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Re: Polar Express build
« Reply #15 on: December 09, 2014, 04:47:21 AM »
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Images have been blurred to protect Peteski's design.  Thanks so much for your work Peteski!  It was really fun being a guinea pig on this! :ashat:
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Re: Polar Express build
« Reply #16 on: December 09, 2014, 05:24:03 AM »
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Quote from: Lemosteam on December 09, 2014, 04:47:21 AM
Images have been blurred to protect Peteski's design.  Thanks so much for your work Peteski!  It was really fun being a guinea pig on this! :ashat:

Same here: I enjoy participating in fun projects like this.  8)
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Re: Polar Express build
« Reply #17 on: December 09, 2014, 10:55:06 AM »
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Quote from: Lemosteam on December 09, 2014, 04:47:21 AM
Images have been blurred to protect Peteski's design.  Thanks so much for your work Peteski!  It was really fun being a guinea pig on this! :ashat:

Ok good. Thought there may have been nudity in there.
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Re: Polar Express build
« Reply #18 on: December 09, 2014, 11:44:12 AM »
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You sound like you were HOPIN' for some????!!!??!?!??? :trollface:
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Re: Polar Express build
« Reply #19 on: December 09, 2014, 12:30:42 PM »
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...I'll see myself out.  :D
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Josh Surkosky

Here's a Clerihew about Ed. K.

Ed Kapucinski
Every night, he plants a new tree.
But mention his law
and you've pulled your last straw!

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Ed Kapucinski
Every night, he plants a new tree.
He asks excitedly "Did you say Ménage à Trois?"
No, I said "Ed's Law."

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Re: Polar Express build
« Reply #20 on: December 09, 2014, 12:50:59 PM »
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I think that these are the first censored photos posted to RW since EdFest '06.
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Re: Polar Express build
« Reply #21 on: December 09, 2014, 12:57:45 PM »
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Thread link please, Tom?  '06 was B4 my time here.

Josh, really?  Is that like checking yourself out? :trollface: 
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Re: Polar Express build
« Reply #22 on: December 09, 2014, 03:54:55 PM »
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Quote from: chicken45 on December 09, 2014, 10:55:06 AM
Ok good. Thought there may have been nudity in there.

Well, one photo had a bare PC board in it. Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk!

I love the censoring John - it makes my design controversial!  :D
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Re: Polar Express build
« Reply #23 on: December 09, 2014, 05:34:18 PM »
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By the way Max, I'm "baring" my skills here and all you care about the the board?   :facepalm: :ashat: :D
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Re: Polar Express build
« Reply #24 on: December 09, 2014, 06:35:39 PM »
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They are still in focus for me, Guess I am a L33T HAX0R then  :trollface:
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Re: Polar Express build
« Reply #25 on: December 10, 2014, 08:24:33 AM »
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Quote from: delamaize on December 09, 2014, 06:35:39 PM
They are still in focus for me, Guess I am a L33T HAX0R then  :trollface:

Quick! Never refresh and screencap!  :trollface: :ashat: :D
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Josh Surkosky

Here's a Clerihew about Ed. K.

Ed Kapucinski
Every night, he plants a new tree.
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Ed Kapucinski
Every night, he plants a new tree.
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No, I said "Ed's Law."

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Re: Polar Express build
« Reply #26 on: December 11, 2014, 09:41:19 PM »
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Installment five... Making contact.

To get power to the circuit inside the roof, I drilled two holes in the front of the roof, folded them down and under the edge. I mixed up some epoxy and glued them in place with an effort to have the wires at the peak of the glue mass.  The next night I scraped the excess glue off the magnet wire to expose it.  I had to add some surface area to one wire for a better connection.

 

 

I revised the width of the contact strips in the front of the car to make sure the wires made contact as well and filed a lead in chamfer at the top:



The next two pictures show the roof being pressed into the car with a minor interference between the wires in the roof and the contact strips inside the car:





After connecting the power pack to the tabs underneath and turning it on, we have success in the dark! I need to black out the inside corners of the roof to hide the light leak, and paint the inside white for better light dispersion.

 

 



Hopefully paint this weekend for all of the cars, wish me luck on my first airbrushing project!
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Re: Polar Express build
« Reply #27 on: December 11, 2014, 11:56:28 PM »
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Very nice John!  Happy airbrushing!  Before spraying the model try painting few disposable plastic spoons first (for practice).   :D
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Re: Polar Express build
« Reply #28 on: December 12, 2014, 03:00:29 AM »
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Neat trick, and the friction helps keep the roof on.  I like something that does two jobs for the price of one.
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Re: Polar Express build
« Reply #29 on: December 12, 2014, 04:18:07 AM »
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Super cool!   Clever engineering, and nice bright light.   Nice work.
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