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Totally off topic , I printed 4 of these dragons for my grandchildren and a friend saw them and ordered 2 more , its a three core filament that makes the model change colour depending on the angle you look at it .

Here's a pic of after it landed... Resized_20231018_070001.jpeg An internal investigation🔎 was launched after the crash....and the reason was discovered: The left/right and up/down stabilizer rods both broke half way thru the run....this is what centers and and angles the engine and keeps it stable...

A thing of beauty once more .

It really is between the comical cars for me this month , the Hero in a half shell is very original and I've often thought some of the toy grade bodies were deserving a better chassis , the RC10 just works so well visually and after seeing it wheelie ...... Then Silvertripple's Marui that never was ...

My daughter gets better at this every year .

Diamond Dave wrote: ↑Sat Oct 28, 2023 6:25 pm An actual towel animal, not the birthday toast juice.

Are the blood stains on the bed a reference to the rabbit in Monty Python's "The Holy Grail" ?

If we're doing autumn shots (fall you across the pond)

Got a bit of a PB haul today , hopefully enough to fit a genuine transmission in my 3D printed mini Mustang, also Half of a one way shaft for my proper Mustang that I've been looking for for years

More mini Mustang bits

I spent a ludicrous amount of time today making one piece of rocking horse manure , I'm missing one diff outdrive for a mini Mustang so I copied one on the mill and lath in O1 tool steel , I still need to harden it but I wanted to test fit it first , its an exact copy except instead of using an 8BA ...

Now heat treated to harden , I was tempted to leave it in oil blued condition to stop it rusting but then I thought no I'm going for authenticity

Just out of curiosity, how do you treat the part to harden it? I have no room to add a lathe somewhere currently, but seeing this make me think about it in my next tool investments (priority at this stage is about an injection press, just because I would be able to do so much things I can't do righ...

Welcome David

Good luck and keep us posted

Just to eco what others have said , if your going to grow your skills and stick with it then the free version of Fusion 360 is excellent but has a huge learning curve , otherwise Tinker Cad is pretty easy to get started with , both have excellent YouTube tutorials .