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I have a print/signage business in Australia with my Mum. We also do a lot of movie props - documents, signage, vehicle graphics that sort of thing. We called it Spot The Dog Graphics and film work was 100% of our business until a few years ago and the industry changed. Most of our work was the bigger budget America movies and cable tv shows , but a lot of that has gone away. So we moved into print and signage to supplement turnover. Prior to that I managed to do a Honours degree in physics and almost finish a Phd in Chemistry. Looking to get out of printing though as its not a very exciting industry.

Have two kids (8 and 10) but not totally interested in RC. My wife is reasonably supportive of RC, but doesn't join in. I did realise the other day that my father was accepting of my RC hobby when he rang me at a garage sale about some rc cars he'd found.

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I am mostly a graphic designer and web developer with photography thrown in for good measure. Currently a studio manager at an advertising agency :)

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I am a plant fitter at a tool hire company with 28 years experience.

95% of my time now tho is spent repairing a fleet of Mobile lighting towers.

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Went to school for Computer Science, but am eployed as a front end developer. Most of my days are spent in a knock-down drag-out fight with Sharepoint 2010. Today it decided to only prompt for auth in one browser. The culprit? A single letter in an unused, pre-populated field.

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Great learning more about some of the familiar names here on TV. Thanks for sharing guys.

Like some others here I started in engineering (mech/elec) but moved to industrial design when I figured out what a designer was/did.

I thought I wanted to be a car designer until I did an apprenticeship at Ford. I realized I didn't have the patience to design real cars (it takes approx 3-5 years) and decided I would design toy cars instead (12-18 months). Hence my TC name :) and current occupation in the toy industry. My job today mostly involves people management, budgets and spreadsheets, so in 2013 I started Knight Customs in my spare time to have a creative outlet.

I have a very supportive wife who makes everything possible by being a full time mum for our 2 kids (7 & 3) and supporting my RC obsession.

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I've been a "sign guy" for 16 years now. Currently working for a company that makes highway/interstate signage (all the giant green ones).

Before that I specialized in Braille and interior signs for hotels, hospitals, schools, etc., both in design and production. I have also printed T-shirts and decals, written technical manuals for the sign industry, and beta-tested engraving machines and software.

And before all of that, I was (yep) a mechanic, for a little mom & pop service station. Never did anything more involved than tune-ups and oil changes, but they knew I liked the "weird" (ie, not American) cars, so I got to do all of those.

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I've been in public relations for the past 21 years. I currently work for a four-service utility (natural gas, water, wastewater and electric) and often serve as a spokesperson, when I'm not stuck in meetings. If I would have been more disciplined in math and science, I'd be doing what James (Toykid) is doing or an engineer of some sort.

I have three kids (6 yr old daughter, 13 yr old daughter and a 16 yr old son) and a soon-to-be 8 yr old stepdaughter. I highly advise that none of you ever get divorced, because among the many negatives that go along with it, your Tamiya/RC obsession takes a HUGE hit. :o

Steve

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I work for a wireless telecom. Ive been in sales all my life. I love sales, as every month, I get a commission check to blow on my hobbies. :)

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I'm a college professor. A historian. I currently work in the History department, and sometimes I also work for the Economics department. My seminars deal with History of Economic thought, Ethics, and Methodology. I struggle every month to get all bills paid, but no matter what, I LOVE what I do.

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I am a Network Design Engineer V for ATT Mobility in America. I engineer our core network, "SS7" for GSM, and "Diameter" for LTE. I design call routing, network capacity, that kind of fun stuff. I am never bored!

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Was a printer in London for 7 years or so, then moved to Thailand and became a business English teacher for Thai companies.

Been working as an Asset Manager for a Thai construction company since the start of the year which I enjoy, oh and studying for my Thai stock brokers licence at the weekend. Plus having 2 kids is hard work too!

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Wasn't sure what I wanted to be when I finished school, but always had a head for technical drawing and liked buildings. Tried to get a grant to train for 5-7 to be an architect. (no student loans back then). Couldn't get one so went to college for 1 year full time then 3 years part time and became an associate member of the British institute of architectural technicians. (an architect without the badge)

But after 3 redundancies in 2 years (resession) ended up in a sales job,

Now I've combined the two, I design Orangeries and sell them to the public, for a small building company. but also I have to start late and finish early doing the kids school run.. Like others it barely pays the bills these days, but I love the job and have great flexibility of hours...

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another ex-mechanic. I am now a factory foreman for a company making windows, doors and curtain walling.

the employees would give Jeremy kyle a run for his money so I suppose I double up as a social worker/carer for most of them.

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I see most of you guys are or were into mechanics. Back in the early 90's when I finished the High school, I spent one year studying mechanics before turning to History and Anthropology. I remember I was shocked to learn about the new technologies introduced to cars. I grew up with the sort of cars you'd fix at home. A little cleaning done to the carburetor and voilà. But now all of a sudden cars doesn't have carbs anymore and it happens that electronics and computerized systems are the norm.

Back in the day a tool box was all you needed. Now you need a dang computer. HATE IT !!!!!

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Going off topic a bit here but how do your work mates respond when you tell them about your rc hobby? Be interesting to hear the different experiences.

Mine range from " that is for kids" laughing taking the mick or both! I suppose most peoples experience of rc is what they see at argos or rtr garbage. So no surprise really they do not understand when I try to explain I build two foot long modified monster trucks L.O.L.

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No one really says anything about it, most see it as a bit of fun.

I think some are a little jealous actually :) and some have also went on to buy kits etc

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With me working with fellow mechanics and engineers, all their response is " wow have you seen the speed some of them go on youtube" lol. So they are aware they are certainly not all toys, especially with a demonstration run of a Buggy with around 65000RPM from its motor ;)

James

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Creative director in video games. Been doing it since I was 14 in 1986 (programming / art on the spectrum right up to the next gen stuff, although I lead / conceptualise now (probably best as my programming was pretty bad)

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Going off topic a bit here but how do your work mates respond when you tell them about your rc hobby? Be interesting to hear the different experiences.

Mine range from " that is for kids" laughing taking the mick or both! I suppose most peoples experience of rc is what they see at argos or rtr garbage. So no surprise really they do not understand when I try to explain I build two foot long modified monster trucks L.O.L.

My friends are pretty big nerds/manchildren, so while none of them are interested in R/C they can't really make fun since their interests also include "childish" things.

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Going off topic a bit here but how do your work mates respond when you tell them about your rc hobby? Be interesting to hear the different experiences.

Mine range from " that is for kids" laughing taking the mick or both! I suppose most peoples experience of rc is what they see at argos or rtr garbage. So no surprise really they do not understand when I try to explain I build two foot long modified monster trucks L.O.L.

I am selective who I tell, but have good responses from many of my customers that I've told, including receiving a helicopter (a KDS450, not a kids toy!) that he'd bought for his young kids but couldn't get running, and an Aoshima FJ-40 body. Also is a matter of perspective, there are definitely more ridicule inducing hobbies - I'm also part of a number plate collectors club, and that does make the eyes glaze over on people. I also got to do some printing for a Spoon Collectors club, but that print job was to commemorate 30yrs, and was printed because the club was closing due to lack of interest!

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Well, I even have it written down on my CV. So far nobody asked a thing about it. It appears as one of my three hobbies (the others being, playing acoustic & bass guitars, and recreational cycling).

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I work in IT, I look after servers that process credit card/payment transactions for a lot of UK high street retailers. Not that interesting :(

Second job is looking after 2 sons, 6 , 10 and my wife!

Ben

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I hadn't really gotten back into RC when I left full time work and I guess I didn't go out of my way to mention it or hide it. Night shifts in the office were a great time to get boring repetitive modelling jobs done. The one guy that did take an interest kept going on about his F1 style RC car (not Tamiya) and that it would easily beat my TB01 Evo so we bought them in one evening and had a race around the office. I felt a bit bad for him after a while as his toy grade car was out classed in ever sense by the Evo... he didn't even realise anyone made proper 4x4 RC cars!

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I am a motor vehicle technician for a land rover specialist, do alot of restoration work on very old land rover and range rover vehicles.

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1970 pre production range rover classis that is about half way through a 70k restoration at the moment, google the number plate for more info about the vehicle.

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