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I have a client on the east coast, Paul Deiderich, who has stumbled across an alternative color match for the two-color scheme. I've modified his choice to what I think is a better match, but his main discovery is very cool!

Krylon makes a color called "Jade Satin". This is part of a new line of colors and I have to say this paint is really, really nice. I am now using this color in place of the Tamiya XF21/XF3 mixture. There is a real difference between these colors, but the Krylon is still a good match, if only a bit too saturated.

I'm also replacing the Tamiya XF-66 with Testors "GRAY", which is also called Gloss Gray.

These replacements help in that the colors are no longer dead flat, which is a problem when applying decals. The other great thing is you can totally avoid loading them into an airbrush!

I'll have photos of my model and Paul's model in a few days.

Scott

Lou-

I've never seen the Tidepool color you mentioned, but I did try the Celery. Celery is OK, but Jade is the best overall.

From what we know now, the 3 color scheme is definitely the result of repainting the model for Phase II. Smithsonian intake documents show the model was only two colors when it was sent to them by Paramount. Additionally, an interview with the man who built both models, shows that the models were both delivered in a gray paint only. The gray-green was added by Jefferies and since the second (Roddenberry) model, which was sold at the PIH auction, had only two colors, this is verification that the model did not have a third color added. Jefferies would have added the third color to the Roddenberry model just as he had added the gray-green.

I'm not trying to tell you to not paint your model in the 3-tone scheme, I just wanted to pass along the latest information.

Scott

Sorry, you seem to have a bit more information than I do. The Smithsonian description of the model, written when the model was first delivered from Paramount, mentions only two colors. I've never seen the color you're refering to. I'm not saying it isn't there, just that I don't have any information about it.

Scott

This is one of the things that people need to decide for themselves. Personally, I don't see any violet color. Others do. The guy who made the models for Paramount delivered them with a single, gray paint scheme, to which Matt Jefferies added a second, gray-green color, as evidenced by the paint on the Roddenberry model.

My suspicion is that colors shift depending on what kind of viewer is used or monitors can be out of calibration. Since the only reference to violet is from those viewing photos online and since those who saw the models in person at the time the series was made make no reference to violet, I have to assume there was no violet. Unfortunately, because of lighting and the way subtle colors desaturate during the transfer to video, there is no way to use the original film to make the final determination.

This is a photo of the Roddenberry model, taken for the Profiles in History auction. I do not see any violet.



The paint on this model has not been changed since it was received by Gene Roddenberry and Matt Jefferies added the second color. This is my choice for the 'official' paint job because I have no other to compete with it. Besides, before I brought this model out, most people thought it was just a light blue gray!

Scott