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10-01-2011, 07:15 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: May 2011 Location: Chilliwack, B.C.
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|  My Backyard Course - Build Thread
I can't beleive I haven't posted this here yet. Oh well, better late than never. This is the first obstacle I made: The Spine.  Also made this cool bridge/tunnel, still going to do some work to it so there's more head room and to make it more scale.  Added some rocks to the small hill, and started digging up a ditch and using that dirt to build up a bigger hill. The pictures show the routes, Green lines are driving paths, and Yellow lines are things I'm going to add with Yellow text to tell what the item is.    These pictures are just to show the supplies I've gathered so far. I've spent $0 on this so far.     |
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10-01-2011, 09:48 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Oakdale, MN
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Looks like a killer start and you have to love the cost.
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10-02-2011, 10:16 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: May 2011 Location: Chilliwack, B.C.
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To link the two hills together, I decided to make another bridge!  This one is VERY scale, I cut up a shoe rack into a bunch of pieces to use for the cross members, and cut a 2x2 in half for the main structuring beams.I made two different mock-ups, each with different spacing between each piece.   I didn't have enough nails to finish it, but here's it turned out:   Did a little damage with the hammer, looks pretty good I think, but could be better...  Unfortunatly, it wasn't approved by the F.B.I. (Feline Bridge Inspector).  After I took the pictures, we had one of those flash lightning storms and it burnt my bridge!!!     It burnt all the way through!  |
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10-02-2011, 10:46 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2011 Location: Lost in Oregon
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I am so jealous of a big back yard I will follow this thread closely |
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10-07-2011, 07:49 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: May 2011 Location: Chilliwack, B.C.
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Did some work on the course today. The first bridge is done, added sides to it last night (or the night before that, I can't remember).  Built a mine structure and covered it with rocks.  And the ol' bridge is finished and added to the course.  |
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10-07-2011, 08:27 PM
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| RCC Addict  Join Date: May 2010 Location: Midwest
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Where the hell is "Chilliwack"? I'll start loading up the gear and be on my way!  That looks like fun! |
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10-07-2011, 08:34 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Salmon Arm BC
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is that chilliwack BC?? if so, most of my family lives there so we make a trip quite often... |
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10-07-2011, 09:06 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: May 2011 Location: Chilliwack, B.C.
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 It's in Canada.Thanks Quote:
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10-07-2011, 09:31 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Rancho Relaxo. California. USA. Earth.
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Course looks badass man. It's a lot of work but it'll payoff when you're driving it. The burned bridge is an excellent touch |
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10-07-2011, 09:58 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2011 Location: Lost in Oregon
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Think he'd let us run his course??? How far is BC from SJ ? | |
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10-07-2011, 10:08 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Rancho Relaxo. California. USA. Earth.
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10-07-2011, 11:03 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: buffalo
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Very nice work. The bridges look awsome
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10-07-2011, 11:36 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2011 Location: Lost in Oregon
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Ha... I think the Meat-man and myself are headed for BC...we want to meet the cat....and the Bashist of course....it's a road trip , but a good one.... |
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10-08-2011, 01:56 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: May 2011 Location: Chilliwack, B.C.
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10-08-2011, 08:35 AM
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10-10-2011, 09:19 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Paw Paw, MI
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Great start, I like the mine structure. Keep at it! |
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10-10-2011, 09:27 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: NRV
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I like the burned bridge. Nice course.
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10-13-2011, 12:20 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Big Ol' House
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This is looking sweet. I will have to keep checking back on this.
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11-30-2011, 06:05 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: May 2011 Location: Chilliwack, B.C.
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Made some more progress, and a video! R/C Bashist - Backyard Crawling Course But on with the course itself... Bit of a hill-climb thing.  Also made one ramp for yet another bridge.  I placed the largest rock I have on the one hill. This has a bit of a story behind it. On one family trip, I noticed a HUGE rock sitting on a mountain though the trees. We figured we'd get a better view of it to take a picture further down the road to take a picture, but never saw it again. We've since dubbed it Alien Rock. This is about a 1/50th scale version of it.  Finished the first rock pile. It's now possible to clib over it from both directions, and with a few different lines to chose from.  I've started adding some rock inside the ditch, we'll see how this developes.  And finally, an overview:  |
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11-30-2011, 07:22 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: St. Albans
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Looks like its time for a road trip
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