Blue Thunder from "Blue Thunder" (1983)

Scale: 1/32
Initial Release: 1984
Medium: Styrene
Kit Rarity:3

About the Design

A super-duper police helicopter equipped with advanced sensors, long-range microphones, a forward-mounted six-barrel electric canon and a “whisper mode” that allowed the vehicle to fly virtually silently, Blue Thunder was designed to be the ultimate in aerial law enforcement. In reality, the craft was a modified French Gazelle (Aerospatiale) helicopter tricked out with a dozen or more prop gimmicks to give it that “high tech” look. In addition to the 1983 film staring Roy Schieder, the chopper was also featured in a short-lived “Blue Thunder” TV series (1984).

About the Kit

The “Blue Thunder” TV series gave this 1/32 Monogram kit  a longer shelf life than is common for most movie series tie-ins. However, by the early 1990s, the kit was out of production and available only on the collector’s market. In the early 21st Century it was re-released by several Korean companies (which also published an Airwolf repop), and it could once again be purchased from overseas suppliers via the Internet and Ebay.

This model was built from an original issue.