Star Trek TOS "Where No Man Has Gone Before" Pilot Enterprise - Page 3

**Captain Sisko** · #21 07-10-2009, 11:22 AM

My mistake. Indeed it is NOT a replica.

**dansls1** · #22 07-10-2009, 11:35 AM

No problem - I had to look it up to be sure - when I was 12 and visited my recollection was it was an actual model - but 20 some odd years can change your memory :D

**Captain Sisko** · #23 07-10-2009, 11:51 AM

Yeah. I have never visited smithsonian, it would be great experience.

**Captain Sisko** · #24 07-11-2009, 02:17 AM

Actually I have planned making "The Cage" version. But right now it's hard to print it, because i'm out of ink..

**Ron Caudillo** · #25 07-18-2009, 12:59 AM

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Originally Posted by cdwheatley

...At least now I know for sure which version it is I'm building at the moment (the production one). I would add the globes/balls at the end of the nacelles if I could to really finish things off, but I just can't think of a way to do this at the moment.

Yeah, I sorta took the easy way out on this one. This was one of my first designs and I couldn't figure out a way to make these, so I left them off!

I might revisit this sometime later.

Best Regards,

**cMags** · #26 07-18-2009, 08:26 AM

From what I understand, the original 11' model was one of the very few that didn't make it into the Christies auction because it was in the Smithsonian. I believe it recently (or at least when I read about it some time ago lol) got an updated paint job, much to the dismay of many fans. But it is the original.

Was it the 1701-A or -D that went for $500,000 at that auction?

Edit: Looks like 1701-D sold for $500,000 hammer bid, after all the premiums and such, finally cost $576,000. The 1701-A was bid to $240,000; final price: $284,800. I like my models which cost me ink and paper thanks to those in the community willing to put in the design time. :D

**cMags** · #27 07-18-2009, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by cdwheatley

I would add the globes/balls at the end of the nacelles if I could to really finish things off, but I just can't think of a way to do this at the moment.

Glad this came up - didn't realize they weren't there. I think the best way to do this would be to cut out an oval in the end piece, and create a paper globe (or at least 3/4 globe), and glue it into the oval. (The the hole is oval because when you project a circle onto an angled surface, it becomes an ellipse.)

**cdwheatley** · #28 07-18-2009, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by cmags

The hole is oval because when you project a circle onto an angled surface, it becomes an ellipse.

Yeah I knew that already. That's ok as far as it goes, but the problem then is cutting an accurate enough ellipse in the end of the already finished and attached nacelles. I was thinking more along the lines of a specially designed and shaped card 'ball' or part thereof that would just attach to the end. Failing that, the only other think I can think of would be to carve, say, a balsa wood ball and then by trial and error cut and sand bits off until it fits perfectly on the end of the nacelle. Seal it then paint it et voila.

**Millenniumfalsehood** · #29 07-19-2009, 01:57 AM

You could also build up the endcap and sketch a circle on it while holding it in front of your eye, then unfold it and draw a hard line on top of it. A paper sphere isn't hard to make, either.

Here's a good schematic of the filming miniature:

Star Trek LCARS Blueprint Database - Star Trek Blueprints: Alan Sinclair TOS-Enterprise Blueprints

It shows the ball on the endcap crosses the S-curve at the exact center with respect to both the ball and the cap.