# Original Starship Enterprise restored/on display at Smithsonian’s National Air Space Museum **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 28, 2016, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-starship-enterprise-restored-on-display-at-smithsonian-s-national-air-space-museum/758652 "2016-06-28T22:31:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-starship-enterprise-restored-on-display-at-smithsonian-s-national-air-space-museum/758652/61 "2016-07-11T20:10:07Z")
> [@puddleglum](#): > > There were just wires on the other side and no motors. See post #56… ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-starship-enterprise-restored-on-display-at-smithsonian-s-national-air-space-museum/758652/62 "2016-08-21T16:07:26Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > “Then the whole model …was painted with a base color that had been carefully matched by the Museum’s Dave Wilson to the production base color that had been uncovered in multiple places on the model in sanding tests.” > > But what color was it? Us model builders need to know the Truth! Give me the FED-STD color number! They’ve released the specifics - > **[Revealing the Colors of the Enterprise](https://www.startrek.com/news/revealing-the-colors-of-the-enterprise)** > > Revealing the Colors of the Enterprise [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-starship-enterprise-restored-on-display-at-smithsonian-s-national-air-space-museum/758652.md?page=3)