I'm sure the model will be taken much better care of than it has been in the past.
Help me out here. I recall an anecdote from the 1970s in which the Klingon battle cruiser filming model was taken on an airliner. Its head was sticking out of the person's carry on bag, and other passengers immediately recognized it.
It was either D.C. Fontana or Matt Jefferies who had this experience. I can't remember.
Fontana, I believe...
Hmmm... that sounds familiar, but I'm having a hard time picturing it.
Anyways, it would be nice if the restoration eventually matched my model...
... which was aimed at replicating how it looked in December of 1968, but that might require more restoration than they are planning.
Of course no one has asked me anything about the model, so I'll just sit back and watch what happens with it.
FWIW Rod will be at this year's LV Con. His photo op is with the 33".
Gary Kerr just shared a video on Favebook from Rod Roddenberry’s Facebook page showing them working on the 33 incher. And inside the nacelles they found wiring and a tiny bulb in each of the nacelles!
Wow! Interesting. So it seems originally the warp engines on the 33 incher were supposed to light up, but they never used it. That goes along with the idea the nacelle domes on the fullsize Galileo shuttlecraft were also originally planned to be lighted, but they didn’t go through with that either.
Gary Kerr shared this video off Rod Roddenberry’s FB page so I’m inclined to think it’s legit and not AI fakery. Incredible if indeed true because it would mean learning yet something new and unknown about TOS after all these years.
Wow! Interesting. So it seems originally the warp engines on the 33 incher were supposed to light up, but they never used it. That goes along with the idea the nacelle domes on the fullsize Galileo shuttlecraft were also originally planned to be lighted, but they didn’t go through with that either.
Gary Kerr shared this video off Rod Roddenberry’s FB page so I’m inclined to think it’s legit and not AI fakery. Incredible if indeed true because it would mean learning yet something new and unknown about TOS after all these years.
It's real. Rod's been sharing regular updates on his Instagram page of the model being restored.
Can't find the video. Social media stinks. Do you have a link?
Probably done when the model was modified to match the changes to the 11 footer. The lamp stand and the wires at the bottom spoke to this.
Last edited:
This is Rod Roddenberry’s FB page. If you scroll down a bit you should easily see the video. Note there’s more than one video on cleaning of the 33 incher.
Eugene Roddenberry
Eugene Roddenberry. 21,239 likes · 1,560 talking about this. Son of STAR TREK creator Gene Roddenberry, Eugene follows in his father's footsteps: striving for a world where humanity works together...
www.facebook.com
Direct link. It may ask you to log in, but you can just close that dialog to see the video.This is Rod Roddenberry’s FB page. If you scroll down a bit you should easily see the video. Note there’s more than one video on cleaning of the 33 incher.
Eugene Roddenberry
Eugene Roddenberry. 21,239 likes · 1,560 talking about this. Son of STAR TREK creator Gene Roddenberry, Eugene follows in his father's footsteps: striving for a world where humanity works together...
Given YOU have decided to link that video, I'm more inclined to believe it's legit. Otherwise, I'd have a lingering doubt, that this might be some prompted AI footage as it grows frighteningly more convincing as time passes.
Well, it fits with the available evidence and is consistent with their other videos.
I winced more when he was removing the saucer than when Vance Norris’ head was detaching to get away from the flamethrower in Carpenter’s 82’ film.
I’m too little to watch that—I’ma have nightmares…
I didn't think it would ever look that good again. That's fantastic!
