VOY studio models
Chronological list of studio models first appearing on .

VOY Season 1

Intrepid-class

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Caretaker's array

The visual effects model of the array was later sold off by Christie's at the 40 Years of Star Trek: The Collection in () as lot 354. It measures 36 × 19 × 19 inches.

Kazon fighter

The Kazon fighter was a design by Dan Curry. At the time, the production team of Star Trek was spread thin as several productions were in various stages of development (, , , and , as well as the documentary Journey's End: The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation). The regular design team for Voyager had their hands full hammering out the details for the  and the Caretaker's array as was related in the book A Vision of the Future - Star Trek: Voyager. To ease the workload, Curry, whose regular function was that of Effects Producer, pitched in by tackling the Kazon ships, wanting to imbue the ships with that culture's "rough, low-tech retro" look. () For the same reason the build of the models, once the design was approved, was subcontracted out to an outside vendor, WonderWorks Inc., who delivered the models as per specification.  As one of the most junior employees at WonderWorks, Robert Bonchune was sent to deliver the miniature to the Star Trek motion control stage at Image G. There, he handed the model over to Curry, who wanted to make improvements to it. Curry therefore asked Bonchune to stay behind to help him distress the painting. Bonchune was thrilled to help paint the ship but figured he would likely have no more involvement with Star Trek, though fate intervened to prove him wrong. (Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection, issue 44, pp. 14-15)

"About six weeks into motion control photography, the producers decided to change the Kazon Fighter design. I mocked up possible design modifications for producers to look at.", David Stipes recalled.  Stipes embellished the studio model with various cardboard add-ons, among others the aft and front fins for assessment. Once approved, the modifications were made permanent at Tony Meininger's Brazil-Fabrication & Design. The modifications meant that the footage of the model, shot until that time, had to be re-shot in late October/early November 1994. () Part of the modification was the decision to have the model, which was originally conceived as a fighter craft only, to double as the as larger conceived Kazon raider as well. This was achieved by fabricating a cockpit module and a bridge module which were interchangeable on the model, confirmed by Rick Sternbach in private correspondence with , "I recall the model only vaguely. It was a Dan Curry design and I don't have any details, but essentially you're correct, the model was modified to be either one."

When "Caretaker" was being filmed, neither module was used, either because they were not constructed yet or because they were not yet conceived. Instead, a smooth feature was applied to the area of the model where the bridge or cockpit were supposed to be in later episodes. As such, it can not be ascertained with absolute certainty what class of vessels the Kazon ships were intended to be in the episode, though the visual of Maje Jabin on his bridge suggested the larger class. In this configuration, the model is featured at Image G in the VOY Season 1 DVD special feature, "Red Alert: Visual Effects Season One", in which Curry discusses the filming of the models. 

As the role of the Kazon as main antagonists was played out early on in the series, no CGI version of the design was ever produced, the few later appearances being either stock footage or LCARS displays.

The physical model, with the cockpit module and measuring 30 × 7 × 14 inches, known as , and estimated at US$3,000–$5,000, was sold on 6 October 2006 in the 40 Years of Star Trek: The Collection auction, with a winning bid of US$5,000 ($6,000 including buyer's premium).

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Predator class 

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Type 8 shuttlecraft 

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VOY Season 2

Reptohumanoid vessel 
This CGI model and its various modifications made a total of five appearances on Star Trek: Voyager and one in . The "Reptile (Alien) Ship" was designed by Rick Sternbach in . Constructed at Amblin Imaging, the ship was one of Voyagers first CG models. (Star Trek Voyager: A Celebration, p. 208)

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Bothan starship 

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Cravic and Praylor starships 

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Class 2 shuttle 

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Cardassian ATR-4107  

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Rakosan fighter 

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Vidiian warship 

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VOY Season 3

Akritirian patrol ship 

Originally designed for use in , where it had several appearances as different ships, and was later used in .

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Akritirian maximum security detention facility 

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Mislenite freighter 

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Swarm species vessel 

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Aeon 

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Bahrat's space station 

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Etanian starship 

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Krenim warship 

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Voth research vessel 

This studio model was designed by Rick Sternbach.

Voth city ship 

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VOY Season 4

Caatati vessel (small) 

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Caatati vessel (large) 

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Kradin fighter 

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B'omar patrol ship 

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Raven type 

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Srivani vessel 

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Krenim patrol ship 

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Krenim weapon ship 

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Mawasi cruiser 

The Mawasi cruiser was designed by Brandon MacDougall at Foundation Imaging, where it was identified in its rendering as a "Mawasi attack vessel". According to MacDougall, this ship was one of two original designs required for (), the other being the Nihydron warship. 

MacDougall explained: "The specifications of the ships were: [..] the Mawasi should be more linear in shape. Paramount faxed us a picture of an old ship that had appeared somewhere in the Trek "timeline" as the direction for the Mawasi. The faxed picture looked a lot like an , but I would do my best to change the look." (SciFi & Fantasy Models, issue 32, pp. 51. 54)

The model was later reused in Voyagers sixth season as a derelict in .

Nihydron warship 

The Nihydron warship was designed by Brandon MacDougall at Foundation Imaging as one of two original designs required for (), the other being the Mawasi warship. According to MacDougall, the specifications were "the Nihydron should look organic." (SciFi & Fantasy Models, issue 32, pp. 51, 52, 54)

The model was later reused in Voyagers fifth season as a Species 10026 vessel in ().

Tau's ship

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Prometheus-class 

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Hirogen ship 

The look of the Hirogen ship's exterior, first introduced in this episode, was designed by senior illustrator Rick Sternbach and digitally modeled by Brandon MacDougall at Foundation Imaging. CGI Effects Director Ron Thornton influenced the design by suggesting that Sternbach's plan for the ship be flattened. 

Visual Effects Supervisor Mitch Suskin noted, "The Hirogen ship design that came from Rick Sternbach was neat, but I don't know if it really looked that good from every angle." (Cinefantastique, Vol. 30, No. 9/10, p. 98)

Steth's ship 
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Benthan fighter ship

Daelen's ship

Allos' rescue ships 
Allos' rescue ships were designed by Rick Sternbach, with one sketch dated . Some of the engine components were reused from a previous model "to save time."

Ramuran vessel

Dauntless-class 

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VOY Season 5

Night ship 

 See main article: Night Alien ship

Malon export vessel, eleventh gradient 

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Multi-spatial probe 
This CGI model first appeared as the multi-spatial probe from , then was used as a class 5 probe in , before being later modified to represent a  space buoy in .

Delta Flyer 
 Delta Flyer type

Malon shuttle 

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Monean research vessel 

The Monean research vessel, referred to in concept art as the "Monean subship", was designed by Rick Sternbach in ().

Devore warship 
As a new design, the Devore warship first appeared in . The CGI model  was designed and built at Foundation Imaging by Brandon MacDougall, who commented "The Devore ship was one Mojo asked me to design and model for Voyager season 5 episode "Counterpoint". I made some quick pen and ink designs on paper, Dan C[urry] and David L[ivingston] liked the direction and the rest was history. It was hard to make up my mind what way it would fly and I not sure even Mojo did know. Some of the cool things you do not see is a shuttle bay with yellow internal lighting and hydraulics doors." ()

In later appearances, the model was scaled down to represent several smaller vessels of various alien races. It reappeared, otherwise unmodified, as a derelict in Abaddon's Repository of Lost Treasures in , as one of the contestants in the Antarian Trans-stellar Rally in , where, true to McDougall's comment, it flew backwards, as a stranded alien vessel in , as a visiting ship at the Ledosian spaceport in , and finally as a Sphere-Builder vessel, type 1 as part of the battle in ).

Devore scout ship

Devore sensor array

Intruder alien vessel 

The intruder alien vessel was designed by Rick Sternbach.

Proton's rocket ship

Qatai's vessel

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Borg Queen's vessel 

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Varro generational ship 

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Chaotic space hulk 

Originally slated to make an appearance in  as a "ship of the week", the "Chaotic space hulk" was designed by David Lombardi and built as a CGI model at Digital Muse. 

"They might say "We're looking for some design where we want to have tentacles, but we don't want it to look like an octopus," or things like that. (...) When the team are called on to help with a design, everyone gets a chance, It's actually a free-for-all. I think with "Vis à Vis" we had to come up with three ship designs, but we probably submitted 10 or 12", John Gross remembered. ()

Lombardi emphasized the radical design by abandoning such features such as windows and aerodynamics. (Star Trek Voyager: A Celebration, p. 206)

Initially however, the design was one of the rejected ones, deemed as being strange. but was utilized in the later episode . As to why it was initially rejected Gross further elaborated, "We ended up using it as the derelict ship in "The Fight". It was very organic, and it was something that didn't fit into the Star Trek universe. The reason it was able to be used in "The Fight" was because of the refracting space; the ship was so broken up you really couldn't see it very clearly. But I know Peter Lauritson likes to avoid having ships that look too much like life forms; Star Trek has a very good reason for having that consistency." ()

That reluctance was put aside later, as the model, slightly modified at Eden FX, made additional appearances as the Romulan drone ship in several episodes of  Season 4. The model was affectionately dubbed "The Flea" by the production team. ()

Hazari vessel 

This CGI model was originally created for use in Star Trek: Voyager.

Hazari shuttle 

This CGI model first appeared in . 

This model bears some semblance to a similar design that later appeared as Goroth's starship in ().

Think Tank vessel

Malon export vessel 

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Nova-class 

 See main article: Nova-class model

VOY Season 6

Ankari vessel 

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Markonian outpost 

This CGI file was originally created for Star Trek: Voyager: . It was recolored and modified for use as the Ledosian spaceport in .

Assault-class 

On the origin of the Hierarchy  Rick Sternbach commented, "I vaguely recall the script saying it was an "alien ship bristling with antennae," since the crew was engaged in massive surveillance operations of everything around them. The two sketches I turned in were pretty different from most other things we'd seen before, maybe the first one more than the second one. Where the design went after that was (...) between Brandon and our VFX guru Dan Curry."  Starting from some of the details of the two sketches Dan Curry (who remarked, "Brandon carried it further when he made his excellent CG version. He really understood the aesthetic I was after...",  and Brandon MacDougall refined the design further at Foundation Imaging into the final design as it finally appeared in  and  as a CGI model rendered in .

On the original inspiration, Curry based the design on Mexican lamps, where "the ship had a framework that would be filled up with a hollow matetial, as if glass had been blown into it." (Star Trek Voyager: A Celebration, p. 215)

For the seventh season appearance of the Hierarchy in , MacDougall altered the forward hull of the ship by cutting down the number of portholes besides changing their shape, and elongating the forward hull for the ship to become the Hierarchy survey vessel.  The aft section remained largely unchanged. Out of courtesy, MacDougall re-rendered the original configuration for Doug Drexler's blog.

Sternbach's design sketches turned up at Propworx' "The official STAR TREK prop and costume auction" of 8 August 2010 as , where they sold for US$180 (including buyers premium), having been estimated at US$100-$200.

Alice 

Alice was both a CG model and full-sized mockup. 
It was designed by Tim Earls, based on the use of the full-sized mockup  that was to be built on the the cut down Galileo 5 frame, originally created for . Earls envisioned the craft as having been "customized like a hot rod" which allowed him to add what he considered "excessive parts" to the outer body. (Star Trek Voyager: A Celebration, p. 210)

Ba'Neth space station 

This CGI model first appeared in , as the cloaked Ba'Neth space station.

Vaadwaur assault fighter 

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Ares IV 

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Tash's starship 

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Tash's catapult 

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MIDAS array 

This CGI model was designed by Rick Sternbach and created as the Mutara Interdimensional Deep Space Array System in (). It was later reused as the Yosemite 3 research station in .

Orbital 1 

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Kelemane's species' ship 

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Qomar space station 

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Qomar starships

"Manta ray design" 

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"Bullet-shaped" 

This model was later reused in (). ()

Saucer with roll bar 

This model was later reused in (). ()

Saucer with square-frame 

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Penk's starship 

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Kobali shuttle 

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Delta Flyer escape pod 

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Dala's "Delta Flyer" 

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Jupiter Station 

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VOY Season 7

Antarian Trans-stellar Rally marker 

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Dinaali hospital ship 

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Hirogen training facility 

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Subspace warhead 

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Friendship 1 

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SC-4 

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