The phrase "craft a model" is correct and usable in written English, and it is used to refer to the process of designing and creating a concept, plan, or prototype for something.
For example: "We decided to craft a model for a new customer service strategy that would improve customer satisfaction."
Although the NIH Office of Technology Transfer is crafting a model agreement that could be used between stem cell suppliers and researchers, individuals in each transaction will have to work out the details themselves.
They crafted a model-size airfoil and a counter-acting flat plate, both according to dimensions Lilienthal had specified, and attached them to an extra bicycle wheel, which they mounted horizontally in front of the handlebars.
But for the members of The Roots, the show is a chance to craft a new model of what a successful hip-hop act looks like.
The real ruler is, for Socrates and Thrasymachus both, an ideal of successful rational agency; and the recognized crafts provide a model for spelling out what that ideal must involve.
That pain had helped her craft an early model of the sex-offender registry and, later, a nuanced critique of what it had become.
Thinking from these five presuppositions, we have crafted a contextualized model based on the epistemology of social constructionism, particularly recognizing that an individual's knowledge and identity are the product of social interaction and that meaning is co-constructed through discourse.
For the upper Yellowstone River pilot, we crafted a conceptual model, evaluated the effects of two plausible climate change scenarios, and identified actions that made sense under both scenarios in less than two days and using relatively limited information about future climate conditions.
The organization is an object of ridicule in much of Russia, and what remains of the Communists' strength -- though still considerable -- has been sundered by defections and infighting among hard-liners, nationalists and those trying to craft a more centrist model based on the social democratic parties of Europe.
The record industry should recognize the inevitable and craft a new business model.
