TOS enterprise model signage locations

[Acenos]

could someone please shw or tell me where the signage decals for the TOS enterprise were positioned on the model?

 

[ZapBrannigan]

You mean the "micro" decals that were intentionally too small to read, at least until the Smithsonian/NASM era of detail photos?

 

[Acenos]

You mean the "micro" decals that were intentionally too small to read, at least until the Smithsonian/NASM era of detail photos?

yes, those ones that read "inspection door" and other parts of the ship

 

[ZapBrannigan]

yes, those ones that read "inspection door" and other parts of the ship

I could help with that by digging some photos up, but it won't be for a couple of days (don't ask). In the meantime, you might find some good images here:

http://tos.trekcore.com/gallery/index.php?cat=11

Obviously, you're looking for pics of the saucer's underside and the Engineering hull's starboard side.

 

[ZapBrannigan]

I found some relevant photos but I'm having a bad time with my image hosting accounts for some reason. I could email them to you if you want.

 

[Forbin]

There are definitely resources out there that have detailed photos of the model. For one, the Smithsonian refurbishment crew posted lots of them recently, for sure.

 

[Forbin]

Gary Kerr, who worked on the restoration, posted a lot of pics in this thread on HobbyTalk:
https://www.hobbytalk.com/bbs1/99-s...-original-nacelle-domes-11-ft-enterprise.html

 

[Forbin]

Come to think of it, the Polar Lights model kit instructions show them all quite well.

 

[ZapBrannigan]

Gary Kerr, who worked on the restoration, posted a lot of pics in this thread on HobbyTalk:
https://www.hobbytalk.com/bbs1/99-s...-original-nacelle-domes-11-ft-enterprise.html

There's 138 pages in that thread. Where's the good stuff, if you recall?

 

[Forbin]

I'm afraid I don't remember, it's been a while.

 

[ZapBrannigan]

Okay, testing.... I might have an image hosting account working now:

 

[Maurice]

The Trek Art Forum might be a good place to as about this, as a number of people there have researched the model in order to do reproductions.

 

[Forbin]

Too bad Cloudster.com is gone - they had lots of photos of the model.

 

[plynch]

So much detail that would never be seen on TVs of the day. Or even now? Like carving the tops of gargoyles.

 

[F. King Daniel]

I... somehow never knew these tiny details existed. How cool.

 

[ItsGreen]

Too bad Cloudster.com is gone - they had lots of photos of the model.

https://web.archive.org/web/2010010.../Sets&Vehicles/STEnterprise/EnterpriseTop.htm

Wayback machine still has Cloudster archived

 

[Forbin]

AHA! (I can never figure out the wayback).
This page has some shots of the signage:
https://web.archive.org/web/2009042...ehicles/STEnterprise/SmithsonianMiniature.htm

 

[Kor]

The presence of such details bolsters my view that the ship would have looked good on the big screen in a feature film in the late 1960s.

Kor