- Messages
- 80
- Reaction score
- 150
"oh lord... here we go again"
"already?? another one??"
Yup... i can hear it now.. and i know. its a problem. a disease. for the life of me.... i cannot stop... starting projects!!
"so what do we got now?" you say? alright, since you asked:
this is a Hosim 1:14 racer.
its four wheel drive. has some pretty dope lights that change color. it gets to about 20mph. it was $70 at walmart and has been a fun little basher for me and the wifey.
been using it mostly to train myself on driving. but now we have a problem... its started making "grinding gears" sounds in fwd. not in reverse though... which i find a little weird.
anyway.. heres what it looked like when we got it:
that pic may make it look rad. but take my word for it... thing was SUPER ugly!
so i made some changes.
i used the extra shell for the Gypsy King and put it on Tortuga. nevermind the colors.. thats all going to change to a hot pink on gray paint scheme eventually:
Pretty neat, right? well, TOO BAD!!
because surprise surprise!! the cheap chinese toy broke something.
well i can't let that stand. so heres the plan:
mechanically, all i want to do, is get it back to stock. becuase i doubt very seriously if i will be able to find metal gear replacement parts for this thing.
then visually, I'm going forward with my original plans: pink on grey with painted wheels, etc etc
then i will just have it to look at and occasionally bring it out to the yard. (the performance was a little lackluster to be honest) and let the neighborhood kids play with it. we are a big hit over here with our dogs and RC cars. . because if they break anything.. who cares? you know?
so let me know what yall think! i welcome any and all conversations about it
cheers, gentlemen
Justin
"already?? another one??"
Yup... i can hear it now.. and i know. its a problem. a disease. for the life of me.... i cannot stop... starting projects!!
"so what do we got now?" you say? alright, since you asked:
this is a Hosim 1:14 racer.
its four wheel drive. has some pretty dope lights that change color. it gets to about 20mph. it was $70 at walmart and has been a fun little basher for me and the wifey.
been using it mostly to train myself on driving. but now we have a problem... its started making "grinding gears" sounds in fwd. not in reverse though... which i find a little weird.
anyway.. heres what it looked like when we got it:
that pic may make it look rad. but take my word for it... thing was SUPER ugly!
so i made some changes.
i used the extra shell for the Gypsy King and put it on Tortuga. nevermind the colors.. thats all going to change to a hot pink on gray paint scheme eventually:
Pretty neat, right? well, TOO BAD!!
because surprise surprise!! the cheap chinese toy broke something.
well i can't let that stand. so heres the plan:
mechanically, all i want to do, is get it back to stock. becuase i doubt very seriously if i will be able to find metal gear replacement parts for this thing.
then visually, I'm going forward with my original plans: pink on grey with painted wheels, etc etc
then i will just have it to look at and occasionally bring it out to the yard. (the performance was a little lackluster to be honest) and let the neighborhood kids play with it. we are a big hit over here with our dogs and RC cars. . because if they break anything.. who cares? you know?
so let me know what yall think! i welcome any and all conversations about it
cheers, gentlemen
Justin