So, What Have You Done Today?

[Jonathon Gillham 3176]

2 hours ago, Blista said:

I've never been more envious of anything in my life than you having plastic containers that perfectly fit each vehicle.

I laugh but was thinking the same thing...

[Badcrumble 1930]

3 hours ago, Blista said:

I've never been more envious of anything in my life than you having plastic containers that perfectly fit each vehicle.

Exactly this. Where did yours come from @Peter_B

I have a mixture of Really Useful Boxes and ones from Clas Ohlson bit just can't get it right.

[Jonathon Gillham 3176]

18 minutes ago, Badcrumble said:

Exactly this. Where did yours come from @Peter_B

I have a mixture of Really Useful Boxes and ones from Clas Ohlson bit just can't get it right.

Are 'Really Useful Boxes' a thing or a nod to Thomas the Tank Engine?

[matisse 265]

18 minutes ago, Jonathon Gillham said:

Are 'Really Useful Boxes' a thing or a nod to Thomas the Tank Engine?

Actually a brand of boxes in the U.K., but also probably a nod to Thomas 

[Badcrumble 1930]

32 minutes ago, Jonathon Gillham said:

Are 'Really Useful Boxes' a thing or a nod to Thomas the Tank Engine?

Most definitely a thing

http://www.reallyusefulproducts.co.uk/uk/

[Peter_B 978]

2 hours ago, Badcrumble said:

Exactly this. Where did yours come from @Peter_B

I have a mixture of Really Useful Boxes and ones from Clas Ohlson bit just can't get it right.

Most of them came from Tesco but they are by Wham (nothing to do with the 80's pop sensations though as far as I know).

They do various sizes, I have a mixture of lower profile (32 litre I think) for buggies and taller ones (can't remember the size) for King Yellow, Lunchbox etc. I also have another, in-between, size that houses a Wild Willy 2 quite nicely.

There are also a couple of Keter (I think) "crocodile" boxes that my Monster Beetle and Blackfoot live in.

In one of the pics, on a lower shelf, are some IKEA Samla (70 litre I think) boxes that are nice and low profile but big enough to hold 2 buggies side by side. If the sides were vertical instead of slightly angled I think I could get 3 buggies in them.

[Yoda67 80]

Fitted a roof rack with lights to my CC01 D90. Just need to sort a driver now

[mman2005 428]

Finished my drivers for my shelfer and runner

 

[Aerobert 413]

Replaced one broken steering knuckle on my Bullhead. And now I go for spin with it in my backyard.

[Juhunio 1196]

Put a load of TT01 hop ups in the Trades section, and then got a great paint delivery from the postie so got to work on the driver figure for my DF03.

He's an Avante driver being converted into Ayrton Senna! I had to take quite a bit of material away behind his right shoulder to let the steering rod move freely, and trim away all the protrusions underneath to clear the prop shaft, but he fits with a bit of room to spare! 

Mixed X5 orange with a bit of X8 yellow (70/30) to get a close-ish match to PS Camel yellow, but it's looking alright so far. Waiting for the yellow to dry now.....

[ChrisRx718 2516]

Looks great @Juhunio

Where did you get the Avante driver figure from? I want one!

[TurnipJF 5012]

Put the driver in my G6-01 and took it for a little test drive. 

All done now bar the decals!

[mman2005 428]

1 hour ago, Juhunio said:

Put a load of TT01 hop ups in the Trades section, and then got a great paint delivery from the postie so got to work on the driver figure for my DF03.

He's an Avante driver being converted into Ayrton Senna! I had to take quite a bit of material away behind his right shoulder to let the steering rod move freely, and trim away all the protrusions underneath to clear the prop shaft, but he fits with a bit of room to spare! 

Mixed X5 orange with a bit of X8 yellow (70/30) to get a close-ish match to PS Camel yellow, but it's looking alright so far. Waiting for the yellow to dry now.....

Noticed DI wing. Looks better!

[Juhunio 1196]

56 minutes ago, ChrisRx718 said:

Looks great @Juhunio

Where did you get the Avante driver figure from? I want one!

Tony! Part number 9225125

[mman2005 428]

Finished stickering my Team Azarashi DF03 shell. First side went on fine, second side was a nightmare to get in an equivalent location. Can now get on and paint the wing

 

[CoolHands 567]

On 5/20/2020 at 11:17 AM, Butler said:

Built the gearbox for my Bruiser. I have 3 speeds, all neutral

Investigation needed.

Building mine too at the moment (genuine one though). I have gears available! But weird amount of play on the shaft. I’ve checked and rechecked but nothing missing, so don’t know if it’s normal or not.

 

 

[JeffSpicoli 358]

Attempting to solder and remembering how much I f$*$(E((E((ing hate it.    Also tried crimping a Tamiya barrel connector for a motor and busted the tabs off of 2 of them with the crimper.

Kill me now.

[KalEl63 629]

Put some new decals on my original Terra Scorcher as a part of its freshening up

happy with it except the pro cup decals are a bit high

[Butler 290]

10 hours ago, CoolHands said:

Building mine too at the moment (genuine one though). I have gears available! But weird amount of play on the shaft. I’ve checked and rechecked but nothing missing, so don’t know if it’s normal or not.

 

 

All working now, once I'd set it up properly. My 3rd channel only has 2 positions, so gone with 1st and 3rd for now. Can change to 1st and 2nd or 2nd and third if I reduce the EPA to 0% on one of the positions.

 

 

[yogi-bear 1709]

More this past week:

started machining some rims for my Land Freeder

 

Updated my 20yr Volvo to a slightly less older Volvo

 

Turned 50, started building the Lego Death Star I got from my family

 

Got back into some vac forming, this attempt was with HIPS. I have a much better setup now, and next week I'll try some ABS

[KalEl63 629]

Did some work on the comical Grasshopper today (see build thread)

[Busdriver 1701]

Ordered the bearings for my Sheridan. Big up to Colin of RC bearings for all his help. 44x850 rubber sealed on the way

[mtbkym01 2252]

Got my original Fox back together after giving it a strip down and tidy up

Started to update a couple photos in my showroom of cars that have had some work over the last few weeks

[mtbkym01 2252]

Oh and picked up my first TT chassis from my LHS, this will sit under my black WRX bug eye

[pininfarina 910]

painted comical driver -