USS Enterprise - TOS - Starship Hull Color

Paul M. Newitt has worked out a very good reference for the hull color of the classic Enterprise NCC-1701. The hull color is  "... a light grey color with a light tint of green." Here is his full report.

Important for my spaceship models is how the Enterprise looks in space.

screenshot by trekcore.com (TOS "Balance of Terror")

For my Enterprise model I used the Vallejo Model Air Color:

Barley Grey 71051 (50%) + US Light Grey 71045 (50%)

USS Enterprise - TOS

Art Director Matt Jefferies created the Constitution Class for the TV-Show:

"I was concerned about the design of ship that Gene told me would have warp drive. I thought, ‘What the hell is warp drive?’ But I gathered that this ship had to have powerful engines — extremely powerful. To me, that meant that they had to be designed away from the body."

Concept art by Matt Jefferies

I bought the resin model kit of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701 from the original Series in 1/1400. The ship is 20,7cm long when build and very accurate. I only filled some lines which will be replaced by Decals.