Re: i love my lhs

microflitedude on Wed Jul 18, 2012 9:33 pm

My hobby shops are worthless when it comes to anything 1/2a. (HobbyTownUSA) The only thing they carry related is some small fuel tubing. A guy sold me some fuel that he was sure had castor in it. I got home, looked it up, and found out it had zero castor content. The refused to refund my money. Rolling Eyes

When you ask about Cox stuff, they take you to the RTF Nine Eagles clones. Smallest engine they carry is a .15.

Yeah, the RR guys can be strange. I have met some nicer people though. I have some HO scale stuff that I get parts for from a little family owned shop.

lousyflyer on Thu Jul 19, 2012 2:41 pm

There was (and might still be) a hobby shop in Greenville SC that was in the back of a bicycle shop. I think the place was called the Great Escape or something to that effect. If you didn't know the hobby shop was there, you could have passed it without knowing. All you could see from the front was bikes.

happydad on Thu Jul 19, 2012 4:24 pm

microflitedude wrote:My hobby shops are worthless when it comes to anything 1/2a. (HobbyTownUSA) The only thing they carry related is some small fuel tubing. A guy sold me some fuel that he was sure had castor in it. I got home, looked it up, and found out it had zero castor content. The refused to refund my money. When you ask about Cox stuff, they take you to the RTF Nine Eagles clones. Smallest engine they carry is a .15.

Yeah, the RR guys can be strange. I have met some nicer people though. I have some HO scale stuff that I get parts for from a little family owned shop.

MFD: look at the bright side. at least you have a good supply of engine soaking fluid if nothing else. just remember to change it often. LOL.
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**RknRusty** on Thu Jul 19, 2012 6:33 pm

happydad wrote:MFD: look at the bright side. at least you have a good supply of engine soaking fluid if nothing else. just remember to change it often. LOL.
happydad

Or depending on the type of synthetic in the mix(maybe Klotz), pour some castor oil in it to make it 50/50 synth/castor.

microflitedude on Thu Jul 19, 2012 7:07 pm

RknRusty wrote:
happydad wrote:MFD: look at the bright side. at least you have a good supply of engine soaking fluid if nothing else. just remember to change it often. LOL.
happydad

Or depending on the type of synthetic in the mix(maybe Klotz), pour some castor oil in it to make it 50/50 synth/castor.

I couldn't find any fuel that would tell you the percentages. That's why I still have 3 quarts of Blue Power sitting, doing nothing.

lousyflyer on Fri Jul 20, 2012 11:14 am

Now THIS is a train set... http://devour.com/video/miniatur-wunderland/

**RknRusty** on Fri Jul 20, 2012 2:58 pm

lousyflyer wrote:Now THIS is a train set... http://devour.com/video/miniatur-wunderland/

Now that is a colossal feat of anal retentive behavior! Really... a guy in a flower patch getting a hummer!

That went into my YouTube favorite folder.