I think after doing some tutorials and trying some simple projects of your own you can get the basic shape of the craft. It depends on how far you want to go with the details and if you want to texture the craft. For texturing you want to learn how to lay out UV and have some basic knowlegde of Photoshop.

I reckon this tutorial wil help you a lot.
https://simplymaya.com/autodesk-maya-...=106&sub_cat=5