Remote controlled model spaceship A remote controlled model spaceship was a type of 22nd century toy model that could be controlled by remote control . As a child , Jonathan Archer flew a remote controlled model spaceship with his father , Henry Archer . It had a nose and aileron s on either wing , and Archer crashed it several times . ( ) While , as an adult , serving as the commanding officer of the in 2153 , Archer supervised a boyhood Sim – essentially a clone of " Enterprise " s chief engineer , Charles Tucker III – while the latter remotely flew the same model in " Enterprise " s launch bay , during which the craft was also closely watched by the captain ' s dog , Porthos . Sim found that the model kept pitching slightly to starboard and , though he complied with advice from Archer that he should trim the craft ' s port aileron , doing so did not stop Sim from accidentally crashing the miniature , just as Archer had done repeatedly before him . This collision caused the breakage of the model ' s starboard nacelle , but Archer assured Sim that the damage was " nothing a little glue won ' t remedy . " Sim was indeed extremely eager to fix the craft , even moments after learning the eventful news that he was a mimetic simbiot . ( ) Appendices . Background information . Jonathan Archer ' s model spaceship was one of few ship designs that only showed up as a model and not as an in - universe ship . The script of characterized the model as " a scale model of an early 22nd century Starfleet transport . " The vessel ' s name and number were scripted to have been painted on the model ' s hull . However , this is not the case in the final version of the episode . The remote - controlled toy was one of several props from " Broken Bow " for which illustrators John Eaves and Jim Martin were instructed to create alternative designs . Eaves illustrated a rough concept sketch of the toy as well as a slightly more detailed diagram of the model ( along with a concept image of its small zero gravity device ) , but it was Martin who was ultimately responsible for designing the model . He based it on the design of the . ( text commentary , ENT Season 1 DVD / Blu - ray ) The model was built by the Paramount Pictures prop shop . ( text commentary , ENT Season 1 DVD / Blu - ray ) It measured 27x33x7 inches and was custom - made out of plastic . Some shots of Archer ' s model in " Broken Bow " were visualized with a CGI version of the starship , created by Eden FX . The digital replication had to match its real - life counterpart exactly but it also had several advantages , the most significant of which was that it could fly more convincingly than if the physical model had been suspended from a wire . ( ) Brent Kling was one of the modelers who worked on it . In the final draft script of , the model was initally referred to as " starship transport model ( the one young Archer flew with his father in ' Broken Bow ' ) . " " However , the model was mostly called simply " starship model " in that script . While disassembled , the model was to have been featured in a scene extension written into the " Similitude " script but not included in the final edit of the installment . In the scripted scene extension , parts of the model were shown by Archer to Sim , in a metal chest which was full of various mementos and which Archer pulled out from under his own bed . Just before opening the chest , Archer explained he had flown the model when he had been the same age as Sim was . Sim was wowed by the model , gingerly picking up one of the pieces . Archer commented , " " It never held warp five , but it held its own . " " Sim was curious as to whether the model could still fly , so Archer suggested they find out . In the next scene ( included in the episode ) , the model was spoken about in slightly more scripted dialogue that didn ' t make it to the screen . Archer admitted that he had been unsure as to whether the model would fly and congratulated Sim for having reassembled the model ' s anti - grav motor , but Sim remarked that doing so had been " easy . " Manny Coto , writer of " Similitude " , was extremely pleased that the model reappeared in that episode , hearkening back to the pilot episode , " Broken Bow " . Coto also liked the parallel between a boyhood Archer flying the model in the earlier installment and a similarly - aged Sim flying the same model in " Similitude " . ( " Similitude " audio commentary , ENT Season 3 DVD ) The practical model of Archer ' s toy starship showed up in the " " auction as , described as " JONATHAN ARCHER ' S MODEL SPACESHIP " . Although it was estimated between US $ 500 and US $ 700 , it was sold on for US $ 2 , 200 ( US $ 2 , 640 including buyer ' s premium ) .