Hawaii NNL 2013 - Review

The Hawaii NNL show was definitely a success in my opinion. So many fine builds and heavy competition. I had a blast hangin  with fellow builders from way back and new builder friends. The kids had a blast with the tracks to satisfy their boredom and a Make It, Take It build for the kis to build and have. There was also a small RC Crawler open track for the crawlers and the HSM Landrover crawler handled the track pretty well except for the high fall that cracked the bumper and fender. There were not too many vendors selling model kits which was a bit of disappoinment because I was really looking forward to buy some imports. 

I want to thank all the people that stopped by the booth and took advantage of what little model kits I had.  Also for the kind compliments on the builds. The kids and kids at heart surely enjoyed the 1/24 scale Action Statics '62 & '68 Impala hoppers and 1/20 scale Explorer dancer. Hopefully next time HSM will have more and better builds. 

Want to thank HIMCC, Scale Model Magazine, Gregg Hutchings, Sponsors, and all the vendors & entrants for making this event a success. Many more please...

 The Hawaii Scale Models booth with products for sale and all the different types of scale models display.

 The show table with lots of amazing builds. Very heavy competition.

  Felgood Customs line up.

 My RC4WD Katan chassis w/ HPI Racing Landrover Defender shell. Need more detail work and major suspension tweaks.

My 1969 Camaro Pro-Street dragster shell on a Parma dragster chassis. Two-tone paint job (black & chameleon).

Crown Works Garage - SEMA 2011

On my trip to Las Vegas last month which was the week before SEMA, I found out that my homie Tony P. of Crown Works Garage in California was on his way in to Las Vegas for the SEMA show. He drove in the day I was leaving Las Vegas for Hawaii and with destiny and luck in the works. I was able to see my homie for a bit before my flight back. He previously told me about his wagon that he was showcasing in SEMA and I wanted to see it and off course him before I leave. Though it seemed that it was slim that I would be able to see my homie before I leave, luck would have it that I and my family was able to see him even for an hour.

So to make a long story short. I got to see my homie and his sick ride. I know he wouldn't disappoint 'cus I know he does quality work. Sure enough I see the ride and I was blown away... DHAYM!... see for yourself below.

You really gotta know us to know our history. We go deep in the game.

Side profile.

Rear shot. Peep the graphics and the mint interior.

Graphics continues to the dashboard.

Airbags w/ Accuair components...

He kept the stock 283 engine with his custom touches on it.

This roof is where you get to see his masterpiece.

One of the few coverages he got and the final look with all the necessary touches and the sick stance.

SEMA 2011 - Lowriders, Rods, & Customs

by: speedhunters.com

If you ever need work on your ride and you live in California or nearby, hit him up...

Crown Works Garage.

Discover DJ – new toy

This right here is Ion’s Discover DJ Computer DJ System that retails for about $110. I’ve had my eyes set on these since last year and thought it would be something good for my arsenal. I know what y’all are thinking, yes it looks like a toy and yes its not really that accurate, and yes its for minor/newbie DJs. I don’t disagree with you, but then again I do not call myself a DJ nor even dream of becoming one. I for one just needed something that can do the job that I needed it to do, simply just blend and a little bit of scratching, looping, droppin mixes. This is one that will definitely come in handy with a lot of visual projects that will be coming in the near future. But I did not want to fork out $100 for it only to be disappointed. So I kind of forgot about it…

Until yesterday while shopping at Toys R Us and I bumped in to this stack with an awesome price tag.

Do you see the price of this thing? Now tell me how in hell could you pass up on this deal? So I took it home, and immediately tried to play with it. I also started to reflect on my research on this from last year. I started to do more research on it and checked the YouTube vids and seen people’s comments on it. Yes, I agree with a lot of them vids and at the same time amazed at what some people or DJs can do with it.

Here’s an example of one and this happens to be the best one that I’ve seen so far.

Real talk, for the price compared to its capability… I say its worth it.

2010 Camaros

HPI Racing's Camaro
by far the best shell hands down...

R2Hobbies and possibly Team Magic Camaro

K-Factory 2010 Camaro

hpi.racing 2010 Chevy Camaro / Hankook

First of, I would like to thank AndyH and hpi.racing for this really generous gift. I was so honored and blessed to be one of few to have the opportunity to custom paint this shell. I don't know what I did to deserve this honor but I am taking it... thank you once again AndyH.

Now on to the Camaro.

Here's the real Chevy Camaro Hankook Tire Drift car.

And here is my 1/10 scale replica of it. Video of it in action will be done soon on my hpi.racing fully customized E10 Countersteer chassis.

Check out this link on the Team Slideways Hawaii site for more pics and details on this build.

http://www.teamslidewayshawaii.com/?p=148

This is the vid that I made the first time regarding the Hankook Camaro replica and my E10-CSD kit. I will have a follow up to this vid with my recent Hankook Camaro and my E10-CSD kit.

HellaFlush - review

For all the reviews on the show for the people that missed it, "like me"... go to the site.

http://fatlace.com/hellaflush/