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.

I cant sell anything I have in my rc collection...I only buy and keep....

heck even in pieces its fun for me...:tup:

the Korean children went from kites to nitro rc car then back to kites......:tup:

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. :D

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

hahaha, ive sold quite a bit about 10yrs ago... but the core electronics like my radio and stuff, i kept just thinking i *might* get back into the hobby.

glad i did. :tup:

:rofl2: hahaha!! theyd be back to rc again once you get gozdilla redbull type-gas-x running :tup:

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

custom rc plates in the works.....EastWest RB.............:tup:

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... :tup: 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. :D

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

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


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

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

:hello:

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

:tup: 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. :D 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.

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

i luv the side mirrors and figures the tamiya's come with. :p

rc truck#3 has working headlights and tail lamps for ultimate realism.

which reminds me... rc truck#4 is a crawler. i should probably get the lighting kit on it too..