The studio model of the USS Defiant is the conclusion of a long journey for the producers of DS9. It was a huge change for the show when season 3 premiered, giving the writers a whole new frontier to explore by being able to take ALL members of the main cast on adventures off the station.

Like most TV props, they aren't usually seen outside of what's on the TV, but over the years the Defiant has been photographed from and here are those times:

1996 at Brazil

These are images of the Defiant after being finished at Brazil GINISDDNF before it's big day.

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1996 at Image G

Here are images of the Defiant "on the stick" at Image G, getting ready for filming.

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1997 - Star Trek Mechanics Vol. 4

These are images scanned from the Japanese Star Trek book: Star Trek Mechanics volume 4, which was released around 1997-1998. The entire publication is in Japanese and shows a ton of images of the studio models from every incarnation of Star Trek.

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2002 - Museum of Flight in Seattle

Photos are courtesy of Phil Bolton and Will McCammon (taken by Shawn McGoldrick). Both sets were taken at the Museum Of Flight in Seattle, WA . The filming miniatures of the USS Defiant and Deep Space Nine were included in the 2001: Building for Space Travel exhibit.

"The Defiant was displayed fairly high up and in a corner, which made getting pictures lined up a bit difficult. There are some good close-ups of detail areas that I'd never seen pictures of on the web, so the effort was worth it - thanks to my pal Shawn. There are a lot of greeblie details that I'd never noticed before. The model itself is smaller than I'd expected; roughly 2-3 feet long."--- Will McCammon

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