I recieved a pleasent surprise from Dave Metzner in my e-mail last night. A set of previously unreleased photos of the Jupiter 2 Test shot build up for inclusion in the Detailing and Reference Guide. Here with permission from Dave are the photos. These are the best detailed High Res pics so far, this is the last word in kit detail pics as each area is photographed individually ! Due to the fact the file sizes are so large and the number of pics (20+) I had to post them at Flickr.com out of neccesity.

Enjoy Guys, it won't be long now!

Find the Photos here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jupiter__series/

I just wet myself...

Oh and before my maners escape me, I wan't to Thank Dave Metzner for allowing me the priviledge and Honor to be the first to post these. We are damn fortunate to have people like Frank and Dave, for letting us bend their ears with our sometimes silly choices of kits we are dying for someone to manufacture, and granting these wishes. No model kit manufacturer has ever in the history of the Hobby provided such customer service. They also have hit a home run with kit announcements and producing the kits ,ON TIME with little if any delay. I won't continue to sing the praises of folks you already know are top notch, suffice to say that for such a small, relatively new company, Moebius is a force to be delt with ,and a Hobby Juggernaut! Make mine a Moebius!

Many Thanks for posting these!

Moebius has such a wonderful track record with their kits. This is simply astonishing!! Thanks for sharing these with us!

I Want My J2 Nowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's gonna be a long winter, and working on this is gonna make it an exceptionally memorable & happy one!
Time to finish off all the other back-burner builds and make room for the Jupiter II!

Is The Upper Hull Going To Be One Or Two Pieces ?

Just a quick note - the pics show first test shot parts NOT the finished model as seen at I-hobby and Chiller - The finished model has additional clear parts notably the panels behind the freezing tubes. also the finished model has different clear floor inserts in the elevator and freezing tubes with the texture like the Flying sub floor...Unfortunately I seem to have misplaced my photos of the finished model...(musta deleted the files)

Dave

The upper Hull is one piece versus the Polar Lights version as a two piece hull.

I have been working on the PL J2, but I think that I'm going to hold off and wait for this one to light instead.

I just wet myself...

"Depend" works wonders for men your age.

Like ohers I've had a WIP PL2 J2 kit for a while now, doing kitbashing to match it to the "real" thing....Now I want to be working on the Moebius kit!

That's Purty!

Max Bryant

Wow ... one can really see the commitment to details here. I'm not a LIS fan but looking at this kit makes me want to go looking for the series's box set.

Yep...The Chinese must think were nuts! So much detail for a model from a TV show that went off the air 40 years ago! Bravo Moebius! I used to wish for a large detailed kit of the Jupiter 2 back in the 60's but now I'm kinda glad that we did'nt get one. A kit produced back in that day and age would not have had anyware near the level of detail that this puppy has! Back then kits were somewhat basic and if say Aurora did one the accuracy would have been suspect as well. Good enough for the 60's leaves alot to be desired today. If one were produced back then all of us would have wasted soo much money on e-place re-acquiring them and paying atronomical prices!

The Polar Lights issue was great for its time but did have problems.

Now our patience has been rewarded and for a very reasonable price we will shortly have a kit that looks to be everything we have waited so long for!

Thanks Dave and Frank and Ron! :thumbsup::thumbsup:

The kit was designed by Gary Kerr He's most responsible for the detail incorporated in the model..

Dave

I'd be cool if Moebius release a finished version for us vehicle phobic (and lazy) hobbyists .

Great post ! This kit is a masterpiece !

Kudos to Mr. Kerr and Team Moebius for making this masterpiece a reality! Those interior shots are gorgeous! This kit will surpass the Seaview in sales.

The kit was designed by Gary Kerr He's most responsible for the detail incorporated in the model..

Dave

Sorry Dave! EXTREMELY SORRY GARY!!! I ment to include Gary as well! I do appreciate all of team Moebius's efforts!:o

The whole team is second to none!

I just wet myself...

LOL:lol:

"Depend" works wonders for men your age.

LOL :lol: :D

I just saw the ductape flickr galery.
It's simply breathtaking!!
They built the best kit ever, and not satisfied they also painted it and give us detailed pics of each part.
We don't deserve it.

Guys,
I got my first look at the actual beastie today....

all I can say is you better clear off a big ol hunk of display space

Mother is HUUUUGE!!

here is the upper hull sitting on top of the PL C-57D

Never did get the C-57D, too big! The Jupiter II, just right. It will have a shelf unto it's self, until the Pod and Chariot come out!

No model is too big, if you want it!

Guys,
I got my first look at the actual beastie today....

all I can say is you better clear off a big ol hunk of display space

Mother is HUUUUGE!!

here is the upper hull sitting on top of the PL C-57D

Sweet Mama!!! She's a beauty!:thumbsup::thumbsup:

Glad We dont have to wait too much longer for ours!:thumbsup:

Guys,
I got my first look at the actual beastie today....

all I can say is you better clear off a big ol hunk of display space

Mother is HUUUUGE!!

here is the upper hull sitting on top of the PL C-57D

you got a PL kit some where in the house Lou ?

you got a PL kit some where in the house Lou ?

yeah, I'll get a photo of those two this evening!

yeah, I'll get a photo of those two this evening!

and here they are. first is the pl j2 hull sitting on the Moebius j2

the second is side-by-side

as you can see. Bigger IS better

thanks Lou. really gives a sense on how big the new kit well be.

GOLLY! :eek:

So, I'm working on a new template set for the Moebius Jupiter 2. It's going to be a weird amalgam of painting masks and finished surfaces.

for instance, the floor. I think I found a color of vinyl that will do pretty well as the finished floor for the center circle, but I'm also providing a mask if you want to paint that circle a different color.

I was experimenting with colors for the outer perimeter of the floor. I thought the brown alone looked too drab, so i snuck a light coat of burgundy inbetween two coats of the brown. It looks great in person, but Iv'e noticed that when I take a picture of it, the burgundy just jumps out.

It really is browner in person

what do y'all think?

I think you can see where i'm going with the paint templates for the doors:)

So, I'm working on a new template set for the Moebius Jupiter 2. It's going to be a weird amalgam of painting masks and finished surfaces.

for instance, the floor. I think I found a color of vinyl that will do pretty well as the finished floor for the center circle, but I'm also providing a mask if you want to paint that circle a different color.

I was experimenting with colors for the outer perimeter of the floor. I thought the brown alone looked too drab, so i snuck a light coat of burgundy inbetween two coats of the brown. It looks great in person, but Iv'e noticed that when I take a picture of it, the burgundy just jumps out.

It really is browner in person

what do y'all think?

I think you can see where i'm going with the paint templates for the doors:)

Perhaps this question is better in private, but are you one of the team members at Aztek Dummy? I'm kinda new here and I really love all the AD vinyl products from those guys. I've seen many of your posts, but never put 2 and 2 together!! :)

Lou, that looks a little contrasty to my eye. The dark could be a little lighter (the set floor was fairly scuffed and dirty) and the light could be perhaps just a shade darker, the color of particle board comes closest. . The best picture I have I unfortunately can't share - it's #10 (I think) on the Viewmaster reel. The colors look pretty true there, at least to what we saw. For the life of me, can't find a decent color picture from other than the 1st season.
Did the floor stay the same colors throughout the 3d season? It began (on the Viewmaster reel and for the first few episodes) still on the stage they used for the 2nd season, so I think the floor was the same between the 2nd and first couple episodes of the 3d. But after that they moved stages and so much changed. I don't know what to make of the floor color in this photo, supposedly taken just before the demolition of the sets.
Really hard to tell from your photo, but the door points seem a little too pointy to me, tho you're probably working within the confines of the model details.

That's looking fantastic, Lou.

Perhaps this question is better in private, but are you one of the team members at Aztek Dummy?

Lou is not only one of the team members at Aztek Dummy, he IS the Aztek Dummy!

Im trying to figure out how to make the wall divisions look like there glowing or lit up.

Im trying to figure out how to make the wall divisions look like there glowing or lit up.

Woof, I'm working on that, too:wave:

Starseeker, yes I'm working off the parts, so i need to make them match as close as possible.

here's another photo of the same setup under different lighting. You can get a better idea of the details on the pod bay door as well as another view of the floor colors

In that light, or from that angle, those colors look perfect! Nice work, as always. Looking at my 3d season "screen grabs" (I took photos from the TV set in the days even before DVD), the late 3d season floor (without the hatch under the ladder) seems to be the same colors as the early 3d season floor.
Painting those doors is a bear. I was hoping that someone would come up with decals or an etch overlay that could be painted and applied separately. I never thought of your masks. They're going to be great!

I painted my Lunar and PL Jupiter a Chocolate Brown. It looks pretty good to me. I also used a red very thin striping to separate the two. (automotive striping tape)

I heard someone describe the deck colors as "chocolate & caramel" once. I used Testor's gloss brown for mine & mixed it with yellow for the inner color.

So, I'm working on a new template set for the Moebius Jupiter 2. It's going to be a weird amalgam of painting masks and finished surfaces.

for instance, the floor. I think I found a color of vinyl that will do pretty well as the finished floor for the center circle, but I'm also providing a mask if you want to paint that circle a different color.

I was experimenting with colors for the outer perimeter of the floor. I thought the brown alone looked too drab, so i snuck a light coat of burgundy inbetween two coats of the brown. It looks great in person, but Iv'e noticed that when I take a picture of it, the burgundy just jumps out.

It really is browner in person

what do y'all think?

I think you can see where i'm going with the paint templates for the doors:)


I'll be glad to sign up for the paint masks. The chariot canopy masks sold me. I recall all the tedious masking doing my Lunar Models J2 and PL one. The masks would help greatly on the new Moebius J2 I am sure!!!

That's looking fantastic, Lou.



Lou is not only one of the team members at Aztek Dummy, he IS the Aztek Dummy!

Thanks for the info! Thanks for all your good work, Lou!!

In that light, or from that angle, those colors look perfect! Nice work, as always. Looking at my 3d season "screen grabs" (I took photos from the TV set in the days even before DVD), the late 3d season floor (without the hatch under the ladder) seems to be the same colors as the early 3d season floor.
Painting those doors is a bear. I was hoping that someone would come up with decals or an etch overlay that could be painted and applied separately. I never thought of your masks. They're going to be great!

Starseeker,
thanks for the compliment! barring any "cold light of day" photos, matching colors on an Irwin Allen production is always up to debate.

I hope you'll find that when it comes to this Jupiter 2 that Paul and I should have you covered. We've been working together on this for a while now and we want to make sure that no stone in left unturned

And even those photos are subject to exposure, color balance, printing, scanning, and whatever your monitor makes them look like. You've got it nailed, it looks like. Lou, speaking of un-turning stones, will you be providing alternate bits for anyone who for some crazy reason happen to hate the 3d season Jupiter 2? All I can think of off hand is an alternate storage room/pod bay hatch and possibly extended-across-the-full-ceiling whatever-you're-thinking-of-to-detail-the-lighted-girders, something that was mentioned early in the original J2 details thread as being easy to scratch for those who so desired. Meaning there's interest. At least in theory.

I can tell you that I've not heard of any plans for alternate items like you spelled out, but if they materialize, I will certainly look into making stuff to make it easier to paint them.

I'm hoping somebody looks into making a "plug" to simulate the filming model cockpit. That way folks could build the flight deck as a separate mdel and just go nuts lighting it and such, and they could still display the shell of the hull with it's own lighting effects and landing gear etc..

Did find one picture. From the poses, it looks like it's from the 3d season. It looks way too contrasty to my eye. Which tells you what little I know. Sigh.

Did find one picture. From the poses, it looks like it's from the 3d season. It looks way too contrasty to my eye. Which tells you what little I know. Sigh.

That pic is from the second season - look at the colors of the costumes...

Bryan