I don't know which I'm more jealous of, the saucer or your pet tribble!
I don't know which I'm more jealous of, the saucer or your pet tribble!
The Saucer. Those tribbles can be had, anywhererebelyell said:
Sometimes for just a vial of Antarian glow water!
Wow Gerald. The Ent D pieces are amazing. I would be burning to build the rest......way too tempting! I would mount the saucer under the floor under Plexiglass or something similar.
Congrats.
Nice collection you have. Here's a higher resolution picture of the science console. You can read the text pretty easily on the buttons.gbg1701 said:
Many thanks, harpo568!
Here's some more of my favorite possessions from TOS ... some original U.S.S. Enterprise Bridge buttons, obtained from a recent Profiles In History auction. While it's not possible to be entirely certain; several of them possess a remarkable likeness to some buttons seen at Mr. Spocks Science Station consoles ...
Wow. Totally cool place you have there!
Very Very impressive!
You have an amazing collection. It was fun checking out all the photos on your website.
Hi, everyone! Many thanks again for the kind words and interesting insights! And thanks to Mola Rob for that great hi-res photo of the science console.
Very Best,
Gerald
Here are some more recent photos of the replica TOS Bridge room ... there are now a few screen used TOS costumes on display in the room, including a science officer tunic from the 1st TOS pilot "The Cage" ...
The tunic was retrofitted by Desilu with a 1st season black collar for use in the regular season episodes. The patch is just an early '70s Lincoln 3rd season.
Very Best,
Gerald
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I saw the saucer (unless there were more than one made!) at the Star Trek traveling exhibit when it was in Long Beach, CA afew years back.
Most impressive!
Wow...I can really appreciate all the time and effort you put into your museum (which is what it is). Great job!!!
you should record this on video and post it on youtube if you have already whats the link !!
You should turn that saucer into a table - I would love to play some back jack on top of the enterprise.
Simply amazing! Cant imagine how much that all cost you! Congrats!
Wish I had a few of those things in our collection! We're big TREK fans, but this is (pardon the pun) out of this world.
Thanks again, everyone!
PHArchivist: Yes, this is the saucer that was on display at the Long Beach exhibit in early 2008. I believe it is the only model constructed for that crash landing scene in Generations. (A little clear plastic mount for the exhibit plaque was still attached to the front of this model when I first received it. No harm was done to the model's surface as they used that sticky gel-like substance you frequently see plastic cards attached to paper with in advertisements, etc. - but a little stronger. It eventually could be cleanly removed.)
Very Best,
Gerald
wowy kazowy!!!! Thanks for sharing, what an amazing collection!
Wow, that's sweet. I also love the nacelles, chairs and consoles from STTE!
JEEBUS!!!! That's almost an entire film set you've got there!!
I saw that Saucer and got a pic with it when it was here in AZ as part of the tour! Nice to see it ended up in good hands! Congrats!
All those bright studio lights (and many years) have faded that science tunic to a rather funky colour
Some shots from the exhibit...gbg1701 said:
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Interesting shot of the bottom. It looks like it was designed to dig-in at the front. Nice way to keep it from bouncing or tilting up during filming.
Many thanks for these latest kind words, folks!
And thanks, PHArchivist, for those photos from the exhibit!!!!! (Unfortunately, that little clear dome over the Bridge with simulated fractures in it was lost sometime after the 2008 exhibition and did not accompany the filming model.)
Here's a photo of some of the detail on the reverse of the saucer ... (The earlier side view posted by PHArchivist, I think, does make those cables/struts appear to be more sturdy than they really are.)
Here are some pics from 1994 taken during filming of the crash sequence for ST:Generations. The model was actually mounted on that rolling fixture and advanced along a track through a miniature 40' x 80' forested landscape set meant to simulate Veridian III ...
Quite a tremendous amount of set construction and model building effort that was expended to film a fairly short, but significant, special effect sequence in the overall motion picture! And in todays films, of course, these types of special effects would be entirely computer generated ... without the need for filming models. There was, in fact, no filming model of the Enterprise constructed for J.J. Abrams Star Trek (2009).
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Awww, yes I see I misinterpreted the cables. Thank you for posting the photo of the bottom; quite fascinating. I always love seeing the construction method the production used. I remember seeing the crash sequence documentary a few years ago which was also pretty cool. I'll have to check it out again.
Hi Will:
Yes, those photos above are screen captures from the crash sequence documentary included in the Special Features on the Generations DVD. They really did put a lot of effort into constructing the filming model, including building in illumination capabilities, as seen in this additional screen capture on the model mover at the ILM studios ...
Very Best,
Gerald
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