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wolf · 11-01-2010, 01:16 PM

Inside Star Trek has the original drawings ... first one looked like a baseball with a couple of engine nacelles poked into it, as I recall.

Matt Jefferies is the designer whose name I remember also. He's why they're called "Jefferies Tubes.

Here's an article with the drawings.

11-01-2010, 01:16 PM	#15
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Inside Star Trek has the original drawings ... first one looked like a baseball with a couple of engine nacelles poked into it, as I recall. Matt Jefferies is the designer whose name I remember also. He's why they're called "Jefferies Tubes. Here's an article with the drawings. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis