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HYPER ATOMIC MISSILE REPLICA (BILL HEDGES) |
Updated: November 02, 2008
This is a hyper-atomic missile replica prop that was
first seen briefly in the Lost in Space episode
Forbidden World. Since I had the an original
blueprint for it, it seemed a waste not to bring the
prop back to life again The design and work that
went into the original screen used prop could not be
fully appreciated since it was only seen briefly and
not very clearly at all. So it was fun to build this
and see what the original really looked like.
The blueprint even included the original colors that
it was to be painted, including lavender, orange, yellow,
and aluminum. This was built for the first color season
and they apparently wanted to take advantage of that fact.
The nose cone is painted orange and only lit around the
sides by the light bulb under it giving it a glow. The
miniature is just over high and can be seen in the
episode flying by the Jupiter-2 I scratch built it
with the only change being that I used LED's for the
flashing pod lights since they would be hard to ever
replace. It can be internally powered by 3 volts, however
I'm using external wires to suspend it and power it since
it will be hanging outside the porthole in my Jupiter-2
room when thats done.
Bill Hedges
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