Lost in Space Jupiter 2

[DPNM]

I built this for a guy I worked with a couple years ago. It's rather large and takes some time to build. I had to paint the outside 4 times 'til it looked good to me.

 

Edited May 2, 2019 by DPNM

[peteski]

Nice!  Hopefully the top half is easily removable to show of that nice interior.

[SfanGoch]

That Jupiter 2 looks great, Jim. One of the best sci-fi kits ever made. I have two and am prepping both for fiber optic lighting of the panels and the Lighting Kits. Which paint did you use for the hull?

[DPNM]

Thank you peteski & SfanGoch.

I did build it so the top half of the ship is removable. It shows as the next to last pic so a lot is still hidden by the top ring.

The outside was painted with Dupli-Color silver out of the rattle can (better coverage/wider pattern). No clear-coat. There are various shades of Dupli-Color silvers and greys on the interior along with my first use of water base acrylic paints on some of the parts. Inner/bottom is Dupli-Color black primer.

The guy I built it for received it as a Christmas present from a co-worker. He didn't get the lighting kit.

It is a well designed and executed kit.

Edited May 2, 2019 by DPNM

[Jim B]

Great looking ship.

[bisc63]

You did a very nice job, he should be really happy with that!

[David G.]

Looks great!

David G.

[unclescott58]

Phenomenal! Very nice. 

[Slimguy]

Wow Jim that is super nice...

[cobraman]

It does look great !

[Jim N]

Great job!  I remember my dad watching that show when I was little.

[DPNM]

15 hours ago, bisc63 said:

You did a very nice job, he should be really happy with that!

He was. Like a kid at Christmas.

1 hour ago, Jim N said:

Great job!  I remember my dad watching that show when I was little.

I remember watching it when I was younger. May have had something to do with Angela Cartwright

Thanks for the kind words everyone.

[SfanGoch]

41 minutes ago, DPNM said:

He was. Like a kid at Christmas.

I remember watching it when I was younger. May have had something to do with Angela Cartwright

Thanks for the kind words everyone.

It's on MeTV on Saturday nights at 10 PM Eastern/9 Central Time.

[Ace-Garageguy]

1 hour ago, DPNM said:

...I remember watching it when I was younger. May have had something to do with Angela Cartwright

Great looking model. I never noticed before how this ship loosely resembled the one used for The Invaders.

Guess I was too preoccupied looking at Marta Kristen. The mom was pretty hot too...if you could get past the Lassie association. 

Edited May 2, 2019 by Ace-Garageguy

[DPNM]

2 hours ago, SfanGoch said:

It's on MeTV on Saturday nights at 10 PM Eastern/9 Central Time.

I'll check out a show or two. I doubt that it will be the same

1 hour ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Great looking model. I never noticed before how this ship loosely resembled the one used for The Invaders.

Guess I was too preoccupied looking at Marta Kristen. The mom was pretty hot too...if you could get past the Lassie association. 

Yep Ace, Marta sure was pretty. "Penny" was closer to my age.

June was a good looking lady.

[Classicgas]

Well done. As corny as the aliens, stories and special effects were, the wife and I enjoy watching it. Angela is a year older than the wife, and reminds me of her at that age, that's why I like it lol.

[peteski]

On 5/2/2019 at 4:20 PM, Ace-Garageguy said:

Great looking model. I never noticed before how this ship loosely resembled the one used for The Invaders.

Guess I was too preoccupied looking at Marta Kristen. The mom was pretty hot too...if you could get past the Lassie association. 

I watch the reruns on MeTV and yes, all the ladies are hot!  And speaking of the Invaders, I was channel surfing over the weekend (and nigth) and  the premiere episode was being shown on MeTV. Looks like they will be showing the series.