***The Driving Game*** - picture scavenger hunt v2

STDOUBT

Veteran Member
Joined
Jul 30, 2007
Location
Portland, effing Oregon
TDI
dos jettas
Holy crap it took me about 3 minutes to realize that truck was an actual toy lol.
I was thinking 'I hope this guy can still feed his kids after all that custom work.
 

NarfBLAST

Top Post Dawg
Joined
Mar 3, 2002
Location
Waterdown, Ontario, Canada
TDI
2001 Golf 5MT
Holy crap it took me about 3 minutes to realize that truck was an actual toy lol.
I was thinking 'I hope this guy can still feed his kids after all that custom work.
Thanks! I must explain though, its not a toy. It is a hobby-grade, radio-controled, licensed-replica, 1/10th scale model of a 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor. I did it all the custom work to fit the body on to the chassis, tuck the bumpers up to the body, and I made the tonneau cover myself. I also built the chassis and drive-train from a kit (Traxxas TRX-4), blew the original brushed DC motor, and upgraded to brushless. It has a two speed transmission and remote locking front and rear axles. I bought all the parts brand new I probably have I total of $800 into it? I've put at least 80 hours of work into it over the course of six months including maintenance (tearing down and re-lubricating the portal axles takes a couple of hours, for instance). All of that is worth it for those moments of suspended disbelief that it is a not a full scale truck. Also the miniature wrenching is very satisfying in 1/10th scale because jobs take 1/100th the time and effort and cost 1/1000th the money.

Anyway... Next Challenge #1978: Your TDI with some mushrooms

 
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