Ship models or model ships are scale models of ships. They can range in size from 1/6000 scale wargaming miniatures to large vessels capable of holding people.
Model of a 19th-century vessel in the Bishop Museum, Hawaii
Model ship cross sections on display in a shop in Mauritius
Model ship from a tomb, Ancient Egypt, c. 2000 BCE
Church votive hanging in a church; the workmanship is somewhat crude, but sufficient to identify it as mid-19th-century
A plastic model kit,, is a consumer-grade plastic scale model manufactured as a kit, primarily assembled by hobbyists, and intended primarily for display. A plastic model kit depicts various subjects,
A young boy starts painting an assembled plastic model of the South Goodwin Lightship
Unassembled parts of a Hasegawa 1/72 F/A-18E kit. The frame surrounding the various parts is called the injection moulding "runner" or "sprue"
Details of Tamiya 1/700 scale model of the Japanese battleship Yamato, which is heavily detailed with aftermarket photo-etch detailing parts.