Forum: Up Coming Club Events Section
Yesterday, 05:37 AM
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Debuque Iowa oct31-nov2, 2024
Rc event at a Toy show
Dubuque, Iowa
County fairgrounds
Big pavillion
oct 31-nov 2, 2024
https://youtu.be/sLx5PkJuIY0?feature=shared
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Forum: Truck Building Tech
09-24-2024, 10:47 AM
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Replies: 11
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Re: 1/16 Scale FrankenDiff
With your growing lack of tolerance for fighting the printed part tolerances: What if you rough assembled the axle guts, moderately warmed them with a heatgun, and tried to close the axle case halves...
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Forum: General Discussion
09-24-2024, 10:30 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 5,759
Re: What happened?
I get that forum software is old, I'm not pushing for changing that. I've been on boards that were horribly broken or completely erased from bad software changes. Even when it goes well, things break...
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Forum: General Discussion
09-16-2024, 09:14 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 5,759
Re: What happened?
Currently gettiing this fault:
Your connection is not private
Attackers might be trying to steal your information from
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Forum: Construction Equipment
09-03-2024, 11:09 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 18,466
Re: Yale Forklift - NewRay
My Yale hasn't had much love other than some grime-wash weathering, mostly wheels, forks, and floorboard. Forktrucks just tend to get fairly gross over time.
Nrs, ok awesome! Glad to hear these...
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Forum: Construction Equipment
08-31-2024, 06:49 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 18,466
Re: Yale Forklift - NewRay
Nrs91, cool which model do you have? It's not just kids, these also keep childish adults amused. We came here to play with toy trucks...
Dd, yeah i'm still amazed he managed to cram everything in...
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Forum: Construction Equipment
08-29-2024, 07:03 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 18,466
Re: Yale Forklift - NewRay
So, um, sometimes a guy gets sick the week of an RC event and just ends up with a bunch of downtime feeling awful.
Get Down with the sickness, wanting something to Lift my mood and Raise spirits......
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Forum: Static Conversions
08-25-2024, 11:24 PM
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Replies: 77
Views: 57,134
Re: VW bay-window transporter
I found a turnkey way to rig up a Servo and 180 motor to a Dickie bus
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3247226
Pretty sure a 180 motor in this is at least a hotrod dual carb 1776 or better...
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
08-12-2024, 12:50 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 24
Re: Chevy K30 U-haul Maxi-mover 1973-75
Haha, yeah Blender i spent some time on that one... i mostly hack up old toys and do weird car things to make me smile, i don't really do "exact replicas". I haven't even figured out what model each...
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Forum: Central Plains Mini Truckers Club
08-09-2024, 02:24 PM
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Replies: 9
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Re: Indy show
SHOW HOURS:
Fri. Noon to 6 p.m.
Sat. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sun. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
08-06-2024, 11:16 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 24
Re: Chevy K30 U-haul Maxi-mover 1973-75
Zabco, i hadn't noticed them either, but i'm also not in horse country. i'll show my work
My phone won't show exif data on an image, so i don't know where it was taken. I found those trailer pics on...
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Forum: General Discussion
08-06-2024, 09:24 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 5,759
Re: What happened?
Ddmckee, you have a pm.
Zabco, are you possibly using an old link that's not secure the version with. Https
Yeah 16,000 visitors to a zombie board sounds like a DDOS attack, but why would someone...
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
08-06-2024, 08:40 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 24
Re: Chevy K30 U-haul Maxi-mover 1973-75
Wait, now what have you got there?
https://imgur.com/u6q6D39h.jpg
Ok, it's a rusted / repainted Nylint based on an old Stidham horse trailer? Yeah, i liked the movie "Llamageddon" and that style...
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
08-01-2024, 01:00 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 24
Re: Chevy K30 U-haul Maxi-mover 1973-75
Haha! Yeah, i'd heard that about Pooping Robots aquiring people. The friend that gave me this one has 3 machines, my sister has 2, the guy who printed my dodge van chassis has a couple...
I know...
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Forum: General Discussion
08-01-2024, 09:17 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 5,759
Re: What happened?
July 2023, i've been getting this error
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This page isn't working
www.rctruckandconstruction.com is currently unable to handle this request
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
07-28-2024, 09:03 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 24
Re: Chevy K30 U-haul Maxi-mover 1973-75
Dd, great tip on making cargo and shrink wrapping pallets. I'm probably going to need to knock out some more forklift stuff soon.
Paint on cab right didn't hold up as well, so i hadn't been...
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Forum: Tanks!
07-24-2024, 01:44 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 5
Re: My Stuart M5
Those are looking killer! Love all the details and weathering.
Although going by appearance, your tankers might be getting a little War Weary. Maybe we should cycle them away from the front lines...
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Forum: Central Plains Mini Truckers Club
07-18-2024, 10:06 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 10
Re: Indy show
Blender, if you did decide to fly in with a machine for one of those meets, their hosting hotel is 1 block off of airport property. So it shouldn't be too much for cab fare even if you couldn't...
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Forum: Central Plains Mini Truckers Club
07-17-2024, 10:19 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 10
Re: Indy show
I believe there was something that went down between 2016 and 2017 about how the rc group was having to pay more than vendors to be entertainment instead of trying to sell things to make a profit.
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Forum: Central Plains Mini Truckers Club
07-10-2024, 01:14 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 10
Re: Indy show
That link redirects me to every event anywhere in a LOT of miles
Is that one this indy show?
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34th-annual-national-toy-truck-n-construction-show
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
07-09-2024, 11:57 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 24
Re: Chevy K30 U-haul Maxi-mover 1973-75
DD, thanks for reposting those pics, those look really cool. That's pretty funny, i guess the Purina Rock Chow is probably a pretty good stone meal. I should do a bunch of something like that as...
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
07-06-2024, 09:39 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 24
Re: Chevy K30 U-haul Maxi-mover 1973-75
Yeah jerry, that flatbed is the same rusted truck after it rode the wire wheel + cab roof, windows, bumper, bunch of paint, the pickup train sticker set, flipped the whitewalls around to steelies and...
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
07-03-2024, 02:16 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 24
Re: Chevy K30 U-haul Maxi-mover 1973-75
Yeah Blender, its pretty wild what kinds of stuff are out there!
Once i found out there were some 'construction scale' Uhaul trucks, the search was on. A couple years back my dad suprised me with...
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Forum: Static Conversions
07-01-2024, 07:52 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 26,699
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
06-29-2024, 11:40 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 24
Re: Chevy K30 U-haul Maxi-mover 1973-75
Side-quest while waiting on parts:
Back on the Farm, there's still the old Ford (nylint happy rancher) truck "with the tree growing through it".
https://i.imgur.com/KhCd0fPh.jpg
Badly rust...
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