Maindrian Pace

Do you have a J shaped drain trap under the sink? If so remove it and with luck, the part will be in it. Just don't run the water until you can do it. -MJS

I know what color the car was now, because now you can do a Google image search and come up with nearly a half-million results. But in 1990, no such thing existed, there was a faded Kodachrome that showed it in the pale greenish color, and all anyone knew about it was that it was "most likely" in that color family. It didn't help that the Revell box art showed it in green, or that the model was molded in pale green. Most of the Futuras I've seen built are green, so it was a popular misconception. But now that the ice pearl white truth is out for all to see at any time on their smart phones, the question is, has anyone finished the kit in that color yet? -MJS

It's so weird seeing a model of a Celica made in the USA. Revell was pretty fearless in subject matter in those days. I remember the kit well, but don't remember anyone building it. Neat looking car, and a fun project. -MJS

Thanks to everyone for the warm welcome. Model building sure has changed over the last 15 or so years, and it will be fun (or interesting) to see if I can bring myself up to date. I started about a half dozen kits back then, and the plan is to complete them and then start on a couple of new projects. This site was a recent discovery for me, and it's just amazing. I'll post a few more old builds in the Under Glass forum, and then hopefully before too long, some new builds. -MJS

Hi everyone, new guy here but building since the mid '70s. I didn't want to step on anyone's thread, so here is a car that I brought back from a glue bomb about 20 years ago. Back then, a Futura was a very rare and expensive kit to find, and unbuilt originals were crazy money. This one showed up at a kit swap, complete down to the antenna, painted Batmobile black and looking quite tired with most of the chrome worn off. I did some trading, and got to work. All of the chrome was sent off to Chrome Tech, and the body was stripped with Easy-Off. I had a few pictures of the car in an old book, with one sort of faded color shot with two women in it. I didn't have a computer, and the internet wouldn't have been much help in researching it anyway. So I took a best guess at the color, and combined Plasti-Kote GM light metallic green lacquer with silver lacquer to get what looked like the right shade. Both were decanted from the spray cans, mixed, and airbrushed on over Plasti-Kote T235 primer, and it was rubbed out with a Millennium 2000 sanding cloth kit. I took a wild guess at the interior color combo, added BMF to the canopy, and it was done. Of course, a few years later, the kit was reissued, and it wasn't the first time that I rebuilt something rare to have it become available again. Always mixed feelings, but overall positive for the hobby. I took about 15 years off to build 1:1 cars, but I'm getting back into it to build some cars and trucks that I always wanted to do. -MJS