Came across these videos of the original filming model of the Enterprise from TOS and its journey from Desilu Studios to the Smithsonian Museum and all the restorations it's been through over the years.

Detailed examination of the latest restoration carried out by a team of Hollywood SFX folks, many of whom worked on TNG and the various movies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VMyePEToYE


The entire history of the model's various restorations and where it's been on display over the years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjMUBaCRdUI


And for fun, here's a guy unboxing a new 1/350-scale model of the TOS Enterprise from Tomy and giving it a review. This thing is huge as models go. Have to say some of the shots he took at the end of it in the dark where quite nice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_J0R1hDAJ4

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