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Got some time today to paint the Predator 3D print that I finished printing last night. Took 7 days of printing and about 6 hours of paint work but it's gonna look great in the theater room. https://i.imgur.com/JKKyy0n.jpg https://i.imgur.com/lxT1gdN.jpg https://i.imgur.com/lXNfGgJ.jpg https://i.img...

Really hope the wife doesn't want to hang out tonight.....................

It smells Italian.

Like real cars, working on and modifying them is half the fun. I wouldn't be interested in the hobby if someone else did all the work and I only held the transmitter.

Digital infrared tach showed up yesterday. Motors and misc. parts I've been collecting over the past couple months. Have a few more motors on the way.

Vid link to the functionality test:

Getting there now.

Yeah, why not?

It just occurred to me that a side bonus of this setup is you can set the voltage real low and use it to break in new motor brushes until they're seated properly.

Had some time to draw the chassis further, still work in progress though:

These two good fellas just arrived.

Over the past weekend I worked on the steering.. I have 3 of these Hot Trick steering assemblies for the 2 vehicles I am restoring. I disassembled everything, did an assembly line cleaning, rejected bent/damaged parts, and upgraded it with vintage Thorp and Dubro turnbuckles. https://i.postimg.cc/nL...

Thanks for reply Dadio! Yea, print test will be definitely needed, i planned to section the suspension mount to smaller sections first, print them and assemble them with original parts and if they are okay, then print the whole front suspension section to check if its okay and then finally adjust th...

Thanks for tips! I have printed gears from CF/PETG to my Ultima ST GP project. I would love to print them from CF Nylon, but i´ve had so many problems with Nylon printing that i kind of forgot it. SLS printing service is also a solution, but i will start with FDM and 48DP gears. 48DP is easy to prin...

Dadio wrote: ↑Tue Feb 23, 2021 6:30 am Fine by me ! Recon Dinglem will win anyway , its all original and mine is a ReRe inspired by my old car... But the more Hotshots the merrier !

For once mine has electrics installed this time too, not that you can see them.