The 11-foot TOS Enterprise model-

[Maurice]

I've heard his name mentioned often, not just for makeup effects on TMP and sequels, but also for doing some fx work, I think electronics stuff, on TMP as well.

Don't know how recent this is, but not great news:
http://www.trekradio.net/your-chance-to-own-a-zefram-cochane-statue-fight-against-cancer/

I believe that is from 2012. According to the RPF forums she passed away about 14 months ago.

 

[Captain Rob]

Check out "Steve Neill's Garage" on Youtube. He does about three or four videos a week on what he's working on in his shop. They're very addictive watching. He does all sorts of stuff in addition to Star Trek. NuBSG, Star Wars, classic sci-fi, submarines, airplanes, and custom work. He's got a whole video series on the beautiful 66 inch TOS Enterprise he built from scratch and made kits from.
I'd like to win the lottery just so I can pay him to build a 11-foot hyper-detailed TOS Enterprise. And maybe a Battlestar Galactica just as big.

 

[urbandefault]

We can't forget to mention that Steve Neill is the guy who was tasked with sculpting and casting Spock's ears for TMP.

 

[Maurice]

We can't forget to mention that Steve Neill is the guy who was tasked with sculpting and casting Spock's ears for TMP.

While I'm sure they're well-made, I dislike the ears from the first 5 movies because they lost the elegant curve of the series ones. They sorta got it back to form in TUC.

 

[trevanian]

We can't forget to mention that Steve Neill is the guy who was tasked with sculpting and casting Spock's ears for TMP.

While I'm sure they're well-made, I dislike the ears from the first 5 movies because they lost the elegant curve of the series ones. They sorta got it back to form in TUC.

That's something I didn't actually recognize till I read somebody (Joan Winston maybe?) going on about that very same elegance being gone. I knew something was wrong, but associated it more with the vampire look as opposed to the piss-yellow skin from the series. Do we ascribe this to Wise's tastes, like the costuming?