John Eaves is selling two of the gold plated resin ship models he made for the Observation Lounge set in Star Trek Nemesis. You can bid on them on eBay here.
From John Eaves:
Well the movie industry has been rather dry lately and there has been
way too long of a gap in between jobs. So, sadly, I was going through my
storage today and I came across some models I made for the film Star
Trek "Nemesis". I am sorry to let them go, but so glad I had some movie
memorabilia to let go in these tough times. If you have seen First
Contact or Nemesis the observation lounge set has a glass display case
in which a series of all the Star Ships which bare the name Enterprise
are beautifully featured. For the films, I was commissioned to build
these models and have them gold plated to be featured in the set case.
Over the span of the three films, First Contact, Insurrection, and
Nemesis I had to build a lot of models. For Nemesis the list grew with
the request to build and plate some additional models. The Voyager, the
Grissom, the Excelsior, and the Reliant. We had two cases to fill and
these models were to accompany the Enterprise models. The set was
constructed in an arch with a display case on either side of a large
video playback display. The Enterprise models were to be on the right
side and the new non Enterprise models were to be on the left. While the
new ships were being plated the shooting schedule changed and the set
had to be used sooner than later, because of this a double set of the
Enterprise models were set in both cases. The new models barely made it
back in time, but due to the amount of work involved to change them out
it wasn't worth the effort, so in the end the new ships were ditched for
the two sets of the Enterprises.
The USS Grissom
This model is a solid resin casting off of the original shooting
miniature from Star Trek 3, "The Search for Spock" and is rather heavy.
Artcraft Plating in Burbank did the gold plating for all three movies
worth of ships and their process got better with each film. The Grissom
is approx. 17" long and has mounting holes in the bottom. This is a
real nifty piece for the hard core collector. If you want to read more
about these models go to my blog "eavesdropping with johnny" and in the
search window, type in the golden enterprise and more of the golden
starships.
The USS Reliant
This model is a solid resin cast piece
and is rather heavy. Artcraft Plating in Burbank did the gold plating
for all three movies worth of ships and their process got better with
each film. The Reliant is approx. 18" long and has mounting holes in
the bottom. This is a real nifty piece for the hard core collector. If
you want to read more about these models go to my blog "eavesdropping
with johnny" and in the search window, type in the golden enterprise and
more of the golden starships.
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