Gerry Anderson's STINGRAY models, toys and artwork

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Stingray is a top of the range submarine in the service of the World Aquanaut Security Patrol - WASP.
Stingray is crewed by Captain Troy Tempest and Lieutenant 'Phones' Sheridan - and also a lady called Marina.

One of the most interesting things about the Stingray series was the relationships between the characters.
Troy Tempest was, on the face of it, Atlanta Shore's boyfriend. Atlanta was the daughter of Commander Shore - Troy's boss.
However, Troy rescued an aquatic girl, Marina, a slave of the mighty Titan. Titan is a powerful undersea ruler who doesn't like 'Terrainians much - we're the Terraninians by the way.
Troy soon discovered that Marina can't speak - and formed a close friendship with the girl, getting her a job as part of the Stingray crew.
Whilst Atlanta seems somewhat suspicious of this arrangment she puts up with it. Phone's sometimes has to give his C.O. an alibi when things get too fishy. Troy would seem to be a bit of a cod, sorry, cad.
Of course the series had all the usual action/adventure and special effects and some superb underwater craft. Amazing what they could pack into half an hour of t.v.

What of the models and toys?
Well, there have been far too few Stingray toys. Lots of jigsaws, pencil cases, books etc but not many nice toys and models.
There was a Stingray kit available for cash and lolly wrappers back in the 60's. Sadly, we didn't get one. There were a few Stingray toys in the 60's but we don't have any in our collection. These toys included both wheeled and floating versions of the sub and also a vaguely Stingray shaped waterpistol.
During the 1990's Matchbox produced a range of Stingray toys, some of which you'll see here. More recently, Vivid Imaginations have produced Stingray toys - see our review. As for models Comet Miniatures produced a vac-form plastic kit a few years ago. we also have a vinyl kit made by Wave. There was also a plastic kit made by Doyusha - one of the very few injection plastic kits of Stingray ever produced. This kit would make a good basis for a sailing model since there's plenty of room for batteries and motors inside. There have been some nice resin kits of some of Titan's craft - we'll be showing them on these pages.
We're reconstructing all of the major models from the Stingray series in 3d computer graphics.

Stingray Dawn
Stingray
Here is our computer model of Stingray - the WASP's supersub.
Now we have our own 3d model of Stingray we'll be starting a new Stingray picture gallery.

Stingray surfaced in calm waters
Stingray On Patrol
Our computer model of Stingray on the surface of a calm sea.

3d Marineville Control tower
Marineville - Stingray's Base
From the Control Tower Commander Shore directs WASP operations.
I made this model of the Control Tower in Truespace and Bryce 3D.

3d apartments
Marineville Apartment Blocks

These are the WASP personnel living quarters.
These buildings are situated on either side of the Control Tower.

3D Marineville
Marineville - Standing By For Action!

The WASP are a tough organisation doing a tough job. These are just the missiles for getting that job done - hydromic missiles.
Stored in underground silos they are always ready to be deployed against undersea threats.
We hope you like our version of this classic Marineville pose.

THE CAST
From left to right: Titan, "Phones", Marina, Commander Shore, Troy Tempest
These are the Matchbox 'action figures'. Some of the likenesses are pretty good. The clothes are nicely done too. Such a pity about the stupid leg joints. These could have been really nice figures. Still, Marina and Shore don't have the joint problem and the others could be fixed with a bit of Milliput and repainting.

Terror Fish on launcher
A TITAN TERROR FISH ON ITS LAUNCHER

This is a 'Terror Fish' - a deadly submarine disguised as a fish. These craft are crewed by Titan's Aquaphibian minions, and pose a considerable threat.
This Terror Fish and its launcher are resin kits produced by Warp. The 'Fish' has a poseable jaw to simulate attack mode - these submarines launch torpedoes from their mouths.
The launcher has some white metal parts and can be raised and lowered.

X20's Submarine
SURFACE AGENT X TWO-ZERO'S SUBMARINE

X20 is Titan's spy. He is a constant thorn in WASP's side. Luckily, he is not very competent at his job - at least not as far as Titan is concerned. But, it must be underStood that Titan does tend to expect rather a lot from his agents, so it's a bit of a tough job.
Anyway, this is X20's sub. The sub is just as fishy as it's owner.
This is a resin model produced by Warp. A very nice kit. It had almost no excess resin and no holes! It also comes complete with a nice diorama ocean floor base, also of resin, and a considerable amount of coloured 'vegetation'. Dorsal fins are resin and just need superglueing to the main body. The markings on this craft are supposed to be wavy and 'natural' looking to mimic the appearance of a fish. No decals were supplied. We drew the 'eyes' on computer and printed them on a gummed label and cut them out. All that was needed then was a bit of brass tubing to act as a support connecting the model to it's base.

Matchbox Stingray
MATCHBOX STINGRAY
Here's the large Matchbox toy. Overall it's a nice model. It suffers from 'action figure syndrome' in that it's designed to have one of the figures crammed into the drastically out of scale 'cockpit'.Luckily, this doesn't mar the appearance of the craft. It has twin firing sting missiles and ski undercarriage. This is a fun toy.

Matchbox Terror Fish
A TITAN TERROR FISH
These are the submarines used by Titan. They are crewed by two Aquaphibians - a subject race of Titan's undersea empire.
This is a 3" Matchbox toy. Very well detailed with a hinged lower jaw. These subs opened their jaws to unleash their undersea missiles.

Small Matchbox Stingray
STINGRAY
The 4" long Matchbox toy. This is the companion model to the Terror Fish - these two toys came as a boxed set.
For some reason Matchbox only put the Stingray lettering on one side, otherwise this is a very nice little model.

VIVID IMAGINATIONS STINGRAY
This is the Vivid Imaginations 10" long Stingray toy.
This seems to be a scaled down version of the larger Matchbox Stingray. Vivid seem to specialize in making toys based on earlier toys.
Click on the link at the bottom of the page to see our review.

Hot Wheels Stingray
Here's a nice little Stingray model - about 2 inches in length.
This is a 'Charawheels' Stingray made for the Japanese market.
Don't worry, despite the 'Hot Wheels' and 'Charawheels' logos on the packaging, the model does not have wheels.
It's very nicely detailed and doesn't suffer from gimmics.