Fascinating article on the restoration of the original Enterprise studio miniature.

Cool info. Thanks!
I've always been interested in filming of miniatures. The series was good for the day on a TV budget. ILM did such a fantastic job on some of the motion pictures with the model ships. Still look more real to me than the CGI ships of later.
 
I dropped by the stages at ILM and saw them doing some blue screen with the Enterprise. Although I was an employee of the Lucas empire (not ILM), what was fascinating to me was that there was no security what so ever at ILM. One could just open an unmarked door and wander the halls and stages of ILM unimpeded. They relied on hiding themselves behind façade of fake companys and store fronts. But one could park in the Circuit City parking lot and if you wandered too far, you would find yourself in the ILM model shop. Of course, those days are long gone.
 
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