Here is the fusion core light effects circuit. I spliced the circuit boards of two 10 light strings of craft lights together so
they scroll in sequence. The wires run through an added hole in the lower deck floor and then through 10 holes drilled into the lower hull. Each light is held onto the fusion core detail with hot
glue. Detailed pictures of this did not turn out and I had the fusion core and lower floor glued in place before they returned. Also seen in this shot is the astrogator antenna.
Here is the finished fusion core. This detail looks very good as is so I chose not to add Ron's fins. As warned, each lens
had to be masked off prior to painting. This was a time consuming task but the results were very good. There are usually four lights on
at a time and they are a bit too slow but consider this, the kit does not come with any light effects so anything you add will only enhance its appearance.
Here I altered the astrogator to allow the upper disk to be raised into the upper bubble of the ship. This was carefully
done with a small saw blade that fits into a standard X-Acto knife handle.
For the astrogator cylinder, I used a small antenna from an old cordless phone. The antenna us routed through the hole in
the center of the upper deck and then through a hole in the lower deck floor to stabilize it.
The finished effect. This can be seen in the Lost in Space episodes "The Reluctant Stowaway" and "The
Hungry Sea".
