USS Pasteur miniature photos

[B.J.]

The Okudas shared this link of pictures of the USS Pasteur miniature on Facebook yesterday. Lots of good reference material!

http://m.imgur.com/a/gfhJP

 

[JES]

Wow, I didn't know that she actually had torpedo tubes!

 

[Mytran]

All ships of peace have torpedoes!

The Pasteur's final appearance is an odd mix of 22nd and 24th century features, especially the elongated windows.
The original blueprint for the model (which is also included in this release) shows much fewer and more TOS-like windows.

Engine upgrades over the years I can accept, but who on earth would sanction perforating an antique hull will all those hulls, just to give the occupants a better view? Fortunately this doesn't seem to be the case, as the registry is NCC-58925, placing its construction well within the 24th century. The question is then; why would starship designers return to a spherical rather than a saucer as the primary module?

Lots of questions, but regardless I am really happy that these images have been released, it is a great model. Thanks to all involved!

 

[Ithekro]

I have a Micro Machine of this ship. I never knew about the torpedo tubes (look sort of like the round tubes we eventually got on Enterprise eight years later). I almost aways played with it upside down, as it looked better to me that way. I was using it as a carrier in some sort of crossover fiction with a universe that used starfighters regularly.

 

[Tomalak]

I always thought it was pretty obviously a converted civilian transport/cruise ship. The USS Olympic name is a bit of a giveaway - RMS Olympic (sister ship of the Titanic) was a cruise liner converted to serve as a troop ship in the First World War, and Britannic was used as a hospital ship.

 

[Timo]

Torpedo tubes? Of two distinct calibers? I'd stop well short of associating round holes with torpedo tubes in post-ENT Trek, where the muzzles usually match the flattened look of the projectiles themselves...

...Is that a phaser strip along the lower keel or not?

Timo Saloniemi

 

[Maurice]

The model was built by Bill George for fun and not originally intended to be a hospital ship, I think, hence the weapons.

 

[Dukhat]

The model was built by Bill George for fun and not originally intended to be a hospital ship, I think, hence the weapons.

Correct. I have some pics of the model somewhere before it was modified into the Pasteur. I believe it was labeled U.S.S. Olympic and the registry number might have been different. It was just a model George built in his spare time for himself. When they needed a model for the Pasteur, Peter Lauritson saw it and asked if they could use it. I believe that it was the only time a model built by a fan was used in a Star Trek show (well, except for Masao's space station in TOS-R.)

 

[Richard Baker]

I think the spherical hull and the excess amount of windows goes well with the hospital concept. A sphere is a very efficient use of volume and it does resemble a hospital at night.
My guess for a in universe explanation of the four forward tubes would be they are there for the launching of probes. I think the lower gap in the hull would be for a wide angle deflector...

 

[B.J.]

The model was built by Bill George for fun and not originally intended to be a hospital ship, I think, hence the weapons.

Correct. I have some pics of the model somewhere before it was modified into the Pasteur. I believe it was labeled U.S.S. Olympic and the registry number might have been different. It was just a model George built in his spare time for himself. When they needed a model for the Pasteur, Peter Lauritson saw it and asked if they could use it. I believe that it was the only time a model built by a fan was used in a Star Trek show (well, except for Masao's space station in TOS-R.)

If you'll look at the pics in the link, most of them have the ship labeled "Olympic". After a quick glance, it looks like the only changes were the name and the addition of the caduceus symbols. Anyone notice any further changes?

I think the lower gap in the hull would be for a wide angle deflector...

Take a look at the lighted Pasteur model on Memory Alpha, you'll see the deflector. It's more obvious in the unlighted model pictures after looking at that.

 

[Dukhat]

If you'll look at the pics in the link, most of them have the ship labeled "Olympic".

Duh. I must have had a brain fart there.

 

[tharpdevenport]

I'd like to see some more of his ships built for fun but not used. This alternate realtiy ship has been one of my favorite ships sicne the TNG finale aired.

 

[Timo]

The model was built by Bill George for fun and not originally intended to be a hospital ship, I think, hence the weapons.

Well, to a degree. But the plot also mentions weapons; causality on that probably didn't hinge on the visual appearance of the model much.

Timo Saloniemi

 

[JoeZhang]

I know a lot of the secondary material talk about it being a 'hospital ship' but is it ever identified as such in the episode?

 

[CorporalCaptain]

Perhaps the torpedo tubes were just for space burials.

P.S. I've always loved this ship design. What a lovely homage.

 

[tharpdevenport]

I know a lot of the secondary material talk about it being a 'hospital ship' but is it ever identified as such in the episode?

"Open a channel. This is Captain Beverly Picard. We are a medical ship on a mission of mercy."


The Pasteur never fires, Beverly never gives an order to fire anything at all, and once the sheilds are down, Worf says they are defenseless, which seems to imply they ahve no weapons.

 

[B.J.]

I know a lot of the secondary material talk about it being a 'hospital ship' but is it ever identified as such in the episode?

"Open a channel. This is Captain Beverly Picard. We are a medical ship on a mission of mercy."

That, and there's the big honkin' caduceus symbols they added to the sides of the sphere! (Plus a few other locations.)

 

[JoeZhang]

I wasn't doubting it was a medical ship but is that automatically a hospital ship?

 

[Mark_Nguyen]

Trek nomenclature is rarely that specific. But I wouldn't imagine Bev commanding anything BUT a giant mobile sickbay, so...

These pics are great. Makes one wonder what other masterpieces Bill "I also designed the Excelsior" George built FOR FUN, hidden in his garage.

Mark

 

[Dukhat]

These pics are great. Makes one wonder what other masterpieces Bill "I also designed the Excelsior" George built FOR FUN, hidden in his garage.

I would love to see photos of his study models from STIII, including the Excelsiors, the Grissoms, and the Merchantmen. But he may no longer have the models in his possession or took pics of them back in the day.