So how many people got rattle cans out tonight?

[ChrisB]

Well in the Frenzy of preparing for Kidd I have just spend the last hour in the garage going deaf with my compressor thundering away in my left ear [].

Also got the rattle cans out to paint my blizzard and touch up the paint on my rally special Scooby [].

Hoping i get some time tonight to put everything back together as its gonna take me a while tomorrow to pack the car, and I'm bound to forget something! Got a cheap £14 sleeping bag and 7 quid collapsable chair thingy from Halfords today. Don't have a table though which I am guessing will be pretty essential - Sainsburys had some lightweight camping ones on offer - might grab one on the way tomorrow.

Getting quite excited!

Chris

[scoobs]

Yep, I'm getting rattley trying to build/paint/decal/customise my new car before Saturday.

I'll start Friday morning and hopefully finish it completely while there's still good enough light to go and get some new built pics...

[BiggusDitchus]

Spent the last two days up to my eyes in repairs, charging batteries and trying to convince the other half to fit the bearings in her twin detonator.

Tonight I have had a really relaxing time finally watching her do the bearings

[quincey]

just started the big charge!spent the last few night's runnin the cars up the road to check the range and speed and also to give the runners one final shakedown[],been plaqued with motor problems most of them ive never stripped since the last kidderminste[].

cannot decide wether to go on friday and have a bit of a rip on the night time or go early saturday.

and the weather looks good too!!!!!!!!!

[jozza]

I'm much more prepared this time than for previous meets (or perhaps I'm just more laid back about it this time [8D].

I've got a shedload of batteries to charge up tonight, the cars are all ready apart from a couple which will either be fixed when I'm there or will just be coming for the ride. Willy is going to run in his unpainted Jeep, I had plans for an "interesting" paint scheme, but just haven't had the time to do it. The driver is looking better than he did though, he was a ghostly white all over until a couple of nights ago, now only his eyes need colouring in, and if they don't get done he's just going to look like he's wearing mascara [)].

Most of my concentration has been on getting some lights sorted out for a couple of cars - Looks like the Monster Beetle is finally going to be running with it's lightshow - thank heavens for Duck Tape []. I'm just programming some different effects into it now.

The worst thing for me is they are replacing the gas main down my road, the nearest I could park tonight was about half a mile away. Don't fancy the thought of lugging 15 cars, 2 tents, beers and grub all that way to load it up [xx(]

[scoobs]

Doesn't look good for me - I ran out of paint trying to get this car done (d'oh!)

Have people experienced defective cans of Tamiya paint? For example, I sprayed my Scooby black with one can, and one can has always been enough to do a standard paint job before. This time, doing *half* a buggy shell (which is smaller than a touring shell anyway), I've run out of paint and it has barely covered it and is really see-through...

Of course the model shops are closed, and by the time i do everything tomorrow I won't be able to make it to Kidd until the evening.

It's possible I might make it up on Sunday, but I don't know yet...

[_4-0_]

The past week has being mental for me. Cos of all the overtime i've being doing I've had no time to prep :S hence hence the lack of some of my cars. Still, I'm really looking forward to it. Gonna be bombing down the motorway at about 2am tonight cos i dont finish work til 12.

Sorry if i wake any of you up when I pull up at 4am