Last Monday I went out for a drink .. or two .. or twenty, with Paul, Sue, Ben & Mrs Beanhead.

Anyway, I ended up wasted (so wasted I cannot still recollect what happen between 5:00PM & Tuesday Morning), but anyway, on Tuesday morning I realized I lost my glasses.

I asked the wife, she had no clue, so I tough .. I must have left them at the pub .. unfortunately for me, I’m told we went to 3 pubs .. I only remember two .. shit, wonder if I’m still allowed at the 3rd one .. anyway, since Tuesday, I have been blind with no glasses, I can see near, but far is all a blur .. quite a problem to drive, luckily my car is on blocks (ain’t that grand), so I’m not doing much driving these days.

Until tonight .. I’m about to go downstairs, when I look on top of the banister and .. there they are .. my glasses .. missing one of the lenses .. dang .. so thats what the girls where hiding from me earlier, they had been playing with them, and manage to loose one of the lens in the process.

So I told the wife, and she reply’s “hooo.. yes, I remember taking them off you on Monday night and putting them next to the radiator…“

Stupid woman … I could have used that info 4 days ago !!!

Well, I’m still blind .. but only on one eye .. tomorrow I’ll scour for the missing lens.

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Yes, I got my TOMTOM Nicked a month or so back, Yes, I got my Wheels Nicked last week, but dammit, if I did not had bad luck, I would have no luck at all .. the new wheels arrived yesterday .. except I ordered white rims, and I got Black !!!

SOB .. They sent me the wrong damn wheels .. I sent them back today, the supplier promised they would ship the correct ones out today for delivery tomorrow .. I doubt it .. damn Van will be on blocks until the Second Coming …

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A few weeks back I was trying to decide on a new paint scheme for the Summer Series, in the end I went with my regular yellow/red/blue with white accents scheme, just a little different design, this is the sketch I made of it:

Well, I then went ahead and got me a Aztek A470 airbrush, I decided to use my petrol powered air compressor to do the painting, that proved to be the wrong choice, the compressor is great for trackside when I need to remove dirt and stuff from the car, but it does not have a “smooth” air flow for an Airbrush (plus is a bit too powerful, even on the lowest setting) .. so when I was doing some of the detail, it did too much spatter .. thats ok, I’m going to buy a proper airbrush compressor for the next one.

I used masking tape and a custom made stencil for the RC NUT .. this is how it looked after it was all applied

Two weeks later, a few minutes here and there and it’s finally done, I love it, I do wish I had used a pearl white for the RC NUT instead of silver, but in the sun, the silver does whine nice.

It was fun, allot of work, but fun, not too sure on the Faskmask liquid mask I used .. it felt rubbery at times, the Pactra colors on the other hand are beautiful, I backed it all with some Tamiya rattle can silver, just to protect the Pactra paint from Nitro Fuel, I do have some sealant from Pactra, but lets see how this works.

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Well, ordered the new wheels today, had a deal for a Set of Citroen C2 wheels, but the seller was an idiot, he quoted me a price, then after we agreed on the sale, he then try to get more, then said somebody else offered more, etc .. I moved on, in the end went for these

15″ WOLFRACE PRO SPRINT ALLOY WHEELS WITH 195/50/15 PERFORMANCE TYRES

hopefully will be here in a few days

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I tough this only happened in the movies, but I woke up this morning to find my Van .. on blocks

Somebody took the time to lift it up during the night and steal the 4 15″ OZ alloys I had .. when I first saw it I started laughing .. to be honest it was quite funny to see it on blocks, but now I’m just pissed, as the realization of what is going to cost me sets in.

Sandbach is a lovely place, but we are close to the M6 .. so it’s also a good target for a hit and run robber.

I’d love to see the idiot’s face when he realizes two of them are badly warped.

In the meantime, it’s back to ebay to find some wheels and tires … bummer

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About a week ago, I was talking to my rep for Horizon Hobby when the subject of “sponsored” drivers came up, he felt that in lieu of RC NUT growth it was time to have a proper sponsored driver, and they would back us up.

I immediately tough of Sham, he’s an amazing driver at NNRC, and I knew SMD / BMM where already putting some offers to him, so I’d had to act now if I was to have a chance.

Luckily enough, Sham preferred the deal I presented him to the prospect of still having to wait for the CRT X2 to drive, you know what they say, the early bird and all.

So last Saturday, we spend a good 5+ hours rebuilding a brand new Losi 8T for him to race with, we basically tore the roller apart and change oils, settings, as well as some hop-ups, while the 8T is solid from the box, there is always room for a little improvement here and there :).

This coming Sunday is the first time SNRC opens, a nice relaxed atmosphere on a Astro track is just what we need to run the car in for the first time, so Sham and myself will be there for testing and practice .. I hope to have my own 8T rebuild by then so I can take it for a spin as well

I’m very excited, I know Sham is a A-Main contender for the truggy nationals, and that in turn will mean more exposure for RC NUT .. very exciting indeed.

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Toilet paper .. yes, thats where all my money goes.

I went to the Liquor store today (Bargain Booze), got a coke, a snack, and since i was there, I grabbed a couple rolls of Toilet paper .. as I was paying for it, I though “toilet paper ?, why did I grab that ?“

It’s simple, I have two daughters.. and any man out there with daughters knows, you can never buy enough of this stuff, I cant begin to imagine how many times a week I am asked to grab more on my way home.. when I was young and childless, used to be beer .. now .. the humble TP roll.

Yep, I’m an old man.

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The time has come for a new Shell, and with that, a new paint scheme.

I was debating going with a different color scheme, but decided .. if it aint broke, dont change it, I will use the same colors as last year (Rally Blue, Camel Yellow, Glow Orange, Red & White) .. but on a more vibrant configuration

This was last year’s design:

This is this year’s:

Basically, same colors .. but different (a little) scheme, I will also be using shading this time to make it have a bigger impact .. so I need an Airbrush :p

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I just realized I never posted a followup to my new van posts of last year

Well, there is is, I quite like how it came out, very sporty with the OZ wheels and low profile tires, Beanhead (buddy of mine) did the decal work

I literally just stuck the camera out the window to take that pic now, did not even had to leave my desk

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Now that the winter season is off, I figure it was time for a much needed rebuild before the summer season starts, the 8T was still all muddy from the last race at NNRC

Today I basically just started taking it all apart, I will replace all the oils (socks / diffs) as well as new bearings and probably some dogbones will be worn out as well, basically, a rebuild.

I need to order a 8T screw set, as some of the screws are quite worn out as well

Anyway, Day 1.. the tearing down of the beast

More to come in the days to follow …

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