Enterprise E under construction

Serenity · October 09, 2009, 05:28:04 AM

Thought you guys might get a kick out of this! Probably the best job I've ever had. I think it was around 2000 and I was working for a themeing company. We got the contract to build 5 Enterprise E's for Famous Players movie theaters across Canada. I was the only one in the shop who really appreciated how cool it was to help build these ships.

We did wooden plugs first and then molds which we were able to get the fibreglass shells for models. I think they are about 30'-40' long. I remember catching a mistake somebody made regarding the placement of the nacells, it was subtle but we were able to fix it.

Here's a funny story! I had a buddy working at the shop who drove a white Honda civic. I think it was the weekend before the Sci fi con and we wanted to screw around with him a bit. We took all the extra decals we had left over from the build and stickered his car up like a shuttlecraft!!! He was a good sport about it and actually drove around with the stickers on for a few weeks. I heard that his girlfriend got pulled over on a spot check and recieved some pretty strange looks from the officers. Ahhhh good times:) Unfortunately I don't have any pics of the car in all its glory.

Ry

Rico · October 09, 2009, 05:38:06 AM

Holy moly those are cool pictures! What a neat project to be able to work on. Anymore pics around? I think this might be today's Daily Pic!

ChadH · October 09, 2009, 06:12:16 AM

Awesome! What sort of plans were you working from? How long did it take?

Serenity · October 09, 2009, 06:40:21 AM

We scaled it up from one of the little plastic models that was out back then. The decals were also blown up to fit the large scale. I think it took us about a month to finish each one,not including all the prep. The real work is in the plugs and molds, after that its just kinda assembly/paint/ finishing touches.

I know one is at the Colossus in Toronto and another in Lavall Quebec, can't remember where the others shipped. Probably Vancouver/Calgary/maybe one on the east coast.

Ry

Bryancd · October 09, 2009, 07:00:28 AM

WOW! I've never seen that before. Amazing, it's never even been on the RPF that I can recall, Rico. How did they miss this?

Rico · October 09, 2009, 07:01:31 AM

Quote from: Bryancd on October 09, 2009, 07:00:28 AM
WOW! I've never seen that before. Amazing, it's never even been on the RPF that I can recall, Rico. How did they miss this?

I'm not sure Bryan. I might post it up over there in the model section. I really wonder if any of these are still around.

ChadH · October 09, 2009, 07:15:05 AM

Very cool. I'm envious!

Geekyfanboy · October 09, 2009, 08:37:42 AM

That's awesome stuff... and a great story. Were they built to promote the release of Nemesis?

Serenity · October 09, 2009, 10:11:15 AM

They were all done around the year 2000, don't think they were done specificly for Nemesis. They were built as part of the interior decoration for the movie theaters. We had a huge boom of theaters being built around that time.

I'm not sure what happened to the molds,,,probably garbaged. Be pretty cool having one in the front yard ;D

Geekyfanboy · October 09, 2009, 10:41:38 AM

Wow.. that's awesome.. wish our movie theaters had huge Enterprises hanging in them.

Meds · October 09, 2009, 01:16:01 PM

What a brilliant story, thanks for sharing. Great stuff.

sheldor · October 09, 2009, 02:02:25 PM

Wow - these are the like the coolest pictures I have seen on this forum.
You guys make it look too easy.

Feathers · October 09, 2009, 02:16:38 PM

OK. Most of our jobs (except perhaps Kenny's) are now officially boring!

Serenity · October 09, 2009, 04:43:13 PM

Here's some more eye candy. The E is one beautiful design!

Bryancd · October 09, 2009, 04:51:56 PM

Was the model lit?