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- Wed Feb 07, 2024 6:09 pm
- Forum: R/C Off-Topic / Chit-Chat
- Topic: Amusing Engrish typos on Asian R/C parts
- Replies: 44
- Views: 6418
Re: Amusing Engrish typos on Asian R/C parts
This isn't RC related, but I sometimes get a laugh out of unintentionally-funny Chinese knockoff vendors on Amazon. Years ago, I was looking to buy a throne seat for my main drum kit, and this brand popped up in my search, Ichiias . I see they no longer sell the drum throne but they still make chair...
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 1:05 pm
- Forum: The Paint / Body Shop
- Topic: Tamiya Polycarbonate Metallic Paint - Backing colors
- Replies: 37
- Views: 889
Re: Tamiya Polycarbonate Metallic Paint - Backing colors
Gotcha, you're talking metallic vs non-metallic. It would be interesting to know how backing a non-metallic color with a metallic silver turns out. Non-metallics will likely let almost no metallic backing coat show through. They're more solid colors. Metallics have particles that have to orient a c...
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 12:57 pm
- Forum: The Paint / Body Shop
- Topic: Brush Painting Aluminum/Chrome Details inside Lexan - First Attempt
- Replies: 19
- Views: 436
Re: Brush Painting Aluminum/Chrome Details inside Lexan - First Attempt
SpazStix Mirror Chrome is supposed to be the best Lexan paint for realistic chrome finishes. Can you still buy it? I have a few cans of it awaiting future projects.
- Mon Jan 29, 2024 3:47 pm
- Forum: Associated On-Road Forum
- Topic: The 'Holiest' of Holy Grails AGI Jammer Build
- Replies: 64
- Views: 3333
Re: The 'Holiest' of Holy Grails AGI Jammer Build
Very cool build. Years ago, I got lucky and scored a Lucas Agitator Pro-10 on eBay, it's a really cool chassis for sure.
- Fri Jan 26, 2024 1:24 pm
- Forum: Tamiya Forum
- Topic: Hornet - is there such thing as too much chrome?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 319
Re: Hornet - is there such thing as too much chrome?
As others pointed out already...polished aluminum. But nothing says "class" like adding a bunch of aluminum-nums to your car. Chrome-plated plastic just has a cheapness to it.
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- Thu Jan 25, 2024 3:25 pm
- Forum: Identifications
- Topic: What is this?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 192
Re: What is this?
Your first post...now that's how you step into the forum and get your foot in the door. Stick a toe in and test the waters.
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 5:38 pm
- Forum: 21st Century Modern
- Topic: Traxxas Sprint Car
- Replies: 35
- Views: 4292
Re: Traxxas Sprint Car
Nobody has yet mentioned how weird those look without a driver doll. Of all the car models that would seem to require one...it's THIS. :? I'm not sure what looks dumber actually driving around...a modern cab-forward body that looks nothing like a real car, or an open cockpit vintage car model sans d...
- Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:03 pm
- Forum: Kyosho Forum
- Topic: Kyosho Outrage
- Replies: 6
- Views: 415
Re: Kyosho Outrage
The Outrage has a great body, love those lines. The sticker sheet...not so much.
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 10:22 am
- Forum: Kyosho Forum
- Topic: "Modern" Brushless Motor with Vintage 1/12
- Replies: 5
- Views: 180
Re: "Modern" Brushless Motor with Vintage 1/12
I did something very similar with my RC12L3 Buick Grand National car: https://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=35541 https://www.rc10talk.com/download/file.php?id=98425&mode=view I chose a Trinity RevTech 17.5T motor and a 1S LiPo, which means it needed a special 1-cell ESC (Turnigy Tra...
- Thu Jan 18, 2024 1:16 pm
- Forum: 21st Century Modern
- Topic: Hyundai N Vision 74 RC Car
- Replies: 1
- Views: 214
Re: Hyundai N Vision 74 RC Car
Nice modelling. But with the way that Hyundai video was edited, this doesn't look like much more than a toy-grade RC. Keep expectations low.
- Wed Jan 10, 2024 6:57 pm
- Forum: The Paint / Body Shop
- Topic: Best chemicals / methods for stripping paint from old bodies.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1303
Re: Best chemicals / methods for stripping paint from old bodies.
I think the important detail most often left out of this conversation on "Which chemicals to strip paint from Lexan bodies" is "What kind of paint are you trying to remove?" People mention this or that method but not all paints are the same. Pactra paints (and others meant to bon...
- Wed Jan 03, 2024 7:22 pm
- Forum: Slot Cars
- Topic: What are your favourite slot cars ?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2593
Re: What are your favourite slot cars ?
The AFX Magnatraction cars had awesomely detailed bodies and were like watching the insides of a running clock (mesmerizing), but they were spinout machines next to those Corvettes. That's what made them the most fun to race! Driving Magnatraction cars took skill, they weren't just point-and-shoot ...
- Wed Jan 03, 2024 10:08 am
- Forum: Slot Cars
- Topic: What are your favourite slot cars ?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2593
Re: What are your favourite slot cars ?
The AFX Magnatraction cars had awesomely detailed bodies and were like watching the insides of a running clock (mesmerizing), but they were spinout machines next to those Corvettes. That's what made them the most fun to race! Driving Magnatraction cars took skill, they weren't just point-and-shoot ...
- Thu Dec 21, 2023 11:05 am
- Forum: Off-Topic / Chit-Chat
- Topic: we all have big toys too don't we? show off your ride!
- Replies: 530
- Views: 59229
Re: we all have big toys too don't we? show off your ride!
During my "The Dukes of Hazzard" research bitd, they butchered '68-'70 Chargers. Some episodes can clearly see round running/tail lights ('68). And I guess they chopped some front ends or swapped fenders to work around the '70 loop grille/bumper. Etc, etc, etc.......and don't pretend like...
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 2:28 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic / Chit-Chat
- Topic: we all have big toys too don't we? show off your ride!
- Replies: 530
- Views: 59229