Remember that horrible TV show "Project UFO" about the Air Force "Bluebook" investigations into the UFO phenom? It was based on the actual case reports sent to the Air Force and in one episode, they uncovered a "con operation" where people were being bilked out of their cash to fund the development of a new type of flying machine, which happened to be a saucer in shape. Not only was it the biggest set construction facility that I've ever seen, it was also where the miniature storage area was, located over the offices on the North side. In that last shot above of the mock-up you are looking at the east face of the huge "mill" on the "olympic" side of the Fox lot. In the 2nd season, the exterior set gained curved walls, the main controls and viewports were changed, upper deck instruments were redressed slightly, the ceiling gained new high vertical panels, and we got to play Where’s the Astrogator? In the 3d season, well, the changes got too absurd to bother with. Control panels were added under the main viewports and the angle of the under-window desk changed slightly. The 5" step was removed with the addition of the Robot, and the ceiling/wall girders, walls, control panels, etc, gained a 5" toe. The 1st season upper deck was continuous with the straight sided exterior set, straight sided because its impossible to bend arborite into a compound curve. My drawings are all on 11x14" sheets, so some of them continue across attachments. The first was the pilot, which had a 5" step in the centre of floor and instead of the glide tube and ladder, the side panels from the galley formed the back walls of the upper deck. None of the measurements are made up.Įveryone reading this knows that there were 3 main versions of the interior of the J2. Whenever a measurement is stated on the attachments, it is from a Fox blueprint. The tops and sides of the top fins, as well as a band around the edge of the last ring outside the glass dome are polished metal. But they show do the contrasting panels that lasted throughout the series. They would not fit inside the straight sided set, and the locker room wouldn’t fit into any Jupiter 2.Īstrogator shades are way too dark. The walls behind the ladder and the glide tube are vertical to the ceiling. It shows the dimensions and angle of the 2nd season control panel, plus the curved crash doors of the 4' miniature. Season 2 cross is a bit of a hybrid diagram. Twenty plus years ago I spent a lot of time copying, tracing, and drawing and not only made plans for my own 1/24 scale J2 but drew every single detail of the exterior and interior upper and lower decks that I could find. Our winters are really long and cold this far north. Some of the blueprints were for the pilot version, some for details of the 2nd season version. But it is the Jupiter 2 that I most loved. On another thread I’ve posted my conversion of the original Fox blueprints of the early Seaview into its series incarnations, as well as copies of the original control room and sail and flying sub. I must have finally driven someone insane, as one day two two inch thick packages arrived in my mailbox. As Supersnipe, I sent endless letters to Fox begging for the blueprints of the ships on their shows. My Grail kit was always a 1/24 scale model of my beloved saucer. As an older kid, I still loved the hardware, the first season stuff, and of course the Jupiter 2. So you would need reasonably high speed internet.Īs a little kid, I was a huge Lost in Space fan. The thirty-some files posted here are 60-90k each or the original approx 11" x 17" drawings 600-900k each. There are occasional long periods where I'm not active here but I do lurk and eventually I do check my messages. If you are looking for my upper deck drawings and they are no longer attached to the messages below, please PM me (Starseeker) and I can email them to you.
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