Re-Bugged 10148 Posted March 12, 2020 Hope your OK now @Busdriver. I have more cuts and scars than I can remember how I got half of them, mostly chisels, Stanley knives, Saws, broken glass and a few bicycle mishaps for good measure. (Not that consider myself accident prone) You have my full sympathy with trying to self dress a wound, getting band aid and alcohol wipe packets open are almost impossible on your own. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rc_ox 323 Posted March 12, 2020 Decided to go ahead and try a 'fade' on my Clod "Blockhead Motors" Buster Build (mouthful?) I'm pretty happy with it Before: After: Clear coat next then decals! 10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lsear2905 1279 Posted March 12, 2020 8 minutes ago, rc_ox said: Decided to go ahead and try a 'fade' on my Clod "Blockhead Motors" Buster Build (mouthful?) I'm pretty happy with it Looks fantastic - excellent work! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rc_ox 323 Posted March 12, 2020 2 hours ago, lsear2905 said: Looks fantastic - excellent work! Thank you! I can't wait to get the decals applied and some photos of the finished truck. Apart from the paint job - it's a fairly stock build but I may post a build thread. 11 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonboy1 2943 Posted March 12, 2020 11 hours ago, ChrisRx718 said: Can concur- I've done similar but it landed in my thigh. You have that moment to yourself that seems to last a lifetime of just staring at the situation while it dawns on you what's happened. Then comes the blood... I can feel a new thread coming on: "What injury have you caused to yourself doing something silly?" my submission: I was exercising in the garage with some Argos special dumbbells doing a "skullcrusher" - the irony of the name of the exercise was not lost on me when the clamp gave way and introduced 35kg of metal plates to my face. So I joined a gym, where some months later I was doing a deadlift when I detached my bicep. Nowadays I stick to Sudokos. 3 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
speedy_w_beans 4272 Posted March 12, 2020 Trimmed an Impreza '99 body last night. It was a little more challenging than usual; the cuts under the front and rear bumpers and even the wheel arches weren't as crisply defined as on other bodies. It took some extra time with a Dremel sanding drum, a light touch, and some focused lighting to get it just right. Finished it with my usual 100/220 grit sandpaper. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonboy1 2943 Posted March 12, 2020 ....drooled over my new (to me) Avante 58072..... I'd like to thank all those that made this possible; @Biscuit for doing an awesome resto on it and agreeing to sell it to me @Tamiyabigstuff and @thetamiyakid for supplying the delightfully spiky Eagle tyres, @Peter_B for correcting me on my spelling of "tyres" and of course, me, for being awesome enough to be able to finally afford one of these! 19 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grotty Otty 868 Posted March 12, 2020 6 hours ago, jonboy1 said: "What injury have you caused to yourself doing something silly?" Definitely needs a thread of its own! Introduced my face to a tree whilst downhilling on a mountain bike... Was more annoyed about the busted new helmet than battered and bruised mug.. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Badcrumble 4204 Posted March 12, 2020 51 minutes ago, Grotty Otty said: Definitely needs a thread of its own! Introduced my face to a tree whilst downhilling on a mountain bike... Was more annoyed about the busted new helmet than battered and bruised mug.. Hockey ball in face, knocked me out and fractured eye socked. Hockey ball into chin resulted in six stiches in chin. Hockey stick in face resulting in 3 months of liquid food. On the plus side, had to change A-levels and met my first g/f on the new course. Gave up hockey, started skiing. Fall at the bottom of a black run resulted in a fractured arm. On the plus side, I met the future Mrs BC on the holiday when I fractured my arm! 2 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
topforcein 1764 Posted March 12, 2020 20 hours ago, Busdriver said: WARNING scalpels etc are sharp!!!! Started masking up the body of my Cayanne, I'd cut the body using the score and snap method with a brand new swann morton 10A blade. Whilst I was playing around with masking tape I cut a piece and it curled up sticking, unbeknown to me to the handle of aforementioned scalpel, when I let go the scalpel dropped straight into my belly. Went through a perfectly good shirt and buried itself in me. There then ensued an episode of Emercency ward 10 (anybody under 55 and not from UK google it). Lots of the red stuff and much FFing. Typical nobody at home. Have you ever tried to staunch bleeding with one hand ad sort out dressings etc with the other. Anyhow as you can tell I'm alive and possibly wiser, though I doubt it!!! i feel your pain as i did the same when i was a butcher and was on boneing out juties and with a freshly sharpend boneing knife i ended up stabing my self and i tell you i wore a stab vest every time after that. next time you try stabbing yourself keep a roll of gaffer tape close by and you can end up like that actor in hollow man mind i would want putting out when it gets taken off 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisRx718 4470 Posted March 12, 2020 Strictly not today, but I couldn't post a picture from Flickr using my mobile on this forum, the two just don't mix! GF-01 built from bits! Just missing the long body post to allow me to fix the bodyshell. I'm sure I had 4, but one's gone amiss! I've put up a Wanted thread so hopefully someone comes through with a spare. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Busdriver 6209 Posted March 12, 2020 Thanks to all for your concern. Healing nicely, but have bought a pair of lexan curved scissors for next bits of bodywork 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Superluminal 3750 Posted March 12, 2020 Cycling accident in 2003 during a race, crashed and lost several teeth. Turned out there was some hidden bone damage and infection that fifteen years later meant i needed a bone graft between my nose and the roof of my mouth and approx two years of operations and about 7k to replace the crowns that had to be taken out again with implants (The nhs would only cover me for dentures) Its safer and cheaper not to exercise. 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lsear2905 1279 Posted March 12, 2020 5 hours ago, ChrisRx718 said: GF-01 built from bits! Just missing the long body post to allow me to fix the bodyshell. I'm sure I had 4, but one's gone amiss! I've put up a Wanted thread so hopefully someone comes through with a spare. Clear chassis? Awesome looking crawler tires? What shell is going to be mounted to this? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lsear2905 1279 Posted March 12, 2020 1 hour ago, Superluminal said: Its safer and cheaper not to exercise. Buy a dog, or 2 dogs (in fact, any number of dogs between 1 and 20) and walk them every day. Good for your mental and physical health, no gym memberships necessary, and you have one or more 4 legged companions to keep you company while you tinker with Tamiyas! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Busdriver 6209 Posted March 13, 2020 Have up to seven 🐕 at any one time as we are a home boarding house for them!!! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jonathon Gillham 4606 Posted March 13, 2020 Realised that the next 10th race meet is this Sunday, and have been having problems with soldering. Managed to solder up a new ESC in my sons car and it works, i just hope no one looks too closely. Race day should be fun, first one this year that I will be able to make it to and have a new 2wd and also new ESC and motor in the 4wd, hope it all works ok. Also took a punt and ordered an HTRC C240 duo charger from Banggood. The specs aren't great (150w between 2 channels) but 10amp charge rate and 75w per channel is plenty for me. This should make life a lot easier on race days as I now can charge 4 batteries at once for 3 cars. Also easier at home, just having 1 charger to get both cars going. NZD92 delivered (stupid govt making offshore suppliers charge GST (which is VAT for those in winter) added $12 to the cost!) Posted off a couple of bodies to be painted too. I'm getting a Top Force body to match my race colours, and the B6D needs a decent body. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderDragonCy 7881 Posted March 13, 2020 Painted a new rally shell for my TT02. Gone fairly simple, and it's a runner so i am not too precious about it, but i have to say by even my standard the decals are awful. Ordered some plain vinyl to hopefully do a better job myself. Tonight will be a quick check of everything and battery charge prep for Tamiya Junkies meet tomorrow. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeekelemental 528 Posted March 13, 2020 Second day of Smart Working from home due to Covid-19 emergency, no RC stuff here in Venice . Wheelers Dealers,Top Gear and Grand Tour after work... a glass of Scotch before sleeping. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Badcrumble 4204 Posted March 13, 2020 1 hour ago, jeekelemental said: Second day of Smart Working from home due to Covid-19 emergency, no RC stuff here in Venice . Wheelers Dealers,Top Gear and Grand Tour after work... a glass of Scotch before sleeping. Best wishes, take care. Been hearing some tough stories from Italian staff of Mrs BC's company. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeekelemental 528 Posted March 13, 2020 21 minutes ago, Badcrumble said: Best wishes, take care. Been hearing some tough stories from Italian staff of Mrs BC's company. Thank you! Italians are holding fast, most hitted regions are doing every effort to contain this virus. Hope it becomes only an ugly memory quickly. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonboy1 2943 Posted March 13, 2020 I've just realised my drive for authenticity and vintageness (new Friday word) has been exceeded by my knowledge, and has therefore made me look more than a little silly. You see, dear friends, and @Peter_B, that I was under the impression (self impressed it turns out) that the "Eagle" tyres I was so proud to find and fit to my lovely lovely vintage Avante were what should have been on it originally; the Eagle bit being some form of obscure branding used solely for the Avante, what with it being super special and amazing and whatnot. But no, comrades, it is not, and no they weren't. The "Eagle" tyres were knock offs. So what I should have lovingly attached to my lovingly restored (by @Biscuit ) were spanking new TAMIYA Super Gripper Pin Spikes, as per re-re and a few other TAMIYA vehicles, made by TAMIYA and branded as such. Every day's a school day.....isn't it @Peter_B ? I'm off to go and kick myself from behind (after washing my hands thoroughly of course) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TurnipJF 9192 Posted March 13, 2020 The other day I fitted my Desert Gator with turnbuckles to replace the mismatched black and chrome tierods and control rods. In addition to the turnbuckles themselves, the set also came with the black steel ball connectors and screws required to attach turnbuckles to a base spec DT-02 with fixed plastic control arms. I happened to have just such a DT-02 in my fleet, one which arrived as a Super Fighter GR that is slowly making its way to Sand Viper spec. So I used the leftover screws and ball connectors along with some chrome 3mm part-threaded rods from my stash to replace its fixed plastic control arms with adjustable ones that match the tierods. I also took the opportunity to remove the nice-looking but functionally awful Abisma alloy shocks from my TL-01B and replace them with a set of not quite as pretty but functionally far superior Tamiya CVAs. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Badcrumble 4204 Posted March 13, 2020 Not so much what have I done but more what have I NOT done... My workplace has requested we not receive any non-business deliveries for the foreseeable. So I haven’t ordered alternative dampers for my trail truck (they had just come back in stock) or the last few bits for my M05-RA. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hobgoblin 1059 Posted March 13, 2020 I did the washing up, sort of. Cleaning up a boomerang. I've been idley collecting parts for a while and it's reached critical mAss and I've begun the wrenching. I find it much more fun to have a couple projects on the go at once, within reason that is. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
