jfeenin
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I know I like to shoot but I also like to Fly RC planes and do a little photography. What does everyone else do when not working or shooting?
Other Hobbies - What do you all do besides shoot?
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kg4kpg
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I've always loved RC planes but I can't get used to flying from the ground. If I could fit one with a forward looking camera that transmitted to a pair of goggles I could do it. I do, however, dabble in scale planes of the plastic sort. Got back into it after my last deployment, helps me relax. And I do commission work if your aircraft and markings are available. 
I wanted to get into photography but never could afford a nice dslr. I've gotten some nice shots with point and shoots though.
I wanted to get into photography but never could afford a nice dslr. I've gotten some nice shots with point and shoots though.
jfeenin
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Love the B-58, that's a rare one. Reminds of my visits to the USAF museum in Dayton....
Midnight Raver
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Nice, love the hustler and the connie very much! :ugeek:
All of those look pretty cool. I've been building since I was 5 or so- dinosaurs to planes to ships, tanks, AFVs, softskins, figures, space stuff, almost everything out there. R/C I have not done but would love to, closest to it was model rocketry for me. Might even do some launches this spring after checking out my old goodies in the attic.
All of those look pretty cool. I've been building since I was 5 or so- dinosaurs to planes to ships, tanks, AFVs, softskins, figures, space stuff, almost everything out there. R/C I have not done but would love to, closest to it was model rocketry for me. Might even do some launches this spring after checking out my old goodies in the attic.
BenMara
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RC offroad truck, Amateur radio, ...... Prep......, Offroading the 9mpg monster truck (when gas was way cheaper), fixing my brothers VW fastback
bilall
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R/C airplanes
rotarymike
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I used to build models; have a stack of unbuilt waiting at the family home for my retirement. Nice B58, btw. I have an elder cousin that flew those, and I built him one for his 50th anniversary of commissioning.
I still dabble in electronics, programming, and robotics, but not nearly as much as I used to. I don't have time to stay abreast of the state-of-the-art in DIY tech.
What time I have left over from wrangling a toddler goes to learning gunsmithing and my project car. I fiddle around with these:
Sadly, my hobby is not really working on cars - that is a necessary evil to my real hobby of driving them sportingly, when you have a semi-unique vehicle that no one else can fix.
I used to build race and street engines for SCCA IT-S, IT-A, and IT-7 RX-7s when I lived in NC. My current project is installing a turbo driveline in a 1991 convertible RX7 (which wasn't available as turbo in the US). This will be my last project car - I'm getting too old to lay on the concrete anymore. That is a large part of the reason I've taken up amateur gunsmithing; still mechanical and machining, still engineering solutions to problems, but I can sit on a stool at the bench
I still dabble in electronics, programming, and robotics, but not nearly as much as I used to. I don't have time to stay abreast of the state-of-the-art in DIY tech.
What time I have left over from wrangling a toddler goes to learning gunsmithing and my project car. I fiddle around with these:
Sadly, my hobby is not really working on cars - that is a necessary evil to my real hobby of driving them sportingly, when you have a semi-unique vehicle that no one else can fix.
I used to build race and street engines for SCCA IT-S, IT-A, and IT-7 RX-7s when I lived in NC. My current project is installing a turbo driveline in a 1991 convertible RX7 (which wasn't available as turbo in the US). This will be my last project car - I'm getting too old to lay on the concrete anymore. That is a large part of the reason I've taken up amateur gunsmithing; still mechanical and machining, still engineering solutions to problems, but I can sit on a stool at the bench
PANZER22
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Spent a litle time building horizontal stabilizer leading edges, munition/instrument pods, ect for the USN and Japanese Navy P 3 variants.....One helluva airplane!
Dan
Dan
jfeenin
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Is that a Wankel engine? Looks like one to me.
These are a few of my planes.
These are a few of my planes.
biganimal
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Reloading ammo, casting & swaging bullets, learning gunsmithing, riding my Harley, spending time with the family & reading anything I get my hands on. The rest of the time I waste working for my boss. :lol:
PANZER22
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jfeenin, you are certainly into it....Those are some serious planes....I assume that is your son at different ages or you have two, anyway nice looking dude/s.
Midnight Raver
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Your little partner seems to enjoy the R/C birds as well! :mrgreen:
That air hockey reminds me of the good old days when we could play it at the arcade- too bad the home gaming systems made arcades practically extinct now.
That air hockey reminds me of the good old days when we could play it at the arcade- too bad the home gaming systems made arcades practically extinct now.
mark_b
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Like the other guys, I am into reloading ammo. I also do a little woodworking, furniture and other projects for the house. I also like to cook outdoors - grilling, smoking, and deep frying.
jfeenin
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PANZER22 said:
I do have more then one son but that is indeed the same one at different ages between 6 and 10
rotarymike
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jfeenin said:
Surely is. Fun little motors, especially when they start hitting about 350 HP at 10,000 RPM.
I should have added that I reload as well, but that's more of a necessity than a hobby.
jfeenin
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I used to reload but I won't be doing that for a while with the upcoming move. I am giving all of my stuff for that to my father in law. Eventually I hope to get back into it again. Particularly for my target rifle. I used to do a little woodworking as well when I had the huge basement you see in the one photo. I haven't lived there for a few years now though and woodworking and reloading don't necessarily mix with apartment living. 
rotarymike
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I hear you - I think vacuuming up the spilled gunpowder up from the spare room carpet in our last apartment was contributory to that vacuum dying. :lol:
Tigerstripe
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jfeenin,
got any use for the old type engines? i came up later but my late dad and brother flew line control planes.
the best planes were in the housefire that took my brother and his wife, but i have several engines.
got any use for the old type engines? i came up later but my late dad and brother flew line control planes.
the best planes were in the housefire that took my brother and his wife, but i have several engines.
kg4kpg
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jfeenin said:
Wow, R/C envy.
