RED ALERT Lost 3 ft TOS Enterprise found????
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alensatemybuick
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I wonder if you were thinking of this postcard? If so, I always assumed it’s an AMT model with the upper saucer decal inaccurately applied.
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A couple details from the auction that I am curious about.
Datin’s card has printed on it 12 to 16 volts AC or DC and you can see the wires. Clearly this model must have been lit. Probably only the engines. Are there any historic pics of the lights on?
Second, what is that part in a plastic bag that looks like a medallion or a coin with blue painters tape?
Datin’s card has printed on it 12 to 16 volts AC or DC and you can see the wires. Clearly this model must have been lit. Probably only the engines. Are there any historic pics of the lights on?
Second, what is that part in a plastic bag that looks like a medallion or a coin with blue painters tape?
I’m not sure if those are wires under the tape on the underside of the stand and assume the voltage notes refer to the 11-footer’s electronics (delivered simultaneously with the 3-footer).
The piece in the lower photo is the planetary sensor dome from the bottom of the primary hull.
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Chrisisall
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The 12 to 16 v penciled in stuff may have been unrelated to this model as it was taped on the bottom. Maybe by Gene.
AC or DC isn't trivial difference either.
Yeah…and when it’s ACDC combined you get “Thunderstruck”…:
tim
Sr Member
Implies incandescent lighting (not a big surprise given the time period).
AC in that voltage range would need a step down transformer if plugging into a wall outlet. DC a converter from AC.
Someone had something specific in mind.
Anyone seen this before???
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AC in that voltage range would need a step down transformer if plugging into a wall outlet. DC a converter from AC.
Someone had something specific in mind.
Anyone seen this before???
BN No Results Page
Yeah I have a copy of that book somewhere.
tim
Sr Member
Agree. Those voltages are in the range of automotive, radio, and even model train bulbs of the era, which would have been readily available to the builders.
Maurice
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Yeah, that's my gut, too.
Well phooey…faked out again.
Wasn’t there some talk about fiberglass?
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AMT as well?
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Yeah, I think the craftsmanship is indicative of a fan-made work.
aridas
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It’s entirely possible and indeed likely that is a fan made model. But it is also possible that is the balsa and birch prototype, which iirc was not finished. However it might have gotten a rough finish at some point, for some purpose, even if only as a child’s toy. I know it is said that model was only 4-inches long, but I’ve seen other numbers as well, and don’t know if the real size was recorded.
There is some reason that model is with the real deal 32-inch model.
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