Stingray is a British children's science fiction television series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and produced by AP Films (APF) for ITC Entertainment. Filmed in 1963 using a combination of electronic marionette puppetry and scale model special effects, it was APF's sixth puppet series and the third to be produced under the banner of "Supermarionation". It premiered in October 1964 and ran for 39 half-hour episodes.

The "driver" looks Photoshopped to me, but it would still be neat to have a "life sized" Supercar in the garage. Too bad it wouldn't be street legal.

It's hard to judge scale based on the angle, but it looks like this Supercar is slightly larger than the 7-feet long "hero" model that was built for the television series.

Fireball XL5 (1962)

Hey guys! Happy Valentine's Day to you all! <3✨💖❤️🤍✨

I have planned to draw and post art of my favorite Anderson Ships/Couples for this beautiful day, but firstly my PC gave me a bit of a scare and then I got sick shortly after (thankfully, I got a very mild fever and have gotten much better now ☺️👍)

So, I was thinking about taking prompts with an Anderson couple, and write short fics with them :)

My favorite ships are Scott/Penny, Alan/Tin-Tin, Scarlet/Rhapsody, Magenta/Destiny and Troy/Atlanta. Thanks! <3

ROUND ONE LINE UP- or the elimination round if you will.

Eight polls of groups of Five is now live and up for a week. The episode with the least votes will be knocked out. Next week will be used for any ties.

All the episodes (39 plus an audio story to round up to forty.) were put into an online randomizer and are as follows:

Group 1. Pink Ice. Treasure Down Below. Emergency Marineville. Trapped in the Depths. Tom Thumb Tempest

Group 2. A Christmas To Remember. The Invaders. The Ghost of the Sea. The Cool Cave Man. Plant of Doom

Group 3. Tune of Danger. Invisible Enermy. Subterranean Sea. Star of The East. Rescue from the Skies

Group 4. Hostages of the Deep. The Man from the Navy. Stingray (pilot). Marina Speaks. Aquanaut of the Year.

Group 5. Secret of the Giant Oyster. Easten Eclipse. Titan goes Pop. Loch Ness Monster. The Light House Dwellers

Group 6. An Echo of Danger. Marineville Traitor. The Master Plan. The Golden Sea. Set Sail For Adventure

Group 7. The Big Gun. Deep Heat. Raptures of the Deep. Stand by for Action. Sea of Oil.

Group 8: In Search of the Tajmanon. The Ghost Ship. Count Down. The Disappering Ships. A Nut for Marineville.

Good luck to your favourites. I'll be posting the episode snonispes with the polls to help differentiate between titles.

Captain Scarlet trading card

roj-er 😀

Filmed in Supermarionation: Explosive Special Effects

Blowing things up, old school style, high speed camera, models, and det cord

tips for model vehicles: electrical tape amirite!!

if you’re crafty with some scissors you can use it to add really nice (and easily removable!) detailing to your models

i’ve used it here for the red areas on chitty’s wings and the windows on stingray

this concludes model tips with drmopp1966

Frames from the amazing, 1960s tv series, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons from Gerry Anderson. Having had a hit with Thunderbirds (1965–1966), Anderson moved on to produce another "supermarionation" hit with  Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967). I've been revisiting the work of Gerry Anderson recently, having discovered his strange and nearly forgotten photo-comic book series Candy (featured here a few posts back). I see now, more clearly than before, what a master of production design he was, or at least, his team was. The sets, while miniature, feature the most considered (and stylish) design details - modern furniture, colour coordinated wall and material colours, clothing on the characters are very on-trend (for the late 60s), the natural landscapes are incredible and detailed, and of course, the design of the vehicles is particularly impressive. Cars, jets, rockets, tanks, flying bases, on and one. And Gerry Anderson loved pyrotechnics - there are lots of fires and explosions. He managed to mitigate miniaturism (made up word) within these effects, which when produced at a small scale, can feel, well, small. His explosions feel big. But they are smooth, in terms of frame rate - they've not simply been slowed down, or if they have, they were shot at a high speed frame rate that allowed slowing down in post-production. There's an incredible moon base explosion in Season 1 Episode 1: The Mysterons (around 3:07) where you can see the impact of the explosion creating turbulence across the dust on the lunar surface. It's an impressive, special effects, attention to detail.

These frames give a glimpse into the impressive production design of the Captain Scarlet series, which is often overlooked, with the focus being on the puppets.

Fireball XL5

I wish I was a spaceman The fastest guy alive I'd fly you 'round the universe In Fireball XL5 Way out in space together Conquerors of the sky My heart would be a fireball, a fireball Every time I gazed into your starry eyes

We'd take the path to Jupiter And maybe very soon We'd cruise along the Milky Way And land upon the Moon To a wonderland of star dust We'd zoom our way to Mars My heart would be a fireball, a fireball Cause you'd be my Venus of the stars

But though I'm not a spaceman Famous and renowned I'm just a guy that's down to earth With both feet on the ground It's all imagination I'll never reach the stars My heart is still a fireball, a fireball Every time I gaze into your starry eyes My heart is still a fireball, a fireball Every time I gaze into your starry My heart would be a Fireball, a Fireball Cause you would be the angel by my side

Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's Stingray in its pen.

I watched this as a kid. Found the puppets disturbing (head and eyes way TOO BIG for the bodies), but I loved all the mocha parts!

Thunderbirds (1965)

A thought: as much as I had a big dislike towards the CGI remake of Captain Scarlet, seeing White's weapon collection gave me an idea for the OG White... :3

Colonel White, the Sword Master >:3

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I’m still thinking about my Stingray 1964 reboot (I’m always thinking about it tbh), but what do you think I should call it if I do delve deeper into my designs?

TAG Team, please weigh in :3

agent blake reminds me of the Meiji Apollo chocolate

his color palette is mostly brown and pink, so are the candy.

And he's lucky today.