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  • A new Jupiter 2 that makes sense

    Now this is more like it! Even though I loved the design of the Jupiter 2 in the movie remake, the original is still a favorite. It's hard to mess up what is essentially nothing more than a flying saucer. The "supersizing" works for me as well. LIS had moments of ambition, but it is such a letdown when even as a kid it was so easy to tell that the inside of the J2 could never fit within the confines of the exterior. Then there was that episode when they finally managed to return to Earth, but in the year 1949 (or somewhere around there). A mock-up of the J2 exterior was featured in that episode, but it was so freakin' tiny! It looked like it was only about 1/3 the size of the "actual" ship. I still remember seeing it and thinking "That can't be right. The ship has to be bigger than that!"

    So I'm liking the idea of keeping the ship the same, just giving it proper dimensions. My only nitpick would be that I'd have made it a full 100' in diameter since your version is so close to that number anyway. I just have this thing about whole numbers. I see the 98' 4" and think "what would it hurt to add that extra one-foot and eight inches? A little extra hull reinforcement would explain that real easy!"

    I'm very much looking forward to seeing this project develop. A new LIS web series based on the original show sounds like a very cool idea.
    DarkFlite
  • Drydock Series #1: Reunion with an Old Friend

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    This is the first in a short series of images of the USS Enterprise resting in drydock. In this one, she receives a visit from an acquaintance from days gone by.
    JES