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Well, the nest is empty so I got my barn back after 3 months of storing dorm sh!+. I keep the good stuff inside.

Printed the rims... it looks nice... https://i.imgur.com/GiGjqmc.jpeg Worked a bit to make a dashboard... https://i.imgur.com/kqepbsi.jpeg And used the AMS to print it... https://i.imgur.com/ahI0elj.jpeg Next is about the front lights... I want them to seat properly on the body... There is various w...

There was some progress this afternoon... The roll bar fits in place... https://i.imgur.com/fAdBJan.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/h8n3eOf.jpeg Obviously, this is not definitive mount : I must do paintjob first... Front buckets are printed... https://i.imgur.com/GUill25.jpeg I designed rear led buckets as...

My wife said I need to give the driver a helmet
This is not going to be easy with ears of my driver... I tried to draw something in Fusion360... That should make it...

The work is done



I applied primer once back from the office today... Wet sanding to do, then another thin layer of white primer, then it will be time for color...

Slowly but surely, it starts to take shape... https://i.imgur.com/EFjm1n2.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/b12zkpo.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/DjC5S6M.jpeg I started to reassemble the car. The rear train and the motor (finally opted for a 540 Torque Tuned) are now in place. I've put a 15T pinion on the motor (...

Electronics is installed on a specific plate set on the floor of the bathtub... All nuts are placed within the plate for the case I have to change something on the setup on the field, and this will avoid to fight with nuts moving out of the tub... https://i.imgur.com/1ZOuXvm.jpeg I put the pilote in...

The driver has now a safety belt! And the fake engine is in place... https://i.imgur.com/7HspUTE.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/c3WvLWN.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/DdkjW59.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/8gvOpXm.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/MSOCtXS.jpeg I still need to review a very small detail on rear wheels, and the...

Everythings is now in order, and it is time to finish it, really... A quick search on internet to search a jpg of a logo, a 2 minutes activity in Silhouette Studio, the cut, and then we start to transfer something on the bonnet :-). I had a Dune buggy in my mind, from when I was not even a teenager,...

Mines a small entry, and I mean really small. IMG_20240910_082337375_HDR.jpg IMG_20240910_082510939_HDR.jpg This is my NRC K24, a 1/24 scale Ultima Pro Replica with a lexan wing by Jason Cooper, paintwork by Dominator Airbrushing and custom mini 5 spokes by me. Really fun to drive, if not a bit over...

I'm sure we all remember the giant glass case of R/C cars at Toys R Us, and not to mention the aisle with all the NES flip cards where we would stand for as long as our mom would let us and try to determine which game to buy from reading the maker's outlandish descriptions and a few microscopic scre...

Same Gentlemen sold me this laser a week after he kindly adjusted the buy now on a Kyosho Rocky.
Both need serious amounts of TLC but they were local and didn't need to pay as much again on shipping.
Not convinced i needed either, but got plenty of bits around to make up a decent runner.

I tried to beat up on AE, but couldn't make it happen. Need to devise another tact.

It is not exactly about today, but it's today that I sorted the pictures taken by my son... Saturday and Sunday, we were in Montluçon again for the Montluçonnaise - Speciale edition... A full week-end of Vintage RC... I set my stand arriving early on Saturday morning as usual. This time there was ab...

Finished up a 3d printed speed control and top portion of a servo. The wires from an ESC just clip in.