This speciman was labeled USS Jupp.
Knowing that some of you guys are nuts for the little incidental ships built for the squint zone, I’ll be posting these VFX polaroid “catalog” snapshots to help satiate your Red Hour urges. If memory serves, I used these for reference while illustrating the Star Trek Encyclopedia.
Be warned. They were built fast, and meant to be little better than a smudge on screen.
For a show like “Sacrifice of Angels”, with lots of armadas, VFX would buy up all the Trek AMT kits in the San Fernando Valley, and they would have a kit bash party.
They literally built a dozen different variations, and occasionally the art department would pitch in and lend a hand.
I have a few of these “Cheap Suit Seranaders” around, and as I turn them up I will post them for you.
Standby… we’re locked on to your coordinates!
Hey Doug “Sacrifice of Angels” wasn’t that was done entirely with CG? Weren’t kitbashed ships like these used on the last of the episodes using the filming miniatures. An episode that stands out to would be the opening of “A Time To Stand” where we see both a CG Akira far in the lower left the Defiant leading with known ships like an Excelsior being towed, the Maquis fighters, and a shipload(sorry bad pun)of kit bashed models many too far away to been seen even clearly with DVD.
You know, you’re right… I just asked Gary, and he said he recalls them being from a flashback to the aftermath of Wolf 359. He can’t recall the name of the show. Anybody? Let me know so I can fix the text! - Doug
Only aftermath I can think of is from “Emissary”, the DS9 pilot. But that’s me.
Pop-top starships, eh? Hm…
You mean ‘Best of Both Worlds’ Part II, where there was an aftermath of a huge battle, also, there was ‘Unification’ where there was a ship graveyard. Yes, my nerd is showing.
Nope, it was DS9, according to Herr Hutzel. - Doug
I gotta admit, I like the paint job on the Jupp. - Doug
I’m pretty sure you just made Bernd Schneider’s day:
http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/articles/ds9tm.htm
These were great. Very much looking forward to seeing more like this. Thanks so much!
Doug,
Thanks again for posting these pics. They are different views from the original pics you sent me. I’m curious as to where the name “Jupp” originated
Also, I think I can clear up the Wolf 359 issue. The DS9 Companion stated that when “Emissary” was filmed, Robert Legato had originally filmed a different opening scene than what was shown: The Saratoga was already in the midst of the battle, with wrecked and on-fire ships in the background. Legato stated that he had wreckage built specifically for this scene, with the names of the ships that were mentioned in the script (the Tolstoy, Kyushu, Melbourne, and Gage). But the script was later changed so that Sisko’s ship was just entering the battle, and all the other ships were the intact filming models of the Nebula, Excelsior, and Ambassador classes.
I contacted Legato concerning this lost footage (with the sly and underhanded ability I have of finding obscure email addresses of former Star Trek VFX personnel
), but unfortunately (and understandably) he had very little memory of it. To my knowledge, no one has ever seen any of this footage, or any of the wreckage or kitbashed ships that were possibly built for this scene.
Great pics of a seldom seen starship!
Hey Doug, was there a Registry Number to the ship? I am guessing that the ship is Jupp Class.
Thanks for the post and Info.
FESTIVAL! FESTIVAL! EEEEEHHHHHHAAAAA.
Thanks for posting these, I needed that.
No number that I can ascertain. - Doug
Aahh, I’ve always liked this one, as the most plausible of the DS9 ‘Frankenstein fleet’, as a sort of destroyer-type ship taken out of mothballs for the war effort. And in general, I like the crazy colors on these kitbashes. Blue and gold starships are cool.
Agreed, Harry! The term “Frankenstein fleet”is a good one! - Dug
I’d be inclined to believe that a hundred or so of this particular design were built and put into service around the Federation’s holdings.
A hundred at minimum, anyway.
I’d like to think the ship is named after Miles Jupp, who plays Archie the Inventor in BBC children’s show Balamory. . .
Perhaps this gentlebeing might have something to do with the ship’s name?
Nice work, Dwight! - Doug
Doug,
What the heck is that thing in front of the saucer in the last pic?
Mark Its Gaffer’s Tape.
Doug,
Was there a label somewhere on the model itself or just on the photo?
Still wondering what “Jupp” could mean other than a regional Lower Rhine short name for “Josef”…
Also, does anyone have an idea what purpose the black stripes around the saucer could have? They are not on the photos I previously received of the same model.
http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/articles/ds9tm.htm