John Goodson — Models and Special Effects

The CG Society has a terrific interview with John Goodson, who worked on the starship Enterprise and many other iconic movie models.

“I’ve worked on almost all the miniatures for the Enterprise that exist and I’ve studied them all,” he says. “I love these ships.”

Although the 2009 model sports a streamlined design, Goodson added some details from the Enterprise in the original TV series – a series of shapes on the underside. “It’s subtle, but it will matter to someone out there,” he says.