Project Ideas?
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 3:18 pm
Ok I've been on another site lately and I've noticed that there are a lot of kids there who love RCs. Thats cool, the part that prompted this post is that I've also noticed a few seem to have parents who will buy them all sorts of expensive stuff...which I'm ok with, I wouldn't do it but if they want to its their kid.
Anyway the problem is that there are a few who obviously don't have much money to spend on toys (or maybe anything else) and they just seem to hang out and watch as others buy the newest toys. SO, Daves scrapyard build inspired me...what these kids need is some low-buck inspiration! Dave's thread would be great and I'd just link to it but its not something that caould easily be duplicated. I want to do some sort of build that can be repeated...so here are the goals I've set for the build:1. it will not be a zipzap or other way tiny car. I love them and have quite a few...in fact if you look at my post on the aluminium cobra zip that I built a while back You'll see how far I'll go to have a cool micro. Just not this time, it needs to be a little bigger just so it looks less "cheap toy" like.
2. It can't be too big... while big is cool it's also going to be a budget buster for this project.
3. It has to be made from new stuff that anyone can get...sure there are builds you see that someone got lucky and found a great deal on something, but thats not something others can duplicate.
4. it will probably be toy grade but it wont "look" toy grade.
5. It should be fun to use... no shelf queen here. even if it only goes two or three mph it has to be FUN!
6. It can't require masters level building skills or special tools... if you are a master builder great! but this isn't being built for you, this is for people who want soemthing cool but can't even afford the basics.
7. This is the biggest hurdel, The budget for the entire build is $25. any more and it would make it too expensive for some, if it can come in cheaper it will, but it will not be more than $25.
I've decided to use this car http://www.radioshack.com/product/index ... age=familyas a basic doner since RS has them in on an in store clearence for $7.95 which is easy on the budget and Nikko makes quality stuff...not hobby grade, but durable.
I was going to go with a xmods since they are on sale for $14.97 but they can get expensive quickly so think he nikko might be the way to go?
Bilbo's and Shaun's slot car thread have me thinking low buck lexan 1/32 scale body from a place I know on ebay...that should eat another 5-6 bucks.
So any ideas on where to go from here?
Anyway the problem is that there are a few who obviously don't have much money to spend on toys (or maybe anything else) and they just seem to hang out and watch as others buy the newest toys. SO, Daves scrapyard build inspired me...what these kids need is some low-buck inspiration! Dave's thread would be great and I'd just link to it but its not something that caould easily be duplicated. I want to do some sort of build that can be repeated...so here are the goals I've set for the build:1. it will not be a zipzap or other way tiny car. I love them and have quite a few...in fact if you look at my post on the aluminium cobra zip that I built a while back You'll see how far I'll go to have a cool micro. Just not this time, it needs to be a little bigger just so it looks less "cheap toy" like.
2. It can't be too big... while big is cool it's also going to be a budget buster for this project.
3. It has to be made from new stuff that anyone can get...sure there are builds you see that someone got lucky and found a great deal on something, but thats not something others can duplicate.
4. it will probably be toy grade but it wont "look" toy grade.
5. It should be fun to use... no shelf queen here. even if it only goes two or three mph it has to be FUN!
6. It can't require masters level building skills or special tools... if you are a master builder great! but this isn't being built for you, this is for people who want soemthing cool but can't even afford the basics.
7. This is the biggest hurdel, The budget for the entire build is $25. any more and it would make it too expensive for some, if it can come in cheaper it will, but it will not be more than $25.
I've decided to use this car http://www.radioshack.com/product/index ... age=familyas a basic doner since RS has them in on an in store clearence for $7.95 which is easy on the budget and Nikko makes quality stuff...not hobby grade, but durable.
I was going to go with a xmods since they are on sale for $14.97 but they can get expensive quickly so think he nikko might be the way to go?
Bilbo's and Shaun's slot car thread have me thinking low buck lexan 1/32 scale body from a place I know on ebay...that should eat another 5-6 bucks.
So any ideas on where to go from here?