i remember taking apart RTR rc toy cars and finding hugegangeous capacitors and resistors all hand soldered onto some pos pcb. lol :icon17: hahaha.

jumper wires galore.

99% 1990 and back were ho scale.. about the same size as a hot wheel or
match box car.....:tup:

:iagree: yah since im running a lot of my ancient electronics ive only pretty much paid for the kids and some hopsups and spare parts.

i think ive only spent $2k this fall on this...if i bought the 2.4GHz radio add another $1.5K and couple hundred more for new batteries and chargers.
im still running old nicds too. :D

back then you either fixed the problem or no racing for KenChan.....:iagree:

:tup: yah, that's wat i had then. it was like a matchbox sized. :D

im into about 4000.00 but still have 2 rc models still boxed back in Cali...:iagree:

Aurora made a fine slot car set...ebay slot car sets and you will find your
old one when you were a kid................:tup:

yah, problem back then was i didnt know how to fix it and my pops was out on business 99% of the time so i ended up just pulling out the motor and played with it like a big matchbox car without the radio. i was still having fun though. :D

now a days, yah... you can i can make a rc car out of a cereal box if needed.. lol

well pass your knowledge onto your children when playing together....:tup:

nice :tup:

if i really end up deep into this hobby again i will get me the new radio and batteries and such. :D for now though, my old gear works fine.... hell, the receivers are old tech but brand new right out of ebay. :tup:

yah, my kid already learned quite a bit just watching and me explaining. he needs more hands-on experience but he needs more practice on plastic models and making stuff out of balsawood, etc. he needs to learn how to control the tools.

I cant sell anything I have in my rc collection...I only buy and keep....

heck even in pieces its fun for me...:tup:

the Korean children went from kites to nitro rc car then back to kites......:tup:

ive mentioned this earlier, but those metal craft kits are a GREAT way to test your hand eye coordination with tools. basically you only use needle nose pliers and your building/crafting experience. :D

search 'metal earth' on amazon and you will find a lot of these metal kits.

hahaha, ive sold quite a bit about 10yrs ago... but the core electronics like my radio and stuff, i kept just thinking i *might* get back into the hobby.

glad i did. :tup:

:rofl2: hahaha!! theyd be back to rc again once you get gozdilla redbull type-gas-x running :tup:

lucky I have a air brush system for painting.....with metal kits air brush time...
those metal shake paint cans are no good.........:tup:

custom rc plates in the works.....EastWest RB.............:tup:

yah, i need to learn airbrush cause the gating item for me is not being able to paint the rc bodies in the winter due to cold weather.

that water based lexan paint i bought has no smell... :tup: just cant brush it on as it's too thin. i need to get a compressor and practice.

then i'd probably get a few more kits over the winter. :D

of course not having a compressor wont stop me though.... cause tamiya sells kits that come with pre-painted bodies. :tup:

the Tamiya line is a big seller in Cali and global.............:iagree:


venting is number one priority for painting....I built a fume hood to vent the
gases out..........:tup:

A question for KenChan today....how many miles total on your Z as of today...:rolleyes:

:hello:

Hope everyone is having a wonderful afternoon. I, for one, am enjoying my time off work. :tup:

:tup: yah, the rattle cans i use smell so bad i have to do it outside. i wear a glove on my left hand to hold the body and just stand there in the yard painting. :D the particles that hand on my arm dont stick at all since it isnt like that plasti-shitt garbage... lol

wat i like about tamiya is how accurate their bodies are. for bashing around the house, i prefer tamiya over serious chassis for racing.

16.4K or something when i hibernated her over the weekend.
my G turned barely 35K at age 10.

i luv the side mirrors and figures the tamiya's come with. :p

rc truck#3 has working headlights and tail lamps for ultimate realism.

which reminds me... rc truck#4 is a crawler. i should probably get the lighting kit on it too..

16.4 K awesome......G at 35 K beyond awesome....:tup:

my 2010 Nismo was left at my tuner in Nor Cali...custom tune, and every
fluid will be changed, new drilled disks with those no dust brake pads...
im at 70,000 miles and tight as day one...Clifford's rule...When not in
motion under the car cover..........:tup:

that's what make the realistic finishing touch's...........:iagree:

Tamiya = detailed in every aspect.................:iagree:

very kind of you to ask today...right back at you.....:hello:

Somebody KMN.

PLEASE.


:hello:

Up at 4am daily then home cooking supper at 6pm. Gosh-I really dislike cooking. :(

im stuck here in South Korea and eating those Hungry Man tv dinners..

Clifford being Clifford enjoys them....:hello:

you need this .......

6 month vacation, twice a year

:yum: :eek: :rofl2: i wish! Lol

:tiphat: i would eat a sammich. Or some tomato soup. But the fambly must eat :tup:

Grilled cheese and some tomato soup...... :yum:

have a pleasant evening.....:hello:

that little Koren lady is paging Clifford again.....Clieffoid -- Clieffoid...
where are you Clieffoid............:eek:

Fried bologna and tomato soup :yum: :p

:icon18: what that little korean lady want with cliefoid?! Hmmmm?

:woot:

Do you guys eat fried bologna up there?

What about you Clifford? Kenchan? You guys eat fried bologna? Grilled onions-some cheese or southwest sauce-or just bologna? Thick thick slices. :yum: