Aloha and Welcome to my small speck of cyberspace! Dec 8, 2010 is the birth date of my blog. Never had one before, but my son encouraged me to have one, and it seemed like a good way to at least keep a log of my RC airplane building and flying. With the initial design kicked off by my son, I'll carry on from here and have fun with it. Now that I have it, I will use it to also keep track of my oil painting efforts, and any other ideas, hobbies, travels, or whatever else that come up. LIFE IS GOOD!

Update on 02/25/2011. It's been a few months since I began this blog, and I am enjoying creating and having it! I like documenting the things I have done in my hobbies, and sharing with my small family. I think Jer and Tad actually view it fairly regularly, as a means to see what I've been up to lately. At worst, it serves as a reference for my own use.

Update on 12/22/2011. This blog stuff is habit forming. My blog is a year old now, and I make an entry about every other day or so as that seems to be the frequency of doing something in one of my hobbies. Like my hobbies, this blog is a lot of fun, and it has become in itself another hobby that I enjoy.

Years are flying by...update on 01/11/2013. Still enjoying maintaining this blog even though hardly anyone sees it. I don't advertise it anywhere or to anyone, and it is mainly just a way for me to keep my own notes and thoughts on my flying, painting, and cars. If a stranger happens upon it, I think it is by pressing NEXT at the top of the current blog they are visiting, lol. It's a great device for me.

August 2014: still here! Took up flying RC helicopters one year ago and got hooked. Had flown micro Helis up to then, but got serious with 450 size for a couple months, then bought the Goblin 500 and Gaui X5 . Also got my Boxster in April 2013. Most importantly, Ariel was born 12/02/12 followed by Skylar 07/20/13, and they are little beacons of joy in our lives. Life is indeed good!!!

Monday, February 14, 2011

Jiminy Cricut!

From this:

To this:
 
Then THIS:



AND THIS:


HOW COOL IS THAT?!  :)  Decal/sticker sets for large planes like this can cost $100 easily from various vendors...I'm talking about 8-10 decals for the whole plane.  Several months ago, I read on RCU where one guy was starting to make his own vinyl decals with a Cricut machine.  I did some estiimating and figured that if I got the equipment, I could break even if I did decal sets for just two of my future planes.  I jumped in and won a Cricut Expression on eBay for about $160.  I got Sure Cuts A Lot version 2 (SCAL2) also on eBay for about $75, which include the printer cable to connect the Cricut to my PC, and some extra cutting blades.  Then I picked up some 12"x24" vinyl sheets at $1.60 per sheet off eBay too.

After a month of hesitation and fear of the new undertaking, I decided today to set it up and give it a go.  I actually had found and downloaded the XOAR logo and got it into SCAL2 a couple weeks ago.  After initial testing on paper, I cut my very first vinyl stickers.  They are 3" across in red.  XOAR is the brand of props that I am using on this Extra 330L and my new Ultimate 20-300.  I will likely make silver or blue XOAR stickers, 4" across, for the Ultimate.  I  am pretty self satisfied with the success of the venture.  GRINS!!!
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