![]() ![]() It seems to depict the command module sitting directly on the descent stage with exposed J2 legs. This was presumably based on an early draft of the script, then titled Planet of the Apes Revisited, in which Brent's landing is successful. Incidently, Bill Creber's art department did produce at least one sketch of the intact ship during pre-production of the film. SciFi Airshow's version is a beautifully produced interpretation, but, other than a general resemblance, it is largely inconsistent with the prop that appears in Beneath. I think it is worth bearing in mind that, unlike the Apollo LM, Brent's ship is designed for atmospheric flight, and would be very unlikely to make a re-entry with an exposed landing gear. It is a starting point to guide speculation on how the hull might further extend around the landing gear and engine I have some ideas, and have been working on them. The model in my pictures is intended only as a reconstruction of what we can see exposed beyond this. Although this area is heavily damaged and consists largely of unattached sheets of shredded metal, it is possible to estimate its length at about 15 feet, or a third as long again as the command module. In both LIS and Beneath, the panels were very thin sheet metal attached to a frame so, the doubling up doesn't noticeably affect the proportions.Ĭlick to expand.As you point out, there is an extension which follows the elliptical section of the forward hull. You can make this out in the perspective rendering of the Sketchup leg. To account for this, I’ve assumed that, in an undamaged state, the side panels have a double wall, the first layer with the holes, and the second without. In any case, the near leg and the near panel of the top leg of Brent’s ship have the new, plain panels, whereas the far panel of the top leg, and both panels of the far leg are originals with holes. Perhaps the original panels were damaged or missing by the time Beneath was filmed, and were replaced with simpler, less labour-intensive versions, or perhaps the LIS panels were covered up where they would be most conspicuous, in an effort to disguise the re-use of a familiar prop. In the second Apes film, some of the leg side panels lack the trapezoid apertures which were prominent in Lost in Space. I derived the proportions and dimensions by combining measurements taken from the Jupiter 2 studio blueprints, the Moebius kit, stills of the full-size J2 landing gear, and stills from Beneath. Here’s the first part of the landing gear from Brent’s ship as rendered in Sketchup. Perhaps there are later, more detailed studio blueprints of the landing gear on its own, for instance. By aligning the base and the sixth step in the kit and studio drawings, I've tried to match the scales, but I was wondering if anyone has any more information about the full-size gear which would take out some of the guesswork. However, it's quite clear in the attached image that the studio plans themselves portray the landing gear at a different angle and with very different proportions. In a previous Hobbyist discussion, it was noted that the Moebius landing gear was based on the full-size mock-up rather than the hero miniature, and reference to stills shows that this detail in the kit conforms very closely to what was built for the soundstage. In the attached image, I've overlaid the landing gear profile from the Moebius J2 kit (in red) over the studio blueprints (which I've outlined in blue). The studio blueprints are a great starting point, but there seem to have been some adjustments made when the prop was constructed. To begin with, though, I want to replicate the parts which were re-used from the Jupiter 2 as accurately as I can. ![]() The model I'm working on is intended to show the ship before it crashed, which will ultimately involve adding to what was actually seen in Beneath. ![]() ![]() I love Sci-Fi Airshow, and the Skyhook model will almost certainly be making a dent in my wallet before too long. ![]()
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