Ab Mobasher Iranian born Abbas " Ab " Mobasher ( born ) is a largely self - taught artisan and inventor , working in the fields of conceptual design , product development , prototype and model development and product engineering . As an independent contractor , he has worked for a wide range of industries , including Role Playing Games companies , for whom he designed and sculpted the masters or templates of the miniatures that went with their products . One such company had been FASA , where he was contracted from 1983 through 1986 on the strength of the science fiction miniature work he had provided for the gaming company Martian Metals . At Fasa Mobasher was tasked with the sculpting the masters of the first 22 " Star Trek " starship miniatures that accompanied their " " . Mobasher designed and machined the masters from solid yellow brass in 1 / 3950 scale for the molds from which the pewter miniatures were cast . Critically acclaimed for their high level of detail , the miniatures became highly sought - after collectibles in their own right , and has earned Mobasher a 1985 industry H . G . Wells Award in the category " Best Vehicular or Accessory Series " . It has been a source of pride for him ever since . " " Almost a quarter of century later ( I ' m told ) that they have not been able to match highly detailed features even by most modern and state of the art machinery ! " " , Mobasher exclaimed on his website . When the " Star Trek " franchise pulled the license from FASA in 1989 , the company was ordered to turn over the molds , constructed from Mobasher ' s masters , to Rawcliffe , who continued to produce miniatures cast from these , though now as ornamental items instead as gaming miniatures . Career . In a way Ab Mobasher became an artisan and inventor by necessity . " " I grew up in a city of around a million people in 1950 ' s , " " Mobasher explained , " " Toys were rare , so early on I made my own toys . In second grade I learned from older boys how to make boats made out of bark of pine , ground on the concrete to create the shape . My first sword was my mom ' s knitting needle , later I discovered sticks from trees worked better ! " " In that time he also discovered his love for science fiction , " " Science Fiction always been in my blood ; in 50 ' d started by reading about it , in 60 ' s started designing space ships and anti gravity devices . " " After high school he served as a teacher in Literacy Corps in small village in Kurdestan . His first technical career was working as technical inspector in Iranian branch of American Motors as liaison between the press plant and the production lines , Mobasher decided to give up his secure job to journey to " the land of inventors where Edison , Ford and the Wright Brothers changed the history of mankind , " as he had put it . Emigrating in 1971 to the United States ( permanently as it turned out ) , he first attended college in Corsicana Texas , but dropped out prematurely , as he became disenchanted with the college and moved to Dallas first day of 1973 . After some od ball jobs his first brake came when he started wirking for Minikin Models , making architectural scale models . He started his Idea Man company in 1974 , helping inventors developing their ideas . He landed a sub contract work in East Dallas , making scale model parts for Univrsity of Daharan in Saudi Arabia . Exreme details of his works was noted by many and he was commissioned by John Rankin to make scale model of Kampfzer Wago Maus , world ’ s largest tank ever made . Success continued and Rankin , Mobasher and Gary Berg started their own Sc - Fi company where Mobasher designed and machined several futuristic air and ground equiptment including Star Lord and monsterous Valhalla tank . Several big names asked him to work in their various collectible master miniatures , such as who commissioned him to make brass master of his giant Ogre and Martian Metals ’ Traveller grav tank that he designed and machined , While he was commissioned by Martian Metals , its proprietor , Forrest Brown , brought Mobasher ' s work to the attention of FASA , leading up to his " Star Trek " commission in 1983 . Mobasher completed 22 Star Trek miniatures for FASA ending in 1986 , and moved to Washington state to work in the aircraft industry as master machinist and tool and die maker and industrial engineer , Afterwards he continued working as an independent contractor for a variety of clients . Currently , Mobasher resides in Pollock Idaho , developing new products for his global clients through his www . abmobasher . com