Thanks a ton guys! I sometimes worry that I'm getting into way to much detail for it to be interesting to a broader audience. So picking out the differences between the Hand Lasers can be challenging in each of the episodes. And this is to be expected as they are supposed to be uniform pieces of equipment. In WNMHGB both Spock and Leslie (Eddie Paskey) are carrying Hand Lasers, but when Spock draws on Mitchell on Delta Vega his Hand Laser doesn't have the distinctive cavity with the magnets on the side of it... so that was Hero 2. In The Man Trap there is a point where we can see that Crater's Hand Laser has its barrel slightly extended... so that one was also Hero 2. In What Are Little Girls Made Of? it is harder to tell because of how dark it was, but when Andrea shoots fake-Kirk she seems to be holding Hero 1. And in the close-up before Korby/Andrea's suicide we can see the barrel slightly extended... so that one was Hero 2. I don't believe any additional changes were made to the proprs after the second pilot. The Officer's Manual was illustrated by both Mandel and Drexler, so I'm not sure who should get that credit.
Meh! Who cares about the broader audience? That's just numbers. I enjoy thought-filled posts from actual fans. That's what I look for.
Wow, those are gorgeous! I've never seen them before. The first one looks a little like the set up used for the Enterprise flying out of the energy barrier. There are remarkably few good images of the 33 inch model in its pilot configuration. Do you know when they were taken?
I was told they were posted on a Facebook page called “Curly Joes” where a lot of old industry people hang out.
Same here. There's all kinds of buried treasure---likely in self storage facilities...moldering... This would be before its final appearance on Flint's desk, judging from the nacelle spikes. The underside is of interest. I wonder if enough photographs now exist to allow for a 3D extrapolation https://techxplore.com/news/2022-06-vision-technique-3d-2d-images.html
Now that the three-footer has been found--I bet Shaw's version isn't more than a millimeter off. Thank **you** Shaw--for all you do.
@Shaw had said that he was departing for environs unknown. But obvs. he's been in my thoughts because of this.
Glad I saved a lot of his reference material, as his site appears to be gone? I thought he was just ducking out of TrekBBS, but maybe he ducked out of fandom projects entirely, or perhaps our dimension...
Shaw actually posted in that RPF forum article - he's a couple of pages in. So, he's still in this universe - for now. Correction - 8 or 9 pages but still...
I checked his site seems he did remove a lot of the trek stuff i assume from a Cease and Desist from CBS OR they hired him or are paying him for his research now
Shaw posted a couple times recently in other threads about the 33" model that was discovered on ebay so he's still kicking
Heh… no, a joke. The Singularity is ascension into immortality by uploading one’s consciousness into a very big computer. Or something like that. I honestly have no idea what happened to Shaw. Or Rama. Just a humorous smartass comment by me.
He got tired of some of the "debate" regarding his work so he took his toys and went home. Paramount had nothing to do with it. He's fine.
A shame. Seems that happens to a lot of people who create art that others don't "approve of". IIRC, there were some very rude people directing their overreactive vitriol towards Sean Tourangeau over his Titan design, Bill Krausse over his Titan design (what is it about the Titans that generate so much ire anyway?), and I think Adam Ihle took some heavy flak over the Enterprise-F. Many unconstructive criticisms came from people who haven't an artistic molecule in their body and could barely draw a stick-figure Enterprise, much less a cohesive overall ship design in 3D. Yet feel boldly entitled to lecture others how they think fictional space vessels should look. "Should"... It is a vile word. It is the way of evil things. The way of the Fandom Menace.