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66" T.O.S. Starship Enterprise

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66" T.O.S. Starship Enterprise
Posted by ModelNerd on Thursday, June 16, 2011 11:29 PM

Greetings all-
Hey all you Star Trek fans! Here is another day job-related project (www.customreplicas.com) we're building for a client, a 66" long original series (T.O.S.) Enterprise. The large components are made of fiberglass, with resin detail parts, acrylic armature, and LED lighting. This is an exact reproduction of the original filming miniature used in the original Star Trek series (the original series filming model was 11 feel long, and made mostly of wood). The "assembled" photos show a preliminary test fitting of the major components onto the secondary hull, which is the central (and most complex) part of the ship. I'll be posting more pics as progress is made. Enjoy-

- Mark

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Posted by padakr on Friday, June 17, 2011 5:59 AM

Wow!

Is it the original-original or the remastered-original that you are making?

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Posted by Hercmech on Friday, June 17, 2011 7:02 AM

That is one heck of a project. It looks like it is coming along great!


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Posted by Gerry on Friday, June 17, 2011 9:50 AM

I'd like to submit my job aplication with you now.

Gerry ...Young at Heart - Other parts slightly older.

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Posted by Fly-n-hi on Friday, June 17, 2011 10:04 AM

That's pretty cool.  Where are you going to park it when its finished?  Its own hangar?

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Posted by ModelNerd on Friday, June 17, 2011 10:55 AM

padakr

Wow!

Is it the original-original or the remastered-original that you are making?

This is the reworked original (after the pilot show).

- Mark

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Posted by ModelNerd on Friday, June 17, 2011 10:57 AM

Fly-n-hi

That's pretty cool.  Where are you going to park it when its finished?  Its own hangar?

Thanks. It will be parked on a lovely stand, on someone's coffee table, most likely.

- Mark

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Posted by Gamera on Friday, June 17, 2011 11:30 AM

Wow, that's awesome! Thanks for sharing your photos.

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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Posted by Andrew Magoo on Thursday, June 23, 2011 1:04 AM

How are you controlling or going to control the proverbial warp engine sag and twist out of alignment that seems to plague any TOS Enterprise model? Metal internal frame work? However, what I’ve seen so far is extremely nice work. Magoo

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Posted by the Baron on Thursday, June 23, 2011 11:59 AM

Excellent work, Mark, and your usual high standard!

Now, will you cut out a circle of plywood and airbrush it for a planet in the background for the Enterprise to orbit? Big Smile

Best regards,

Brad

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Posted by Astronaut Buck on Thursday, June 23, 2011 3:24 PM

This is your day job...do they pay you too? Or do you pay them to be able to do this kind of work?  Lucky dog!!

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Posted by ModelNerd on Thursday, June 23, 2011 10:30 PM

Andrew Magoo
How are you controlling or going to control the proverbial warp engine sag and twist out of alignment that seems to plague any TOS Enterprise model? Metal internal frame work? However, what I’ve seen so far is extremely nice work. Magoo

Thank you. The ship has internal metal and acrylic bracing in various strategic locations. There is some flex, but virtually no sag.

- Mark

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  • From: Southern California
Posted by ModelNerd on Thursday, June 23, 2011 10:33 PM

the Baron

Excellent work, Mark, and your usual high standard!

Now, will you cut out a circle of plywood and airbrush it for a planet in the background for the Enterprise to orbit? Big Smile

Best regards,

Brad

Thanks Brad. There will indeed be a planet, but it is a hemispherical acrylic dome (painted as a planet), which sits at the base of the stand. It will be very nice looking.

- Mark

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Posted by dirkpitt77 on Thursday, June 23, 2011 10:44 PM

    That is flippin' amazing.   WOW.

    "Some say the alien didn't die in the crash.  It survived and drank whiskey and played poker with the locals 'til the Texas Rangers caught wind of it and shot it dead."

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Posted by ModelNerd on Thursday, June 23, 2011 10:45 PM

Astronaut Buck

This is your day job...do they pay you too? Or do you pay them to be able to do this kind of work?  Lucky dog!!

Yes, surprisingly, this is a paying gig. It is work, we definitely have deadlines that must be met, but it can also be quite fun and interesting.

- Mark

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  • From: Ridott, Illinois
Posted by Banshee1000 on Saturday, June 25, 2011 11:20 AM

That is too awesome!  Please keep posting your build.

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Posted by Andrew Magoo on Sunday, June 26, 2011 12:41 AM

ModelNerd, Thanks for the information. For me TOS was a kick in my imagination that has never died. The real star, in my opinion was the ship and its technology. In a time when most science fiction shows were apt to show a saucer or some kind of aerodynamic finned rocket Star Trek had a ship. Although it had a saucer section it had other major parts. The show from time to time showed you other parts of the ship like the shuttle bay or the theater. The Turbo Lift as well gave you a since of great size. The ship was the star of the show giving the crew a comfortable ride with quality air, food, water, and gravity while affording the crew some leisure time as well. The job you are doing on this model is out standing and should do the original modelers of the original series proud. Magoo

 

 

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Posted by Andrew Magoo on Monday, June 27, 2011 5:30 PM

ModelNerd, I got to thinking with an Enterprise model this big you could build out of clear Lucite or something leaving the floors and walls clear. Then painting tables, consoles, chairs, and crew you could lift each deck off giving you a look at each one to see where everything was in the ship. If you went with three shifts you would have a third on duty, a third off duty, and a third asleep. This would be a monumental undertaking but way cool. The original 11 foot model was close to 1/72 scale (sorry going off of memory) that could afford some real detail but it would be very heavy. Any thoughts (anyone) on building a clear see/through/view Enterprise?, what a group build but we would all have to plan vacations and all work on one model!!! Magoo

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  • From: Australia
Posted by OctaneOrange on Tuesday, June 28, 2011 7:07 PM

Andrew Magoo
Then painting tables, consoles, chairs, and crew you could lift each deck off giving you a look at each one to see where everything was in the ship

at that scale, it should have at least had a few rooms behind the windows and a bridge.

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  • From: NYC, USA
Posted by waikong on Thursday, July 14, 2011 11:40 AM

Wow, it's looking fantastic right now. Please keep us updated, heading over to see your website now to make sure you're holding out on us with the pics!

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Posted by BruceAdama on Saturday, August 6, 2011 4:07 AM

OMG, how awesome! I love those pics! Such clean and accurate work! Please continue to post pics for us, and keep us updated!

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