RC Cars and Other Hobbies We Have - Post about your hobbies here.

[The Dude]

So I thought we could start a thread where we share some of our hobbies. It can be anything that we do as a past time that we are passionate about.

As for me, I've got quite a few hobbies, such as firearms, camping, ATVs, model trains...but I'm going to focus on radio controlled cars for this entry. I first got into RC Cars when I was a wee lad and my parents bought me a radio controlled Porsche 962C from Radio Shack for Christmas one year. After that I got a new RC Car for Christmas every year mostly Tyco models, until I was middle school aged. By that time I had found out about the high end "hobby grade" RC Cars, though I wasn't able to get one of those until I was an adult because they were so expensive. I've got three nitromethane models, the kind that have actual engines instead of being electric, but nitro has become so expensive that it's just not practical to run them anymore. So I've been looking into electric and gasoline powered models lately and I think I've found a few electric models with brushless motors that I may buy so I can have something fun to do with Little Dude on my off time.

So how about you fine folks? Are you into RC or any other hobbies? Tell us about them.

 

[Lachlan Hunter McIntyre]

The funnest part about RC cars is driving them full-throttle into people's shins. Or making them do folklorio to dodge it.

 

[MrTroll]

Is masturbating a hobby?

 

[Ravenor]

Sea Fishing particularly a type called LRF (Light Rock Fishing) it's taken the uk by storm because traditionally our fishing tackle and tactics have been big fat and ugly, so what we do in LRF instead is push the limits to find out just how light we can go with our fishing tackle and it's been a breadth of fresh air for the sport bringing in a lot of new blood and bringing a number of people back to the hobby.

Other than that I collect and use fountain pen's and Vintage film cameras.

(sorry for the potato quality it was taken on my phone)

 

[Dr.Research]

I like crafting.
I started with candles, then moved on to makeup and skin care, and now am a bit hooked on jewelry. I mostly make chokers, but I Frankenstein'd this bracelet out of necklaces I got in a blind bag at Hot Topic and some velvet. I'm super proud of it
I've also done ceramics and will be taking a course on metalworking and jewelry this semester. Basically I really like working with my hands.

Spoiler: Meow

 

[meatslab]

I like crafting.
I started with candles, then moved on to makeup and skin care, and now am a bit hooked on jewelry. I mostly make chokers, but I Frankenstein'd this bracelet out of necklaces I got in a blind bag at Hot Topic and some velvet. I'm super proud of it
I've also done ceramics and will be taking a course on metalworking and jewelry this semester. Basically I really like working with my hands.

Spoiler: Meow

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That is so cute! I love getting jewelry grab bags at thrift stores and making new shit out of it. You can buy like 20 lbs of random jewelry for around $40 on eBay btw. You can also big for large quantities for pretty cheap on the Goodwill auction site.

 

[Dr.Research]

That is so cute! I love getting jewelry grab bags at thrift stores and making new shit out of it. You can buy like 20 lbs of random jewelry for around $40 on eBay btw. You can also big for large quantities for pretty cheap on the Goodwill auction site.

Thanks for the tip
Putting random pieces together is always fun. As much as I fucking hate Hobby Lobby, they usually have cool charms. They tend to be overpriced (but then again, there's always sales and coupons floating around) but even to this day my favorite homemade piece is a velvet choker with a hanging coffin charm that opens up to reveal a little skeleton.

 

[meatslab]

Thanks for the tip
Putting random pieces together is always fun. As much as I fucking hate Hobby Lobby, they usually have cool charms. They tend to be overpriced (but then again, there's always sales and coupons floating around) but even to this day my favorite homemade piece is a velvet choker with a hanging coffin charm that opens up to reveal a little skeleton.

Ahhhh I agree! They have such cute shit but I don't support them anymore.

Take a pic of that other choker if you have the time because that sounds adorable.

 

[Dr.Research]

Ahhhh I agree! They have such cute shit but I don't support them anymore.

Take a pic of that other choker if you have the time because that sounds adorable.

Ask and ye shall receive. I couldn't find my camera so all I have are dark cell phone pics.

Spoiler: Spoopy Skeleton

I also made this one. The actual necklace pieces actually cross at the center. I tried to make them tight enough to where they would stay apart but after a bit they do slide back together. Still, not a big adjustment. I think the charm is classified as a European dragon.

Spoiler: Dragonkin

 

[AN/ALR56]

I have one of those,sadly the control is busted and is very rare to find one surplus in brazil.
I do plan on getting another of those tanks,its lots of fun.
I wish I had money for those monsters though:

 

[Hydroxylic Acid]

I used to be into amateur chemistry (i.e conducting chemistry demonstrations and experiments outside of a commercial/educational laboratory setting).
It's fun, interesting (a good analogy is modern day alchemy) and I learned a lot from it. Needless to say, it is dangerous and someone being stupid and/or careless can and will possibly die from blowing themselves up or choking on toxic gas. if anyone reading this actually want to try it, I suggest you read up a bit first and start with something relatively harmless (the "hot ice" demonstration is fairly interesting and simple to carry out, with minimal risks, for example). Something slightly more advanced than that would be making sodium chlorate (something that causes anything flammable that is mixed within it to burn many times faster, so you can mix sugar with it and create something that can launch model rockets when ignited) from just salt water, a battery, some copper wires and graphite electrodes scavenged from a dead battery.

The best part is that as you get more experienced and knowledgeable, you don't have to necessarily follow a procedure. You can try combining things together (carefully of course) and see what happens. Of course, if you don't have the knowledge and is just chucking random shit together, then you'll just get a whole lot of nothing and waste the chemicals you bought, which is why reading up on it and following the procedure in the beginning is important. Still, it's very open and you can in theory make any kind of chemical that you want.

As to where to find chemicals and glassware, which you really need to do this, you'd be surprised at how many useful chemicals you can buy at the grocery or hardware store. And if real life doesn't work, you can always order things online, especially glassware. Although, restrictions on certain glassware and chemicals to "stop meth cooks" do make acquiring the things that you need a bit hard sometimes.

Here are some links to channels related to the subject
https://www.youtube.com/user/NurdRage (most popular channel on the subject, quite informative)
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRedNile (less popular but probably more informative)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiU1dHvZObB2iP6xkJ__Icw (funky synthesized voice, but nevertheless extremely informative and interesting)
and many more (googling "how to make *insert chemical*" will generally bring lots up)
Also, since this hobby is very niche, there's really only one good website on it (http://www.sciencemadness.org/). It's extremely helpful though.

Unfortunately due to circumstances that will remain undisclosed, I stopped for a couple of years, and now I'm too busy with school. I want to get back into it once my exams are over though.

My other major hobbies include fishing and strength training, but they're quite common and I don't really need to talk much about those.

 

[Dr.Research]

I used to be into amateur chemistry (i.e conducting chemistry demonstrations and experiments outside of a commercial/educational laboratory setting).
It's fun, interesting (a good analogy is modern day alchemy) and I learned a lot from it. Needless to say, it is dangerous and someone being stupid and/or careless can and will possibly die from blowing themselves up or choking on toxic gas. if anyone reading this actually want to try it, I suggest you read up a bit first and start with something relatively harmless (the "hot ice" demonstration is fairly interesting and simple to carry out, with minimal risks, for example). Something slightly more advanced than that would be making sodium chlorate (something that causes anything flammable that is mixed within it to burn many times faster, so you can mix sugar with it and create something that can launch model rockets when ignited) from just salt water, a battery, some copper wires and graphite electrodes scavenged from a dead battery.

The best part is that as you get more experienced and knowledgeable, you don't have to necessarily follow a procedure. You can try combining things together (carefully of course) and see what happens. Of course, if you don't have the knowledge and is just chucking random shit together, then you'll just get a whole lot of nothing and waste the chemicals you bought, which is why reading up on it and following the procedure in the beginning is important. Still, it's very open and you can in theory make any kind of chemical that you want.

As to where to find chemicals and glassware, which you really need to do this, you'd be surprised at how many useful chemicals you can buy at the grocery or hardware store. And if real life doesn't work, you can always order things online, especially glassware. Although, restrictions on certain glassware and chemicals to "stop meth cooks" do make acquiring the things that you need a bit hard sometimes.

Here are some links to channels related to the subject
https://www.youtube.com/user/NurdRage (most popular channel on the subject, quite informative)
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRedNile (less popular but probably more informative)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiU1dHvZObB2iP6xkJ__Icw (funky synthesized voice, but nevertheless extremely informative and interesting)
and many more (googling "how to make *insert chemical*" will generally bring lots up)
Also, since this hobby is very niche, there's really only one good website on it (http://www.sciencemadness.org/). It's extremely helpful though.

Unfortunately due to circumstances that will remain undisclosed, I stopped for a couple of years, and now I'm too busy with school. I want to get back into it once my exams are over though.

My other major hobbies include fishing and strength training, but they're quite common and I don't really need to talk much about those.

I remember by chem teacher in high school said when he was young, it was easy to chemicals to mess with. And even the stuff he couldn't get, he said his parents could write a letter to the company and explain it's for their son and he'll he supervised or whatever.

 

[Hydroxylic Acid]

I remember by chem teacher in high school said when he was young, it was easy to chemicals to mess with. And even the stuff he couldn't get, he said his parents could write a letter to the company and explain it's for their son and he'll he supervised or whatever.

Unfortunately it doesn't work that way anymore. Most legitimate chemical suppliers (such as Sigma Aldrich) will require a business address as well as a specific reason if you want to order anything from them, even innocuous things like magnesium sulfate or (gasp) sodium chloride. There could be a multitude of reasons for this, most notably our society's current obsession with safety and fear of all things "chemicals". I guess the silver lining of not being able to order any kind of chemical you want from a chemical supplier is that you become much more resourceful in terms of finding/making common chemicals, rather than relying on the company for everything.

 

[Dr.Research]

Unfortunately it doesn't work that way anymore. Most legitimate chemical suppliers (such as Sigma Aldrich) will require a business address as well as a specific reason if you want to order anything from them, even innocuous things like magnesium sulfate or (gasp) sodium chloride. There could be a multitude of reasons for this, most notably our society's current obsession with safety and fear of all things "chemicals". I guess the silver lining of not being able to order any kind of chemical you want from a chemical supplier is that you become much more resourceful in terms of finding/making common chemicals, rather than relying on the company for everything.

That's what he said about the situation.
I kinda wish I was more into chemistry. I took an intro course recently and it's not my thing. I'm also not nearly precise enough to handle potentially dangerous chemicals.

 

[The Dude]

I had a small chemistry set when I was a little kid. I always loved the experiments where you would soak a piece of wood or paper or something absorbent in a solution of this chemical or that and when you burned it after it had dried out it would make the flames different colors.

On a similar note; my chemistry teacher in high school was a total Pyro. He was always filling balloons with hydrogen and setting them to a flame or making thermite, things like that. He had mixed up some kind of powder that I've long since forgotten the composition of the chemicals it contained. It was supposed to just make a little flash and pop, but instead it blew up in his face, made a loud enough bang that they heard it on the other side of the school, and blew a hole in the ceiling. It also burnt off his eyebrows and singed a bunch of his hair. Guess he had the mixture wrong. It didn't stop him from doing that kind of stuff every week afterwards either.

 

[Some JERK]

I collect wristwatches and cigars. You never start out with either intending to have a collection. It just sort of happens.

 

[Dr.Research]

I had a small chemistry set when I was a little kid. I always loved the experiments where you would soak a piece of wood or paper or something absorbent in a solution of this chemical or that and when you burned it after it had dried out it would make the flames different colors.

On a similar note; my chemistry teacher in high school was a total Pyro. He was always filling balloons with hydrogen and setting them to a flame or making thermite, things like that. He had mixed up some kind of powder that I've long since forgotten the composition of the chemicals it contained. It was supposed to just make a little flash and pop, but instead it blew up in his face, made a loud enough bang that they heard it on the other side of the school, and blew a hole in the ceiling. It also burnt off his eyebrows and singed a bunch of his hair. Guess he had the mixture wrong. It didn't stop him from doing that kind of stuff every week afterwards either.

My chem teacher used to make medications (I think for heart disease or something) but his job was outsourced to India. He didn't really like teaching but he did get a kick out of messing with students. For Halloween he put some chemicals in a carved pumpkin, lit it ,blew into it and the pumpkin 'breathed' green fire. For St. Patty's day he had some chemicals light up green on his desk in the shape of a shamrock. I totally miss that guy.

 

[GingerDixie]

I recently learned how to make those paracord survival bracelets. Actually quite easy to do and the supplies are, more or less, cheap to buy. Got about 50 feet each of two different colors of paracord for about 5 dollars and made my first bracelet yesterday (even if the finish is a bit sloppy and I burned my thumb on the lighter I was using to melt the string...don't play with fire, kids!)

Gonna learn how to do more difficult and decorative braids and also make shit like belts and dog collars in specific sizes, because it actually doesn't take as long to do as I thought it would (the bracelet I made was 7" that I made for myself on a jig that was on sale next to the rest of the supplies, and once I figured out how to correctly do the basic braid it took me about 20 minutes to finish, and if I practice I can probably shave that time down considerably).

 

[Rou]

Repairing motorcycles are fun, but just like all motor related hobbies, it can be pricy. It cost about a thousand bucks to repair my current bike, and that was on the low end. I'm looking at a 2007 CBR600RR I bought that came to me with a cracked frame, so that's $2000 right there. It'll be a parts bike as soon as I find another, hopefully one with a blown engine or some other damage that scares Also have a wrecked 2015 Ninja 650 that I intend to ride, as soon as I sell my current bike. Needs forks and a front wheel, and a few fairings. I expect it to come out to be about $1000-1500.

I also like coin collecting. I got the 50 states quarters, some iron pennies, and a silver coin.

 

[Dr. Tremolo]

I like RC cars, too bad I can't afford the good stuff.
One of my favorite hobbies is boating. I love cruising through Masurian lakes on some decent rental motorboat with a cabin. I only get to do it like once a year during spring but it gives me more joy than any vidya I play everyday.

Oh and I also love Lego and I'll love it even when I'm like 80. Fuck da haters, yo.