Model
A model was typically a small-scaled reproduction of a large item such as a building, a sailing ship, a starship, or a space station. Models were commonly employed for decorative, illustrative, recreational, or instructional purposes.

In his childhood, Miles O'Brien had spent many years building model starship engines. ()

When Neelix was young, he built what he described as extremely detailed scale models of orbital tethers at one tenth scale. He later claimed to have "worked on an orbital tether". ()

Jake Sisko, as a child, played with starship models. When he took an interest in Bajoran girls, his father playfully asked him, "Wasn't it a few weeks ago that you were playing with model starships?" Jake, however, corrected him by reminding him that it was more like "a few years ago." ()

Displayed models

20th century

In 1996, Rain Robinson had a model of the  on display in her office at the Griffith Observatory. ()

In the same year, Henry Starling's desk incorporated a model train. ()

In 2000, Henry Janeway kept a model of the clipper ship Sea Witch next to the cash register of his bookshop. ()

21st century

The Crash-n-Burn Bar operating in Bozeman, Montana in 2063 contained a display with several rocket models. ()

22nd century

As a child, Jonathan Archer built some model spaceships with his father. One such model could be flown by remote control. () 

In 2143 and onward, several early spacecraft were on display in Admiral Maxwell Forrest's office on Earth, including models of the Phoenix, two space shuttle orbiters, and several vessels of the Apollo series. ()

In 2152, Ensign Travis Mayweather kept a model of Nomad in his quarters aboard . () He also used to possess models of the clipper Sea Witch and the Phoenix in his quarters aboard a previous ship he served on, the . ()

23rd century

In the early 2230s, young Michael Burnham kept a model of an  starship alongside photos of her and her father, Mike Burnham, by her bedside. She also had a model of the Torus 4 Deep Space Research Outpost they lived aboard near the foot of her bed. ()

In 2255 of the alternate reality,  played with a broken salt shaker model of a  starship at the Shipyard Bar. ()

In 2259 of the alternate reality, Admiral  kept fourteen air and spacecraft models in his office. These models included the Wright Flyer, Spirit of St. Louis, a V-2 rocket, an X-15 rocket plane, the Vostok 1 spacecraft, a Gemini capsule, a space shuttle orbiter, an Ares V rocket, the  ring ship, the Phoenix, the NX-Alpha, , the , and the . ()

In 2267,  used sympathetic magic and a transmuter to affect a voodoo charm of the . When she heated the model on a candle's flame, it caused the real ship to dangerously overheat in orbit. Korob later sealed the Enterprise model in a transparent crystal block in order to surround the orbiting ship in a force field. ()

In 2269, Captain James T. Kirk and his landing party were surprised that Flint kept a model of his ship, the USS Enterprise, at his home. Much to their horror though, it turned out that it was in fact their own actual ship, miniaturized by the omnipotent Flint as a means of deterrence. ()

In 2285, Admiral James T. Kirk kept several wooden models of historic Earth sailing ships in his apartment in San Francisco. ()

In 2285, a model of an Epsilon IX-type station was displayed on a wall in the Starfleet Officers' Lounge. ()

In 2285, a model of an environmental suit was displayed in the entrance of the Starfleet Officers' Lounge. ()

In 2293, Captain Kirk also kept a model of his first command, the , in his quarters aboard the . ()

In 2293, the Federation president kept a model of the Eiffel Tower in his office. ()

24th century

Somewhere in the early 2310's the young teenager Jean-Luc Picard built a ship in a bottle model of the Promellian battle cruiser at his ancestral home in La Barre, France. The model was still in Picard's possesion eight decades later. (; )

In 2327, in a Q-recreated alternate timeline, recently graduated Ensign Jean-Luc Picard, while awaiting his first commission, kept a display model of a starship in his quarters. ()

In 2353, young Annika Hansen sometimes played with a model of a Borg cube that belonged to her father. ()

In 2364, Captain Jean-Luc Picard kept a model of a  starship in his ready room aboard the  throughout the room's lifetime. (; ) However, this model was briefly replaced by that of a refit-Constitution-class starship at various points in the same year, () as well as by a piece of artwork. ()

In 2364, Groppler Zorn of the Bandi kept a model of Farpoint Station in his office in the Old Bandi City. ()

In 2364, Commander William T. Riker kept a model of a refit Constitution-class starship () and a miniature of the Class F shuttlecraft in his quarters aboard the Enterprise-D. ()

A refit Constitution-class model starship was also displayed in one of the guest quarters in 2364. ()

In 2364, a model of a long range shuttle was on display in the guest quarters aboard the Enterprise-D that Anne and Mark Jameson and later the Brekkians Langor and Sobi stayed in. ()

In 2365, Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge built a model of the  as a gift for his former commanding officer, Captain Zimbata of the . ()

In 2365, Worf tried to build a model of a sailing ship but was interrupted by his door chime and broke the ship's mast. He also kept a metallic model of the  in his quarters. () 
 

In 2366, a model of a refit Constitution-class starship was on display in Drafting Room 5 of the Mars Station at the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards, recreated by Geordi La Forge on the holodeck of the . Alongside the refit Constitution-class starship model, a smaller model of a pre-refit configuration and a Klingon D7-class model were also on display, whereas else in the room a model of a  starship was displayed as well. ()

In 2367, in an illusion created by Barash, Admiral Picard kept a model of a  vessel in his office aboard the Romulan warbird . ()

In that same illusion, Riker kept a model of a  starship and another model of the Apollo 11 lunar lander. ()

In 2367, Malcorian science minister Mirasta Yale kept a model of the Malcorian warp ship in her office on Malcor III. ()

In 2368,  and Data built a model of the Temple of Kural-Hanesh. ()

In 2368, Wesley Crusher kept a metallic model of a Constitution-class vessel in his room on the  campus in San Francisco. ()

Benjamin Sisko kept a model of the  starship in his office on Deep Space 9. In the same room, he also kept models of a  starship and another of a Nebula-class starship and, in later years, a large model of the International Space Station, complete with a docked space shuttle orbiter. ()

In 2369, Keiko O'Brien's classroom aboard Deep Space 9 featured five starship models, including Miranda-, Galaxy-, Daedalus-, and Nebula-class starships, as well as one other, unidentified vessel. ()

In 2370 a model of the early  Earth starship, Bonaventure (C1-21) was added to the collection of starship models in Keiko O'Brien's classroom. ()

In 2372, Admiral Leyton kept several silver-plated display models in his office at Starfleet Headquarters on the Presidio. Among others were a refit Constitution-class, a refit Excelsior-class, and a Galaxy-class. ()

In 2373, the observation lounge aboard the  contained display cases with golden models of all six Federation starships named USS Enterprise. During the Enterprises trip to the year 2063, some of the models were broken when Captain Picard slammed a phaser rifle into the case. () The models were eventually replaced. ()

In 2373, Captain Picard kept a model of the USS Enterprise-E in his ready room aboard the ship. ()

In 2374, Benjamin Sisko experienced a vision from the Prophets during which he was transported back to Earth in the 1950s. At the offices of Incredible Tales magazine, a model of a flying saucer UFO was seen. ()

In 2375, Miles O'Brien had created an historical scale model of the Alamo compound. () When his daughter, Molly, was attempting to touch the model, Miles shooed her away and told her that "it's a model, not a toy." Keiko sarcastically added that, if that was the case, "then maybe it belongs in a museum." ()

By 2375, the Malon Pelk had built a model of an old Malon ship for the son of his colleague, Fesek, but he also enjoyed playing with it himself. ()

In 2377, the Bajoran Teero Anaydis kept a small model of a Maquis raider in his house. ()

In 2377, Tom Paris pxut together a baby crib mobile with models of Voyager, a Klingon Bird-of-Prey, and a D-7 battle cruiser for Miral Paris. ()

In 2378, Joe Carey was building a model of the , the ship to which he was assigned, in a bottle up until his death in that year. At the time of his demise, he had almost completed the model and only had one nacelle left to finish. ()

By 2379, Captain Picard had replaced his original ready room USS Enterprise-E model with a new, transparent one. ()

Ensigns D'Vana Tendi and Samanthan Rutherford enjoyed putting together a working kit model of the  in their free time, however, Rutherford etched nonsensical directions into the parts of the model, making completion of the kit very difficult. This was done to intentionally prevent them from completing the model since they enjoyed making it so much together. In 2381, Tendi gifted a kit model of Deep Space Nine to Rutherford, and they both promised never to finish it. ()

25th century

In 2450 of an alternate timeline, Jake Sisko kept a model of Deep Space 9 in the living room of his house in Louisiana. ()

See also 
 Demonstration model
 Star Trek model kits
 Star Trek starship miniatures

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