Something I get asked fairly often. Where are the Serenity models? It’s such a funky, unique looking, iconic ship, there are people begging for the opportunity to spend days painting it just right. Yes, there’s the inexpensive Dark Horse ornament (prepainted, 6 1/2″ long, one piece), and the massive one that QMx is working up (insanely detailed, pre-assembled, prepainted, with lights), but where’s the midsize, low price point, just-right-for-an-afternoon-of-glueing model?
Sadly, there isn’t one. Not officially. But there are a variety of unofficial ones out there if you look hard enough. For example, if you hit the right convention or stumble across one on eBay, you can pick up this gorgeous little number by “Tony,” which includes instructions and decals.
It is all made of resin and all the parts need little clean up. This kit is for the advanced modeler and some experience with resin kits is recommended. It has about 70 parts and all the smaller parts are still sealed in their bags. It comes with an instructional CD and for those without a computer a paper copy of the instructions. […] The kit is about 14.5″ long when finally assembled.
Tony’s Serenity resin models sell from $220 – $300.
Then there’s the one painstakingly crafted by Alex Kung. Not for sale — although one was auctioned off at last year’s Toronto CSTS event — but he posted tons of pics of his progress in case anyone would like to try their own.
Thomas Models was working on one, but I haven’t heard anything recently and the forum keeps erroring out on me when I try going there. Any news, anybody? This was the last I heard.
The British company Stargazer Models has one, 1/288 scale, 8 1/2″ long, with 40 parts, rotatable engines, separate shuttles, for (I’ve heard) about $95, at conventions. Here’s some pics from people who have built ’em.
Any more out there in the black? And why isn’t there an official one?