STAR TREK ENTERPRISE model built in 1965

[green papaya]

here are the guys that made the model for the tv show STAR TREK , this photo was taken in 1965 in Los Angeles, Ca

 

[The Good]

Very nice! I haven't seen a picture of the actual Enterprise model behind the scenes, before.

 

[Doctor Strange]

More than you ever wanted to know about the Enterprise model(s) here - an amazing level of detail and lots more pictures:

http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Constitution_class_model_(original)

 

[Stearmen]

Can you imagine what passing motorist must have thought back in 1965 seeing that?

 

[Benzadmiral]

I guess this was sometime in the late spring of '65. The original model had been built in '64 for the first pilot, "The Cage." Changes were made for Pilot No. 2 (I'm guessing this is that version), and still more when the show went into production in the summer of '66.

You can kind of tell the year: The cars are all 1964 or earlier.

 

[Edward]

Much bigger than I realised!

 

[Zombie_61]

Much bigger than I realised!

Approximately 11' long. It's currently undergoing yet another renovation.

 

[Doctor Strange]

I guess this was sometime in the late spring of '65. The original model had been built in '64 for the first pilot, "The Cage." Changes were made for Pilot No. 2 (I'm guessing this is that version), and still more when the show went into production in the summer of '66.

You can kind of tell the year: The cars are all 1964 or earlier.

It's actually December 1964, according to the mega-detailed page I linked to above. The 11-foot model was built while "The Cage" was being shot. Just a single shot in that pilot was done with the new 11-footer rather than the 3-footer: the opening zoom-in on the top of the saucer section, which dissolves through to the first scene on the bridge.

When I took my kids to DC back in 2003, I made a pilgrimage to the Air and Space Museum gift shop to commune with the Enterprise!

 

[MisterCairo]

Awesome, who wouldn't want it!