The lost 3-foot TOS Enterprise model seems to have been found. It was in an eBay auction that was ended with zero bids less than a day after it was put up. The oddest part? A note for "12 to 16v AC or DC" on the bottom of the base. No electronics are known to be in this model.
More pictures. Someone put hologram stickers in the impulse vents. Anyone know when those were commercially available? The parts that are painted dark grey on the 11ft are hull color here. The impulse spine has 2 rectangles painted on it.
The deflector housing apparently has a chip on in that corresponds to old pictures of the model. The Production green top coat finish is missing in some places and the blue grey original Pilot color shows through. Its definitely a clear coat added over the decals.
A hologram sticker was placed over one of the grey saucer hatches. This thing is solid wood. Even the detached sensor dome is wood. You can see the flatness of the lower saucer hump indicative of the 3 footer.
There's a lot of discussion about this going on at the replica prop forum. If you want to see comparisons of this model to old picture as well as a ton of other analysis, head over to this thread.
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