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

cigarclifford

so glad you can identify where im coming from....

its not the money or time.....its my hobby and passion....


heck that sound plays over and over in my sleep...again.. DING.....

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cigarclifford

my first slot car set was ho scale... it also had a ho train set attached....

you had to stop your race cars when the train crossed the race track...

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kenchan

yah, plus the amount of time and effort you spent building the car.
rc can be a very deep hobby

i like my truck #2.. it's the cheapest out of the 4 i bought, but i did so much mods and conversions to it, mine's the only one like it in the world.

kenchan

that's awesome! hahaha. im not sure wat scale my slot car was, but i also had a HO scale toy train set i luved conducting (?) driving (?) it. i played with it so much that the motor smoked and died

cigarclifford

honestly nothing is cheap for rc .... its how you shop on ebay that can save
a man a fortune..............

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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.

cigarclifford

99% 1990 and back were ho scale.. about the same size as a hot wheel or
match box car.....

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kenchan

yah since im running a lot of my ancient electronics ive only pretty much paid for the kids and some hopsups and spare parts.

i think ive only spent $2k this fall on this...if i bought the 2.4GHz radio add another $1.5K and couple hundred more for new batteries and chargers.
im still running old nicds too.

cigarclifford

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

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kenchan

yah, that's wat i had then. it was like a matchbox sized.

cigarclifford

im into about 4000.00 but still have 2 rc models still boxed back in Cali...

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cigarclifford

Aurora made a fine slot car set...ebay slot car sets and you will find your
old one when you were a kid................

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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

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

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kenchan

nice

if i really end up deep into this hobby again i will get me the new radio and batteries and such. for now though, my old gear works fine.... hell, the receivers are old tech but brand new right out of ebay.