Pilot Enterprise (rebuild)
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Thanks guys!
Me too!
I had gotten a South Bend Enterprise as a kid, so this version (which also showed up in pre-release publicity photos) is quite nostalgic for me. And even though I built a ton of Trek models in the 70s and 80s, I didn't build my first TMP Enterprise model until the early 90s.
Update (or lack of update)
I haven't made any progress because I only got the matt finish yesterday. So the model is still not glued together yet.
I did put together this image as an homage to one of Jefferies' paintings...
I also got a fish-eye lens and have been playing with that a bit...
Still just trying to get a feel for it.
Oh... and if anyone is interested, here is the original thread (from 2009) for this model.
Me too!
I had gotten a South Bend Enterprise as a kid, so this version (which also showed up in pre-release publicity photos) is quite nostalgic for me. And even though I built a ton of Trek models in the 70s and 80s, I didn't build my first TMP Enterprise model until the early 90s.
Update (or lack of update)
I haven't made any progress because I only got the matt finish yesterday. So the model is still not glued together yet.
I did put together this image as an homage to one of Jefferies' paintings...
I also got a fish-eye lens and have been playing with that a bit...
Still just trying to get a feel for it.
Oh... and if anyone is interested, here is the original thread (from 2009) for this model.
Thanks for the encouragement!
I posted about it here back in 2020, but the build stalled because I need to redo the nacelle decals. Here is how it looks currently...
And this is what I was using as a general guide...
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(Same size as the model at 150 dpi)
The biggest problem is that it doesn't look that bad when viewing it from across the room, so it's harder to make it a priority to finish the fixes.
Update
I decided to take some images while it still isn't glued together (I'll be doing the final coats of clear this weekend)...
I posted about it here back in 2020, but the build stalled because I need to redo the nacelle decals. Here is how it looks currently...
And this is what I was using as a general guide...
Click to view
(Same size as the model at 150 dpi)
The biggest problem is that it doesn't look that bad when viewing it from across the room, so it's harder to make it a priority to finish the fixes.
Update
I decided to take some images while it still isn't glued together (I'll be doing the final coats of clear this weekend)...
I think so based on one of first photos of the 33 inch Model with Datin and Roddenberry:
The yellow round hatch marking is sort of visible in the photo by Datin's index finger. I assume the rest of the hatch markings are present.
They were definitely present for the 2nd Pilot based on the promo photo of Leonard Nimoy near his palm:
Shaw, you have most of the history of that model realized. I think the only real thing left may be this. It was supposedly built but I’ve never seen any photo of the small model-
So yes, the markings on the underside have been there from the start (here are some good shots of the model early on).
What is odd is that I really wasn't expecting that to be the question asked about markings on this model. I figured people would ask about the markings on and around the bridge.
They are similar to the markings on the 11 foot model for the pilot... yet different. In both cases, the markings seemed to be there to help with focusing the camera on that part of the model. And that they were seemingly added to the smaller model if the larger one was too late to use for that one zoom in shot.
I have thought about building such a model, but I really wanted to make sure that it was the same size as the one Jefferies put together. I have notes on this somewhere, but as I recall the only person to give a size was Howard A. Anderson (in an interview with American Cinematographer). He said it was about 4 inches long... but this is also the interview where he said the 11 foot model was 14 feet long (it is also the earliest reference to that length I've found), so I'm not sure I would trust any sizes he gives.
I had considered pushing forward with a 10 or 11 inch version, something large enough to include as much of the details as shown in Jefferies' artwork.
Most of my model building stuff was lost to storage some 6 years ago, so it is amazing that I'm able to do the things I've done with what I still have (like finishing the 33 inch replica).
Actually, a good example of stuff lost to storage is my Jupiter 2 model. I had some of the pieces sitting together on a shelf, but most of the rest of the kit was in storage. Earlier this week I decided to just take a day and build what I still had... this is how that turned out.
It doesn't have an interior, but at least it looks like the Jupiter 2 from most angles. And it only took me 25 years to get around to building it.
Oh, and on the subject of models just sitting around, here is a couple group shots of some of them.
We have the starships Columbia, my pilot Enterprise and my pre-TMP Enterprise. And below them is my shuttlecraft Columbus and a test assembly of the masters of my scratch built space shuttle Enterprise.
I had made molds of all the space shuttle parts, but I'm no where near getting the resin I need so I decided to test how the parts worked together by assembling the masters. I'm building it with the tail cone because that was how it was for its first flight... and how I saw it in person back in 1978 (to date, the only time I've seen a shuttle in person).
The space shuttle is about 1/125th scale, which makes the final model about the same size as my 1/25th lifting body models (here), which are also still just the masters and waiting for resin to move forward with them.
Heh, same. I still have mine... yellowing away in a box.
I sometimes think about trying trying the peroxide cleaning stuff and making new decals for it.
Good grief. I clicked the Jupiter 2 link and I instantly heard the music. (Third season.)
TBF I often see these on my phone. But I also tend to focus on what I focus on. And I was not expecting the underside markings.
Although I do adore the Cage Bridge markings (and would consider then part of the WNMHGB ship even though I know they are not just because of the re-use of the Cage shot in the barrier). So that's interesting!
TBF I often see these on my phone. But I also tend to focus on what I focus on. And I was not expecting the underside markings.
Although I do adore the Cage Bridge markings (and would consider then part of the WNMHGB ship even though I know they are not just because of the re-use of the Cage shot in the barrier). So that's interesting!
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