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I've been lookiing a Lars' 959 restoration thread, and comparing his "style" with mine...

His seems to be quite logical & ordered, something like:

1- buy car

2- dismantle car

3- buy bits

4- rebuild by the book, cleaning bits as you go





Mine on the other hand seems to be a little more random:

1- buy car

2- regret buying car (paid too much, should've waited until end of month, etc)

3- put car on shelf to make it more mine

4- give it a once over & buy some bits

5- dismantle a bit

6- lose interest & put the car back on the shelf for several months - although this does have an advantage - when asked "Is that _another_ new car?", I can honestly say "No, I've had it _ages_"

7- buy paint

8- buy shiny new fasteners

9- get distracted on doing the wheels to completion

10- dismantle a bit more & find more bits need replacing - buy those

11- realise I need an undercoat for the paint - buy that

12- strip, rub down & prime body

13- finish dismantling & realise there are still more bits that need replacing, & buy those

14- clean some bits

15- get completely distracted by buying another project, stripping it & buying bits

16- clean some more bits

17- get distracted doing something else while waiting for "spraying weather"

18- finish painting

19- completely assemble body

20- lay out bits a little in the style of Tamiya exploded diagrams

21- Assemble in the order I feel like, referring to the manual only if something is not clear

22- Put finished car when I can admire it for a bit

23- run car carefully around garden - usually rolling it within 30 seconds & damage/break something

24- lock car into hermetically sealed display case



Overall, mine must be better - my method has more steps




How do you build yours?

My process is a combination Larbut and Johnny Retros',

1- buy car

2- regret buying car (paid too much, should've waited until end of month, etc)

3- put car on shelf to make it more mine

4- dismantle car

5- get completely distracted by buying another project, stripping it & buying bits

6- clean some bits

7- buy some bits

8- go back to side project

9- realise I need to run it, so slap it together with parts taken from other cars

10- buy another project, which sits on the shelf waiting it's turn

11- wait for chance to spray shell (put more gaffa tape on old shell to hold it together)

12- buy another car, pour money into that

13- face questions from wife about why I need so many cars

14- stare at the multiple containers of car parts, and promise myself I'll finish it tonight, then get side-tracked by RC forums

15- go back to step 1

He he, nice thread!
Actually, my process has five steps:

1. buy car
2. Put car on shelf for very long time
3. dismantle car
4. buy bits
5. rebuild by the book, cleaning bits as you go

-Lars

Cool thread!

My process is not that straight forward either.
Tends to go mostly like Johny Retro and Falcon#5's approach except for the part where I have to answer to my wife.

But it probably strays even more :

1 - Buy a car (Manta Ray) for a really good price and anticipating a simple rebuild
2 - Research research research
3 - Buy far too many hop ups and turn it into a Monster Truck Humvee!
4 - Get another incomplete chassis and more spare parts
5 - Totally rebuild the Humvee again with these parts so I can also build the Manta Ray
6 - Get distracted with the Group C chassis and buy a C11 - because of Lars!
7 - Thinking that one is looking too good to drive and wanting another Merc
8 - Planning to rebuild two C11s - a shelfer and a runner
9 - Totally blowing the budget on all of this so all of them (except the Humvee) become slowbuilds

Note - this process cannot be done in a loop so there's no going back to #1!
Start selling some stuff again first...

And if Lars had any other approach then that could lead to total chaos - having 95 of the first 100 models!

LOL at the replies - seems my method is fairly "normal" then

Mine is similer to Jonny Retro and Falcon#5 and have to answer to the wife when the immortal words of how much have you again spent on RC stuff as the credit card bill has ariived (must intercept the postman next month)do you need all this stuff?

It's a way of life and a habit and i wouldn't change it for the world

Great thread Jonny,

GING