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All my packages made it on the truck today

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All my packages made it on the truck today

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The truck is going to get smashed crossing a railroad track or something. Or they shipped you a pink jock strap instead of RC parts. Don't celebrate until you open the boxes and the parts are in hand 😄
 
The truck is going to get smashed crossing a railroad track or something. Or they shipped you a pink jock strap instead of RC parts. Don't celebrate until you open the boxes and the parts are in hand 😄
Pink jock strap and parts in hand in the same paragraph. Thats bad taste. 🤮🤢😆
 
Pink jock strap and parts in hand in the same paragraph. Thats bad taste. 🤮🤢😆
It's worse in the same sentence though you darned wookie hypocrite 😝
 
Solved the issue from last night, ESC just needed a factory reset, very weird. The Lipo regulator should be reading 6 volts with a fully charged lipo and yeah, it read 6 volts so it's good now after a ESC reset. Thanks to my local RC shop for letting me borrow their volt meter. Afterwards, I put everything back in the car the way I had it. Hoping to get the new body done before Tuesday.

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Solved the issue from last night, ESC just needed a factory reset, very weird. The Lipo regulator should be reading 6 volts with a fully charged lipo and yeah, it read 6 volts so it's good now after a ESC reset. Thanks to my local RC shop for letting me borrow their volt meter. Afterwards, I put everything back in the car the way I had it. Hoping to get the new body done before Tuesday.

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Glad it was something simple. :thumbs-up:
 
Sorry for the double post, but I had a good idea. The spare body I had had a bit of a paint goof where the left side headers go. The goof isnt hugely noticeable but you can see it under the light. Since my cars are always usually black, I cut out and trimmed a piece of black electrical tape to "cover up" the paint goof, and now you can't even see it. It also adds just a tiny bit more weight to the left side of the car which is good for oval racing. Once the body is on the chassis you wont even see the tape. Gonna apply the waterslides tomorrow and let it dry, and then spray the matte coat like I did on the old body on Saturday or Sunday.

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Grandson found out I was building the DR10 kit, and challenged me to make a Drag car to compete against he and his brother... so undid some of the changes (rear shock tower, body mount), and assembled the wheelie bar, changed gears to 26/78... and ordered some tires.

Dam kids. :hehe:
 
Did some waterslide decals today. Sorry for no pics, I covered up the body so the decals can dry overnight. Tomorrow, I'll hit the body with the matte coat again, and then apply the vinyl decals last. Idk if I should apply the vinyl decals first and then the matte coat. The vinyl itself is already satin which is fine enough for me. I guess i'll play it by ear so to speak.
 
Did some waterslide decals today. Sorry for no pics, I covered up the body so the decals can dry overnight. Tomorrow, I'll hit the body with the matte coat again, and then apply the vinyl decals last. Idk if I should apply the vinyl decals first and then the matte coat. The vinyl itself is already satin which is fine enough for me. I guess i'll play it by ear so to speak.

The vinly decals will stick better to the smooth surface.
 
Well I wrenched on the new crawler I'm building but to be honest, I didn't enjoy it.
I've worked a solid 10 to 12 hours wrenching on RCs before but I just don't feel like it anymore. :(
 
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