Day 2938

I woke up at 8, played games for a while, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  After some surfing I decided to go out to the garage and finish the work I was doing on the crawler obstacles.  When I was done I went back inside to try it out.

I learned two things.  First, the "tower" obstacle I built is non-trivial.  Second, the bridge needed to be tightened up.  Doing that job took quite a bit of time.  I really needed three hands to do the job, and I only had 1.5.  The result is nice though. 

When that was done I decided to redo the wiring on the SCX24.  It really wasn't done cleanly at all.  I unhooked everything and rerouted it.  The result looks a lot better, balances the rig better, and allows me to disconnect the body lights really easily.

I was going to try to go to Godzilla again today.  Unfortunately Ellen spent the whole day on the can.  I decided to look for more SCX24 enhancements.  I wanted more weight on the frame.  I was also looking for a winch (I saw one on YouTube).  I enjoyed looking, but didn't buy anything.

About three I went out to look for the SCX24 parts.  They were there.  That set of a wave of work for both of us.  Ellen built the wipers.  She did a great job and they look great.  I went to work on the SCX24.  I swapped the 4 shock springs for stiffer ones.  I also swapped the diff covers and wheel extensions for brass ones.

That took until almost dinner time and I didn't feel like messing with it any more after that.  I called Perazzi again.  I got the accountant this time.  She took a message and promised that the manager would call me tomorrow.  Sound familiar?

After that I started watching videos.

Ellen fixed stir fry for dinner.  After dinner I watched half the football game.  It was a laugh-er - 42 to 0 at the half.

The rest of the evening was more videos.