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Enterprise Restoration Blog Update 1/2016
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Why rotate the lights when you can flash them in a sequence?
Well people are going to want to see it lit up. Hopefully they can light it up 10 minutes each hour or something like that. Not once a month or however they determine what the "special occasion" is.
no the lights stay put..the caps themselves rotate like the original model did....at least thats what a lot of us would like to see...there are kits for the 1/350th scale models that have just leds that make it look as if they are rotating...doesn't look great.
I thought the article specified, but it's actually a little unclear:
'Conservator Ariel O’Connor explains, “Although the original nacelle dome lights did not survive, we can replicate the original effect in a way that is safe to install on the model. The LED lights can be programmed to match the original VFX footage while eliminating the burnt-out bulbs, extreme heat, and motor problems that troubled the original lights. It is a wonderful solution to re-light the nacelles while ensuring the model’s safety and longevity.”'
The underlined segments imply that the lights will appear to spin, but maybe I'm inferring too much.
Edit: The Popular Mechanics article does make it more clear:
'The warp nacelles don't have their original electronic innards anyway. Once, a motor inside deflected light, giving the appearance of movement inside. Now, LED lights will be added, and a microcontroller will help get the look just right to replicate the motor, all without moving parts.'
I don't mind LED's being used for interior lighting, marker lights and the like, even to replace the "Christmas lights" in the front of the engines. In my mind, there has to be the rotating fan blades in the engines. I don't see how blinking, spinning LED's, how ever controlled, will ever look right. Time will tell, I guess.
Thank you for that.
Thank you! I hadn't seen any updates from the Smithsonian on it yet. Trying to plan a DC trip around it.
Its a shock to see our ship in bits
good luck with the restoration
good luck with the restoration
Have you seen the restoration? If so can you give us any details? Does the LED lighting on the nacelle caps match the original look?
Thanks for that! I knew there was a different ship for the pilot and the Jupiter II was based on it but never knew what became of it. Glad to see it was found and restored to it's original condition!
As MarsWeeps stated, Thank you, Maurice for that fascinating video! I maintain that the Red Rock Canyon location sequences are some of the most impressive miniature shots ever filmed. They hold up even today when nearly all material has done "digital". That one particular shot where the saucer casts a shadow through the vapor/smoke laden atmosphere is just mind blowing!
I read the "horror story" of the two ship models "butchered" for "City Beneath the Sea", but I had no idea someone (with the proper skills) got the chance to properly restore it. Funny enough, I remember an early issue of "StarLog" that mentioned the auction of the Gemini 12. It even printed a photo of the saucer resting beside the flying sub. If not the same photo in the video, it was one staged from a similar angle.
Though he's certainly under no obligation to do so, I'm glad the owner is willing to publicly display the restored model.
Sincerely,
Bill
I read the "horror story" of the two ship models "butchered" for "City Beneath the Sea", but I had no idea someone (with the proper skills) got the chance to properly restore it. Funny enough, I remember an early issue of "StarLog" that mentioned the auction of the Gemini 12. It even printed a photo of the saucer resting beside the flying sub. If not the same photo in the video, it was one staged from a similar angle.
Though he's certainly under no obligation to do so, I'm glad the owner is willing to publicly display the restored model.
Sincerely,
Bill
The relevant Starlog page is online here:
https://archive.org/stream/starlog_magazine-039/039#page/n9/mode/2up
It's a great picture, but we learned a lot more from the video. Like the fact that the saucer sold the following day. And I'd always wondered about the weird thing seen inside the windows. It's a light diffuser that someone stuck in there? Now that I think about it, I'll bet that was added for City Beneath the Sea, and the first restorer just left it in there.