Hi my name is Jim from Riverside Cal. and I may be new here, but I don't consider myself a newbie. I retired out of the Air Force at March ARB after 25 years as a machinist/ welder/ sheet metal/ painting/ fiberglasser of aircraft. I started in this life choice in 1997 when I got out of shooting models for a local photography magazine, and picked up two remote controlled tanks for my four year old son and myself to do that was in common.
I ended up serving as an photojournalist for "TRCZ" before Greg shut that forum down to pursue a collage degree in broadcasting. I've been to every RCX sense 2005 where we were producing a live feed from the show, that RCX used as well. I took shots and posted them on the forum right from the show, and I ran the camera while Greg did the interviews. I've been invited to every Readers choice award dinners up until they cancelled it this year, and met all the founders, owners, and representatives of all the RC companies at the show.
I produced a titanium mini-T chassis extended to 1/12 scale for Shawn Palmer who at that time was working in R&D for Castle Creations, he used it for speed runs, and achieved an unofficial record of 113mph with it. I picked up the name from this incidence. I also manufactured aluminum race chassis for Team CRP for the Tamiya Sand Scorcher, he sold them under the Team CRP name.
Now I'm into Crawlers, I have a Tamiya CR01, CC01, and a Axial SCX10 Dingo, but I'd like to get the Vaterra Ascender. All total I have around 40 hobby grade RC's, most vintage, but I looking to produce my own line of RC's...someday, once I get a 3D printer. "thumbsup"