svt923
I wanna be Dave
Normally, a witty greeting would grace this space but serious matters are afoot.
You will be spared that whole dance of "I'm making a build thread but I'm going to pretend that you don't know what it is" when clearly you already know from the title and section. This thread is mostly about building an Enduro kit but more importantly it is a challenge. Not a challenge to build some kind of cool and unique truck, anyone with massive amounts of talent and skill can do that. The real challenge is to fill this thread with as many chemistry related puns as possible! So brush up on your periodic table because things start now.
Yesterday I received an important call: my son discovered Facetime and had to show me what he was watching on TV. Later on a text came that said to make it to the hobby shop, post haste!
A box came home. It is a simple box, fairly high atomic mass for its size and a nice carbon like finish.
Some help was enlisted to inspect the contents.
My assistant was unimpressed by the contents blocking our nice, new scale alley. He found the bags rather boron. (Expect a lot more quality dad jokes like that or get out now)
A better look at all the bags, the contents appear well organized but you can barely cesium the important stuff underneath.
We got all the junk cleared out and got a better view.
Now I have an alley in my garage or is it a garage in my alley? I guess technetium-ly that makes it Schrodinger's dollhouse?
Hey, some of this stuff looks useful.
The major assemblies are packed together which will make thing go much better once build commences. I always appreciate when companies don't hafnium-ass their packaging.
Speaking of building, it is about time to crack open that first bag. Is there anything sodium satisfying as starting a new build? NA.
Wait! The box said builder's kit, not assembler's kit. I really should do something bold yet potentially unnecessary as this is a new kit. What would Codyboy do in this situation? Oh, I got it!
Cut something out of scrap metal!
Then add fire!
Panhard flex has been a common complaint I've heard about this truck. Is it a real problem? Don't know and don't care, metal panhard mounts are never a bad idea. Builders gonna build, this is RCC after all.
A little clean up on the belt sander and things are looking pretty good for an idea that had very little time to develop.
Some not so precise measuring went on but the panhard bar will end up within a MM of the stock location. Niobium big deal, close enough.
Hit the chassis with some paint and things are looking pretty good. I could have smoothed things with a file more but this should be way stronger than the stock mount. Hopefully, I have done Codyboy proud through my use of repurposing and brazing as well.
I say "should be" because as I was laying awake last night, a new idea for an even stronger mount popped into my head. This version may not even last the day because my ideas are way harder on my trucks than my driving.
That is where I stand as we come back rhodium to the point where it is time to start building, again. So essentially, this thread consists of "look what I bought" but it was totally worth it for all the quality element puns.
Come back for some more quality content you can't potassium up! K? "thumbsup"
You will be spared that whole dance of "I'm making a build thread but I'm going to pretend that you don't know what it is" when clearly you already know from the title and section. This thread is mostly about building an Enduro kit but more importantly it is a challenge. Not a challenge to build some kind of cool and unique truck, anyone with massive amounts of talent and skill can do that. The real challenge is to fill this thread with as many chemistry related puns as possible! So brush up on your periodic table because things start now.
Yesterday I received an important call: my son discovered Facetime and had to show me what he was watching on TV. Later on a text came that said to make it to the hobby shop, post haste!
A box came home. It is a simple box, fairly high atomic mass for its size and a nice carbon like finish.
Some help was enlisted to inspect the contents.
My assistant was unimpressed by the contents blocking our nice, new scale alley. He found the bags rather boron. (Expect a lot more quality dad jokes like that or get out now)
A better look at all the bags, the contents appear well organized but you can barely cesium the important stuff underneath.
We got all the junk cleared out and got a better view.
Now I have an alley in my garage or is it a garage in my alley? I guess technetium-ly that makes it Schrodinger's dollhouse?
Hey, some of this stuff looks useful.
The major assemblies are packed together which will make thing go much better once build commences. I always appreciate when companies don't hafnium-ass their packaging.
Speaking of building, it is about time to crack open that first bag. Is there anything sodium satisfying as starting a new build? NA.
Wait! The box said builder's kit, not assembler's kit. I really should do something bold yet potentially unnecessary as this is a new kit. What would Codyboy do in this situation? Oh, I got it!
Cut something out of scrap metal!
Then add fire!
Panhard flex has been a common complaint I've heard about this truck. Is it a real problem? Don't know and don't care, metal panhard mounts are never a bad idea. Builders gonna build, this is RCC after all.
A little clean up on the belt sander and things are looking pretty good for an idea that had very little time to develop.
Some not so precise measuring went on but the panhard bar will end up within a MM of the stock location. Niobium big deal, close enough.
Hit the chassis with some paint and things are looking pretty good. I could have smoothed things with a file more but this should be way stronger than the stock mount. Hopefully, I have done Codyboy proud through my use of repurposing and brazing as well.
I say "should be" because as I was laying awake last night, a new idea for an even stronger mount popped into my head. This version may not even last the day because my ideas are way harder on my trucks than my driving.
That is where I stand as we come back rhodium to the point where it is time to start building, again. So essentially, this thread consists of "look what I bought" but it was totally worth it for all the quality element puns.
Come back for some more quality content you can't potassium up! K? "thumbsup"