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                        Star Wars and Star Trek Reference Photos?

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                        harbinpr
                        • Member since
                          July 2012
                        Star Wars and Star Trek Reference Photos?
                        Posted by harbinpr on Monday, January 7, 2013 12:52 PM

                        Is there a good source for reference photos on the studio models used for the Star Wars and Star Trek movies?  I know the newer movies are CSG, so we're limited to whatever screencaps are available on the Internet, but there must be some good sources of pictures of the studio models on the older films.  If anyone has a link to reference sites, I'd appreciate it.

                        Thanks

                        Tags: Reference Photos , Star Trek , Star Wars
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                        TomZ2
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        • From: Washington, DC
                        Posted by TomZ2 on Monday, January 7, 2013 1:09 PM

                        You are kidding! Google Images
                        https://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi

                        Tags: Google Images

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                        harbinpr
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                          July 2012
                        Posted by harbinpr on Monday, January 7, 2013 1:15 PM

                        Yes, I know Google Images is out there - but it gives you a shotgun blast of all kinds of images.  I didn't know if there was a specific site or two dedicated to photographic references of the studio models.

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                        Watchmann
                        • Member since
                          January 2005
                        • From: Cave City, KY
                        Posted by Watchmann on Monday, January 7, 2013 1:31 PM

                        Here are a couple...

                        http://modelermagic.com/

                        http://www.starshipmodeler.com/tech/refmain.htm

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                        TomZ2
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        • From: Washington, DC
                        Posted by TomZ2 on Monday, January 7, 2013 1:35 PM

                        Without specifics (e.g., Enterprise B),

                        try: http://www.startrek.com/sitemap

                        Occasional factual, grammatical, or spelling variations are inherent to this thesis and should not be considered as defects, as they enhance the individuality and character of this document.

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                        harbinpr
                        • Member since
                          July 2012
                        Posted by harbinpr on Monday, January 7, 2013 1:48 PM

                        I guess specifics could help...

                        I'm most in need of the Imperial Star Destroyer, A-Wing fighter, and the Enterprise, TOS and -A variants

                        Thanks for the links so far!

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                        Mustang8376
                        • Member since
                          April 2010
                        • From: Atlanta, GA
                        Posted by Mustang8376 on Monday, January 7, 2013 3:19 PM

                        This might be of help on the Star Trek front.

                        en.memory-alpha.org/.../Portal:Main

                        Current build: 1/48 Monogram A-1H & AMT Jedi Starfighter.

                         

                        Completed:  1/48 Monogram/Revell P-61B, 1/32 Hasegawa F6F-5, 1/48 Hasegawa F-16C, 1/48 Revell Mig-21PFM, 1/48 Revell/Monogram AH-64A, Revell/Monogram 1/48 F-14D, AMT 1/420 USS Defiant, AMT 1/650(?) USS Enterprise, 1/72 Bandai VF-1J, AMT 1/537 USS Reliant, Academy 1/35 M1-A1 Abrams, Academy 1/48 F-86F30, Linbergh's USS Gato 

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                        Gerry
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                          April 2010
                        • From: San Diego, CA, USA
                        Posted by Gerry on Tuesday, January 8, 2013 6:08 PM

                        MEMORY ALPHA, a planetoid where the Federations stored ALL of it's knowledge.

                        And a dandy fan site that is dedicated to all things TREK. Lots of pics etc

                        google MEMORY ALPHA

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

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                        dirkpitt77
                        • Member since
                          January 2006
                        • From: NW Washington
                        Posted by dirkpitt77 on Tuesday, January 8, 2013 8:40 PM

                        Here's some good coverage of the Enterprise-A.

                            www.cloudster.com/.../STMPEnterpriseColor.htm

                          If you click on "Index" you can find more.

                        --Chris

                            "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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                        Liegghio
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                          February 2012
                        Posted by Liegghio on Sunday, March 31, 2013 11:52 PM

                        I always start here: www.ex-astris-scientia.org.  I'm not sure if they have all the shots from the Christie's auction, I think there was another sit with additional one. I'll post the other site if I can find it again.

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                        JMorgan
                        • Member since
                          August 2012
                        Posted by JMorgan on Wednesday, April 17, 2013 1:27 AM

                        Try obtaining the art of star wars , the art of empire and the art of return of the jedi. They have great photos of studio models.

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                        sub revolution
                        • Member since
                          September 2009
                        • From: Guam
                        Posted by sub revolution on Wednesday, April 17, 2013 3:12 AM

                        There are books out there with all kids of photos of the models. I believe JMorgan is talking about a trilogy of them in the above post. I used to have one that was called something like "The Lucasfilm Archives." Try searching ebay.

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                        mach71
                        • Member since
                          March 2010
                        • From: Boston
                        Posted by mach71 on Wednesday, April 17, 2013 2:35 PM

                        Here is my site with photos of the TOS Enterprise in the Air and Space museum.

                        www.flickr.com/.../87940349@N02

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                        sub revolution
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                          September 2009
                        • From: Guam
                        Posted by sub revolution on Thursday, April 18, 2013 4:29 AM

                        That is awesome! Especially since I have recently been watching my way though TOS on Netflix. I've been to the Smithsonian twice and somehow can never find that thing!

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