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joberg
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Welcome Gary and good luck with the built  |
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hole dweller
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Thank you all for the welcome.
I am not sure if I paid to much but I just won a conversion kit on ebay.
I can not believe I found one.
It will be fun building the car.
This tutorial will be a great help.
Gary
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Mr Webber
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Thanks to Marty, the final electronics have been finished and ive squeezed it all in the boot/trunk. Im really happy with the final product
and have flattened the first battery already.
Massive thanks go to the Medicom toy company, Broken Heros for their amazing upgrade kit, NYZeki for making them available to us and Marty for giving it a soul.
Heres a link to the small video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8VSNCdq7ec
 
 
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Just wow!
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Gaff87
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Incredible!
Gave it 5 out of 5 on Youtube. |
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Love it very much Tim! I would play with it, pet it and...well, never mind I think it rocks  |
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Mr Webber
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Cheers guys, this one was a real labour of love. 
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Wow, man, that looks awesome. It justifies all the effort that you put into it, I hope mine turns out half as good.
Thank you for the step by step shots for inspiration!!
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ridleyville
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Amazing job offworld, you should be very pleased with yourself. Out of interest i have been working hard updating my website when i came across an item i have never noticed before. It is the Lobster Spinner. If anybody would like to see the picture please go to my website and go to the posters page. This maybe general knowledge already so if it is sorry for wasting time.
www.ridleyville.com
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Gaff87
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| Whoa, i've never seen the lobster spinner before, new to me. |
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The Lobster spinner is actually the first spinner seen in the movie. The best picture I have seen of it is in the Japanese movie program. I will try and dig my copy out and see if I can scan it. Much cooler spinner than the Alfa Romeo one.
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Mr Webber
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Thanks Geoff, I never heard of the Lobster either, cant say im a fan, looks like something out of the Thunderbirds.
Is it a early stage concept of the eventual spinner or was it a totally seperate design?
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I think it was just something the model shop came up with.
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What's wrong with Thunderbirds? ...yeah, that lobster Spinner 
never saw that one before! Of course I'm waiting for Andy's pics to start building one to match my scratch-built Spinner |
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ridleyville
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Just in case you cannot find it on my website.
The lobster Spinner
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Yup, That's the pic from the Japanese program.
Thanks Ridleyville.
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Tim, "It Lives" !!
Great to see it alive on youtube, the lights have a nice fadeout when fully loaded. That effect wasn't so obvious with the initial 2 lights i wired for you.
Glad i could help you realise the dream !
Now, onto the BIG ONE !!!!!
Marty.
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Fantastic job offworld! I wasnt going to bother with rigging the lights, but I'm definately convinced now! 
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Beautiful job, Tim! 
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Mr Webber
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Cheers Marty, Beast and Gary.
Well it seems the jobs not finished yet, Marty has found some lights small enough to fit inside the smaller flood lights and ultra thin wires to match,
this means the entire lightbar will be functional which is a dream come true for me.
Another improvment will be a small female 12V outlet hidden somewhere on the spinner that will allow me to "plug it in" when i want it to run indefinately. For those who were concerned about any heat issues with the teardrop covers need not fear, my globes are right up against the edge of each cover and there have been no issues.
Well its back to the shed and delicately pull apart the lightbar, this is where the "a little glue goes a long way" policy hopefully holds out.
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