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Here is my 1/350 Star Trek original Series Enterprise build. Using reference material I have collected over the years, I set out to make this model as close to the 11' Filming miniature AS IT WAS SEEN during the production of the Original series...
The Engine pods are motorised and can spin as fast or slow as I like via a variable speed potentiometer.
The overall lighting has been adjusted to reflect correct scale through the use of Resistors,sanding the clear parts and clear flat coats of paint.
The Hideous and incorrect grid lines were filled in and sanded smooth(I built this prior to the release of the smooth hull replacement parts)
The model is weathered per the filming miniature.
The brief video shows the model in its rawest form...with seperate videos showing the Engine Pod effect. I even included footage of the real model's pod from the episode The Doomsday Machine to compare. The second part shows a recreation of the effects complete with some star bleed through.
High Regards,
Mark
Beautiful. Scotty would be proud.
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midnightprowler Beautiful. Scotty would be proud.
Sincere thanks to you and Mr. Scott!
Please post more pics.
Ah yes, excellent. She is a goodlooking starship. To paraphrase Capt. Kirk from the episode "I, Mudd": "...she is a beautiful lady, and we love her." Aye!
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Having forgotten I had these brief videos that were finished prior to my surgery and thinking there probably would be no interest in this type of Model kit film anyway(it's not a table top video with a shaky cell phone all out of focus), or a typical YOUTUBE "how to" video,I kinda tossed them. However, with out much to do while I recuperate, I revisited them and thought they were kinda cool. A tribute to the Star Trek effects masters.The 1/350 model was filmed in front of a blue screen, just like the original. The star field was added later(just like the original). The lighting effect of the model is all in camera.
Oh WOW!!! I thought I'd already commented here, guess not...
Beautiful model of my favorite starship, brings a tear to my eye!
The very image of 'starship porn'
"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen
Wow Jim Kirk, you ARE the Captain! And that is definitely your ship.
Your ship.
Your.
Ship.
But seriously, it really captures the “feel” of the original to a tee.
“Ya ya ya, unicorn papoi!”
Wow. More please!!!
midnightprowler Wow. More please!!!
How about remastering a episode?
midnightprowler How about remastering a episode?
Blow people's minds (or cause some people to trigger) and have it posed with the 1/350 Millenium Falcon like the Botony Bay.
That last one, the view from the saucer top,is almost indistinguishable from the original footage.
Another clip of my Enterprise in action!
Incredible!
So on William Shatner's birthday I won Tickets to the Star Trek set tour in Ticonderoga! To meet and hang out with William Shatner as he leads the tour of the meticulously rebuilt sets of the Enterprise!..
I still can't believe it.
I may bring the Enterprise in the video for the Captain's inspection :D
Very cool! Star Trek Continues IMO is the only real Trek since TOS. By all means bring it! Say hi to Shatner and Cawley too if he is there!
Dang, that is SO awesome! Your model puts the real thing at the Smithsonian to shame. No really, the museum restoration looks naff to me. No disrespect to the talented staff, but just compare the two models and it it pretty clear which one looks like the one in the TV show.
I have to disagree to a point. The restoration is top notch and she looks just like she did at last filming in 67. That's not to knock jim Kirks model, it's top notch too, and his effects are awesome.
Has the real thing been refinished more than once? My memory is only of the first restoration after is was pulled out of storage. I don’t think it looked all that good. The paint job looked like it was one color, and the Bussard dome lights blinked off and on rather than spun.
Yes, 3 times, the one you mentioned, a terrible one in 91 with over emphasized panel lines, and a painstaking one in 2015-16 that restored her to her 1967 glory.
https://youtu.be/wa79FmRRgJ0
I neglected to show the bow...fixed to accuratly reflect the 11' filming model.
Jim Kirk
Now it's just not right to use a still from the show to represent your model!
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