Smithsonian returns restored Starship Enterprise model to public display
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OMG! It's beautiful!! I'm so glad they took the time to do this! 
Looks great! From NPR today:
http://www.npr.org/2016/06/28/48328...rs-to-restore-on-original-starship-enterprise
http://www.npr.org/2016/06/28/48328...rs-to-restore-on-original-starship-enterprise
Amazing work! Love the nacelle caps!
Now, I am so not complaining here because I'm overjoyed to see the big E finally get the TLC she's deserved -- just genuinely curious. What photographic evidence from back in the day shows the round light at the front of the saucer lit up like that? I see this all the time on replicas (and that's the only place I've ever seen it), and as I understand it originally was just a plug to allow access to the three window lights on the front of the saucer. It was always hull color in the series -- never lit in this fashion that I can recall -- unless the plug was left out the day they shot "The Trouble with Tribbles" footage and the team consciously went back to that. Otherwise I don't understand.
No matter what, I can't wait to see this in person!
Now, I am so not complaining here because I'm overjoyed to see the big E finally get the TLC she's deserved -- just genuinely curious. What photographic evidence from back in the day shows the round light at the front of the saucer lit up like that? I see this all the time on replicas (and that's the only place I've ever seen it), and as I understand it originally was just a plug to allow access to the three window lights on the front of the saucer. It was always hull color in the series -- never lit in this fashion that I can recall -- unless the plug was left out the day they shot "The Trouble with Tribbles" footage and the team consciously went back to that. Otherwise I don't understand.
No matter what, I can't wait to see this in person!
Long overdue.
Spockboy
At first glance, it appears to have the correct look from the production years. That's a relief--we will not have to suffer with horrible restoration mistakes/judgement from '91.
It looks lovely. The photo at the head of the post makes it look awfully shiny but I can't deny that she looks beautiful!
Beautiful! I have to admit those nacelle domes look way better than I thought they would. Are you sure they don't have a mechanical spinner in there?
Is that the wiring harness they have coming out the port side? Did previous restorations remove that and this one put it back? Or has it always been there?
Is that the wiring harness they have coming out the port side? Did previous restorations remove that and this one put it back? Or has it always been there?
Looks great! 
The way Gary Kerr tells it, it's clear frosted lucite. There is no bulb lighting it directly, but the light for the 3 round saucer windows shines thru it ambiently (it is indeed a plug to change that light bulb). The green and brown weathering streaks on top of the saucer were painted across it, but it was not painted opaque. So light DID come thru it, just not a lot. Maybe that's why it didn't show up on screen.
