Book mixing TOS props and a train musuem

[southwestforests]

Hey y'all;
Somewhere I came across this book mixing TOS props and a train museum - two of my favorite things.
Now that some money is available its arrival is being looked forward to.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/15...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The Enterprise, NCC 1701 and The Model Maker, Paperback – November 17, 2015
by N. Datin McDonald (Author), Richard C. Datin Jr. (Contributor)
The Star Trek Enterprise Model NCC 1701 began its journey in 1964 in my father's model shop, most of us had our first sighting of it in 1966 when it flew across out TV screen. No other cinematic vessel is nearly as famous and is still the most recognized and successful "starship" in history. It was donated by Paramount Studios to the National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC, where it will once again be on display for all its fans to view, in the summer of 2016. From Gene Roddenberry's imagination to Matt Jefferies ability to draw what was in Gene's head, to the Howard Anderson Co. for special effects, to my father's ability to read, decipher and construct from those blueline plans to what we see today, my father had a wonderfully specialized talent and this is his story to tell. A larger view of the blueline plans has now been included in the back pages.

[airdave]

I would really like to read this book.
I may order it from amazon...I see a copy for about $12.
But I just ordered a 1968 The Making of Star Trek paperback.
so I need to see that one first!

[southwestforests]

Another good and interesting Star Trek reference, at a higher end of the price factor,
Star Trek: Costumes: Five decades of fashion from the Final Frontier. It came out in October 20, 2015
And since it is copyrighted by both CBS and Paramount I figure it counts as an official history.

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Price new last year was $60, could be all over the map now depending on how precious sellers think it is.
Being a few over 250 pages of clay coated paper it's readily second purposed as a paperweight.

Speaking of repurposing, the ingenuity of the costume designers and makers is up there with the best award winning hobby kitbashers.

[Kevin WS]

Interesting book SWF! Let us know here what it is like....