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The Truck-Cat; RC snowcat-truck-thing
Topic Started: Apr 1 2015, 08:53 PM (533 Views)
Roguewing
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Looks sharp, Grey. Nice work on that
"What would Kara Thrace do? She'd kick my @$$ for acting this way.
Sunswords, form on me."
--Haleanar "Roguewing" Donovan, CAG, BSG-47 Solaria
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Sooner or later, the day comes, when you can't hide from the things you've done anymore."
--William Adama, CO, BSG-75, Galactica
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Greyryder
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Thank you. B)
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Just keep on playin' that down home beat
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What did we learn today?

Silver solder, once sufficiently heated, will wick up the threads in a small fine thread nut, turning said nut into a solid hexagonal lump of metal of dubious use.

Cranking the nut down onto a bolt first, will not keep the solder from getting under it, fusing the bolt into the whole assembly.

SONUVA! That's hot! But, how? It was laying over here, away from the work area....

If you're very careful,* a cutting tap can be used to chase threads.

Heat discoloration easily polishes out of stainless steel.

No matter how little polish you put on the buffing pad, it will spray when you start the moto-tool.











*Amount of care needed, depends on your normal level of hamfistedness, and a successful initiative roll.
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Just keep on playin' that down home beat
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Roguewing
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Sounds like this was very...educational
"What would Kara Thrace do? She'd kick my @$$ for acting this way.
Sunswords, form on me."
--Haleanar "Roguewing" Donovan, CAG, BSG-47 Solaria
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"You cannot play God, then wash your hands of the things you've created.
Sooner or later, the day comes, when you can't hide from the things you've done anymore."
--William Adama, CO, BSG-75, Galactica
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Greyryder
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That's not quite the word I'd use. ;)
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Just keep on playin' that down home beat
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Roguewing
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:P
I was being polite
"What would Kara Thrace do? She'd kick my @$$ for acting this way.
Sunswords, form on me."
--Haleanar "Roguewing" Donovan, CAG, BSG-47 Solaria
~~~~~~~~~
"You cannot play God, then wash your hands of the things you've created.
Sooner or later, the day comes, when you can't hide from the things you've done anymore."
--William Adama, CO, BSG-75, Galactica
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Greyryder
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The last thing I'm working on, on the truck, is a set of side boards that will sit on the bed rails. These are inspired by the number boards on some off road race trucks. The primary purpose of these is to give me a place to put the werewolf head, that's on the back of the old body. Instead of painting it by hand this time, I'm making it a decal. I'll be putting it face down on the back of the clear Lexan side boards. I might try to paint white behind the decal, but the boards will be painted silver. Finding out that Model Master (and regular Testors) acrylic paints stick so well to Lexan, has opened up extra possibilities.

There's enough real estate on the boards, for some sponsor decals, as well. As always, I've made duplicates of everything, and I've made some different sized ones, in case I have use for them, elsewhere.
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Wasn't sure what style I wanted for the Quantum Rip decals, but I'm pretty sure I'll be using the gradient ones, at the bottom. I was able to find room for Technothrope Racing, and GTHI logos as well. Was gonna have some extra space, so So I included the crypt, as some kind of fictional establishment.
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Roguewing
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Nice work there, Grey
"What would Kara Thrace do? She'd kick my @$$ for acting this way.
Sunswords, form on me."
--Haleanar "Roguewing" Donovan, CAG, BSG-47 Solaria
~~~~~~~~~
"You cannot play God, then wash your hands of the things you've created.
Sooner or later, the day comes, when you can't hide from the things you've done anymore."
--William Adama, CO, BSG-75, Galactica
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Thank you. I've got the werewolf heads backed with white. I'll be getting the silver on the boards, in a little bit.
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Just keep on playin' that down home beat
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Roguewing
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Should look cool.
"What would Kara Thrace do? She'd kick my @$$ for acting this way.
Sunswords, form on me."
--Haleanar "Roguewing" Donovan, CAG, BSG-47 Solaria
~~~~~~~~~
"You cannot play God, then wash your hands of the things you've created.
Sooner or later, the day comes, when you can't hide from the things you've done anymore."
--William Adama, CO, BSG-75, Galactica
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Greyryder
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I hope so.
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Greyryder
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It is DONE!

I took probably too many pictures of it, on my back yard trail. Not gonna post em all, so as not to hammer people's bandwidth.

On a log over:
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Laughing at the wheel trap:
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I never imagined it, when I was building everything for that bed, but I find it oddly satisfying to load up weeds I've pulled out of the trail, and haul them off to the burn pile.
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As usual, there's a post on my blog, with more pics/info.
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Just keep on playin' that down home beat
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Roguewing
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Turned out really well, here, Grey
"What would Kara Thrace do? She'd kick my @$$ for acting this way.
Sunswords, form on me."
--Haleanar "Roguewing" Donovan, CAG, BSG-47 Solaria
~~~~~~~~~
"You cannot play God, then wash your hands of the things you've created.
Sooner or later, the day comes, when you can't hide from the things you've done anymore."
--William Adama, CO, BSG-75, Galactica
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Thank you. B)

It gave me fits along the way, but I'm really happy with how it turned out.
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X1 magnet sled prototype failure analysis: Tow rope hook was too high, and not attached strongly enough. Weight needs to be moved to the back, maybe consider use of ballast boxes. Slides may be reusable for X2 prototype. Wider foot print may help prevent rollovers. Maybe wait for all glue to dry, next time.

Yeah, I lost one of the small body clips, that hold the under-tray to the chassis. I had one spare, that size. This happened while tweaking the steering mechanism to work with less servo throw, after replacing the malfunctioning potentiometer in the transmitter. New potentiometers have been ordered, more will be shortly.

I know about where I lost the clip, but I can't see the thing. So, I've been toying with the idea of dragging a magnetic sled behind the truck in the area I lost it. I'm using an old hard drive magnet, because those things are ludicrously strong. I tried that today. It uh.... It could have gone better.
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Roguewing
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Sounds like it.
Sounds like it may have been a fun bit of failure, though
"What would Kara Thrace do? She'd kick my @$$ for acting this way.
Sunswords, form on me."
--Haleanar "Roguewing" Donovan, CAG, BSG-47 Solaria
~~~~~~~~~
"You cannot play God, then wash your hands of the things you've created.
Sooner or later, the day comes, when you can't hide from the things you've done anymore."
--William Adama, CO, BSG-75, Galactica
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Greyryder
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Not really. I kept having to flip it back over. The thing the tow rope was hokked through ripped off, almost immediately.
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The X2 is looking promising. B)
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Roguewing
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Good to hear
"What would Kara Thrace do? She'd kick my @$$ for acting this way.
Sunswords, form on me."
--Haleanar "Roguewing" Donovan, CAG, BSG-47 Solaria
~~~~~~~~~
"You cannot play God, then wash your hands of the things you've created.
Sooner or later, the day comes, when you can't hide from the things you've done anymore."
--William Adama, CO, BSG-75, Galactica
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It worked great. Unfortunately, I never found the body clip, before the yard had to be mowed....

10k potentiometers have been ordered. I should have full steering back, by the end of the week.
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Roguewing
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Too bad about the clip.
But good news otherwise
"What would Kara Thrace do? She'd kick my @$$ for acting this way.
Sunswords, form on me."
--Haleanar "Roguewing" Donovan, CAG, BSG-47 Solaria
~~~~~~~~~
"You cannot play God, then wash your hands of the things you've created.
Sooner or later, the day comes, when you can't hide from the things you've done anymore."
--William Adama, CO, BSG-75, Galactica
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Eh, they're cheap to replace. The sled was more tendency to tinker, than a need to recover the body clip. Which is why I mostly made it out of stuff from my foam core scraps box.
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Hey, does this look worn, to you?
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Roguewing
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-shrugs sarcastically
mayyyybe?
"What would Kara Thrace do? She'd kick my @$$ for acting this way.
Sunswords, form on me."
--Haleanar "Roguewing" Donovan, CAG, BSG-47 Solaria
~~~~~~~~~
"You cannot play God, then wash your hands of the things you've created.
Sooner or later, the day comes, when you can't hide from the things you've done anymore."
--William Adama, CO, BSG-75, Galactica
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%$*&@ Still binding! Time to pull the collar the brake disk rides on....
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