Mike Warshaw’s Lighted Enterprise

This is the old 18″ AMT kit, accurized with lights from Mike Emery. I started this in 1994, when there were almost no references around (and the stand still needs paint!). You’ll see I went bad in some areas, like a too-heavy rust belt on the top of the saucer.

I sunk the “fingers” on the secondary hull, added resin parts, reshaped the secondary hull, vacuformed new B and C decks from the Playmates toy, and did a lot more. Now I wish I’d had a lighter touch with the weathering and knew the right color, but it still looks cool, thanks to the lights.

All the ports and the bridge and lower sensor are lit with Lightsheet. LEDs power flashing nav lights and ion pod, lit stern marker and shuttle bay landing lights, and the engines–man, the engines.

Mike Emery of Lightsheet invented a circuit that fires 17 submini LED’s in each engine nacelle in a pattern behind a photoetched fan blade. I wish you could all see the motion, and help me convince Mike to put the circuit out on the market. It’s the best engine effect yet.

Mike Warshaw

Mike Emery of Lightsheet took some of Mike Warshaw’s photos and “doctored” them a little in Photoshop.