# I lost a model project **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 20, 2018, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-model-project/821607 "2018-09-20T00:10:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-model-project/821607/1 "2018-09-20T00:10:35Z")
I had a cardboard mockup of an Overland Cruise Ship and some wheels I’d planned to use, stashed away in an old toolbox for easy portability. I vaguely remember emptying the toolbox so **Mrs. R** could use it as a cashbox at the IPMS swap meet, but I cannot for the life of me put my hands on the wheels and mockup. And the kit that had those wheels (RenWal’s old Teracruzer with Mace Missile, reissued by Revell) was expensive, too! Curses! I’m letting my subconscious stew it over a bit, but so far Mr. Sub-C is drawing a blank. :(. The superlative Galaxy Hobby has another Teracruzer on their shelf; I wonder if I should buy it? But then if I find the project, I’ll have an extra Teracruzer around, and who needs that? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-model-project/821607/2 "2018-09-20T00:36:22Z")
Man, I hate losing stuff like that. I get all anal til I find it. I have hoarding tendencies and I have OCD things too. So I am always straightening stuff up and moving things around to keep the hoarder at bay and satisfy my OCD. It’s a weird dicotomy. I have found (;)) if you sleep on it, you may have a revelation in the morning. Maybe, yeah it’s a stretch, one day it will work for me. Really, it could happen. I, absolutely recommend you not buy a new one. You will definitely find it, if you do. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-model-project/821607/3 "2018-09-20T07:53:16Z")
Relax, make yourself a cup of tea. The things you seek will turn up just when you least expect. After all, they’re just right there. No, not _there_, but there. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-model-project/821607/4 "2018-09-20T09:42:53Z")
> [@Rocketeer](#): > > I’ll have an extra Teracruzer around, and who needs that? Sarcasm detected! I understand that a 2nd kit would turn out to be an expensive source of greeblies, but I doubt any of it would go to waste for _you_, especially. At first I was worried you’d completed another awesome custom model and had it _destroyed_ somehow. Now that _would_ be tragic. “Lost” means it’s still somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-model-project/821607/5 "2018-09-20T15:26:58Z")
As of this morning, Mr. Sub-C is still drawing a blank. However, I’m sure he’s still working on it; all I need is patience. And if that doesn’t work, well, I’ll be in Lynnwood weekend after this, and I can pick up that second Teracruzer. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-model-project/821607/6 "2018-09-20T15:40:30Z")
You put it somewhere where you know you wouldn’t lose it. So somewhere unexpected for that item. I did this with the calendar/schedule that a contractor made up for me for work to be done. Was it in the manila envelope with all the other information? Nope. I put the darn thing on the refrigerator and never noticed it. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-model-project/821607/7 "2018-09-20T16:08:33Z")
Surely you remember where you were when emptying the toolbox. Go to that exact spot with the toolbox. Actually empty it and put the contents in a secure place. Is it there? ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-model-project/821607/8 "2018-09-20T20:07:02Z")
> [@Rocketeer](#): > > I had a cardboard mockup of an Overland Cruise Ship… The [Costa Concordia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Concordia)? ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-model-project/821607/9 "2018-09-20T21:17:46Z")
Thanks to everyone for your suggestions. I found the project! I found it by the simple expedient of going through the basement, opening every box I could remember touching in the last month. And then I was in the garage, and my eye fell on a paper bag full of projects to take to build-and-bull gatherings, and there it was, in a Stoned, Hoods, and Crooks Willys box. I might buy that other Teracruzer anyway, just in case. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-model-project/821607/10 "2018-09-20T21:18:49Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > The [Costa Concordia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Concordia)? Heh heh heh 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-model-project/821607/11 "2018-09-20T21:57:13Z")
I was going to suggest checking the refrigerator, but good job on finding it! ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-model-project/821607/12 "2018-09-20T22:12:39Z")
I’ve always suspected the new batmobile was based on the Teracruzer. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-model-project/821607/13 "2018-09-20T23:27:19Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > I’ve always suspected the new batmobile was based on the Teracruzer. Yeah, the Teracruzer’s quite a vehicle. Apparently one is still operating, somewhere in Alaska, hauling freight. Although apparently the Rolligons are easier to maintain, and gradually stealing its thunder. ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-model-project/821607/14 "2018-09-20T23:44:57Z")
> [@Rocketeer](#): > > … my eye fell on a paper bag … Hope it popped back in OK, that would be a rough day otherwise. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-model-project/821607/15 "2018-09-21T03:30:59Z")
I always hope for pictures in your threads. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-model-project/821607/16 "2018-09-21T03:52:09Z")
I heard some advice recently, cannot remember where, maybe it was on _Tested_ with Adam Savage, that the best place to put things is not “a safe place” but instead in the first place you’re likely to look for it. Just think “If I was going to go looking for this, where would I head to first?” and put it there. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-model-project/821607/17 "2018-09-21T04:27:49Z")
No, no, that will never do. If you put it right where you will look for it everything will cover the counters and tabletops. Corners will be full and you will walk through little aisles down your halls. Full blown hoarder. Did I mention I am a hoarder in remission. I am so happy you found your project OP, I was worrying about it. I am kind of a worrywort (sp) too. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-model-project/821607/18 "2018-09-21T07:41:36Z")
See, next time just skip all the intermediate steps and check the last place you looked. It always is there. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-model-project/821607/19 "2018-09-21T11:49:59Z")
I’m surprised, given how well-known it is, that there’s no Wiki article on the Teracruzer. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-model-project/821607/20 "2018-09-21T14:33:12Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > I’m surprised, given how well-known it is, that there’s no Wiki article on the Teracruzer. I thought this was a whoosh. But apparently it’s true. Weird.