What made you feel good today?

[Citroënbender]

Maybe you’re the uncle she never had. Good that you’re helping her.

Just had a new sunroof motor home delivered, the wrecker commutes past my area so he dropped it instead of me driving 90 minutes return. Can’t complain - needed sunroof action because the AC is weak (next week’s job).

[MITCHAY]

I finally got a haircut today and thank ****. The mop is gone, my hair was longer than the early or mid 90s!

I went down yesterday hoping the rush was over but lined out the door so said **** that. I went to get my groceries today and noticed there was literally no one there so jumped right in!

I'm guessing with a decent restriction change today everyone was doing something else. Woolies was way dead in comparison to what it has been.

[.:4:.]

Originally Posted by Itsme

I'm the same as I have been building scale models (not the motorised versions) for well over 50 years and totaly enjoy it.
Nothing wrong being the big kid, cheers.

Tell me you're not a model railway nut? Those guys are extreme. One bloke i worked with was absolutely balls deep into model railway. He showed me photos of the setup he had in his no longer garage, train room. So full digital setup so different speed zones, it detected distance between trains, full feux signals and level crossings. He built the majority of the landscape himself over many years. But what blew my mind was he showed me a photo of his build table. One of those lighted giant magnifying glasses, helping hands, tweezers and all other stuff for building really small accurate stuff. This bloke showed me a photo of a box carriage he built and sold at a train fair for $1200. From my eyes the top looked manufactured. Like a well placed sticker over a plastic shell. But no, weeks of an hour or 2 after work and saturdays painstakingly gluing toothpick thin bits of balsa wood together to create the authentic scale. Both sliding doors worked. So the rolling stock was manufactured, but the details were also soldered on down there, really delicate stuff.
So $1200 is a lot for a carriage for a model train. But he would have made a lot more money using the time spent doing overtime at work.

[slowsnake]

Originally Posted by .:4:.

Tell me you're not a model railway nut? Those guys are extreme. One bloke i worked with was absolutely balls deep into model railway. He showed me photos of the setup he had in his no longer garage, train room. So full digital setup so different speed zones, it detected distance between trains, full feux signals and level crossings. He built the majority of the landscape himself over many years. But what blew my mind was he showed me a photo of his build table. One of those lighted giant magnifying glasses, helping hands, tweezers and all other stuff for building really small accurate stuff. This bloke showed me a photo of a box carriage he built and sold at a train fair for $1200. From my eyes the top looked manufactured. Like a well placed sticker over a plastic shell. But no, weeks of an hour or 2 after work and saturdays painstakingly gluing toothpick thin bits of balsa wood together to create the authentic scale. Both sliding doors worked. So the rolling stock was manufactured, but the details were also soldered on down there, really delicate stuff.
So $1200 is a lot for a carriage for a model train. But he would have made a lot more money using the time spent doing overtime at work.

He probably makes model trains at his day job!......

[.:4:.]

Originally Posted by slowsnake

He probably makes model trains at his day job!......

Nah, if he spent 10% of the effort towards his hobby at his day job he would probably keep jobs. He was a funny old bloke but. A bit of an oversharer though. I had an aircon block pull me up one day and he asked 'whats up with the old bloke, you say howyagoing in passing and he stops and actually tells you how he is going'. Although i think the best one was one day my manager tells me he had called in sick. Thats all i need to know. Next morning the bloke says 'you know when you need to fart'. My answer was yes but not knowing where that was going... then he says 'driving in i thought i had to fart and ****ing **** myself'.

[.:4:.]

So the heavier weight shock absorber oil for my rc car came in today. So stock it had 30 weight, but with longer arms and stiffer springs it wasnt terrible, but at times after say jumps or whatever be a tad bouncy and a tad unsettled. But for $12, going to 50 weight, eh if i dont like it it can be changed. So havent made any other adjustments yet as once again the suspension geometry has changed, but on a test run theres deffinately $12 of an improvement.

[slowsnake]

Ya train mate sounds like every old bloke I know, but he obviously can turn his hand to making trains etc, so he can't be a complete idiot, probably feels out of place in a modern and progressive world and can't catch up!...lol....lot of folk like him, and I've met em all!

[.:4:.]

Originally Posted by slowsnake

Ya train mate sounds like every old bloke I know, but he obviously can turn his hand to making trains etc, so he can't be a complete idiot, probably feels out of place in a modern and progressive world and can't catch up!...lol....lot of folk like him, and I've met em all!

He was a funny bloke, i think everybody has come across a person like this. The person who does silly things then wonders why bad things happen, yet still claims nothing is their fault. Kind of like the time this bloke reversed over someone. Work asked was the reverse camera working. His answer was 'nah, took it out'. Then there was the time his van got 'broken into' but he didnt know where or when. Work asked if it was locked. His response was he never locks it. So apparently not his fault if a theif sees easy pickings.

[.:4:.]

So back to rc crap. So whilst the shocks are different with heavier oil in them, its heaps better. But im thinking for best performance, backing down the spring preload on the front a little bit, and backing down the rear a fair bit. Everything so far is an improvement, but things only get better once dialed in.

[ford71V8]

Originally Posted by .:4:.

So back to rc crap. So whilst the shocks are different with heavier oil in them, its heaps better. But im thinking for best performance, backing down the spring preload on the front a little bit, and backing down the rear a fair bit. Everything so far is an improvement, but things only get better once dialed in.

You should've made your own thread...Not dissing you, I'm talking in a +ve sense.

[slowsnake]

Originally Posted by .:4:.

So back to rc crap. So whilst the shocks are different with heavier oil in them, its heaps better. But im thinking for best performance, backing down the spring preload on the front a little bit, and backing down the rear a fair bit. Everything so far is an improvement, but things only get better once dialed in.

Back "to the RC crap"........your crap is not everyone else's crap
I enjoy reading about your experiences with ya little toys, it's not boring in the least, it's enjoyable in a strange kind of way!

Tested myself for ADHD this week


Built this in just 2 days and now i cant leave it alone.. completely operational off my phone and real engine noise...

[slowsnake]

I love it, too cool 😎

My thumbs and forefingers are dead !!


I dont recall this kind of pain ever from shoving round things into holes

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by TrVrPhiLpsiNdstrys

My thumbs and forefingers are dead !!


I dont recall this kind of pain ever from shoving round things into holes

Have you got the Liebherr as well Daz?

Originally Posted by GasoLane

Have you get the Liebherr as well Daz?

Sure did Gaso

Just fitted a Billet turbine wheel to my Merc a few swings ago and realised all my Lego and Models were being neglected and how relaxing they actually are to build.


As opposed to real world scenarios.

[MITCHAY]

I went to a BBQ today where I could sink **** with my mates after a couple months

Even better it was on home ground advantage. I didn't even know this park existed before I went there today

[Tonz]

Originally Posted by TrVrPhiLpsiNdstrys

Tested myself for ADHD this week


Built this in just 2 days and now i cant leave it alone.. completely operational off my phone and real engine noise...

so what size is this monster?
how about a short video of it working and you swearing

Missus will video me operating it tomorrow, i control it from my mobile lol


Dunno how to upload a vid to here tho' sorry ?


I dont post much anymore

This made me feel good

[MITCHAY]

I remember when I was younger I watched the big trucks racing around a circuit, not dragging. It was a thing back then.

The greenies don't like it but I say get ****ed

[Mechan1k]

Originally Posted by MITCHAY

I remember when I was younger I watched the big trucks racing around a circuit, not dragging. It was a thing back then.

The greenies don't like it but I say get ****ed

https://www.truckracing.com.au/

I remember when younger them having massive wings on the back of them as well.

[slowsnake]

I remember watching them at Oran Park, would of been late 90's, very close up too, loud and smoke, and punchups back of the parking area between drivers after getting nudged a little, lol....

[.:4:.]

Still pretty happy with all the suspension bits ive thrown at my rc car. Still tweaking the spring pre load after putting heavier shock oil in the shocks, but regardless that made a big difference. So realistically the only other things i can do to the suspension is asthetics, but im a function over form person, so coloured anodized hardware i dont give a crap about if the factory black works.
So this rc car is very different to what ive had in the past. So previously its been 2wd low centre of gravity dirt track racers. So id throw power and gearing at them, handling last. This one is a 4x4 monster truck with a high centre of gravity. So very very different. So being a lot newer running 4s brushless stock, it is way faster in a straight line. Physics is why its not a dirt track racer, it handled pretty good stock. But wider track, springs, rebuilt shocks it handles so much better. Still no 2wd stadium truck on a track, it would get owned in the corners, but for bashing about in the backyard or local park, its a good bit of entertainment.

[DJR-351]

Could not ask for better news to wake up to.

Cleo Smith found 'alive and well' by WA Police in locked house

https://www.9news.com.au/national/cl...stralia_021121

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

Originally Posted by DJR-351

Could not ask for better news to wake up to.

Cleo Smith found 'alive and well' by WA Police in locked house

https://www.9news.com.au/national/cl...stralia_021121

Trev has started a separate thread for this story.

[Citroënbender]

Is today your Day 13 test, hombre? You must be feeling good at nearing the finish.

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

Originally Posted by Citroënbender

Is today your Day 13 test, hombre? You must be feeling good at nearing the finish.

Yes, day 13. Booked in for the earliest timeslots available, hoping it gives us the best chance of having the results back tomorrow so that we can celebrate freedom day on Friday!

It's been a struggle. The 50+ hour power outage was the worst. But I'm here, I still have a roof over my head and everything is ok. My daughters friend lost her family home during the storm last Friday. That's a mum and six kids that now have nowhere to live whilst insurance sorts out a replacement for them. Keeps my relatively small issues in perspective.

[slowsnake]

Can't tell you how happy I am that the WA Police, and kudos to them on a damn good bit of real police work, it's a credit to coppers all over Australia!

Yes, this is what me feel not just good but fantastically happy!