I woke up a little before 8, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast. It was still below 40, so I did some surfing. After a little bit of that I went back to the Reflex.
It was too cold to go to the garage, so I programmed the car. That was pretty easy because I could use a programmer. Setting the steering was a little more of a problem. I had to relearn how to reverse the action of the servo. Finally I worked on the lights. I got out my parts stash and installed a red LED in a light housing. It was a perfect fit in the back of the car.
After that I went back to surfing. It was still took cold to work in the garage. Eventually it got up to 40 and I decided to go. It was only 50 in the garage - cold. I took a bunch of stuff with me to put away. Then I drilled a hole in the wing to mount the rear light and enlarged the hole in the front light mount so it fit the mounting screw.
When I got back to the house I mounted the two lights and routed the wires. By then it was after 1 and time for lunch. After lunch I soldered everything together and tested it. At that point building the car is DONE. (That's not strictly true. The body still needs painting and then mounting).
I spent quite a while putting everything away. Then I packed up all of the leftover pieces from the kit. The final thing was to take out a bunch of garbage. It was Abby's high point of the day.
The rest of the evening was a mix of surfing, videos, and a little reading.
It's 40 right now and it's supposed to be warmer tomorrow. We'll see.
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