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So yesterday was it. After cashing out of the hobby back in the early 90's, I got back into it 8-9 years ago, buying parts and kits and building and fixing stuff, exactly what I enjoy about the hobby. But not one of my near-30 cars was/is a 100% runner. Seeing a deal online a few weeks ago, I bought...

My poor attempt at cropping my arm out. My daughter and our dog. Mission Bay, San Diego...

Started tearing it apart today (my favorite part of a restore/refresh), and it is now down to the major components of: Frame, Rear, and Front. Each of which are soaking various parts in PB Blaster at this point. Love the simplicity of it; nothing is threaded, it is all screws and nuts. The fasteners...

I forgot about having throttle or steering when the battery runs down.

A couple new prints on order: Bumpers, knuckles and battery mounts with flat tops so they accept a lipo. Mid Knuckles bumpers and battery mounts.JPG And a gang of 8 belt covers that fit above the motor. The original part rarely comes up for sale and they are super expensive when they do. These 8 wil...

Great post day! But I have to gripe a little. :? Good ol' USPS was supposed to deliver half of this, this past Thursday, when the wife was at the beach; and the other half was supposed to show up this coming Tuesday, when the wife would be at work. BUT NO! Both show up an hour after she gets home fr...

It’s been a while, whole new house and slowly getting it all put together. I now have a two car garage and a shed, however the shed while newly built is also very poorly built. Not sure what to do there quite yet. I have run fresh wire to three of the four walls (not bothering with the one on the li...

I told myself when I started this build that this was 1979 vehicle, I would build it with old school parts, nothing printed .................................. I failed! :mrgreen: I will probably end up with two printed parts on this rig, and am still trying to figure out the second one. The first on...

Finally got the body painted. As I'm building this for my 11-year-old daughter, I asked her what colors and how she wanted it painted. "Pink, purple, sparkles...and unicorns." Sheesh...I wanted the body to look cool and aggressive, so this was not going to be easy. Here's what I came up wi...

A shot of Seoul from an old military fort in the hills.

Being a 1986 build I decided to go all-out 80's floro.... and spent a good while hunting online for inspiration from body shells past. I gathered up a few screen grabs of various themes i liked the look of and sent them off along with my body shell to my trusted paint guy.... he has never let me dow...

Progress as of 9-8-2021: Outside of some wiring, I am caught up to waiting on parts again (sound familiar?). Rear tire and chain are ready to go on, but weirdest thing about motorcycles, they are very unstable sitting still, so it is easier to leave it off until the end for ease of working on it. Fr...

I recently had some parts anodized and came away with some notes. I could be completely wrong as this is what I pieced together from my experience and internet research. Anodizing is a process that creates a chemically and physically protective coat on aluminum. There are 3 basic types of anodizing ...

I have thought about finding a broken radioshack car, gutting it and fitting it with hobby grade electronics. Problem there is you still have toy grade suspension, steering, gearbox, well, everything really. I have always been a big fan of hard plastic bodies on cars. I did crawling for about 10 ye...

Update on the shock binding issue and AE Green Slime...my shocks got slimed! :mrgreen: I took the new set, which needed to be fully disassembled anyway as they had very little oil inside them, and dabbed a tiny bit of Slime on the shafts and O-rings, as these shocks have removable bottom caps making...