Easy foam plane fix

The best thing about foam plane is no matter how you bad you dent, bent or distort the whole body parts you can always get a fast perfect fix by dipping the affected part of the foam into more than 100 degrees of boiling hot water.  In this case i had my glider wing crashed into other r/c plane from opposite direction and plumetted into the soil.  The wing badly bent on the root junction of the wing spar.

To fix it just wrap a slabs of thick cotton clothes around the affected damaged foam. Then pour a hot boiling water (probably beyond 100 degree) above the clothes so that the hot water soaked inside temporarily hold the tempreature and heats up the contacted foam surface.  The hot water will then get absorbed into the plane's damaged bead foam which then use heat to expand the foam back to its original uncompress form slowly.  When pouring the hot water do it with caution, watch out not to pour excessive amount of hot water tempreature which causes the foam to swollen further and create bubly surface or blister.  Do it slowly and you may need manually straighten the bend wing or surface if it was badly bend from the start because when the foam is in hot condition you can easily reshape back the parts to original state.   I did it dozen of time on my second hand plane i bought from my friends and it always works 100%  keeping the models foam surface back like into smooth surface.  So far it works on my EPP, EPO and normal foam used on planes models.  Try it out.  Cheers.

Car bump- You're saved by tainted peanut butter old man!

Here number 1 reason why i should cycle back to office rather than driving my car back and fro. Schooling season is open and so as the traffic during peak hours especially when it time to go home at 5pm. I was stuck in a jam on my way to my home up the hill. The situation was bumper to bumper traffic and people moving forward in jerky speed like they are having a broken clutch. I can't wait to get home because i have this stomach discomfort probably having tainted peanut butter sandwich that i much during lunch time. My mind runing empty and tired because my stomach was doing to much proble so i like awww... i should take a bath and lay on couch for a quick nap hen i get back home later. I drive slowly up the hill through a long queue and everyone came to a halt at the junction where it leads to the general hospital, but no one was behind me until not until i check my rear view mirror something fast approaching direct at high speed going up the hill. A quick glance saw this blurry minded old man behind luxury sedan was in a rushy mood in his face hit last minutes brake and then BUUUMMMPPPPPPP...eeedddd!!!! My sedan was shaken..WTF!!! Its like a huge lorry just bump on my rear. my mind was calculating the physic of impact and surely my rear should be goner by now. The old man in his age between 60-70 was dumb founded and he saw me glanced through my side mirror as i pull out my armand i show my middle finger gesture and force him to go to the shoulder of the road and start doing some MAN TALK. Surprisingly the crowded left lane went empty as they make way for my angry black shiny sedan. In this town anything that is black either a sedan or hatch back car is a sign of bad people behind the the wheel.. for my case i'm a moody bad driver. We got to the shoulder road and went to the back to check hows my rear ride. The shorty old driver with white hair all over at the back ground repeated saying "sorry! sorry!" like 20 time bowing like typical japanese etiquette. Looking at the bumper i was puzzle.....hhhmmmmm..... minor scratches.... amazing consider the fact the force f the bump should have totalled everything from the rear, After made few round glancing around my car it was so just small scratch just beside the exhaust pipe. Looking back at the old man and his luxury german car (his bumper was a bit off-set after the impact) i was almost wanted to scold him eye to eye. Since my stomach was controlling my mood i was like "ahh!! , You better watch out next time! more shit will happen! lucky you got me since i'm not in the mood!!"
I give him the "Japan bad ass Bancho san" stare in his eyes to warn him to be carefull when driving on the road. I left the spot and continue drive back on-road. I glance back on my rear mirror notice he was driving verly slowly hidden behind another car shadow, probably too shame to face me. I made back home and check my rear car again to see what was all about. Then i realised that his sedan just shove under carriage and hit the lower bumper rather that direct flat impact. Thankfully my rear suspension are higher lifting the car body high for better ground clearance plus the bumper also design higher like a ship hull. I walk away smiling and very proud that i didn't have to spent a dime to fix the small sratched on my bumper. A black Tamiya R/C paint will do the job.

Adventure under blue twilight moon.

I didn't expect to happen to be the most hard core ride every which left me cold as dead due to excessive exhaustion. But anyways it was an experience worth jumping into it.

That morning all our mountain biker buddy gather around the cafe table behind the bike shop to plan for our bike trip for this noon. I order some beef noodles, a few cans of coke drinks in the morning and plates of heavy salad chiken rices to fuel up for later ride. So we decided to venture into lonely trails at Marudi cross over jungle trails.

By 3.30pm we reached there and start riding at normal pace. Not much of fast rider around because the hot legs left exhausted at home due to last Saturday lag of competition so not much or rivalry race throughout the journey. By 4.30pm we already deep deep into the jungle already passed the oil palm plantation district. We came across hilly trails and the off-road path become much narrower and more steep as further we go in but expect a loop trails going out exit back to our finishing point by few kilo distance. 5.30pm its getting dark so we choose the nearest trails to exit the open forest and into the path where we begin the most terrifiying up and down the hill ride. We began to decent up and down at high speed hitting lot of dangerous bumps holes and deep ravine. We haven't finished 40% of the trails and one of the rider accidently hit the huge gap of pot holes down the hil and tumble 180 degree fly shoulder first hit a near by boulder beside the hardpacked soild and fracture his shoulder bone wit two bone twigs pike out buldging the skins. The accident happens few centimetre away from me as i'm just right behind him. Luck him i manage to grab his bike which flown direct infront of me quickly grabbed and avoid his bike from pounced againt him. Everyone stopped and helped him to assist medical aid. Being way deep inside the jungle with limited access via normal transportation to reach the injured and the days getting dark we were lucky enough to have a cellphone signal coverage still roaming high and manage to turn our mobile phone to contact several near by rider who are closest to the finishing point to grab a 4 wheeler and drive to the emergency spot. Its 6.pm, days getting darker, several rider have to depart from the location leaving several riders behind to accompany the injured till the 4 wheeler arrive to pick them up but it will take few hours to reached there.
I'd expect it going to be short duration to reach the finishing point making assumption were just going to pass 3 to 4 steep off-road hills in just 1 hours at fast pace. But we were wrong. Heck it was more bizzare ride then ever, after passing several long steep hill climb then going down, the up, down up , down the hill i felt this journey getting endless as if the forest cursing us leading to bogey path, i also spot one of the Miri most highest hill climb ever...seeing the hill stertching way up like 200 storey high was like "holy crap!!! my legs going to explode!"". But nothing much we can do but to continue ride all the way up to exist the hellish forest...using the smallest high torque gear we paced like snail climbing up the hill. I hardly see the path as the sun already sunked behind the horizon...all is blue gloomy light lit well by bright moon and stars. My body was very very cold and stomach getting pretty empty. The sweat getting lest at the muscle almost at cramp level a sign that i'm all 100% heavily exhausted, critically low energey level, food and water. Event we just reached the peak of the hill i can see over the top horizon we have to passed at least 7 more hills climbs to exit to the main dirt road were it exited out from the oil plantation district. Guided by instict and gloomy blue rays of light shines the murky white path i speed though the trails cautionly avoiding the side which i couldn't figure out if its a bush or drak deep ravine. I was behind a guy named William but when i look back behind me there no one follow us except we were both on our own reaching to the finishing point. Others probably left behind clueless or slow down due exhaustion.
i felt time went stand still as we haven't exited the path yet. It was soo dark but the trails still can be seen through naked eyes except i can't differentiate between holes, huge rocks bumps or even huge crack of holes in the middle of the path so i just push my luck speeding down and just follow the guy infront hoping he don't get and bad accident else we;re the one ended stranded in the dark forest.
As we got the feeling geting nearer to the finishing point the sky was getting very clearer, the moon and the star are much brighter like white blue illuminating like diamond something you rarely seen from the city except at country side. Firefly start to blinks its bright lite body like spark of fire or christmas light bulb blinking around the forest flying gently like faries of the forest. Even though i'm tired but i was happy to experience those beautiful sights not many city slickers going to watch it once in a blue moon. Wow!
Few minutes later we reached a huge path that looks like rough open roads judging from the gloomy bright color of the soil under the night sky. Ah! we've reached the main truck road that leads to the exit point. At ETA 35 minutes through long flat and going all the way down the rocky road cautionly we reached our destination as we manage to see bright lights at near by car park just beside the hut. Home!! We reached there and shocked to see its just around 5 people including us hit the finishing spot while it'll take another hours to wait a dozen rider to return in the dark nights. Anyways after long wait everyone gathered completely at almost 8pm greeted with nice cold sweet isotonic drinks to comfort our tired body. Well not everyone in a good shape, another guy just also caught in accident under the dark night as he feel from his bike on the bridge and rip his buttock flesh out...eeeewwww...not going to tell much about it but that's one heck of a Sunday ride.
When i reached home, i took bath, grab my sedan car keys and drive all the way to KFC restaurant and much aways huge packs of dinner plate size fried chicken to flush out my frustration and hunger after the activity drain off my energy, Yaahhhhh, what a meal!

Tragic dream.

Today i have a very clear and well remembered dreams. Was kinda bad and tragic ones.
The dream took place in my local city. Driving to work. Its was raining and the whole road was totally flooded a almost up to waist line. I stopped at the big roundabout junction wanted to cross the road until i saw a flyover bridge which carry two lane highways collapse into rubble. Cars, lorries and busses all crash down the ground. I walk across the round junction and head towards the collapse flyover highway. I can see the passenger in solid mime stated with big eyes open but didn't even made an movements as if they were stoned. So as other passenger on other vehciles, as if time stop and stand still. Two bodies lying on the ground and both side of the bus, one person upper torso smack by huge lorry or something while the other lying down face upwards like got hit by something and bleeding. I was confused....
When i walk back to where i came from the dream becomes blurred and so i awake on this Sunday morning. Amazingly unlike other dream that i get in and forget this one i can remember and recall more vividly from others. What does this dream tells me? A sign? what??...

Terrible car crash!! but my family..

I was shocked when i was inform by my cousins upon my arrival to my grandma hometown that$ my family who travelled by land including my father two sister and a little brother involve in terrible self accident when they on their way to the funeral event at my grandma home village which happened during heavy during raining hours approx 120km away from the destination. I was inform late by a day when i reach hometown in Limbang just after arrival on plane me with my sister. The vehicle my father van an 8 seater plunge side of the road skid and overturned twice crushing the roof and shattered some side panels and glasses. Tyre blown off and some wheels came off. From the picture attached it looks terrified but luckily everyone on seatbelt doesn't suffer much just suffer minor bruises....my eldest sister however got heavy bumps on her left face and legs which makes her looks like a panda because arrogantly refuse to use seatbelt and at the end banged the side wall of the cabin. I was happy nothing serious had happened except costly wreckage left me wonder if i should load another new vehicle for my father next month.

Currently the vehicle is now towed to my relative who stay in a peaceful village country side where the vehicle will wait to be fixed by locals and probably sell to locals.

I'm very glad my family is safe and that's all matters the most. I thank god for not taking life of my family early as we have long journey of life to venture along. So it not our time yet. I hope our late grandma will watch over us and our lord shall watch over us too.

SUBARU crash into PSP!

Another unlucky day with my KYOSHO MINI-Z and my PSP. I hit the brake but skid and hit my PSP, lucky the camera attached on PSP not damaged, jus some scratches at the back of PSP disc deck and battery.

Crash and burn- reality of speed.

Its kinda fun to see some cool crash and burn when you race a car in game, virtually fun and entertaining. In comparison to reality there big differences between life and death. Yup, if you're driving a real car better keep it safe and think other on the road, there are no such thing as getting ranks, fame, glory and being popular super heroes on the road like being in NEED FOR SPEED game titles or wanna be PRO-STREET. No body cares about you on the road even you can drift a few miles unless you're on proper legal track for racing...not on public road.
Everyday i read news and came across tragic road accident, yup it comes with special package: 'Death', suprisingly most car accident death happens mostly on young driver aged between 27-20's. Today news i stumble upon gory picture of crash scene and stumble across some ultra uncensored gory crash victim...no matter how tough a LEXUS, MERCEDES, VOLVO, TOYOYA, MITSUBISHI and other brands it won't guarantee safety. People is just like an egg inside a metal box. Young driver! Ahhh... the youth adrenaline and road thriller has met their ultimate carnage of their dreams. I've driven very fast before on stock family car but at the end of the destination i sometimes question myself why did i do that for? just to get from point A to point B in unnecessary short time? Life is indeed short, too short! ...feel a temporary excitement and gone in a second.
I'd rather slow down and make sure i reach my destination safe and get to live another day enjoy playing playstation, have some nice tasty meal, chocolate, ice cream, fried chicken, travelling to another country, settle down with cute girlfriend and watch the day past by. Not putting my life on fast car on the fast lane. To be safe i'd ride my mountain bike....that's a true human powered adrenaline rush plus the real speed you can feel brushing again my face with the wind.
For that reason i never spent to much budget on cars like accessories and modification to make it *bling*...ahhh, c'mon its just a transportation going from one destination to another. Too much crimes, death, mental and social problem associated with cars....it also kill our greeny earth with its toxic fumes. If you're stuck in the traffic because you're in a car because you want it, keep the migraine up.
Oh yeah for the things i do on 3d car design, its passion. I like to design and watch em going on the road, I like to watch people drive and enjoy my design. That's all to it. Going from point A to B...its my mountain bike. hee...hee.