{"id":29767,"date":"2017-03-10T13:04:58","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T18:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/?p=29767"},"modified":"2017-04-17T12:48:24","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T16:48:24","slug":"rc-customization-series-story-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/rc-customization-series-story-far","title":{"rendered":"RC Customization Series: The Story so Far"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two months ago, inspired by our amazing \u2014 and growing! \u2014\u00a0RC car community<\/a>,\u00a0I set out on a journey into the world of RC cars<\/a>.\u00a0Colleague Tijs Lochbaum and I took a Tamiya Hornet completely apart and gave it a whole new look. We’ll be ready for the big reveal soon, but in the meantime,\u00a0we’re taking a look back to see how far we’ve come.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

We started with a dream of taking a classic Tamiya Hornet and making it our own. During this whole process, Tijs Lochbaum, who is a well-known European RC drifting expert, was our guide. As it turns out, I had a lot to learn about how to make a custom RC Car. I always thought\u00a0you\u00a0could only\u00a0buy a complete car in a toy store, so a whole new world opened up for me. For one thing, I never thought so much manual polishing was involved to make the parts look good. I could go on all day about what I didn’t know \u2014 but instead, let’s take a look at what we’ve done so far:<\/p>\n

Lap 1 – Upgrading The Tamiya Hornet<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n