RC Truck and Construction  

Go Back   RC Truck and Construction > RC Truck's General Discussion. > General Discussion

General Discussion A place to post off topic discussions.


Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 05-19-2013, 11:02 PM
Lmackattack's Avatar
Lmackattack Lmackattack is offline
Journeyman
 
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Chicagoland
Posts: 614
Lmackattack is on a distinguished road
Default What are your other hobbies?

Ok we know we all enjoy everything R/C but what are your other hobbies

I model in ho scale in the steam/diesel transion era. Mostly Midwest focused on the Illinois central railroad.


Few from my last layou that I had to tear down whin I moved last year







I also like restoring old cars

Here is my 65' caddy

Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 05-20-2013, 02:28 AM
kingbob kingbob is offline
Wannabe
 
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 399
kingbob is on a distinguished road
Default Re: What are your other hobbies?

Besides the trucks, I also race offroad 1/10 RC competitively. Have run in state and national titles. One of mine in action:


Also do some military 1/35 modelling. One of my Panther D's:


Also do a bit of photography, film and digital. At least the 1/14 trucks are cheap in comparison!
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 05-20-2013, 07:19 AM
rappy's Avatar
rappy rappy is offline
Newbie
 
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: melbourne australia
Posts: 117
rappy is on a distinguished road
Talking Re: What are your other hobbies?

Women. Lol
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 05-20-2013, 10:13 AM
Espeefan's Avatar
Espeefan Espeefan is offline
Big Dawg On The Bone
 
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 2,888
Espeefan has a spectacular aura aboutEspeefan has a spectacular aura aboutEspeefan has a spectacular aura about
Default Re: What are your other hobbies?

Sometimes I think I have to many hobbies, but it's all in good fun. I'm also into model railroading, though I am in the collecting stage. I would like to model the Southern Pacific, Santa Fe, and Rio Grande.... someday! I've built and run many different radio controlled models through the years. Everything from helicopters to rock crawlers and 1/8 scale buggies. I also enjoy sports cars, diesel pickup trucks, a little bit of farming, building projects, and making parts on my milling machine. It's a lot, but I'm not married yet, so what else am I going to do?

Nice pictures, Lmackattack. Would those be your daughters in the photo of the Caddy? Any of them single?
__________________
Nathan
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 05-20-2013, 11:39 AM
Lmackattack's Avatar
Lmackattack Lmackattack is offline
Journeyman
 
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Chicagoland
Posts: 614
Lmackattack is on a distinguished road
Default Re: What are your other hobbies?

No kids yet?....all Those girls are in their mid 20's now... I let my friends brother take the car to his Prom 5 years ago. He took the pic of just the girls with the car and sent the pic to me..
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 05-20-2013, 07:29 PM
doodlebug's Avatar
doodlebug doodlebug is offline
Big Dawg On The Bone
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: South 40 Swamp, Utah
Posts: 2,398
doodlebug is on a distinguished road
Default Re: What are your other hobbies?

Tractor pulling! Welding & machine shop stuff.
Cheers, Neil.
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 05-20-2013, 08:39 PM
hippy's Avatar
hippy hippy is offline
Wannabe
 
Join Date: May 2011
Location: sherwood park, alberta, canada
Posts: 333
hippy is on a distinguished road
Default Re: What are your other hobbies?

i run my rock crawlers, rc10t4 on weekends also with my sc10 short course truck.
__________________
Shaun legaarden
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 05-20-2013, 09:40 PM
Dieselchopper's Avatar
Dieselchopper Dieselchopper is offline
Green Horn
 
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada
Posts: 274
Dieselchopper is on a distinguished road
Default Re: What are your other hobbies?

Ride, ride and ride more. I have built a custom diesel powered chopper bike for myself. I ride when I can. I spend a lot of time helping a local club to raise funds to send kids with juvinal diabetes. Bikers Agains Diabetes. We send as many kids and familys as we can to specilzed camps here in Saskatchewan. We do assist others with medical concerns on a by case base. I continue to work on other client bikes as well. Here is a picture of my ride.

Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 05-21-2013, 11:32 AM
FlyingBeagle's Avatar
FlyingBeagle FlyingBeagle is offline
Green Horn
 
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Lexington, KY
Posts: 167
FlyingBeagle is on a distinguished road
Default Re: What are your other hobbies?

Wow, that is really cool. Do you have any videos? I would love to see/hear that thing running.

As for me I started out in RC airplanes and helicopters years ago before I discovered this side of the RC hobby. My wife and I recently had triplet little girls so I have done nothing in the hobby other than spend a few minutes a day reading threads on all of the awesome builds going on hear at this site.
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 05-21-2013, 12:33 PM
BRICKNICK's Avatar
BRICKNICK BRICKNICK is offline
Big Dawg On The Bone
 
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: The Peoples Republic of New Jersey
Posts: 1,125
BRICKNICK is on a distinguished road
Default Re: What are your other hobbies?

Wow what diesel motor did you cram in there? Or is it something custom made? That's amazing.
Reply With Quote
  #11  
Old 05-21-2013, 04:59 PM
Lmackattack's Avatar
Lmackattack Lmackattack is offline
Journeyman
 
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Chicagoland
Posts: 614
Lmackattack is on a distinguished road
Default Re: What are your other hobbies?

COOL DIESEL BIKE!...tell us more
Reply With Quote
  #12  
Old 05-21-2013, 08:13 PM
JDH429's Avatar
JDH429 JDH429 is offline
Wannabe
 
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Cleveland
Posts: 394
JDH429 is on a distinguished road
Default Re: What are your other hobbies?

Diesel Powered bikes...Classic cool. Heres my other ride...its a diesel too. That rhythms.





__________________
Jason
Reply With Quote
  #13  
Old 05-22-2013, 04:07 AM
kingbob kingbob is offline
Wannabe
 
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 399
kingbob is on a distinguished road
Talking Re: What are your other hobbies?

Quote:
Originally Posted by JDH429 View Post
Diesel Powered bikes...Classic cool. Heres my other ride...its a diesel too. That rhythms.





Nice scaler
Reply With Quote
  #14  
Old 05-22-2013, 04:57 AM
Brel's Avatar
Brel Brel is offline
Wannabe
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: England, UK
Posts: 342
Brel is on a distinguished road
Default Re: What are your other hobbies?

building and running RC tanks




Reply With Quote
  #15  
Old 05-22-2013, 08:26 AM
Dieselchopper's Avatar
Dieselchopper Dieselchopper is offline
Green Horn
 
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada
Posts: 274
Dieselchopper is on a distinguished road
Default Re: What are your other hobbies?

Thanks All for the comments on my bike. I put a Kohler Diesel into the bike. Had to do some mods to the frame to have it fit. Sorry no video of the bike in action as of yet. My wife was jut looking over my screen and has said she will try to get some video at a few of the events we are going to. It has become a bit of local boasting rights in out biker community. It is on the road as often as work and other commitments allow me and the wife to ride. One big bonus is the fuel consumption, I get average of 70 mpg or 3.3L/100km for the metric bunch. I still have some work to do to it but as we all know a good build takes time.


I like the diesel crawler, reminds me of mudding in the old farm tractor while growing up......no truck to put through the mud so the old tractor got it......LOL.

Last edited by Dieselchopper; 05-22-2013 at 08:32 AM. Reason: adding to post rather than make another
Reply With Quote
  #16  
Old 05-22-2013, 09:08 PM
bhaagjr bhaagjr is offline
Newbie
 
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Kernersville, NC
Posts: 25
bhaagjr is on a distinguished road
Default Re: What are your other hobbies?

My other hobby is almost a full time job. I am a crew member on a WHELEN MODIFIED racecar. We run two cars at the famous BOWMAN GRAY STADIUM here in North Carolina. The track was featured on the History Channel, "MADHOUSE" a couple of years ago. It does not leave alot of time for building trucks during the summer months, but I am working on a FORD AEROMAX when I get the time.
Attached Images
File Type: jpg lee 2.jpg (80.3 KB, 4 views)
Reply With Quote
Reply


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 07:22 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.6
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.