Wilco has those as well… (grenades)
Carry on….

I also have another cast by "No Name-O" (there is no identification anywhere on the box) (got it at Wonderfest in Louisville) that had lots of little bubble holes but was much easier to finish. And is considerably smaller than the Wilco. It fits my hand, where the Wilco is a monster.

No idea which is more accurate.

As for painting, I found this site:

http://employees.csbsju.edu/rsorensen/modelcitizen/workbench/TV/Firefly/kit_data.html

and that's how I did the No Name-O.

For the Wilco, I primered with gray, then coated it with Krylon gold spray paint. After that cured for a few days, I airbrushed it with Future floor polish (which is a clear acrylic) (you can brush-paint it, also: It smoothes out nicely). When that dried, I airbrushed Testor's "Rubber" enamel with a few drops of black. After it dried, I went after the piece with a paper towel dampened with mineral spirits, rubbing off the "Rubber" color at natural wear areas. The coat of Future protected the gold layer.

For the grips of both, I used Model Master's "Leather" enamel.

Both of these guns are going to my friends Amy and Jon, who met on a Browncoat message board, introduced me to "Firefly," and had a "Firefly" wedding.

Now, if I had some grenades…

That being said, my casting is very rough, with lots of flash hanging off in weird places. The trigger has some air pockets I'll need to fill, and the top will require some reshaping as will the grips.

There are some inaccuracies: the grips are the wrong shape (I'm going to scratch build some from some oak I have), the "safety" lever is missing and they've put a hammer spur on it.

However, for $47 shipped, it's still a good deal, IMHO.

Thanks! Keep on flyin'

The Wilco kit, by way of comparison, is swank. Very little required in the way of prep – though there are some sort of recessed lines on the panels that conceal the cylinder of the original revolver that I had to fill in with putty. Oh – and you'll want to drill the barrel, of course.

Great thing about the kit is that the grips are seperate pieces – which helps when you're me, and feel the need to make wood grips out of walnut…

Yeah – I'm that good.

There were a couple of other threads with better photos and a comparisomn with another kit being offered. The other kit looked way undersized.

I ordered one of the WIlco kits and it looks good.