Original pilot Enterprise nacelle cap action (ended)

[ItsGreen]

Anyone see or mention this?

ended auction link below,

http://www.ebay.com/itm/STAR-TREK-T...822936?hash=item3d0dd14298:g:wNEAAOSwHaBWi0D7

Made of wood, from the collection of one of the original 11' model makers, Richard Datin Jr.

 

[MarsWeeps]

^ Interesting but questionable. Remember the guy making the fake communicators? They looked old, beat up and authentic but they were fakes. I'm sure a nacelle cap is much easier to reproduce. Not saying this one isn't one of the real ones but I wouldn't put up any money for it unless I was somehow convinced of its authenticity.

 

[BillJ]

Can't imagine paying seven grand for a wood cap.

 

[Green Shirt]

Can't imagine paying seven grand for a wood cap.

I'd have bid a couple hundred, if it still had the spike.

@MarsWeeps - It's from Richard Datin's collection, so its likely legit.

 

[CrazyMatt]

How easily people are parted from their money... You could box up some air and claim it possibly could have passed through Gene Roddenberry's nostrils 50 years ago and someone would buy it.

 

[feek61]

No question that is the real thing. It comes from the daughter of the man who originally made the Enterprise miniature; Richard Datin. He cut off the two nacelle ends to add the lighting effect after the pilot episodes were filmed and kept these two pieces. These items are well documented and a fantastic piece history. I'd say the new owner got a deal!

 

[Kor]

When were the spikes cut off? I recall the Enterprise still had them in WNMHGB (in certain shots), then it had the translucent domes with the lighting effects and no spikes. But there was no intermediary with the wooden domes with no lighting effects and no spikes.

Kor

 

[feek61]

The spikes were made of wood and broke off sometime after filming.

BTW, Datin's daughter wrote a book about her father which is an interesting read. There are a few chapters on the Enterprise and the shuttlecraft hangar deck. Here is a link for those who may be interested:
http://www.amazon.com/Enterprise-NC...r=8-1&keywords=the+enterprise+the+model+maker

 

[MarsWeeps]

The spikes were made of wood and broke off sometime after filming

I bet they'll show up on eBay soon.

 

[mb22]

When were the spikes cut off? I recall the Enterprise still had them in WNMHGB (in certain shots), then it had the translucent domes with the lighting effects and no spikes. But there was no intermediary with the wooden domes with no lighting effects and no spikes.

Kor

The three foot model still had spikes during this post-pilots pre-series publicity photo shoot.
https://trekkerscrapbook.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/kgrhqroge9c080iq9bpokdqjftw60_57-copy.jpg
http://www.taylormarsh.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Leonard_Nimoy_3.jpg