Lost in Space
Lost in Space Ran for years. Even though the basics of the show were lost to rubber suites and monsters. I thought the original plot was terrific. The Robinson family venturing out, a built in enemy in Dr. Smith, all the variety of new worlds, what more could you need? Then the Saucer Lost and crash lands. The number of stories could have gone on forever. Lost in Space fans are loyal to the show. If you go looking for Lost in Space or LIS via Google, the number of hits is amazing. Lost in Space is a icon of the era. I hope I did a good job on this for you fans out there.
Simply, here is the Launch, a standalone tower with little or no visible construction work around it.
The ship played a small part of the show. At best it was a house trailer. But it did crashes well. Here it is doing the usual smashing into the top of a mountain as they looked for a soft spot to land/crash. Clipping the top of a mountain is pretty much a movie standard, right down to Indiana Jones 2. Finally mashing itself into a soft spot in the planet.
The dimensions of the saucer are really vague. Using several Web sights I have a ranger from 48 to 250 feet in diameter. The ship is more of an urban legend.
Anyway, so I do what I usually do. I pull out Fred my 6 ft 2 in man. I then place the high and low points around him. In this case the 3 levels that make up the saucer. Using Fred, I came up with a ship 37 feet high, (not including the Navigation Bubble) and about 102 feet in diameter. Each floor has a clearence of 7 foot 6 inches plus decks 10 inches thick. The tightest room was the engineering room in the bottom.
With the above as a starting place I then built a saucer round those basic dimension until the overall saucer looked good. Once thats done I never change the size of the ship to fit the interior. In this case the tractor was impossible to place as described in various Web sights. But I got it in.
Here is the Jupiter 2 with a transparent hull.
Top Deck: starting forward is the Pilot and Co Pilot's seats. The air lock control panel then the air lock itself. A lounge and the elevator for the B9 unit. Continuing to circling round you have the Saucer's Atomic Reactor, explorer lander, the tractor, life support (air/water scrubbers) pumps. Bio-Lab, Main deck rest room, navigation computers and pilot's living quarters. Air and water tanks surround the entire saucer. Note the blue and green containers.
Middle deck: As you see it on the right is the Robinson's sleeping quarters. Up front is the kitchen (directly under the Pilot and copilot), move clockwise is the eating area, restroom, hospital surgical, and recovery, main computer plus 9B robot docking area. Center are the steps down to engineering. You can see the reactor, lander and tractor way in the back.
Bottom Deck: This is the engineering deck. View is from the 2nd floor steps. Computer display and engine diagram layout. Small but 7 foot ceilings.
The detailed views start with the Pilot and CoPilot plus flight instruments. Just to the right is the upper deck air lock controls and exit.
Next detailed view is the life suspension tubes, controls and support. The Air Lock to the explorer is located just to the left of the first tube. The center flight navigation controls are located in both scenes.