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I love it.

All I did today was to tidy up the mess on my workbench and tried to remove the clog from the 3d printer nozzle that came with my machine when I got it.
No luck.

I feel with you

Before switching to a 0.6mm nozzle for the mold printing i thought its a good idea to make one last figure for the rc club cafe.

 

-18 F with a wind chill of -40F here in NH..... Even the basement mancave has me seeing my breath. Guess I will bring a few things upstairs for some light assembly.

The new Stadium Blitzer needs some bearings, a relube of the gearbox and reassembly. Should keep me busy for a bit.

  After a weekend of moving furniture around in the house, okay so my wife will be mostly filling up the book cases and believe me, once she’s finished I don’t think there will be any space. But I’m taking advantage of the space on the top to put some of my cars.Although I suspect the Ford F350 and possibly the Toyota Hilux hidden in the back corner may well not fit once the bodies are fitted. But I’ve got a bunch of other cars that will easily take there places.I now have to sort out my work area and make sure some of the shelves will be housing some spares.

Cleaned up and rebuilt a THORPE ball diff which is fitted to an original Monster Beetle I purchased maybe 12 years ago , and have at last decided to restore. The grease was like glue, and disgusting - but it's all finished now, and back in the rear end .  Also today I cleaned up the dampers and put in new damper fluid. 

Just did the same for my Monster beetle. I think mine is a Thorp also...

Finished this up around midnight, so technically today! When I really think back, this is my first attempt at paint and decals for a polycarbonate shell, box art. Also my first painted driver. I only ever had a Blackfoot and then a used Grasshopper when I was a kid, and didn't really spend any time on those details when running other bodies. It's not perfect, but I'm learning what works and where I need improvement. Makes me smile just looking at it, and it drives great.

There were sporadic windows of weather opportunity about a week ago, where I was able to get three bodies painted over the course of a week's time - The Frog, The Hornet and Hotshot - so I've got some work to do. Anyhoo, pics:

Edit to add: Oh, and the decals are a mix of re-re and MCI to get the look I wanted.

 

 

 

 

 

Fora first attempt, congrats.