Hi folks. Many thanks for those very kind thoughts!
WNMHGB: That first button set with the unique ratios of green and yellow resin on one button; and red and yellow resin in the other button (which also has a hole drilled in it) does really look the same to me as the one seen on Spock's station. I can only hope all the buttons were gathered from the same area of the Bridge, LOL.
sapper36: Those metal boxes are actually housings for 25 watt light bulbs which would be mounted in rows beneath the control panel consoles (and also behind the various monitor display screens/graphics) to provide panel illumination. Here's an old auction photo showing a different TOS console from the front and back; with all its housings visible and intact. I guess it helped prevent overheating, which was still a big problem on the Desilu soundstage. They would often only illuminate just pie shaped sections of the Bridge at a time (the ones they were filming at with the actors) to prevent overheating / electrical fires.
Methuselah2011: Thanks for that great compliment but I am really just a fellow fan; perhaps a bit more passionate about Star Trek than some others, LOL. I do truly think it's Gene Roddenberry's brilliant concept that has made the world more awesome.
Many kind regards,
Gerald
WNMHGB: That first button set with the unique ratios of green and yellow resin on one button; and red and yellow resin in the other button (which also has a hole drilled in it) does really look the same to me as the one seen on Spock's station. I can only hope all the buttons were gathered from the same area of the Bridge, LOL.
sapper36: Those metal boxes are actually housings for 25 watt light bulbs which would be mounted in rows beneath the control panel consoles (and also behind the various monitor display screens/graphics) to provide panel illumination. Here's an old auction photo showing a different TOS console from the front and back; with all its housings visible and intact. I guess it helped prevent overheating, which was still a big problem on the Desilu soundstage. They would often only illuminate just pie shaped sections of the Bridge at a time (the ones they were filming at with the actors) to prevent overheating / electrical fires.
Methuselah2011: Thanks for that great compliment but I am really just a fellow fan; perhaps a bit more passionate about Star Trek than some others, LOL. I do truly think it's Gene Roddenberry's brilliant concept that has made the world more awesome.
Many kind regards,
Gerald
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