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The many lives of the Matt Jeffries-designed Leif Ericson model kit:

The OG Leif Erikson

The UFO Mystery Ship

The Pegasus from Gene Roddenberry's proposed but never made War Of The Worlds TV series

The INSS MacArthur from the Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle novel The Mote In God's Eye, as illustrated by Rick Sternbach

I reckon (with no evidence) that Chris Foss based this ship on the Leif Erikson

Bob Larkin book cover

...and I reckon the Defiant is the Leif Erikson with the wings and forward fuselage ripped off.

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Klingon Emblem Concept Art by Matt Jeffries

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Star Trek: TOS - Enterprise Concept Designs by  Matt Jeffries

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Designer of the most iconic spaceship in human imagination

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De, Nichelle, Leonard, George, Walter and Matt Jeffries (Star Trek series Production Designer— who designed the Enterprise) on De’s right at an early Star Trek convention.

Thank you @citizenkampbell for the wonderful last picture.

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The USS Titan legacy

More ultra-deep lore hidden away in modern Trek, in Lower Decks S02E02 we see models of previous Titans in the USS Titan conference lounge. They include...

a Titan missile (the basis for Zefram Cochrane's Phoenix warp testbed)

The first known concept art for what eventually became the USS Enterprise, by W. Matt Jeffries

A Loknar-class starship from the FASA RPG Sourcebooks

The Luna-class USS Titan

Photo from Jörg Hillebrand's twitter

More on the Loknar-class USS Titan NCC-2752, from the FASA Federation Ship Recognition Manual, versions one and two:

This is the second time modern Trek has mined FASA for details, the first being the co-ordinates for Talos IV in Discovery season two which were taken directly from the FASA sourcebook The Federation.

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Matt Jeffries' development sketches for Star Trek's Type F Shuttlecraft, plus Thomas Kellog's redesign (4th picture) which served as the basis for the final design

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Costume For Leonard Nimoy As Spock

Designed By William Ware Theiss

Enterprise Bridge Console

Designed By Matt Jeffries

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