If I’m not mistaken I was pretty sure AMT paid Matt Jefferies to design the Klingon battle cruiser which he did on his own time and then they built two miniatures of it themselves so they could expand their line of Star Trek kits. It was a similar situation to when they built the shuttlecraft for the rights to it and to get the rights for a model kit of the Enterprise. If I’m correct then Paramount did not actually pay for the Klingon ship—they received it in exchange for AMT’s licensing to market the model kit.
The miniature was filmed as a Klingon ship first in “Elaan Of Troyius” then as a Romulan ship in “The Enterprise Incident,” but the episodes were aired in reverse order. Than later it was used for “Day Of The Dove.” As stated upthread the Klingon miniature was utilized as a stand-in for the Romulans because the original BoP was nowhere to be found. It has long been believed Wah Chang destroyed the BoP miniature himself because he was informed Star Trek would not (or should not) employ his services because he was not a union member.
The miniature was filmed as a Klingon ship first in “Elaan Of Troyius” then as a Romulan ship in “The Enterprise Incident,” but the episodes were aired in reverse order. Than later it was used for “Day Of The Dove.” As stated upthread the Klingon miniature was utilized as a stand-in for the Romulans because the original BoP was nowhere to be found. It has long been believed Wah Chang destroyed the BoP miniature himself because he was informed Star Trek would not (or should not) employ his services because he was not a union member.
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Maybe the Romulans went pirate and actually stole the ships.
The emblem on that one ship is similar to the Romulan emblem above the Romulan Commander's door (
<Of course, the Klingon emblem was originally designed for the Klingons by Matt Jefferies for Elaan of Troyius and prominently seen behind the Klingon Commander (
