My name is Mark Walker and I live in England and I am a great fan of "Lost in Space". Well here are the pictures of my "Jupiter 2"
- Fusion core lights and upper dome lights are by Dewey Howard, fusion core has two speeds slow and fast, what I did first was detail and build the upper deck. The seats came from Skyhook Models . On the upper deck floor I chose to go with the brown color in the center and the beige color round the outer part of the deck.
- I did not build the lower deck instead I used the lower deck piece to give my "Jupiter 2" a ceiling as this also hides the upper dome power wires.
- The ceiling has ribs which I detailed in silver and white so it looks like it was meant to be. I cut the view port hole out and stuck a clear piece of plastic on the inside.
- After fitting the fusion core lights I drilled a small hole and fitted the speed switch and then a larger hole in which I fitted a PS 2 female connector the fusion core was then wired to this. I brought 4 small 3 volt light bulbs and holders and glued these around the outer part of the inner lower hull where the lower deck should be (so bulbs are directly under upper deck) these are also wired to the PS 2 connector along with the upper dome lights.
- The upper deck was glued in place and the upper hull piece was glued to the lower hull piece. The removable top piece was glued down and the upper dome power wires hidden behind an inner wall. Now what I had was a one piece "Jupiter 2". Next all the joints were filled and sanded and the whole thing was then primed then painted and finally lacquered.
- The fusion core lights and the upper dome lights are on the same circuit and the under floor lights separate.
- I used two multi voltage ( 3 -12 volts) adaptors wired into a PS 2 male connector to power the "Jupiter 2" . The effect of the lights under the floor give the inside of the ship an uncanny sense of realism, an alive glow if that's what you would call it.
The reason why I decided to build it like this was I wanted something that was a bit more realistic than a plastic model, sort of like a movie prop so to speak. I can pick it up, look underneath it, carry it around and it won't fall apart