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Space Sci-Fi Models & Kits
Find a spaceship, fighter or orbital station for your next sci-fi display. Explore Star Wars, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica and Dune alongside original-design stations and mechanical space models.
Choose a favourite universe, then compare plastic kits, metal and wooden builds, LEGO spacecraft and finished replicas. Browse by franchise, construction difficulty or a useful shared scale.
Featured spacecraft · Eaglemoss Galactica 2004
Featured sci-fi spacecraft
Choose a sci-fi spaceship model from these featured picks, or keep browsing for more franchises, build formats and space-station designs below.
Best for a detailed snap-fit starfighter
Easy · Plastic · 1:72
Revell 01216 · Bandai tooling
Best for a classic Starfleet build
Intermediate · Plastic · 1:600
Revell 04991 · The Original Series
Best for a finished battlestar centrepiece
Ready-built · Diecast
Reimagined series · BGSUK003
Star Wars spaceship models
Explore Star Wars through X-wings, TIE fighters, Millennium Falcons, Razor Crests and capital ships. Bandai kits supplied by Revell offer precision snap-fit construction, while Revell’s wider range includes conventional plastic kits and card builds. LEGO adds brick-built ships and display scenes; Metal Earth and UGEARS provide metal and wooden interpretations.
Start with a favourite film or series, then choose the material and building experience you enjoy. These picks span a compact starfighter, a substantial wooden freighter and a brick-built Rebel flagship.
Best for a detailed snap-fit starfighter
Easy · Plastic · 1:72
Revell 01216 · Bandai tooling
Build Poe Dameron’s X-wing with Bandai’s snap-fit parts, supplied in Revell’s 01216 boxing. The opening-wing fighter makes an accessible spacecraft project with crisp mechanical detail and a compact display footprint.
Best for a substantial wooden spacecraft
Expert · Wooden model kit
UGEARS · Illuminated display
Recreate the Millennium Falcon as a substantial wooden construction project. Layered hull detail and illuminated features give this familiar freighter a different building experience and an impressive finished presence.
Best for a compact Rebel capital ship
Intermediate · Brick building
LEGO Star Wars · 75405
Build Admiral Ackbar’s Home One as a compact display model. LEGO’s brick-built interpretation brings the Rebel flagship’s rounded hull and a small accompanying frigate into a shelf-friendly spacecraft arrangement.
Star Trek starship models
Build a Starfleet collection around the Enterprise version or programme you enjoy. The Star Trek range includes the original NCC-1701, later Enterprise variants, Voyager, Defiant and the Lower Decks Cerritos. Revell, AMT and Polar Lights offer plastic construction kits, with Metal Earth, LEGO and finished Corgi models providing further formats.
The original-series Enterprise, The Next Generation’s Enterprise-D and Deep Space Nine’s Defiant show three distinct ship designs and different ways to build a familiar starship.
Best for a classic Starfleet build
Intermediate · Plastic · 1:600
Revell 04991 · The Original Series
Build the original television Enterprise with its saucer, engineering hull and paired warp nacelles. Revell’s conventional plastic kit offers a familiar Starfleet subject for assembly, painting and a classic starship display.
Best for a large Next Generation centrepiece
Intermediate · Brick building
LEGO Icons · The Next Generation
Recreate the Galaxy-class Enterprise-D as a substantial LEGO display. The broad saucer and twin nacelles capture The Next Generation’s familiar flagship, with a brick-building experience suited to a dedicated Star Trek shelf.
Best for a compact DS9 starship
Intermediate · Plastic · 1:1000
Polar Lights · Deep Space Nine
Add Deep Space Nine’s compact USS Defiant to a Starfleet collection. The snap-fit kit recreates the ship’s distinctive low, broad hull and gives a fleet display a different profile alongside the Enterprises.
Battlestar Galactica spacecraft
Choose a Colonial or Cylon spacecraft from the original Battlestar Galactica, the reimagined series or Blood & Chrome. The range includes Galactica, Pegasus, Viper variants, Raptors, Raiders and Baseships. Eaglemoss and other collectible ranges offer finished ships, while Moebius provides a traditional building and painting project.
These selections pair the reimagined Galactica and Viper Mk II with a twin pack of Cylon Raider kits, bringing a battlestar, a Colonial fighter and its Cylon opponents into the same collection.
Best for a finished battlestar centrepiece
Ready-built · Diecast
Reimagined series · BGSUK003
Bring the reimagined series’ Galactica to the shelf as a finished Eaglemoss replica. Its long hull, flight pods and painted surface detail make a substantial focal point for a Colonial fleet display.
Best for a finished Colonial fighter
Ready-built · Diecast
Reimagined series · BGSUK001
Add the reimagined Colonial Viper Mk II to a Battlestar collection. Eaglemoss’ painted fighter captures its recognisable engines and compact combat profile, ready to accompany Galactica or a Cylon opponent.
Best for building a pair of Cylon fighters
Intermediate · Plastic · 1:72
Moebius 959 · Two Raider kits
Build two reimagined-series Cylon Raiders with Moebius’ 1:72 twin pack. Their curved wings and mechanical surfaces provide a painting project and a coordinated pair for a Cylon spacecraft display.
Dune aircraft models
Dune brings an unusual aircraft silhouette to a sci-fi collection. LEGO’s Atreides Royal Ornithopter combines a substantial brick build with flapping wings and deployable landing gear. MENG offers compact Atreides and Harkonnen plastic kits for smaller aircraft displays and a paired faction collection.
The full Dune guide also includes spice harvesters and character collectibles, making it a useful next stop for a wider Arrakis display.
Best for a mechanical Dune centrepiece
Challenging · Brick building
1,369 pieces · Atreides aircraft
Build the Atreides Royal Ornithopter with fold-out, flapping wings and deployable landing gear. LEGO’s substantial model combines an intricate aircraft silhouette with eight film minifigures and an engaging mechanical build.
Best for a compact Dune aircraft
Easy · Plastic kit
MMS-011 · Display stand
Build the Atreides ornithopter in MENG’s compact plastic-kit format. Its slender fuselage and insect-like wings sit on a display stand, creating a small aircraft model for an Arrakis collection.
Best for a contrasting Dune aircraft
Easy · Plastic kit
MMS-014 · Harkonnen design
Add the Harkonnen ornithopter’s distinctive shape to a Dune display. The compact MENG kit offers a separate faction’s aircraft and pairs naturally with the Atreides ornithopter for a two-model arrangement.
Sci-fi space station models
Bring an orbital outpost into the collection alongside your spacecraft. MAKEASY’s Celestigon Station is an original wooden mechanical display with lighting, rotation and music. LEGO City’s modular ring station offers a futuristic arrangement of rooms and docking craft, while Corgi’s Thunderbird 5 recreates International Rescue’s familiar communications station.
Choose a mechanical puzzle, a reconfigurable brick build or a finished television model to suit the way you like to build and display.
Best for an original mechanical station
Challenging · Wooden 3D puzzle
JTMX-003 · 511 pieces
Build an imagined orbital station from pre-cut wooden parts. The Celestigon Station combines a layered sci-fi structure with touch-controlled lighting, rotation and music, giving its construction project an animated finished display.
Best for designing an orbital outpost
Easy · Brick building
60433 · 1,097 pieces
Arrange LEGO City’s futuristic ring station with a shuttle and interchangeable room modules. Laboratories, living spaces and a biodome offer a colourful orbital outpost that can be reconfigured for play and display.
Best for a classic TV space station
Ready-built · Diecast
CC01501 · Thunderbirds
Bring International Rescue’s orbiting communications station to a classic television collection. Corgi’s finished Thunderbird 5 recreates the recognisable station design as a compact diecast display.
Easy sci-fi spacecraft kits
Choose a straightforward spacecraft project with an approachable assembly sequence. Bandai’s X-wing focuses on precision snap-fit parts, AMT’s Excelsior offers a film-era Starfleet ship, and MENG’s small Atreides ornithopter brings a compact Dune aircraft to the workbench. Each is rated Easy in the Model Steam construction system.
Best for a detailed snap-fit starfighter
Easy · Plastic · 1:72
Revell 01216 · Bandai tooling
Build Poe Dameron’s X-wing with Bandai’s snap-fit parts, supplied in Revell’s 01216 boxing. The opening-wing fighter makes an accessible spacecraft project with crisp mechanical detail and a compact display footprint.
Best for a straightforward Starfleet kit
Easy · Plastic · 1:1000
AMT1257 · Film-era starship
Build the USS Excelsior’s long engineering hull, broad saucer and paired warp nacelles. AMT’s 1:1000 kit offers a film-era Starfleet subject with a different outline from the Enterprise and Defiant.
Best for a compact Dune aircraft
Easy · Plastic kit
MMS-011 · Display stand
Build the Atreides ornithopter in MENG’s compact plastic-kit format. Its slender fuselage and insect-like wings sit on a display stand, creating a small aircraft model for an Arrakis collection.
Intermediate sci-fi spacecraft kits
Step up to spacecraft with more detail, finishing work or mechanical assembly. Revell’s original Enterprise provides a conventional plastic-kit project, LEGO Project Hail Mary adds a working display mechanism, and Moebius’ paired Raiders offer two coordinated Cylon builds. These Intermediate choices give the building stage a different focus in each format.
Best for a classic Starfleet build
Intermediate · Plastic · 1:600
Revell 04991 · The Original Series
Build the original television Enterprise with its saucer, engineering hull and paired warp nacelles. Revell’s conventional plastic kit offers a familiar Starfleet subject for assembly, painting and a classic starship display.
Best for a rotating spacecraft display
Intermediate · Brick building
LEGO Icons · Microscale spacecraft
Build the Hail Mary spacecraft with a hand-operated display mechanism that sets its crew section in motion. LEGO’s microscale model adds a modern film subject and a different mechanical construction to a sci-fi collection.
Best for building a pair of Cylon fighters
Intermediate · Plastic · 1:72
Moebius 959 · Two Raider kits
Build two reimagined-series Cylon Raiders with Moebius’ 1:72 twin pack. Their curved wings and mechanical surfaces provide a painting project and a coordinated pair for a Cylon spacecraft display.
Challenging sci-fi model kits
Settle into a longer project with mechanisms, structural alignment or detailed finishing. LEGO’s Dune ornithopter combines wing functions and landing gear, MAKEASY’s Celestigon Station brings together wooden mechanisms and lighting, and Polar Lights’ 1:350 Enterprise Refit offers a substantial traditional starship build.
Best for a mechanical Dune centrepiece
Challenging · Brick building
1,369 pieces · Atreides aircraft
Build the Atreides Royal Ornithopter with fold-out, flapping wings and deployable landing gear. LEGO’s substantial model combines an intricate aircraft silhouette with eight film minifigures and an engaging mechanical build.
Best for an original mechanical station
Challenging · Wooden 3D puzzle
JTMX-003 · 511 pieces
Build an imagined orbital station from pre-cut wooden parts. The Celestigon Station combines a layered sci-fi structure with touch-controlled lighting, rotation and music, giving its construction project an animated finished display.
Best for a large traditional starship project
Challenging · Plastic · 1:350
Polar Lights · Refit configuration
Create a substantial film-era Enterprise Refit with Polar Lights’ 1:350 kit. The broad saucer, detailed engineering hull and docking-bay features offer an involved construction and finishing project with strong display presence.
1:72 sci-fi fighter models
Build a fighter display around the shared 1:72 scale. Bandai’s X-wing and First Order Special Forces TIE provide two Star Wars subjects, while Moebius adds a pair of reimagined Cylon Raiders. The selection combines snap-fit assembly with a conventional build-and-paint twin pack.
Best for a detailed snap-fit starfighter
Easy · Plastic · 1:72
Revell 01216 · Bandai tooling
Build Poe Dameron’s X-wing with Bandai’s snap-fit parts, supplied in Revell’s 01216 boxing. The opening-wing fighter makes an accessible spacecraft project with crisp mechanical detail and a compact display footprint.
Best for a matching 1:72 opponent
Easy · Plastic · 1:72
Revell 01217 · Bandai tooling
Build the First Order Special Forces TIE fighter with Bandai’s precision snap-fit parts in Revell’s 01217 boxing. Its two-seat cockpit and distinctive wing panels complement a 1:72 X-wing display.
Best for building a pair of Cylon fighters
Intermediate · Plastic · 1:72
Moebius 959 · Two Raider kits
Build two reimagined-series Cylon Raiders with Moebius’ 1:72 twin pack. Their curved wings and mechanical surfaces provide a painting project and a coordinated pair for a Cylon spacecraft display.
1:1400 Star Trek ship models
Create a Starfleet line-up in 1:1400 with three distinct ship classes. AMT’s Enterprise-D represents the Galaxy class, the Enterprise-E brings the later Sovereign-class film design, and Polar Lights’ Cerritos adds the California-class ship from Lower Decks. Their different hull and nacelle arrangements give a fleet display variety.
Best for a 1:1400 Galaxy-class ship
Easy · Plastic · 1:1400
AMT1429 · The Next Generation
Build The Next Generation’s Enterprise-D in AMT’s 1:1400 plastic format. The wide Galaxy-class saucer and separate engineering hull give a Starfleet fleet display a familiar, substantial central ship.
Best for a 1:1400 Sovereign-class ship
Easy · Plastic · 1:1400
AMT · Next Generation films
Add the Enterprise-E’s elongated saucer and swept nacelles to a 1:1400 fleet. AMT’s Sovereign-class model represents the later Next Generation film flagship and offers a distinct companion to the Enterprise-D.
Best for a Lower Decks fleet companion
Intermediate · Plastic · 1:1400
Polar Lights · Lower Decks
Build the California-class USS Cerritos from Lower Decks. Its distinctive nacelle and hull arrangement brings a different Starfleet ship class to a 1:1400 collection alongside the Enterprise-D and Enterprise-E.
How to choose a sci-fi spacecraft model
Start with the subject you enjoy. A favourite franchise makes a useful starting point: choose a Star Wars fighter or freighter, a Starfleet ship, a Colonial or Cylon craft, or a Dune ornithopter. Original-design stations offer another route for builders drawn to orbital architecture and mechanisms.
Choose the building experience. Snap-fit plastic kits focus on component assembly; conventional plastic kits add painting and finishing. Metal kits use shaped panels and tabs, wooden models introduce layered structures and mechanisms, and LEGO offers a brick-building approach. Finished replicas provide an immediate spacecraft display.
Use difficulty to compare construction projects. The Easy, Intermediate and Challenging sections show three different levels of involvement. Our rating guide explains the five Model Steam construction levels. Follow the exact product’s manufacturer age guidance when choosing a gift.
Plan the space around the model. Check completed length, width and stand space. Wings, saucers and flight pods influence the footprint. A shared scale is useful when arranging 1:72 fighters or 1:1400 Starfleet ships as a group.
Explore the complete franchise guide. Each franchise button leads to more ships, model formats and character options. Use the hub’s browse tabs to find further spacecraft with the subject, difficulty or scale you want.
Compare the recommended sci-fi models
Compare the selected spacecraft and stations by format, construction level and key detail, with current prices from the matching retailer offers.
| Model | Build or display | Key detail | Price | Buy now |
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| Bandai / Revell Poe’s X-wing | Easy · Plastic · 1:72 | Revell 01216 · Bandai tooling | £35.94 | |
| UGEARS Millennium Falcon | Expert · Wooden model kit | UGEARS · Illuminated display | £169.99 | |
| LEGO Home One Starcruiser 75405 | Intermediate · Brick building | LEGO Star Wars · 75405 | £42.00 | |
| Revell TOS Enterprise NCC-1701 | Intermediate · Plastic · 1:600 | Revell 04991 · The Original Series | £41.99 | |
| LEGO Enterprise NCC-1701-D 10356 | Intermediate · Brick building | LEGO Icons · The Next Generation | £349.99 | |
| Polar Lights USS Defiant | Intermediate · Plastic · 1:1000 | Polar Lights · Deep Space Nine | £34.73 | |
| Eaglemoss Galactica 2004 | Ready-built · Diecast | Reimagined series · BGSUK003 | £118.69 | |
| Eaglemoss Viper Mk II | Ready-built · Diecast | Reimagined series · BGSUK001 | £69.99 | |
| Moebius Cylon Raider Twin Pack | Intermediate · Plastic · 1:72 | Moebius 959 · Two Raider kits | £87.79 | |
| LEGO Dune Ornithopter 10327 | Challenging · Brick building | 1,369 pieces · Atreides aircraft | £174.95 | |
| MENG Atreides Ornithopter MMS-011 | Easy · Plastic kit | MMS-011 · Display stand | £31.98 | |
| MENG Harkonnen Ornithopter MMS-014 | Easy · Plastic kit | MMS-014 · Harkonnen design | £15.00 | |
| MAKEASY Celestigon Station | Challenging · Wooden 3D puzzle | JTMX-003 · 511 pieces | £50.98 | |
| LEGO City Modular Space Station | Easy · Brick building | 60433 · 1,097 pieces | £95.02 | |
| Corgi Thunderbird 5 | Ready-built · Diecast | CC01501 · Thunderbirds | £35.44 | |
| AMT USS Excelsior | Easy · Plastic · 1:1000 | AMT1257 · Film-era starship | £75.51 | |
| LEGO Project Hail Mary 11389 | Intermediate · Brick building | LEGO Icons · Microscale spacecraft | £88.85 | |
| Polar Lights Enterprise Refit | Challenging · Plastic · 1:350 | Polar Lights · Refit configuration | £135.25 | |
| Bandai / Revell First Order TIE | Easy · Plastic · 1:72 | Revell 01217 · Bandai tooling | £25.00 | |
| AMT Enterprise NCC-1701-D | Easy · Plastic · 1:1400 | AMT1429 · The Next Generation | £51.04 | |
| AMT Enterprise NCC-1701-E | Easy · Plastic · 1:1400 | AMT · Next Generation films | £47.09 | |
| Polar Lights USS Cerritos | Intermediate · Plastic · 1:1400 | Polar Lights · Lower Decks | £95.86 |
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Space sci-fi model FAQs
Which sci-fi spacecraft kit is suitable for a straightforward build?
Bandai / Revell Poe’s X-wing uses Bandai snap-fit parts, while MENG Atreides Ornithopter MMS-011 provides a compact plastic aircraft project. The Easy tab brings these together with other spacecraft carrying the same Model Steam rating.
Can I buy a finished spaceship model?
Yes. Eaglemoss’ Eaglemoss Galactica 2004 and Eaglemoss Viper Mk II are finished diecast replicas. Corgi Thunderbird 5 offers a ready-built orbital station for a classic television collection.
Are there models beyond the film and TV franchises?
MAKEASY Celestigon Station is an imagined wooden mechanical station with lighting, rotation and music. LEGO City Modular Space Station offers an original LEGO City orbital concept with interchangeable room modules. Both appear in the Space stations section.
Which scales work well for a spacecraft collection?
The 1:72 section brings together X-wing, TIE fighter and Cylon Raider kits. The 1:1400 section offers Enterprise-D, Enterprise-E and Cerritos for a shared-scale Starfleet display.
Which models have moving display features?
LEGO Dune Ornithopter 10327 has flapping wings and deployable landing gear. LEGO Project Hail Mary 11389 uses a crank-operated display to move its crew module, while MAKEASY Celestigon Station adds touch-controlled rotation, lighting and music.
Where can I find more models from a favourite franchise?
Use the buttons after the Star Wars, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica and Dune recommendation sections. Each leads to the full guide for that franchise, including more subjects, formats and character collectibles.
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