I do remember this episode, now that you mention it. But come on, this treaty was signed—what, fifty–sixty years after Kirk’s captaincy? Helluva long time to sit on such game-changing technology and not make use of it!
I ain’t painting her green[er]!
I got the impression that having stolen the cloaking device, the Federation built a device to find cloaked ships, and if such a device existed, cloaking Federation ships would be worthless.
Forgive me once more, but I fail to follow the logic here. 
“We possess proven stealth technology, but it’s not worth using because we’re now also able to detect our own ships.”
Huh? :dubious:
Might make sense if the Romulans or Klingons (or any other race) had such a capability … but if I were running things, I’d want to develop countermeasures (jamming?) rather than chuck something that otherwise offers a great tactical advantage.
In re the above: It was quite clear that the *Romulans * (and presumably the Klingons too) certainly had no such capability, since Kirk and crew were able to get away Scot free in “The Enterprise Incident.”
“Military secrets are always the most fleeting.”
Or something equally logical.
You misspelled “Scott.”
Translating from Federation Basic to English is sometimes fiddicult.
Took the words right out of my mouth!
Uhm … no … though it was indeed Mr. Scott who ultimately saved the day.
How he managed to do it with those silly props they gave him, I don’t know!
Yes, since the cloaking device was a combination of Nomad and Sargon.
“Have no fear … *Sargon *is here!”
According to articles from Round2 (model company) the research showed it was a color called ‘concrete’ - and with all the research that went into creating the 1/350 version of the kit, they should have an even more accurate color.
See - What Color Is The Classic Enterprise? by Paul M. Newitt – CultTVman's Fantastic Modeling
As far as the model at the Air & Space - it is not a ‘hero’ model (although it likely looks that way now) - it is the original filming model itself.
Did the model do anything requiring motors in the os?
The spinning lights on the Bussard collectors (those domes on the fronts of the engine nacelles).
I think that’s what was meant—the main model used for filming, with all the bells and whistles attached.
As I mentioned before, some stills of it in the studio were printed in one of Gerrold’s early books (the original edition of The World of Star Trek back in '73 or '74, I think; I bought mine in '75). The stands, lights, camera dollies, etc., were all visible, as was the wiring on the port side. (The Botany Bay from “Space Seed” was also in the stills, alongside the Enterprise.) I don’t know if the photos were retained in later editions of the book, though.
I think it was in Whitfield’s book where the figure “fifteen feet” was mentioned, so I always assumed the ship in TWoST was that long, rather than eleven feet.
As an aside, AMT’s plastic model kits provided cheap starships that were used in long shots, like the *Enterprise *as seen from Lurry’s office in “The Trouble with Tribbles,” and the damaged Constellation as it flew toward the Planet Killer in “The Doomsday Machine.” (In the original version of the film, someone jarred the stand the ship was mounted on and it jumped noticeably against the background; I suspect this was corrected in the remastered edition.)
And then some! “The Doomsday Machine” has IMHO by far the best of the remastered episodes’ sfx. The derelict Constellation (you can even see a chunk of planetary debris bounce off her primary hull) and the later fight with the planet-killer are quite well done.
There were just wires on the other side and no motors.
I thought the lighting was a little too soft but it was still cool and much bigger than I expected.