I LIVE! And So Does My Need to Build Crap!

I kinda forgot I had a hobby blog for a moment there...
Things here have been a little rough around the edges as far as hobby work is concerned. Unemployment and bills have made things a bit complicated for me. At the same time, I know better than to distance myself from the things I love. I start doing that, I start going crazy.
Aaaaaanyway, back to the actual topic of this post...


I've had to miss out on a lot of meetings with some friends of mine from college. A lot of these guys I haven't seen in several months, going on a year now. I really feel bad about not seeing them recently, but with a car that is dying a slow, painful death and having close to no money coming in, driving 400+ miles across the state from the Hudson Valley to Western NY is not going to happen. 
I posted a webpage I found on my personal blog here, to further explain things: AWESOME project
Seeing this, I knew I could actually do this project to send things off to my friends.
At first, I thought about just making decently-sized robots from scrap, like in the posted link. Then I got thinking for some strange reason...

...I wanted to do this for a project for a few of my friends. With added gubbins and guns, of course...
So here I went!

The only part of this project I actually bought with the intention of hobby work in mind. It was just a cheap toy car I found at one of the local dollar stores. It's sad that I can say that there are multiple dollar stores in my home town...
Anyway, I needed to take the wheels and cheap friction motor out of the back of the car. Problem was something every tinkerer runs into: screwdriver size. I had a small panic attack until I realized I had something to counter it.

I know this looks like a really strange, cheap flashlight. However, it's what's on the inside that counts.

See those mini-drivers on the right? Problem solved!
So yeah, I'm back to work here.

So yeah. While I know the DeLorean has its tires as its propulsion, I figured I should do something different. I found the next solution in my recycling bin...

I used to hate the new design Coke made for their retro-friendly bottle caps. Now, they'll make good grav-boosters for my combat hover cars!

Here's the problem though...the caps are XBAWKSHEUG compared to the actual tires. Meh, it'll add to the aesthetic of the hover car. 
So after removing the friction engine and the wheels, I'll be able to add on the grav-boosters and add all the gubbins and bitz to the car to make it all awesome. I have further plans to base it and mount it on a pole to make it look like it's hovering. And of course, it'll be bristling with weaponry too!
Hopefully, I'll be able to get it ready for painting soon enough! It's good to model again!