Nope. That was a physical set. STC is recreating it, just as NV/P2 is doing. If it were a matte painting, all those times Scotty had to hang onto the grill because of turbulence they would have had to do the positive and negative mattes so he didn't look transparent. It cost much, much less to do the forced perspective.Wasn't that a matte painting in TOS? BLASPHEMY!! DIEE!!!!