to boldly sit in a basement

This is the original model of the Enterprise, used for the filming of the original series (TOS) hidden away in the basement of the museum store at the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum. It's in a badly lit glass box in the middle of a badly lit floor of lesser toys. The photo took quite a bit of treatment to look decent.

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Robot Monster says:

nice postprocessing
it looks more than decent to me
Posted 47 months ago. ( permalink )

The Rocketeer says:

Me too! Please consider adding it to the Star Trek Group.
Posted 47 months ago. ( permalink )

GustavoG says:

It most definitely should be in a dark place, methinks.
Posted 47 months ago. ( permalink )

Cap'n Canuck says:

Now this is cool! Er.. or.. what we would think is cool!
Posted 47 months ago. ( permalink )

Genista says:

It's quite strange how they completely fail to adequately present this. It felt like they didn't want this mere fake spaceship mixed in among with all their real ones, but didn't want to refuse the donation either. If our guidebook hadn't mentioned this, we would never have found it.
Posted 47 months ago. ( permalink )

fhisa says:

cool!
Posted 47 months ago. ( permalink )

Stuart Zero says:

Was it "on display" in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet, stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying "Beware of the Leopard"??
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

Genista says:

Yes, but we found it anyway, because we brought our towel.
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

wereldwandelaar says:

Is this the real original? And they treat it so badly? God, i hate those people that do this. Greetings, a big star trek fan.
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

tubes. says:

It's the original but they "restored" it twice. Notice those awful lines all over it? They weren't there originally. They added those in the early 90's.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

leestudent says:

It has the Star Wars look.....weathered, worn, and used. This is probably what a starship would look like after years of service. You could call it a "Lucas" interpretation of the ship.
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

Simon Girty 0732 says:

Star Trek fans do NOT all live in basements, nor do we sit in them all day (I happen to live in a 40-year-old Singlewide I rent from my Aunt Ellie, thank you} and we do NOT ... oh, you mean the model from the show is in the basement .. ok, got it now. Sorry bout that ; )
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

Cap'n Canuck says:

LOL
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

Werewolf Puppy says:

That is a nice model. I like the light.
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

kennetzel says:

I don't know for sure if this is the true LARGE filming miniature. I saw it during the Star Trek Exhibit back in the nineties, and they spent a lot of money restoring it at that time. It was hanging from the ceiling lit in all it's glory. It looked beautiful. I can't see them spending that kind of money to shove it in the basement. Remember, there were a few different filing miniatures of different scales and technical makeup.
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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