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Comic-con Day One

It was interesting watching most people getting in line to enter the San Diego Convention Center. People were picking up their one day passes and more people were picking up their 4-day passes. Best of all, people were dressing up in costume. Today was the first real day of Comic-Con. That meant bigger crowds than Preview Night, panels, and other excitement.

The first large panel in Hall H was the Fox panel for “The Day the Earth Stood Still” and “Max Payne”. Keanu Reeves was there for “The Day the Earth Stood Still” and Mark Wahlberg was there for Max Payne. Then Hugh Jackman made a surprise appearance to promote the Wolverine movie coming out in 2009. Though, it seemed the Read the rest of this entry »

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Breaking-in a Rc Nitro 2-stroke Glow Engine

Preparing your Nitro RC Engine only takes a few hours, but the benefits are worth the investment in time. In a nut shell RC 2-stroke engine use a tapered sleeve to create compression, while most full scale cars use piston rings. The process of breaking the engine in is to make sure that the piston and the sleeve have the best fit possible. Like all things RC it just depends on who you ask about breaking-in an engine.

From experience I can tell you that all the methods work well, when in doubt refer to the manual, they will have break-in procedures specific to your engine. the only important thing to remember is not to be too harsh on the engine, Read the rest of this entry »

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Doll House Kits – Explaining the Difference

With many different dollhouse companies offering beautiful dollhouse designs, it is easy to let a visual interpretation of a dollhouse kit make your mind up for you. There are a couple of things however that you should be aware of when choosing a dollhouse kit.

There are basically two types of wooden kits on the market today.

Die Cut Doll house kits – For those of you who are not familiar with this term, I will try to explain how it works. You start with a large sheet of thin plywood, usually approx 1/8-1/4” thick. The plywood has to be thin enough to enable a large “Die” to be pressed down into the plywood, effectively scoring the wood into intricate shapes that Read the rest of this entry »

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