December 2009 Archives

It's here!!!!!

I'm waiting for spring before I start painting. It's too cold to do anything in the garage and the fumes will just collect in the basement.

Okay, after last night's charging faggotry I need to make up for lost time. Luckily overnight my nose stuffed up and I almost choked to death in my sleep, then prompting me to wake up at 6:30 in the morning with no chance to get back in bed. So, a good headstart to building the car.

WARNING: Long post is long. Maybe wall of text and lots of pics.

Look, I know the recession has hit everyone badly, but you'd think a charger would come with its own power supply. That extreme charger I ordered? Nope. It came with the charger, which is all nice and all, but it DOESN'T HAVE ANY OF THE CABLES I NEED TO USE IT. Let's start with getting power to the damn thing. It ships with an AC adaptor to... alligator plugs? What the fuck is this shit. Give me a giant brick on the other end with a plug on it! Then come plugging the battery into it... oh great, it came with all these attachments but NONE OF THEM FIT MY BATTERY! So, after 2 hours of scavenging for alternatives, here's what I've come up with:

Continuing on with Day 1 of festivities, it's time to cut my first car. Is it the mikucar? No way. Since I got two Impreza shells to work with I'll practice on both before putting the blade to the BMW.

About a week and a half ago on IRC I was talking about getting a Mikucar. Why? Because it's Miku and twintails are superior. Building an RC car should be a lot of fun too, so why not? The stuff finally came in today along with something else I had on pre-order for several months.