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. Usually such models concern inanimate objects. Representations of this kind of animated subjects are usually referred to by the denominators "statue" (the large-scaled ones in particular) or more commonly "figurine".
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. ()
File:Forrest's office models (collage).jpg|Models in Admiral Forrest's office
File:Phoenix model, 2153.jpg|A model of the Phoenix()
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File:Space shuttle models, 2153.jpg|Two space shuttle models in his office
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 . ()
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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 Château Picard home in La Barre, France. The model was still in Picard's possession seven decades later. (; )
The Promellian ship-in-a-bottle model was not the only model kept in the living room of Château Picard, as Picard remembered that models of the refit-, USS Enterprise, USS Enterprise-B, Miranda-class, Deep Space Station K-7, and Regula I had been there as well. ()
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 . ()
 	
Riker's Nebula-class model…	…and Apollo Lunar Module model
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 Sam 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 2401 starship model mementos were sold at Guinan's bar to commemorate Frontier Day, which included a mini-scaled Enterprise-D model. One of them was dropped by a bar patron in the glass tumbler of his beverage while he was surreptitiously observing Jean-Luc Picard and William T. Riker. ()
Guinan also sold larger scaled models for the same occasion, which were prominently showcased in two display cases on the bar counter, and which included Galaxy-, Miranda-, Intrepid-, and models. The Galaxy-class models did not do well in sales, because no one wanted the "fat ones", as per the bartender. Guinan had actually already started to sell gold-plated Enterprise-D models five years earlier. ()
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
== External link ==
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