NWarty
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Interesting topic Saito and thank you for posting this.
For many of those here who don't know, I'm transgender. I've lived in the Pacific Northwest of the United States for the last 24 years (After escaping the South). After retiring from the US Army, I stayed here and raised my sons with my spouse. My family still resides in the South, in both Atlanta, and in North Carolina. I came out five years ago, so I was here on TC long before I was out publicly.
I have not gotten rid of the hobbies that I grew up with, but I've changed in how I interact with some of the people involved in those hobbies. I no longer do many things in person, that I used to do. i.e. I've switched Games Workshops 40K stores to a more laid back and chill crowd because of toxic dude-bro talk over games. I no longer run model trains at a train club patronized by grumpy boomers. I no longer fly RC's at a field. Some hobby forums I've stayed on, some I've left entirely. I no longer visit American football forums or fan sites due to the amount of hate leveled at the LGBTQ crowd.
My politics/identity has put me at odds with my traditional Republican family (sans my younger brother who is my biggest cheerleader). I rarely speak to them anymore. My dad and mom are glued to Fox News 24/7. And I tolerate their political crap even though my livelihood is hanging in the balance in the near future. Long story short, my father and I raced cars together, flew planes together, talked hobbies together, but he doesn't call anymore. Neither of them call anymore other than my brother.
I've discovered new hobbies and met new friends in my life (women). Although I don't do the old hobbies as much anymore, I'm enjoying new things with like-minded people. It makes me sad sometimes to see so much vitrol in our country. So many people just can't leave each other alone and let people be.
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I'm in my late 40's, like many here.
I haven't picked up a controller or charged a battery in nearly two years. I can't get the motivation to fix little broken things. I've done pretty much all the collecting that I'm going to do with vintage RC stuff. I've gotten what I wanted from my childhood, minus the 959, but that's okay. I go down to my bonus room every so often and rotate the tires so I don't get any flat spots. I'll pick one up and admire it.
My sons aren't interested in RC (we do have similar hobbies though), so my collection will die with me. Maybe one day the passion with return, maybe they'll just keeping collecting dust.
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Talk to me about the wheels. Are those sprayed silver?
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Fantastic work @dinorider!
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7 hours ago, Juggular said:
Yep, I was in rainy Orygun where nobody owns an umbrella.
Nope. Not an umbrella here in Washington either
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@JuggularI spy Oregon plates
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I never knew this car even existed
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2 hours ago, AshRC said:
Wait … are they goggles?!
Mine are 1/6 "Sand/Dust/Wind" goggles from Ebay.
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3 hours ago, Willy iine said:
@NWarty I’ve yet to make that side mirror!
I was hoping to make one by now and show it to you, but my path changed course due to exposure to moffman’s awesome buggy collection photo’s..
What’s fascinating is how different Willy can look by the creator’s preferences even though same face.
Do it! The wire frame is just a coat hangar bent to shape, with a small bracket bent into a U-shape at the base.
Here's a better look at my Willy
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I tended to go a bit more "Anime styled" and Cartoony on mine since it's early 80's Japanese. The upper eyelid dark area flows into the pupil with the light source being the upper right hand corner of the eye. The bottom and corner of the eyeball can be a bit more outlined (don't give it the eyeliner treatment though, just subtle enough).
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Not sure if I ever posted this here.
1/12 Tamiya Williams FW14B of Nigel Mansell. Minimal aftermarket stuff including, velocity stack valves, electrical and hydraulic connectors, scratchbuilt active suspension module, aftermarket decals, resin helmet
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Absolutely brilliant
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Fantastic!
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On 4/7/2022 at 6:20 PM, Exit13 said:
I’ll be there. How do you attach to tailgate and side rails?
Hey Exit,
Sorry for the late reply, but the rear flap is screwed down, the side flaps are heavy enough to where they will stay in place without being glued/or affixed to the sides.
The canvas that I used for the top came from a genuine US Army-issue A-frame shelter half tent.
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On 4/5/2022 at 3:23 PM, Exit13 said:
I was told this is a do it yourself mod.
as you can see in this advertisement they give you the measurements Has anyone done this and if so what are you using for fabric and what’s doing for attaching the fabric to the windshield frame / side rails and tailgate ? I’m going to give us a shot
I built one based off these dimension and Simensays references
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Holy smokes what an amazing endeavor!
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3 hours ago, RazorConcepts said:
I'm more worried about RC forums declining. Everyone is moving to facebook groups now.
I can only hope social media trash like Facebook, sputters and dies very soon.
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I'm just here to comment about the eye-opening first post with Control Line airplanes. Talk about gobsmacked.
I grew up with Control Line planes. My father built them since he was 5 or so in the mid-1950s, my grandfather tuned Rat Racing engines for them for 40 years. I grew up on Ringmasters, Noblers, Cap-20/21s, a Dehavilland Chipmunk, holding the wing while my dad walked to the middle of the circle, wiping nitro castor oil off the fuselage and wings, and being at the flying site for hours on end. It was my childhood. I vividly remember being three years old at a RC flying Field in Houston, Texas, and watching my dad fly an old Sig Ugly Stick trainer while I sipped on a Lemon-Lime Gatorade. I learned to build from plans, grew up with an Xacto knife in my hands, zip kicker, microballoons, Sig wood glue, etc.
Fast forward to today and he still flies, having transitioned to RC years ago in the 1990s.
This is a photo of my sons building legos in his shop roughly 12 years ago. There are two RC combat planes on the workbench, the fuselage of an F6F Hellcat, and a pattern ship down on the floor at the far left.They don't have any interest in RC planes or cars, but they do love Legos, Warhammer 40K, video games, Gundam, and all things anime. They may not take after my hobbies, but we've at least sewn the seeds of nerdom with them
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4 hours ago, JeffSpicoli said:
it's sadly the drift scene's influence on Tamiya.
That looks like one of the MkIV Jetta scenesters in the "Dapper" club
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26 minutes ago, NWarty said:
h yes, "that guy". Oh I remember him and how he taunted everyone else in the thread when he was called out for the ridiculous hoarding.
Found the pic, This is the original thread:
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On 12/12/2021 at 9:08 AM, markbt73 said:
Speaking of disrespect... there is an (in)famous photo somehwere in the showrooms (from long before the re-re) of a tower of stacked 3-speed trucks, mostly Bruisers, but some Hiluxes and Blazers as well, casually and carelessly stacked up on a table. Probably 10-12 trucks in all. Any one of them would be a prized possession to most collectors, and to see them treated with such disregard really upset me.
Ah yes, "that guy". Oh I remember him and how he taunted everyone else in the thread when he was called out for the ridiculous hoarding.
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Oh my gosh no!!!!
Oh Jim...
My heart aches, this is an absolute shock.
Rest in Peace my friend.
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About 10 years ago, I bid on a vintage toy that was my favorite thing ever from childhood (besides my Wild One
) . It was called "Snoopy's Dream Machine", new in box and never assembled. They didn't come up but maybe once a year or so, so I was very excited.
I set my bid according to what I was wanting to spend very early in the auction. So for six days, I'm on pins and needles. Next thing I know, I'm outbid, with about five minutes to go in the auction. I get stupid, because I'm having impulse fever because I wanted this toy so bad. So I keep raising my bid past what they've historically sold for. Sniped again. Raise my bid again, sniped again. Two minutes to go, sniped AGAIN. I go back and forth because suddenly I know I'm dealing with a bid bot. So I make a large incremental bid, sniper bot counters. 30 seconds to go and it's still back and forth.
At this point, I know I'm going to lose and I'm so mad I'm seeing red. So I take a calculated risk and make two more huge incremental bids. Now we've eclipsed $175, more than 2.5 times the "market value". It moves past $200 now. And finally I lose the auction to a bot that has overpaid nearly 300% at nearly $220.
I was so upset to lose the auction. But took solace in making that person pay a ridiculous, grossly inflated price for that toy.
Four years later, I won one, brand new-in-box, for $70 shipped.
OK- I'm just gonna say it... FALCON Re re anytime soon???
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Restoring my original Falcon was a lot of $$$ and I welcome the ability to have OEM red wing decals again