The 3 foot model ?

[TrickyDickie]

This is a view that I hadn't happened to see before. It's difficult to determine the scale because of very limited points of reference, but I'm assuming that this is the 3 foot model. My question is: was it flat on the bottom....or is there some kind of support here that blends into the black background of the bench that it's sitting on?

 

[GSchnitzer]

That's just a shot from "Requiem for Methuselah."

(The film stock appears to be flpped in your image.)

 

[Forbin]

It's on a tiny post, mounted thru the table and up into the hull behind the deflector.

 

[trekriffic]

It's on a tiny post, mounted thru the table and up into the hull behind the deflector.

Isn't that where Franz Joseph had the swimming pool on his blueprints?
Imagine a crewman having a swim and the shock he/she got when that post shot up thru the bottom of the pool.

 

[Redfern]

It would have also destroyed the telescoping tractor beam emitter.

Sincerely,

Bill

 

[TrickyDickie]

Thanks....been quite a while since I've seen that episode. And yes, the closer I looked the more I realized that the image was reversed.

As for the rest....gives a whole new meaning to 'post-production' doesn't it?

 

[Warped9]

In "Requiem For Methuselah" there's another shot of the 3 footer from the rear angle that shows the upper and lower bulges of the saucer are more flat in shape. The 3 footer was the first miniature of the ship made and the shape was refined when the 11 footer was made, particularly in the shape of the saucer. The 3 footer was used periodically for long view shots (as well as promotional photos) where the distinctive saucer was less noticeable.

 

[NebulaClassGuy]

This is a view that I hadn't happened to see before. It's difficult to determine the scale because of very limited points of reference, but I'm assuming that this is the 3 foot model. My question is: was it flat on the bottom....or is there some kind of support here that blends into the black background of the bench that it's sitting on?

Thanks for sharing this... I've never seen this image before.