urban warrior

When a colleague from work asked me about a beginner RC, decades ago, I recommended him the Mad Bull. Simple chassis with wheels/tires that won' get you stuck so easily. Funny enough in 1987 I bolted Pumpkin wheels/tires on my Grasshopper. But I was too dumb to change the pinion. And with a Reedy Pink Dot and the three-step speedo it was absolutely uncontrollable. Although I would still go with the Lunchbox/Pumpkin!

Well then I don't know when I will ever going to paint this year. Even though we had some rising temperatures in the last months, humidity never rose above 35%. We had days with 22% or where the hygrometer stated an error (what let me assume that the humidity was even below 20%). The inside of my nose is bone dry nearly every day. And when we had a humidtity over 50% it was due to rain and it was cold.

I would bei interested how you printed it. Just to do something about my own learning curve. How was it oriented and did you use any Supports? Which printer and slicer?

Oddly enough more than ten years ago I prepared some of my cutting boards (kitchen) with that oil and they hold up to this day pretty nice. Even though they got rinsed periodically. I've seen the same boards not prepared in any manner, warping and getting apart in less than three years. I'll just give it a try and I am not planning to drown my workbench. 😂

I took my workench "out of duty" for some days. I put some linseed oil on and that has "to set" for some days (I guess). Just to prevent any incidents with water in the future: To be honest, there would be far more to do. I planned somekind of a rack/shelf contruction on top of the workbench to put all of my feedstock in. And I need more options to get the periodically or more continously used tools on the walls (apart from that sad arrangement of tools visible).

WOW! It's a pity that they did not go with the clear plastic in the production runs ... BUT ... I don't want another tank, I don't want another tank, I don't want another tank, ... 🤦🏼‍♂️ But this may be a good transmission for mys M3 Lee project idea. 😆 😆 😆

YES! Show us your crossbreeds!

Received some goodies from TAMICO today ... for my recently acquired CC-01 Wrangler. Two additions from three major tuning part manufacturers:

You would laugh, but the owner asked me, if his Super Sabre could be painted in bronze matt. And that would only work from the outside.

Dowanol by Kremer Pigmente and Carson Paintkiller ... I guess it killed the body. I know that it is difficult or impossible to get the paint of RC bodies when it was the "wrong" type of paint.

I tried to get the rest of the paint off from a Super Sabre Body that has been sitting unused for over 30 years: I guess I go get a new body ... I don't want to waste a lot of paint on it, just to discover it doesn't work. It took me quite a while to get the rest of the paint off, where around 80-90% had already flaked off. And once again ... automotive paint is not good on rc car bodies ... unless you don't want to get the paint stripped off someday. We were young and unexperienced.

We used to call them the "Tamiya Melting Fuse" back in the day. But I believe that this was due to the fact that some people used to run a lot of amps throught them because of hotter motors. Anyway this may be(come) a question like what religion you prefer. I personally don't like them anymore. I switched to XT60 and I guess I will stay there. It's a real good connector type. The Deans connector may have its advantages due to its small size but good cross section. But I discovered the XTs earlier and don't like to switch all my equipment permanently. Although I also own a lot of adaptors for the darn propietary connectors of some brands.

During the pandemic there was a conspiracy theory that really took the cake and made me laugh hysterically: "Corona was only made up by the government so that the citizens were forced to stay inside to enable the government to change the batteries of the pidgeons!" (Some folks believe that they're only surveillance drones) In 2022 I discovered this in Würzburg:

I guess at some point that's a question of personal preference. There are a lot of people complaining about the weight of the Noble series due to the "heavy power bank" at the bottom. To be honest, electronics are substantially lighter today even if they're sporting more functions. And I think putting in some useless "fake weights" won't be an option. I for myself bringing 230 pounds on the scale, if my radio has 100g, 200g more or less doesn't play any role for me. For the "plasticcy" ... well ... it's all about money. If people want to get some functions but want so save some bucks, well then it will be lightweight. I never had any of the more expensive radios like KoPropo, Futaba or Sanwa in my hands. I don't know if they feel more ... (how to say "wertig" in English?) ... elaborate(?).

I guess this has been one of the biggest "show stoppers" for me getting one of these myself. That besides the "outdated" wheel/tire combo. And to call it "Super Avante"! 🙄 I even liked the body in some ways (OK, I also like the Citroën ID/DS/CX and my Honda Helix, because I got a weird taste for design) and I found the little fenders appealing at some point. "Unfortunately" I missed the opportunity when D-Edition sold them for 170€. Now one of the cheapest option would be around 213€ and I am still not convinced.