This eighth in a series of posts on Star Trek: The Exhibition; now open at the Detroit Science Center (http://www.detroitsciencecenter.org/) until Sept. 7, 2009; focuses on the Original Series Scott Uniform. Startrekpropauthority.blogspot.com was allowed to photograph the exhibition on Feb. 14th, 2009 and Feb. 21st, 2009 and is presenting posts on some of the exciting TOS-related components of this comprehensive collection - which features screen used costumes, props, starship filming models and set recreations that span all 5 Star Trek television series and 10 feature films. Many thanks to the staff of the Detroit Science Center for their kind assistance; with special recognition to Kelly Fulford, Kerri Budde, Amanda Jackson, and Todd Slisher for their outstanding support.
The introductory post on Star Trek: The Exhibition which provides a general overview of the event can be seen at: http://startrekpropauthority.blogspot.com/2009/02/star-trek-exhibition-beams-into-detroit.html
Some detailed photos of the Scott uniform are presented below.
The tunic photographed with the camera flash disabled ...
Note the color change when the camera flash is utilized ...
The Starfleet pants fabric appears to be almost a flat black in color when viewed under traditional or slightly subdued lighting ...
Under more intense lighting, the true silver speckled nature of the fabric is revealed; as seen in the following photos ...
The tunic featured an authentic Original Series patch ...
Similar to the Kirk and Spock uniforms, the braid on the tunic is authentic 1979 braid from Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Both the braid and patches were typically removed on a daily basis from all of the costumes during TOS production, before sending them out for dry cleaning; and it is quite rare to come across '60s - era costumes today that still retain both their authentic TOS patch and braid.