Day 2941

 I woke up at 8:30, played games for a while, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  It was relatively warm, 60.

It was nice out so I went to the garage to finish something I started a couple of days ago.  I was doing a major rearranging of the parts containers that I store my RC parts in.  This involves 6 compartmentalized plastic containers.  They hold hundreds of screw, wires, grease, and a multitude of other things.  It took quite a while, but when I was done I had a much more organized space.  I even had a few compartments empty now.  Oh goody, more stuff.

When I was through I went back inside to eat lunch.  Then I set out to put the windshield wipers on the Power Wagon.  They were just too big.  That led Ellen and I to search Amazon for an alternative.  Ellen found one.  I also found an accessory pack for the Chevy with wipers, door handles, and a tailgate handle.  I ordered both.  I also ordered a dog toy for Rico for Christmas.

I'd been thinking about doing another SCX124.  I decided to price out what it would take to get the vehicle and enough options to make it run well.  I wouldn't make it 4 wheel steering and I'd use the supplied radio.  That would keep costs down.  

Axial has a new vehicle, a Power Wagon.  It has significant improvements over my original one.  It has really good tires, a bigger motor, and oil shocks.  These are all things that would need to be upgraded on Axial's other vehicles.  It does cost $40 more, but that's more than offset by the cost of the unnecessary upgrades.  That inspired me to do a complete cost work up.

I spent a long time bouncing back and forth between the Amain and Amazon websites.  Building up a vehicle using parts from both Amain and Amazon would cost $186.  That's with a $10 Amain coupon.  I was about to order the vehicle from Amain when I decided to check HobbyTown.  They have the vehicle and a $25 coupon.  That brings the cost to $171.  I'll go to HobbyTown tomorrow, they have one in stock.

The additional parts for the SCX24 Jeep arrived today, but I put them aside to work up the costing for the new vehicle.

Ellen fixed chicken and rice for dinner.  After dinner was some videos and football.  The games wasn't a laugh-er this time, but I turned it off in the 3rd quarter when it was clear which team was going to lose.