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Here is a picture of one of my Polar Light's Jupiter 2 kits assembled in an in-flight mode. It is fully lighted with an upper deck only (I have not assembled any lower decks, as I either build Jupiter 2's in flight, or with the gear down). On gear down versions, I've scratchbuilt the landing bays to increase accuracy. I sharpened the appearance of the rim of the model by adding a ring of plastic that was put on with superglue, then covered with putty and several layers of superglue and sanded down again to achieve a perfectly sharp tip.

The Jupiter 2 in the landed mode is a 6 inch in diameter resin kit I purchased at least 12 or 13 years ago from somewhere in Arizona I believe (can't remember the name of the kit maker unfortunately). The chariot is the mini-chariot from Lunar Models.

Pictures 7 and 8 are my fully accurized Polar Lights Jupiter 2 (I even replaced the horrible thick viewports with a nicer, higher quality plastic within a frame, which took many tries).

Jim Crompton

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