Shanandoa
Here is the robot
freighter, Shanandoa, as seen run aground on rocks and
breaking up in 'The Cool Caveman'. The large freighter
ship models used in Stingray, like this one, seem to have
had hulls that were built from thin sheets of balsa wood.
Target
Destroyer
This is the radio
controlled destroyer that was used as a test target for
the gunboat Wadi in 'Star of the East'. In the scene in
which this model is destroyed, you can clearly see that
the hull is made up of solid balsa wood shapes.
Target
Freighter
This is the radio
controlled freighter that was used as a test target by
the gunboat Wadi in 'Star of the East'.
Oil Tow Boat
Here is the tow
boat used to haul the string of modular oil containers
seen in 'Echo of Danger'. The tow boat was made from
balsa wood and kit parts. The oil containers appear to
have been made using sealed plastic pipe segments
connected together with flexible cloth diaphragms.
Disused Freighters
These disused
freighters were prepared for disposal at sea in 'The
Disappearing Ships'. A standard Stingray freighter
design, these models were made from balsa wood with kit
details.
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