Museum to Receive Master Model Collection
The model collection of Kurt Kuhn, founder and owner of Modeler’s Miniatures & Magic, will be donated to the Museum of Science Fiction, the world’s first comprehensive science fiction museum, beginning with a full scale replica of the USS Enterprise from Star Trek: The Motion Picture. This model will be on public display for the first time at the Museum’s annual convention, Escape Velocity, in May 2019 (for images of the collection, please see link below).
“This is the beginning of an amazing museum,” said Kuhn. “It’s the first ever replica of the model used in the shooting of the 1979 film, and after all of the work we’ve put into it, I can’t wait for the world to see it for the first time at Escape Velocity 2019.”
The replica Enterprise measures over eight feet long and four feet wide and features an automated light-up sequence identical to the scene in the film when the ship leaves drydock. The construction of this one-of-a-kind model required over 2,000-man hours and is valued at over $100,000. It will be the first of hundreds of pieces in the Kuhn Collection that will be transferred to the Museum over the next few years.
More information about Mr. Kuhn’s gift and images from the Kuhn collection is available here: www.museumofsciencefiction.org/kuhn-collection
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[…] Massive Studio-scale Enterprise from Star Trek: The Motion Picture If you’ve seen the original starship Enterprise on permanent display at the National Air & Space Museum, you already know how magnificent it is. For Escape Velocity attendees, another massive studio-scale Enterprise from Star Trek: The Motion Picture will on display to help celebrate the film’s 40th anniversary. Measuring over 8 feet long, the Enterprise is stunning, fully animated with lights and sound effects, including the initial power-up sequence from the film as the Enterprise departs space dock! […]