I still remember when my parents took me to see Back to the Future. It was 1985. I honestly had no clue what the movie was about. I also had no clue what a Delorean was. Well I thoroughly enjoyed it. I remember wishing I could ride a skateboard the way Michael J Fox's character did, and I remember instantly realizing how cool Deloreans were. I also remember being excited at the prospect of a sequel.
Fast forward to 1989. I was in eighth grade. It had been four years since the first film and Robert Zemeckis was back at the helm for Back to the Future II. Boy was I excited. In the end though I left disappointed. Like many movie goers I did not expect to have a large "to be continued..." slapped in my face. I felt like Universal pictures was nickel and diming me into seeing part three. For me that was it. I actually vowed not to see the third movie. It was a vow I kept. I didn't see the third movie for many years-- probably until the mid 90's when I watched it on video. I didn't think much of it until a couple years ago. For Christmas of 2006 I asked for the Trilogy set of films on DVD. While watching the special features I learned that Zemeckis battled Universal to advertise the second movie as part of a continuing series. Instead Universal said no and decided to market the movie as a complete film which left me and many other fans feeling ripped off. Strangely after learning this I was ready to watch the entire series with a new attitude, and to my surprise, I really like the third movie.
The first film still is my favorite but it does place an emphasis on materialism with Marty's (Fox's character) ultimate goal to obtain a really cool Toyota 4x4 and get the girl. The third movie is more of a relationship movie and we learn a lot more about the wild haired inventor of the time machine Doc Emmet Brown (Christopher Lloyd). The movie takes a decidedly steampunk spin and in one of the great action sequences they attempt to push the Deloeran time machine up to speed on Railroad tracks under steam locomotive power.
Naturally, If I were to have a model of any movie vehicle it would be one that rides on R.R. tracks right? Today I continue my series of movie vehicles and bring you a model of the Delorean time machine as seen in Back to the Future III. I preformed extensive surgery on this model to convert it to run on standard 45mm "G" gauge track so it could be pushed by a live steam locomotive. There are many fine details on this model so power your time circuits on, and gun it to 88 mph. into the Vehicles Gallery of the Cabinet of Curious Frivolities to check out the R.R. Delorean time machine.
Full steam ahead...
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