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matt duarte
03-03-2009, 10:40 PM
hey guys hows it going... i havent posted in a while....havent fished in a while either guess im just waiting for the weather to warm up...but anyway me and my wife got a nice tax return this year and paid off a lot of bills (thank god) and we actually had a lil left over to spend on our selfs...she didnt think twice and bought a pretty awesome laptop... me on the other hand...well i got this!

its a traxxas slash electric... i had gas before and eventually it sux...electric in unmatched by far! i bought a brushless momba motor for it and it easily tripled the speed! insane fun! my bro in law and i are building a corr race track in his back yard for these bad boys
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f172/oneUPfabrication/Picture127.jpg
heres a pic of my number..i picked 419 cause im always earily hahaha
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f172/oneUPfabrication/Picture128.jpg
they went to all lengths to match the actual corr race trucks. check out the suspension
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f172/oneUPfabrication/Picture129.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f172/oneUPfabrication/Picture130.jpg
this is a new body i got, it actually just came out in stores
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f172/oneUPfabrication/Picture132.jpg
the fenders actually come off like a real truck when crashed or rammed!!
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f172/oneUPfabrication/Picture131.jpg
and to top it off actual bead loc rims! no more gluing the tires on! just unbolt and sawp the tire!
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f172/oneUPfabrication/Picture134.jpg
and last but not least heres a lil mod i did to make it look that more real haha
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f172/oneUPfabrication/Picture135.jpg

anyone else here have a slash??? post it up! if not go buy one sucker!

tacklejunkie
03-04-2009, 02:41 AM
Haha, check you out, all getting into hobbies! :LOL:

Sick truck! Is that upgrade RPM arms I see? hah
Go get halo 3 for that xbox!


.havent fished in a while either guess im just waiting for the weather to warm up.That is the fun of not being limited to one species. When one is being a PITA I don't mind switching to another! I think I'll fish trout right through the bass spawn and start fishing bass again when spawn is over.

Anyways, here's how I keep my sanity while my back keeps trying to take it away..

My canvas is the sky and my brush is the remote. The heli is the paint!
(but I've still been fishing) :LOL:
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/tacklejunkie/Rave/Rave001.jpg

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/tacklejunkie/Rave/Rave002.jpg

Here's some of the older cars I have laying around that I said I'd show you Matt. They don't look like it because they are dusty but they are all hopped up. Sold of the rest of the other 20 I had laying around..
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/tacklejunkie/stuff002.jpg

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/tacklejunkie/stuff003.jpg

My two current helicopters with their warning labels and pre-flight checklist minus the canopies.
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/tacklejunkie/stuff001.jpg

Two canopies I painted lately with my airbrush..
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/tacklejunkie/trex%20250/littlegreenthing001.jpg

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/tacklejunkie/trex%20250/littlegreenthing003.jpg

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/tacklejunkie/trex%20250/littlegreenthing005.jpg

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/tacklejunkie/trex%20250/more250paint003.jpg

Made this metal part on my helicopter tail the other day with my lathe.
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/tacklejunkie/trex%20250/250sliderCAD.jpg

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/tacklejunkie/trex%20250/cadslider.jpg

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/tacklejunkie/trex%20250/DSCN2035.jpg

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/tacklejunkie/trex%20250/DSCN2033.jpg

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/tacklejunkie/trex%20250/finishedInstalledtailpitchslider.jpg

Ronira
03-04-2009, 05:20 AM
Sweet toy Matt, love the #. Those helicopters are badazz too!! Where do you guys find the time?

matt duarte
03-04-2009, 09:02 AM
hahaha thanks guys! The traxxas slash is freakin awesome! And yes tj u better belive i upgraded to rpm arms haha! Ill have to come over ur pad on thursday to check out all the goods! Oh and ron about the number traxxas does give out 0s in the sticker kit whats up with that! So i settled for that hahahaha... Tj the helis are defently narly! I like the paint jobs dude! Can i fly it! Haha dont let me unless ur in the market for a new heli hahahaha

tacklejunkie
03-05-2009, 12:12 PM
Matt,
Do I know my car stuff or what? lol

Check it out,
Rondawg came over yesterday and made a video. He was laughin the whole time. I think I made him dizzy a time or two.
You rock Ron! Thanks for holding the camera. This is one of the funner vids I've done in a while but I'm still kinda rusty and flying too far away.
http://holmesrc.com/files/Rave_second_flight.wmv