International Rescue Thunderbirds

My designs for a live action Thunderbird series, the flight suits based off Star Trek ent, the rest my slightly own designs.

Former Captain Scott Tracy; a heroic fighter and test pilot for the United Nations Air Force. The eldest of the brothers at 30 years old, he's used to raining the others in when needed but also letting them take charge in the right situations. While Scott believes and tries to maintain that I.R is mainly a life saving rescuing operation, his old service handgun is never too far away.

Virgil Tracy graduated top of his classes with several diplomas in engineering (plus a few in art and music). Whilst he loves having fun at home, in the field he never minces whatever he says. Almost in parallel to Thunderbird 2, Virgil doesn't mind doing a lot of heavy lifting being the strongest member of the family.

Former Astronaut John Tracy has always loved the stars, that's probably why he was the first to follow in their father's footsteps. After mere days of graduating from Harvard John went straight into applying, and joining, the International Space Agency. One of the reasons John loves space is the isolation, crowded places or swarms of people have always caused him anxiety, but being able to go for a space walk whenever you want brings a smile to his face.

Former Lieutenant Commander Gordon Tracy; instead of going up like his older brothers he went down, to the ocean floor within the submarine service of the United Nations Sea Force. Not only has he developed underwater breathing equipment, that I.R. uses, but also holds 3 Olympic swimming records. The outspoken and outgoing practical joker of the family, he is rarely seen without an air of mischief around and about him and whilst he wisecracks on mission it is more to make others and himself at ease during the situation.

Alan Tracy, the youngest of the Tracy family. Like his father & John he has always been interested in space, and going really fast which lead to a few problems (involving cars, the borrowing of a teachers telescope and one misguided rocket) at the schools he was sent to. Nearly all the family decided that joining the I.S.A with his natural gifted piloting abilities might help direct his enthusiasm (Scott thought the U.N.A.F boot camp would be better). Enthusiastic and lover of all things action, he loves to show how brave and useful he can be even if he might get ahead of himself in a situation that might be more than he can handle.

Tanusha "Kayo" Kyrano, the adoptive sister of the Tracy Family. Almost the same age as Alan, it's hard to believe She is I.R's Chief of Security a role she inherited from her father. Trained in the Wing Chun form of Kung fu, and how to operate nearly all the thunderbird/pod craft, she is a force to be reckoned with. She sometimes butts heads with Scott on how I.R operates, thinking that some of the situations they face they could of prevented from happening at all.

There are two sides to Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward, there is the image concocted by the media and the world then there is the real Penelope. I mean who would believe that the vastly rich protesting campaigning high dining socialite is also an undercover investigative specialist for the world renowned International Rescue? I mean how could she find time when fighting for human & animal rights, campaigning to preserve historical buildings/sites whilst endeavoring to embrace the future and dining with royalty.

Aloysius Parker has had several careers in his life; Butler, Chauffeur, Spy, Saboteur, Soldier, infamous bank robber... what you thought everyone kept their noses' clean? The criminal underworld has high respect and regards for Nosey Parker.  



Top Row; Scott, Virgil, Alan, Gordon, John, Kayo, Lady Penelope and Butler Aloysius Parker
Middle Row; all brothers & Kayo with all-purpose harness & gloves plus Scott & Virgil with helmets (each one personally stylized by each brother & Kayo), an undercover look for Lady P and Nosey Parker.
Bottom Row; Scott with Jacket, Virgil in fire-suit, Alan in Space-Suit Gordon in specialized wet-suit and John in snow/winter gear.

Update 18th October 2016: vehicle patches as in the new Thunderbirds are go, knee pads on the flight suits, minor edits to Scott's helmet and Gordon's wetsuit.
Update 25th OCtober 2016: edited Virgil's fire-suit
Update 2nd March 2018: My own version of the family's backgrounds/biographies, edit to Scott's helmet, added Virgil's helmet and edits to Gordon's wetsuit
Update 6th March 2018: John in snow/winter gear and a less Jarvis/Alfred look for Parker
Update 3rd November 2019: Changed Gordon's hair, moved the stockings onto Lady P's undercover look and gave her regular look red heels, minor edits to her's, kayo's and Gordon's faces, edits to Alan's space suit
Update 19th March 2021: Edits to Scott's helmet to give him more of a Nasa Commander stripe on his helmet, switched his, Virgil's and Gordon's suit colours to grey/silver, green and yellow including Gordon's wetsuit, gave Kayo her Thunderbird Shadow shoulder patch and edits to the Fire Suit helmet's visor shadows.

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