[news] The Smithsonian is restoring the original USS Enterprise

[unixman_again]

The USS Enterprise model used on the 1960s TV show Star Trek has been on display at the Smithsonian and the 50-year-old model has been sent for renovation and reconstruction in an attempt to repair and stabilize the structure. There are lots of nice pictures in these links, and each site contains different pix. I especially like the photos in the first and last

 

Trekkies Needed for USS Enterprise Restoration Project | Smithsonian

 

Up Close and Personal With the Restoration of Star Trek's Original Enterprise | Popular Mechanics

 

How the Smithsonian is restoring the original USS Enterprise to full 1967 glory | Ars Technica UK

 

The Smithsonian is restoring the original USS Enterprise — no bloody A, B, C, or D | ExtremeTech

 

Star Trek EXCLUSIVE: Up-close Look at Enterprise Model Restoration

Edited February 3, 2016 by unixman_again

[DalekSec]

The USS Enterprise model used on the 1960s TV show Star Trek has been on display at the Smithsonian and the 50-year-old model has been sent for renovation and reconstruction in an attempt to repair and stabilize the structure. There are lots of nice pictures in these links, and each site contains different pix. I especially like the photos in the first and last

 

Trekkies Needed for USS Enterprise Restoration Project | Smithsonian

 

Up Close and Personal With the Restoration of Star Trek's Original Enterprise | Popular Mechanics

 

How the Smithsonian is restoring the original USS Enterprise to full 1967 glory | Ars Technica UK

 

The Smithsonian is restoring the original USS Enterprise — no bloody A, B, C, or D | ExtremeTech

 

Star Trek EXCLUSIVE: Up-close Look at Enterprise Model Restoration

 

I went there in 2004 to see it! It's a lot bigger than I excepted it to be

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Link: Wooden USS Enterprise Model [instructables]

 

http://cdn.instructables.com/FUS/08VF/IK8KS9WN/FUS08VFIK8KS9WN.LARGE.jpg

 

These are images of the ship from the 1960's TV show and the original studio model, currently displayed at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. The model is 11 feet long.To create this model, the original print created for the studio model designed by Matt Jefferies was used. Incidentally, according to Jefferies, the registry number NCC-1701 signified "Naval Construction Contract of the first vessel of the seventeenth starship design of Starfleet."