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I built the seats from smooth 30 thou Plastikard with cushioning made from ribbed EMA plastic and also scratchbuilt the steering unit and control panels in the same way. To finish the model off I added The "Spectrum" badges.
These were done by getting colour photocopies of those seen in the 1967 annual and sticking them on with "Spray mount" adhesive. One final note: In the 1967 Captain Scarlet Annual, the SPV is seen climbing a rock face tipped back onto its rear tracks.
On the "DinkyToy" the tracks folded down.In the TV series the SPV was never seen using these rear tracks, So in discussions with Alan Fennell, the editor of the comic, I decided to show the SPV doing just such a cliff climb.
I set the shot up but it immediately became apparent that this manouver would have been virtually impossible for 2 reasons.1. Unless the angle of the cliff face was almost exactly 45 degrees, the craft would either tip over backwards or fall forwards back on to its wheels! 2.
When in this position the 2 lights that hang down below the catarpillar tracks scrape the ground! So, on the whole I think the "Dinky" toy got it right! The tracks would have folded down onto the ground to give extra traction. But the photo I did with the SPV doing the cliff climb did look quite spectacular "
Final shot is utterly convincing.
Comic photo showing SPV over water.
Comic shot showing SPV firing its cannon.
SPV does the impossible and climbs a hill on its rear tracks. However this would never have worked in reality but made a great photograph for the comic.