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Making mention of your koi pond becoming your dig site last couple yrs... what to do with the area now, you'll be selling that house/yard soon?

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Thanks joe, still in the idea stage of garage,,, vinyl siding to match 4 car garage and equipment garage on other side of house. Roof is good, no leaks. A coupe more Windows, and singe person door. 2x6 walls will be fiberglass insulation. Ceiling may end up being steel panels. (Easier than drywall/and can just screw light fixtures into it. Not heavy stuff) interior walls I'm thinking drywall with wainscot paneling of some durable integrity or easy to wipe down. I have a new gas furnace that I acquired several years ago. It will be a perfect fit with cottage base , so no duct work. As far as house I'm in now, once dogs are out I'm painting, installing new moldings, carpet, and whatever else will appeal to perspective buyer. And when the poop factory's are gone I can landscape yard. Gong to flatten out the quarry. Would be nice to devote toy time to that but time is considered. I'm sure I'll have no problem finding work for the fleet at new place. Want to put it on market as soon as possible. And also have some time divided up to fix up sisters old house to sell also. And thanks on the truck. Might be a little bit before she runs, have to find a spare rx or harvest one somewhere. Need some electrical buss bars for electrical connections too. Totally forgot about that stuff. Been trying to get parts ahead of time, just the totally spaced on that stuff.

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Oil in!!

http://youtu.be/ozAGjS3fGtg

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http://youtu.be/hMGAj8BXKNM

And first test run :)

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SWEET!! its alive and looking real heavy

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really nice cooper you should build rovers for nasa !

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Yuppers!!!! She lives!!! The driveshaft may not live for too long. :(. At full speed it develops a nice vibration. When it was next to the lamp you can hear it happen twice. I have the heavy duty chrome one from rc4wd. It has some play in the joints and more in the sleeve part. Not made for 14000 rpm. May have to look into a more precise one. Heavy?,,, uh gonna be needing a really heavy duty trailer. Even in the Rc world this one may be needing to be taken down to pieces for transport!!!

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Haha!! I would love to visit some of nasa's secret workshops!! Can you imagine what those guys would build if they were into our Rc stuff!!! I'll build it if they hook me up with radio to control it on Mars!!! I'm just wanting to stay put in my backyard lounge chair next to beer cooler!!! :lol::lol::lol:

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Congrats Sir Cooper.
So soon we see a line of trailers hauling you're masterpiece to worksite ? ( i hope) :cool:

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http://i1357.photobucket.com/albums/...psu8uuuuuj.jpg

Just a size comparison

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Thanks bo! Just like the 1:1 machines it would take all weekend to put her together at a show if she got delivered to worksite by trucking in pieces. !!

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Hmmmmm....Copy that.......:lol:

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seems a little small that areomax

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i start to made a 777f 4 years ago
http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps39480cf8.jpg
but now i have a problem to made a tires.
you can send me a stl file to made a tires?

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If you go back a few pages I show how I made the blank then the mold and silicone I used for the mold and then casting tires. Without looking myself I don't know what page but some info on others doing it also.

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Looks great cooper. That thing looks like it might eat that poor little ford

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Seems like all systems work well Cooper!! I hard the noise the 1st. time I watched it but did not know what it was. Guess that is a problem but you can fix it. Really big truck!!!!!

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At least it is something I can easily identify. Haven't looked into what options I have for other driveshafts. I think she is going to be operating at slow speeds anyway. I'm not completely happy with motor/ speed controller. I may look into something along the lines of rock crawler. Maybe even a sensored motor/esc. Would be easier on drivetrain with a more controlled start up. This one doesn't want to start very slow. Kind of like a blast on initial start rotation. That should be mostly the esc.

Into the joy of body work. At least no complex curves!!
http://i1357.photobucket.com/albums/...pspm5msfbq.jpg

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RW, trucks looking awesome!! I'm amazed at the short turning radius it has and I wish mine would turn like that. Boston gear make a bunch of universal joinst that would work in your truck. I've used them in my 3/4 scale SD-40 for over 20 years and never had a bit of trouble. Run up to page 100 and they start from there.
Rob
http://www.bostongear.com/pdf/open/5...en_gearing.pdf

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there will be one less ford on the ford farm LOL!!!