Largest TOS Galileo model ever... wait- IT'S THE REAL THING!!!

Chrisisall

Ever wonder what happened to the Galileo? I just stumbled across this:

The Star Trek Prop, Costume & Auction Blog

Galactifan

Cool info.

moffeaton

Did you even watch it?

It HAS been lost... (presumably).

I don't blame you if you didn't watch the whole thing, as I suffered through the overwrought audio and narration until the very end. I want that 5 minutes back.

"..fate is.... unknown....."

lolz.

Commander Max

It would have been better off if it was left in the desert.

It was left to cook under a tarp in Ohio. Which means it wasn't well looked after. It's to far gone to restore(if it still exists), building a new one would be easier.

I would build one but I don't have the room.

Chrisisall

Oh crap, I watched it with the sound off to keep from waking my family! I had assumed it was footage of a work in progress.

moffeaton

I know, right? Breaks a man's heart to know it's gone....

Chrisisall

I refuse to believe it was just destroyed!!!!

micdavis

Hey they used my pics.....again. I really don't care. People use'em all the time.

Galileo Shuttlecraft Circa 1980

robn1

There was a big thread about the Galileo a few years ago, wasn't it determined that it was bulldozed? Sucks but I think that's what happened to the old girl

micdavis

Yes, I've watched it go down the tubes twice. The second time all that really remained of the original was the square tube frame, which was only the wing line down, the rear landing pad and the metal nacelles. The lettering had been poorly replicated in a previous restore.

But it is now gone.

Commander Max

At least somebody had the wisdom to measure up the prop. I don't know the story behind that.

Those drawings were up on Cloudster, sadly that site is down but it might resurface.

It's a real shame how that prop was treated, anybody remember the story of the falling out of the last restoration.

Chrisisall

Sorry, it must have really hard.

darth_myeek

Awesome pics Michael. Thank you for sharing.

TymerDC

During 1986 a friend of mine who was in charge of it at the time had the Galileo parked in a storage yard just down and off Interstate 10 in Bermuda Dunes, Calif only a few mins from where I lived. It was in pretty descent shape and showed that someone attempted to "restore it" but I can understand why this prop deteriorated like it did....NO PLACE PRACTICAL TO KEEP IT INDOORS or at least a roof over it. The thing was an "Albatross"...very huge and just to trailer it anywhere you needed special permits and a pilot car because of it was too wide to take it on any common roads. That same year it was put on display in front of the local movie theater in Palm Desert, Calif for the opening of Star Trek IV. I know I have pics but can't find them right now. They actually wanted to build an interior for it which I was against but luckily never got around to it. Last I saw of it , it was heading down the freeway to its next owner when its then current owner sold it.

REdYOdA

It's so unfortunate that this happened to so many iconic vehicles. The Blade Runner spinner was left out to rot on the studio back lot and finally disassembled. The Nostromo from Alien left out in the weather for years, luckily it was finally restored.

Seems more props are saved now, even the large ones, and auctioned off...big money in it now.

FANTAMATION

Not to be a party pooper but shouldn't this thread be in the replica prop area instead of studio scale models?

robn1

Actually it should be in Screen Used Props.

TheSt.LouisKid

I saw it at the 20th aniversary ST convention in Anahiem that they mention in the video. It looked good except for the large steel mixing bowls riveted to the front of the nacelles making them flat when they should have been a half sphere. They left it unguarded out n the parking lot one morning and you could walk over and touch it if you wanted(and I did ).

JMChladek

If she is gone, then it is sad. But that is the life of set pieces. They were never designed with longevity in mind, just to get used in shots of a short term production. After that, most end up rotting on some back lot somewhere. Even with a production company like MGM or Universal, that tended to be the way of things and they would only ever get refurbished if they were needed in new productions.

With the materials that some of these pieces are made out of, I am surprised some of them even last as long as they do.

micdavis

When I attempted to buy it, I had already arranged to have it hung from the roof of the San Diego Aerospace Museum.

On the same day I had that meeting, I found that the original helm/navigation console from the bridge was already being stored there. How's that for a small world.

Chrisisall

Someone out there will find it.
AND, if eventually not, someone will rebuild it brick for brick using the old specs.
It's not gone forever, just in hibernation.

apollo

Shes dead Jim!

SteveNeill

Got to tell you guys when I first came to Hollywood in 74 I had this friend that had many of the original props and tunics from the show. Greg Gein later got them. But in his front yard was...yes the shuttle. The real deal. Turns out the studio was going to dump it and he raised the funds from his family to have it moved to Palos Verdes California. It sat there for many years slowly rotting away until the home owners made him move what they thought was an eye sore.

Over the years I lost touch with Roger but I did have the chance to sit inside her before she was too far gone.

I'll never forget it.

Hell Max come out here next year and we'll build a 1:1 and make it a media event! LOL!

Steve

feek61

Count me in! Hey Steve; any photos of it?

SteveNeill

I think my friend Paul took a few. I'll find out.

steve