Petri Blomqvist Petri Blomqvist was a digital modeler , who has officially been credited as a " Technical Consultant " to the production of the 2006 remastered version of , as part of the CBS Digital team . It has been , to date , his only official credit , though his contributions to the " Star Trek " franchise had more substance than the somewhat non - committal credit description suggested . Beginnings as " Star Trek " fan . Finnish born Blomqvist was a " Star Trek " fan with a background as an electrical engineer . As fan , while he was still a student , he constructed in the early 1990s CGI models of " Star Trek " ships , using some of the earliest CGI software available to the general public . Some of his work was featured at the time on the , now defunct , website " " of William S . McCullars , a fellow studio model aficionado . It was through McCullars ' website that he made the acquaintance with Gary Kerr , likewise a " Star Trek " studio model aficionado . With Kerr , who possessed a large amount of measurement data of the original eleven - foot " Enterprise " studio model in particular , Blomqvist developed a two decades - long long - distance friendship , continuously exchanging data with each other , that helped both men to finetune their data on the " Original Series " models ; Kerr for his blueprints , and Blomqvist for his CGI models . An unassuming man , Kerr has described him as being , " " Definitely not a prima donna with an inflated ego , Petri was very modest about his talents and completely trustworthy . " " ( " Sci - fi & fantasy modeller " , Vol . 26 , p . 42 ) First , uncredited , official " Star Trek " assignments . Blomqvist ' s first brush with the official " Star Trek " franchise came when he , on recommendation of his friend Kerr , was invited by Michael Okuda to participate on the forthcoming reference book , " Starship Enterprise " , a book that chronicled all " Enterprise " incarnations in the " Star Trek " universe , slated for a 2000 release . He was pegged to do some CGI beauty shots of the various ships . The project however , fell through , and while he had already done some work on the project , it was not as yet as extensive as what his friend had done , when the project was canceled . Despite being canceled , Blomqvist reveled in the experience , " " The model was actually nearly finished in late 1999 , and an update was supposed to happen , but then a strange thing took place – I was given the task of creating 40 renderings of the original Enterprise for a book called " Starship Enterprise " . Being part of that project was one of the most enjoyable experiences I ' ve had ; unfortunately , the book seems to have been put on hold . I ' m still hoping it ' ll be published some day . " " Still , as token of appreciation and out of his own pocket , Okuda bought Blomqvist the software packet for his own personal use . A grateful Blomqvist , who up until then had to make do with antiquated and obsolete CGI software , has been " going gung - ho with it ever since " , as his friend Kerr has fondly put it . ( " Sci - fi & fantasy modeller " , Vol . 26 , pp . 40 , 44 ) Okuda ' s act of kindness would repay itself six years later though , when the remastered version of the " Original Series " came along . Re - rendered in the software Okuda gave him , one of his beauty shots actually saw an official publication , when it served as an illustration for a two - part article McCullars did on original studio model builder Richard C . Datin in , whereas the subsequent issue additionally featured his CGI builds of the Deep Space Station K - 7 and " Enterprise " s shuttlebay , and which – for all intents and purposes – were Blomqvist ' s very first , but unnoticed , officially licensed " Star Trek " publication credits . Three years after the canceled book project , Kerr brought Blomqvist into contact with Doug Drexler , who was seeking out input for the build of his CGI original " Enterprise " , he was constructing for use in the " Star Trek : New Voyages " fan film s . Blomqvist was able to help Drexler out by bringing in the geometry into his model . It actually has earned him his first official IMDb credit , for the 2006 vignette " Center Seat " , though the database has misspelled his name as " Bloomquist " . Drexler , as visual effects supervisor , in turn , submitted Kerr ' s measurements and Blomqvist ' s work the subsequent year as reference to Eden FX , where Koji Kuramura was constructing a CGI version of another vessel , the for the fourth season episodes and . Co - worker Robert Bonchune , who was responsible for mapping and lighting the model , elaborated , " " Any ship dimensional reference material we needed was provided by Doug Drexler as well as Koji ' s own research . I know Doug is good friends with Gary Kerr , so I am sure that made it ' s way to us through him . As for the Petri help , Koji used his shape for the back end of the nacelle cap as a reference piece . We needed it built differently . " " Drexler was not insensitive to Blomqvist ' s contributions , and as primary editor of the publication , reserved a place for Blomqvist to showcase his own CGI models in one of the " " calendars , which was his second officially licensed " Star Trek " credit , though his name was misspelled again as " Blomquist " , reprinted in its book derivatives . Becoming officially reacquainted with " Star Trek " . It was in 2006 that Blomqvist ' s work truly came to the fore , when Kerr was again contacted by Mike Okuda , as CBS Digital started to run into troubles with the production of the remastered " Original Series " . Initially , CBS had decided to build the CGI models for the project themselves , despite the fact that several professional parties had made pitches for the commission . But due to strict release schedules , CBS was forced to rely on a third party " Enterprise " CGI model after all , and a candidate was sent to Kerr for evaluation by Okuda . Kerr discovered that the model was lacking in accuracy and sent his findings to Visual Effects Supervisor Niel Wray . Wray concurred , and was desperate to come up with a replacement . It was then that Kerr suggested Blomqvist ' s " Enterprise " model , a model he knew had been refined for over a decade by that time . It was Blomqvist ' s model CBS bought and used in the remastered series , or as Kerr has put it , " " To put it simply , the CBS lawyers huddled , agreements were signed , and CBS Digital was free to use Petri ' s model . " " Since Blomqvist ' s model was based on Kerr ' s blueprints , it has earned them both their official credit . The quality of Blomqvist ' s work was a compelling reason enough for the acquisition of his other " Original Series " CGI models as well , as it saved valuable production time . The models CBS ultimately bought , entailed almost every other design seen in the original series run . The exceptions were the " Fesarius " , its companion , the s , and all the new designs especially conceived for the remastered version , all of which constructed at CBS Digital itself . Okuda was pleased , and has expressed that , as far as he was concerned , Blomqvist ' s models could be used " without concern " . Nevertheless , the digital animators still had their work cut out for them as Blomqvist ' s models were constructed in the software , whereas CBS Digital used the CGI software at the time , and had to translate the digital models from one format into the other , which inevitably led to some information loss . Additionally , they had to cut down on the resolution level of Blomqvist ' s highly detailed high - resolution models , in order to speed up computer rendering time . Still , the CGI models bought by CBS , more than enough warranted Blomqvist his official credit as " Technical Consultant " . ( " Sci - fi & fantasy modeller " , Vol . 26 , p . 48 - 50 ) Digital modeler Tobias Richter has , in more than one way , followed in Blomqvist ' s footsteps for the pursuant remastering - project six years later , but ironically , while Blomqvist ' s models had to be converted at then Maya using CBS Digital , the now LightWave using CBS Digital had likewise to convert Richter ' s model , as his software package of choice has been Maya . But unlike Blomqvist , Richter has received no official credit for this contribution .