RC Therapy ptII...
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vx220

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Monday 14th December 2015
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I will post pics as soon as I can work it out, but for now words will have to do.

I posted previously regarding our fostering placements and my Tamiya monster truck, gets them out in the fresh air, long walk and a bit of responsibility for cleaning/maintenance has been really good.

We have a new placement, when asked about what he wants for Christmas he said "bike" and also mentioned "RC car". He knows we got the bike for him, but we decided to get him an indoor RC car (and one for me, it's more fun with two!) as well. We have hard floors all through the house, so I thought about a track as well, so he will now get his own "Conservatory Grand Prix"!!!


vx220

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Monday 14th December 2015
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I found some large sheets of the "dash mat" Stuff you use to stop phone sliding on your dashboard, 80x100cm for a pound each. Used 12 so far, I have another 4 for my next go at it!

So he will now have an "L" shaped track 17'x9' narrowing slightly at one end, smooth enough for the little HPI Q32 buggies we got, let's hope they're not too fast.

Pretty chuffed with myself...

x5x3

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275 months

Monday 14th December 2015
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Q32 is a very nice choice, plenty of battery life!

vx220

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Monday 14th December 2015
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x5x3 said:
Q32 is a very nice choice, plenty of battery life!
Not too long, I hope our conservatory is cold!

Just working out some track barriers now...

vx220

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Saturday 19th December 2015
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just need to block the gap under the sofas!

vx220

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Tuesday 22nd December 2015
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Wife has decided we will be having Christmas lunch in the conservatory, requiring the moving of the sofa in the middle!

I have a more open space to play with now...

vx220

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Friday 25th December 2015
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Race track a big hit, after a tricky couple of weeks our foster lad now thinks I'm a minor-league hero...

Not sure how long this will last, or whether I'll reach the dizzying heroic heights of Phil "The Power" Taylor, but a step in the right direction