After a bit more searching, I've discovered that Japanese model-builders seem to use Rinrei's All floor wax for the same purposes as Future in North America, so I've duly purchased a bottle of such in order to put it to the test. Hopefully it works...

Thanks for the advice. By all appearances, the Pledge stuff looks to be the same product as in North America: the application and recommendations are all pretty much the same. (Even the price is roughly at par, about ￥550 at the local home center.) I suppose rather than risk ruining the MG kit I pai...

Does anyone know of an acceptable alternative to Future available in Japan? I came across one website that claims it's available under the name "Johnson's Wipe ＆ Shine", though this appears to be the name used in the Philippines , not in Japan. There is something similar here, called "...

Thanks for the advice. I ended up getting the Version 2.0 kit, along with an Action Base for display afterwards. Three afternoons of work later, the Gundam and all of its accessories are completely built, but since my school still has two days left of Osaka Prefecture's Swine Flu-related school clos...

I'm an American living in Osaka. Back in the States, I put together a few MG kits (acquired via online auctions), but hadn't thought about them in a few years. Then yesterday, I went into Joshin's "Osaka Gundam's" store in Nipponbashi, and felt a burning desire to build at least one more o...