TheKSmith (About That…) Hobbies, Life & Random Goodies

18Jan/120

customized 1/16 Losi Mini-SCT (short course truck)

mmm.... stickers!

i did this last year, but haven’t updated the blog in a while…

Aimee got me a Losi Mini-SCT R/C truck last year for my birthday. i had been wanting to get back into R/C (i sold all my old nitro and some electric stuff several years ago).

here’s the SCT stock after a couple runs:

stock (cat not included from Losi)

i never did a ton with my old R/C bodies, so i thought i’d try to spruce this one up a bit……

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20Nov/110

Death Burro part 5: where the hell is donkey?

santa's workshop

donkeys cause trouble. they aren’t called asses for no reason.

quite a while back donkey started actin real funny like. turning off randomly, locking up the screen, not coming on at all on the first try. eventually, even when he would spring to life, the touchscreen input was upside down (making it nearly impossible to just navigate the options screens to reset him)……

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16Jun/110

Death Burro part 4: them’s tha guts

this post will serve as the hardware manual for Death Burro for those that will own him soon, so they can continue where i leave off on the next version!

here was donkey yesterday, guts masked ready for a final coat of flat black to cover some scratches and what not.…

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6Jun/110

Death Burro part 3: before giving life…

so i promised next time we’d be stuffing the donkey, but i had to take a step back for a last few things. i beat him up pretty bad, but he’s wearing makeup to cover the cuts and bruises, so no-one has to know!

i received a request from the lead dev where donkey will end up that he be painted flat black.…

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