Category Star Trek
Adam Schneider is a Collector that is doing an amazing service to this art form… he is preserving the original filming models from Star Trek. And he is showing them to the world! This is something that I would like to invite MORE Collectors of any of the original models to do. I applaud his efforts in these preservations, and his choice to show these amazing models that sparked our imaginations.
As taken from the actual “Profiles in History” AUCTION…
““Klingon” Battle Cruiser miniature from Star Trek Phase II and tested for Star Trek: The Motion Picture. (Paramount, 1979) Vintage original model miniature D7-class Klingon Battle Cruiser constructed of lathed and carved wood, cast resin components and other media, expertly studio assembled and painted smoke gray...
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Here are my color corrected photos of the Olympic class. The photos were originally taken by Bill George, who designed and built the miniature in his own time, before offering it up for use in the final episode of The Next Generation, “All Good Things”. The design pays homage to Matt Jefferies’ concept art for the Daedalus class from the 22nd century. The photos feature George’s original name for the ship, the USS Olympic, before it was renamed into USS Pasteur to better reflect its use in the episode as a medical vessel. You can also see the Starfleet emblem from TNG on the spaceship. In the final episode, it was replaced with the Starfleet medical symbol. The color corrections are minimal. The photos were a bit overdriven.
Leo
Fleetyard
Original Matt Jefferies “Daedalus Class” Design fro...
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Here are my color corrections of the Oberth Class studio model photos. Bill George has posted these photos of the Oberth class studio model at Imgur. The corrections are essentially limited to the white balance, contrast and highlights / shadows. Some images needed color matching. While formerly being the USS Grissom from Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, the model photographed has the configuration from Star Trek TNG season 7, Episode 12 “The Pegasus”.
The Production Designer, John Eaves, shared these images at https://johneaves.wordpress.com/2011/06/10/the-uss-grissom/.
Leo
FLEETYARD
This model of the fictional starship Enterprise was used in the weekly hour-long “Star Trek” TV show (NBC-TV), which aired from September 1966 until June 1969. Despite its short initial run (only three seasons), Star Trek became one of the most influential shows in the history of television. The show’s depiction of a racially-integrated, multinational crew of men and women working together successfully, as well as its attention to contemporary social and political issues, pushed the boundaries of network television, earning Star Trek a dedicated fan base that lobbied for the franchise’s continuation.
In the television show, the Enterprise traveled at speeds measured in multiples of the speed of light using warp drives, a propulsion concept extrapolated from supersonic flight to imagine fas...
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Originally shared with me in 2008, and shown here on Modeler Magic back in January 2009, (Courtesy of Jim Creveling, through Mark Dickson), Leo of FLEETYARD has again taken these gems of reference and Color Corrected them for us all. There are actually more photos of this studio model for Polar Lights (again taken by Jim Creveling, shared through Mark Dickson) that we had also shown here on Modeler Magic back in 2009 as well. I will update those photos as well should FLEETYARD work his magic once again. (hint, hint Leo!) LOL.
Bill George has posted the photos of the first painting of Qo’nos One with the K’Tinga class photos from Star Trek The Motion Picture. You can still see significant differences: so are not much etching parts mounted on the ship and the dome on the bottom before the impulse drive was later revised. Incidentally, the etched parts in front of the “radiator” come from the Tyrell building seen in Blade Runner.
Leo
FLEETYARD
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The picture with Andrew Probert and the picture with Suzana Swansea show the model in the earliest condition I know. It can be seen well on the still existing Disruptor towers at the front edges of the underside of the main body. In the final version these are replaced by more complex illuminated parts.
From these photos you can also close well on the color scheme: The keynote of the green are gradations of Gunship Green. The keynote of the grey are gradations of Dark Seagreen with a touch of Gunship Green.
One mystery remains about the model as we see it in Bill George’s photos though. You will notice a white substance that clings to the panel lines and other details on the model...
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These photos were shared with me, then originally shown here on Modeler Magic back on January 5, 2009 as the studio model from Star Trek PHASE II (CLICK HERE to VIEW with explanation story by Rob Minnes). Five years later better information was given to me by Rob Minnes and we were able to correct what we originally had told of this amazing model. Thank you Rob! These are the Chris Ross photos from Magicam showing the new version of the D7 that was built at 6 feet long to be in the newly thought of Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Basically, this is the very first version of what we know as the K’Tinga studio model today. This has yet to be replicated by the way. Recently, Leo from FLEETYARD was kind enough to color correct these wonderful photos to be again shared today...
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I finished my latest build. Well, it is no miniature, but i think you should find this one very interesting.
For this build I had the incredible chance to work with the Original LCARs foil used for Commander Data’s Enterprise 1701-D Console that was used over all Seasons: CLICK HERE to View. We did a 3D Recreation of the station with all the measurements based on this photos: CLICK HERE to View.
So this foil will have from now a very very good new home. Later this Console will be able to control the whole Studio Scale Enteprise 1701-D I’m working on at the moment.
I hope you like it.
Daniel Beck
HELIOS Models & Lighting
The Completed LCARS Console
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