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As featured in the " Buck Rogers " series, the Thunderfighter was a trans-atmospheric spacefighter flown by pilots of the Earth Defense Directorate, the government entity responsible for the defense of New Chicago and the other surviving Earth cities.

Designed in CAD by Chris Corke, finished by Vince Hoffman and cast by BLAP! Models, the Buck Rogers Thunderfighter kit was released by Fantastic Plastic models in August 2011. The kit included clear resin canopies and a complete forward landing gear array.

The standard studio scale Thunderfighter design was added to (by the Universal Hartland model makers of Buck Rogers) in order to make what was considered to be an earlier version of the advanced Thunderfighter that were flown on screen by the Earth Directorate in Buck Rogers.

The Thunderfighter was released in a kinda 1:48 scale by Monogram in the late 1970s, and Alliance Models did a better detailed, similarly scaled kit 25 years later. This is the first 1:72 model of this iconic spacecraft.

The Buck Rogers in the 25th Century “Earth Directorate” Thunder Fighter is probably one of the most recognizable science fiction designs of it’s time! It’s beautiful, sleek lines, and aggressive look have always brought my mind to daydream of actually flying one.

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Dec 18, 2023 · I built a crude scale model, 1:50 or so, or intended to be, about 20 cm wide by 30 cm in length, for preliminary testing. Initial test of the wedge shape with the two under-body strakes revealed that the thing could fly, unstable in the yaw direction, but staying level.

This is a highly detailed 1/32 scale Buck Rogers Thunder Fighter. A medium starfighter used by the Earth Defense Directorate to protect Earth and all starships in service in with the Earth government. The fighter is very maneuverable and heavily armed.

Oct 27, 2024 · For the first time in the history of the forum we have a double MoM because our esteemed member, friend and man behind the curtain has outdone himself with another Thunderfighter, the old Starfighter from the episode "Happy Birthday, Buck". The bigger scale allowed him to add even more details to the model.