Romulan Scorpion Fighter

from "Star Trek: Nemesis" (2002)

Scale: 1/24
Initial Release: 2002
Medium: Styrene
Kit Rarity: 3
Length: 7.5"

About the Design

Fighter spacecraft are few and far between in the "Star Trek" universe.  One notable exception was the "Scorpion," a two-man fighter that made a brief but impressive appearance in the final "Generations"-era feature film, "Star Trek: Nemesis."  Housed aboard the Romulan flagship "Scimitar, "  the Scorpions were small, highly maneuverable fighter craft armed with a single forward-mounted disruptor cannon.  It was one of these craft that Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and the android Data hijacked and used to escape from the "Scimitar" following their capture by the Romulan-raised Picard clone Shinzon.

About the Kit

The second-to-the-last original "Star Trek"-licensed kit released by Polar Lights before the company's purchase by Racing Champions in 2006, the Scorpion was a "snap" kit designed to attract younger builders.  In addition to its "glue-less" construction design, other accommodations to pre-teen buyers included stickers in place of decals and the inclusion to pre-painted Picard and Data figures (which were actually done quite nicely).

The model was built from an original issu