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Donald "Don" Loos was a model and prop builder who worked on Star Trek: Phase II television project. Under the supervision of Brick Price, Loos was the lead model maker on the build of the Enterprise Phase II studio model while in employ of Brick Price Movie Miniatures, a company sub-contracted by Magicam. This work was based on the design sketches provided by Matt Jefferies for the project. Loos' Enterprise studio model was three quarters complete, and "(...)had the engine pods finished, and was working on the struts(...)" as Jefferies recalled (Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 2, Issue 8, p. 84), but was pulled from the project when a new, larger model was deemed necessary to meet movie requirements when Phase II became Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

Magicam's (to which the build of a new Enterprise model reverted) Model Shop Supervisor Jim Dow considered Loos' work somewhat sub-par, "Don Loos is a very fine model maker, but his techniques were a bit antiquated and his model was made for television." (Starlog, issue 30, p. 27) This however, solicited a response from Loos' employer, Brick Price, who felt that his employee was being short-changed by Dow, "Loos is doing a lot of work with us now on various models for NASA and I have the greatest respect for his ability. He does not use "antiquated" techniques as Dow says unless it is for the best." (Starlog, issue 30, p. 8)

While still in the employ of Price, Don Loos, has only one other recorded motion picture "model construction" credit to his name, for the movie Lifepod (1981).

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-'''Donald "Don" Loos''' was a model and prop builder who worked on {{film|1}}. Under the supervision of [[Brick Price]], Loos was the lead model maker on the build of the [[Constitution class model (refit)#.22Phase II.22 model|model of the USS ''Enterprise'']] while in employ of [[WonderWorks Inc.|Brick Price Movie Miniatures]], a company sub-contracted by [[Magicam]]. This work was done for the ''[[Star Trek: Phase II]]'' television project, based on the design sketches provided by [[Matt Jefferies]]. Loos' ''Enterprise'' [[studio model]] was three quarters complete, and "''(...)had the engine pods finished, and was working on the [[Nacelle pylon|strut]]s(...)''" as [[Matt Jefferies]] recalled ({{STTM|2|8}}, p. 84), but was pulled from the project when a new, larger model was deemed necessary to meet movie requirements when ''Phase II'' became {{film|1}}.
+'''Donald "Don" Loos''' was a model and prop builder who worked on ''[[Star Trek: Phase II]]'' television project. Under the supervision of [[Brick Price]], Loos was the lead model maker on the build of the [[Constitution class model (refit)#.22Phase II.22 model|''Enterprise'' ''Phase II'' studio model]] while in employ of [[WonderWorks Inc.|Brick Price Movie Miniatures]], a company sub-contracted by [[Magicam]]. This work was based on the design sketches provided by [[Matt Jefferies]] for the project. Loos' ''Enterprise'' [[studio model]] was three quarters complete, and "''(...)had the engine pods finished, and was working on the [[Nacelle pylon|strut]]s(...)''" as Jefferies recalled ({{STTM|2|8}}, p. 84), but was pulled from the project when a new, larger model was deemed necessary to meet movie requirements when ''Phase II'' became {{film|1}}.
 Magicam's (to which the build of a new ''Enterprise'' model reverted) Model Shop Supervisor [[Jim Dow]] considered Loos' work somewhat sub-par, "''Don Loos is a very fine model maker, but his techniques were a bit antiquated and his model was made for television.''" (''[[Starlog (magazine)|Starlog]]'', issue 30, p. 27) This however, solicited a response from Loos' employer, Brick Price, who felt that his employee was being short-changed by Dow, "''Loos is doing a lot of work with us now on various models for [[NASA]] and I have the greatest respect for his ability. He does not use "antiquated" techniques as Dow says unless it is for the best.''" (''Starlog'', issue 30, p. 8)