I was looking at all my reference material and have amassed enough for a
full size Jupiter, money being an issue, and storage, I've settled on something a bit more realistic...
a bit insane but, that's how I roll !

Well, at least at that scale you can use old GI Joe and Barbie figures...

Rob
Iwata Padawan

Or you could use this:

http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Space-Doctor-Maureen-Robinson/dp/B002LBORSC/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1258484002&sr=8-3-fkmr0

YES!!!!!!!!!! Somewhat like the project I began, but never finished. A J2 modeled after the filming set in scale with the wind-up Robot from Japan. Not sure of the scale, but the half I built was about 4ft across.