Nacelle dome test

Experimenting with a nacelle dome concept.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Star
• Trek
• NCC-1701
• Enterprise
• TOS
• nacelle
• domes
• bussard

[RobertMfromLI]

@SpartanPrimus Check your YouTube email...

[SpartanPrimus]

@RobertMfromLI haha can you repost the URL?

[RobertMfromLI]

@SpartanPrimus Add youtube url and slash before the video link in my last post... :-)

[SpartanPrimus]

@RobertMfromLI YES! thats what i mean

(:

[RobertMfromLI]

@SpartanPrimus You can see it in most episodes. Less stock footage of the 1st pilot model as the show went on, but lots of footage of the 2nd pilot were reused. Specifically, you can notice this in some "Enterprise enters orbit" shots, as well as in numerous of the "Enterprise leaves system, cut to end credits" - the noticeable signs are the lack of the domes on the back of the warp engines (holes instead).

[SpartanPrimus]

@RobertMfromLI haha i didnt know that! but just to show you wat im talking about, watch TOS "a taste of armagedon" (spelled wrong srry) and youll see

[RobertMfromLI]

That (my comment to Spartan) brings up something interesting. You NEVER see the port side of the model. There is a misconception that it was seen in Mirror Mirror. Aptly or ironically, the film was "mirrored" to create that scene, with the registry numbers masked and put back in the same direction.

Every now and then, you get a *tiny* glimpse of the port side (rear shots, or ship going into orbit) where you can barely see there's... nothing there.

[RobertMfromLI]

@SpartanPrimus There was ONE 11' model - it was upgraded before the 2nd pilot and before the regular production. The 3' was upgraded for production to match the 11' (sans lights).

They were so "broke" that the ship was never finished (port side unfinished, only 3 of the 4 saucer top lights were real - one was simply a paint block (port aft one), only 2 or 3 of the forward port edge windows were cut, and when lights burnt out, they generally stayed that way.

[RobertMfromLI]

@SpartanPrimus

Here's the breakdown of the versions/models:

1. Original 11': pilot variant - NO lighting, blocks on end of engines

2. Orig 11' 2nd pilot var - some lighting, holes on ends of engines

3. Orig 11' Production var - lighting as we know it, including nacelle blinkies

4. Orig 3' model (matching #1) - seen largely in 1st pilot

5. Orig 3' model (matching #3 sans lights) - seen in a few episodes

6. AMT/Ertl model - seen in Doomsday Machine (Constellation)

[RobertMfromLI]

@SpartanPrimus That's a funds issue. In the series, in many episodes, you will find *THREE* versions of the shooting model (in a couple, you will find those, PLUS another model or two). See next response for details...