Wayne Minney
Bozeat, Northamptonshire, England
“I loved the design of this ship as soon as I saw it in ‘Star
Trek: First Contact,’” says Wayne. He built Ertl/AMT’s 1/1,400 scale USS Enterprise-E starship and airbrushed the “aztek” panelling
mostly with Tamiya acrylics. Smaller details were hand-painted. “There are no
aftermarket parts used,” he says, “but I modified the deflector trench and warp
nacelle pylons to more accurately reflect the filming miniature.” Wayne designed
and built the lighting system, which includes discrete strobe systems for anti-collision
and positioning beacons. “The pulsating effect seen in the warp nacelles, the
main deflector dish, and roughly half of the cabin windows were drilled out by
hand so they could appear lighted,” he says. Wayne spent about 17 months on the
model.