The New "What did you do with your Z today" (with off topic replies) XV

kenchan · 10-21-2014, 04:21 PM

i remember taking apart RTR rc toy cars and finding hugegangeous capacitors and resistors all hand soldered onto some pos pcb. lol

hahaha.

jumper wires galore.

cigarclifford · 10-21-2014, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

i remember taking apart RTR rc toy cars and finding hugegangeous capacitors and resistors all hand soldered onto some pos pcb. lol

hahaha.

jumper wires galore.

back then you either fixed the problem or no racing for KenChan.....

kenchan · 10-21-2014, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by cigarclifford

back then you either fixed the problem or no racing for KenChan.....

yah, problem back then was i didnt know how to fix it and my pops was out on business 99% of the time so i ended up just pulling out the motor and played with it like a big matchbox car without the radio. i was still having fun though.

now a days, yah... you can i can make a rc car out of a cereal box if needed.. lol

cigarclifford · 10-21-2014, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

yah, problem back then was i didnt know how to fix it and my pops was out on business 99% of the time so i ended up just pulling out the motor and played with it like a big matchbox car without the radio. i was still having fun though.

now a days, yah... you can i can make a rc car out of a cereal box if needed.. lol

well pass your knowledge onto your children when playing together....

kenchan · 10-21-2014, 04:30 PM

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well pass your knowledge onto your children when playing together....

yah, my kid already learned quite a bit just watching and me explaining. he needs more hands-on experience but he needs more practice on plastic models and making stuff out of balsawood, etc. he needs to learn how to control the tools.

kenchan · 10-21-2014, 04:33 PM

ive mentioned this earlier, but those metal craft kits are a GREAT way to test your hand eye coordination with tools. basically you only use needle nose pliers and your building/crafting experience.

search 'metal earth' on amazon and you will find a lot of these metal kits.

cigarclifford · 10-21-2014, 04:36 PM

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ive mentioned this earlier, but those metal craft kits are a GREAT way to test your hand eye coordination with tools. basically you only use needle nose pliers and your building/crafting experience.

search 'metal earth' on amazon and you will find a lot of these metal kits.

lucky I have a air brush system for painting.....with metal kits air brush time...
those metal shake paint cans are no good.........

kenchan · 10-21-2014, 04:38 PM

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lucky I have a air brush system for painting.....with metal kits air brush time...
those metal shake paint cans are no good.........

yah, i need to learn airbrush cause the gating item for me is not being able to paint the rc bodies in the winter due to cold weather.

that water based lexan paint i bought has no smell...

just cant brush it on as it's too thin. i need to get a compressor and practice.

then i'd probably get a few more kits over the winter.

kenchan · 10-21-2014, 04:43 PM

of course not having a compressor wont stop me though.... cause tamiya sells kits that come with pre-painted bodies.

cigarclifford · 10-21-2014, 04:47 PM

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of course not having a compressor wont stop me though.... cause tamiya sells kits that come with pre-painted bodies.

the Tamiya line is a big seller in Cali and global.............

venting is number one priority for painting....I built a fume hood to vent the
gases out..........

cigarclifford · 10-21-2014, 04:49 PM

A question for KenChan today....how many miles total on your Z as of today...

kenchan · 10-21-2014, 04:52 PM

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the Tamiya line is a big seller in Cali and global.............

venting is number one priority for painting....I built a fume hood to vent the
gases out..........

yah, the rattle cans i use smell so bad i have to do it outside. i wear a glove on my left hand to hold the body and just stand there in the yard painting.

the particles that hand on my arm dont stick at all since it isnt like that plasti-shitt garbage... lol

wat i like about tamiya is how accurate their bodies are. for bashing around the house, i prefer tamiya over serious chassis for racing.

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A question for KenChan today....how many miles total on your Z as of today...

16.4K or something when i hibernated her over the weekend.
my G turned barely 35K at age 10.

cigarclifford · 10-21-2014, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

yah, the rattle cans i use smell so bad i have to do it outside. i just wear a glove on my left hand to hold the body and just stand there in the yard painting.

the particles that hand on my arm dont stick at all since it isnt like that plasti-shitt garbage... lol

16.4K or something when i hibernated her over the weekend.
my G turned barely 35K at age 10.

16.4 K awesome......G at 35 K beyond awesome....

my 2010 Nismo was left at my tuner in Nor Cali...custom tune, and every
fluid will be changed, new drilled disks with those no dust brake pads...
im at 70,000 miles and tight as day one...Clifford's rule...When not in
motion under the car cover..........

b15 · 10-21-2014, 04:51 PM

Hope everyone is having a wonderful afternoon. I, for one, am enjoying my time off work.

cigarclifford · 10-21-2014, 04:59 PM

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Hope everyone is having a wonderful afternoon. I, for one, am enjoying my time off work.

very kind of you to ask today...right back at you.....

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10-21-2014, 04:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141521	i remember taking apart RTR rc toy cars and finding hugegangeous capacitors and resistors all hand soldered onto some pos pcb. lol hahaha. jumper wires galore.

10-21-2014, 04:33 PM	#6 (permalink)
kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141521	ive mentioned this earlier, but those metal craft kits are a GREAT way to test your hand eye coordination with tools. basically you only use needle nose pliers and your building/crafting experience. search 'metal earth' on amazon and you will find a lot of these metal kits.

10-21-2014, 04:43 PM	#9 (permalink)
kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141521	of course not having a compressor wont stop me though.... cause tamiya sells kits that come with pre-painted bodies.

10-21-2014, 04:51 PM	#14 (permalink)
b15 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Chicago Posts: 3,229 Drives: 4drz Rep Power: 36572	Hope everyone is having a wonderful afternoon. I, for one, am enjoying my time off work.