by Mike Burrows | Aug 11, 2026
Some photos from the recent Cromford Mills comic con. I hadn’t intended to go to this event, as the Space: 1999 convention is coming up next month. But as I can never resist yet another social get together, I happily made the journey. I’m glad to say the usual...
by Mike Burrows | Apr 7, 2026
This is the WASP Remote Control Freighter, seen fleetingly in the Stingray episode, ‘Star of the East’, before it’s ignominiously destroyed by Eastern dictator, El Hudat. The model is obviously a simple variation of the WASP Spearhead bomber, which was created using...
by Mike Burrows | Jul 4, 2025
Following on from my WASP Spearhead bomber post, here’s some photos of my Arrowhead fighter aircraft, as seen in ‘Stingray’. The kit used in the actual series was a 1:48 scale Aurora N-156 Freedom Fighter which was produced from 1962, and was just about available when...
by Mike Burrows | Jul 1, 2025
Some photos of my WASP ‘Spearhead’ bomber, as seen in Gerry & Sylvia Anderson’s TV series, Stingray. The model is a fairly simple build and uses a 1:72 scale Italeri Convair B-58 Hustler kit, which needs little alteration. Of course, the most obvious change is 3...
by Mike Burrows | May 1, 2025
Some photos I’ve taken of my Airfix/Lyons MaidStingray kit and my resin copy The Airfix kit was only available for a short time during 1965 exclusively as a mail-away. Stingray fans of a certain age will remember seeing the advert for the offer which appeared in...
