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Owner of 18ft Thunderbird 3 replica thought he was only buying a model
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Read our Privacy noticeThe buyer of a massive Thunderbird 3 space rocket mistakenly believed they were purchasing a miniature model, it has been revealed.
A former employer of Humberside Airport in North Lincolnshire, Andrew Bellamy, said the son of one of the site’s former owners made the error in 2008 when they bid on a replica.
After learning from a site worker that the model was in fact massive, the crew turned around and went back to Humberside Airport to organise a lorry.
In the film, the band ordered what they thought was a life-size replica of Stonehenge but instead received a miniature.