Model Car Culture Podcast · Scale Riders

Armando Flores

·2 hr 17 min

Armando Flores is back on Scale Riders for episode 253. 65 Lokes opens the show like he is welcoming back one of the team's favorites, and the conversation quickly settles into catching up on how much has changed since the last visit. It has been a minute. Armando talks about retirement, turning 64, and having a schedule that finally leaves room for model work whenever the mood hits instead of only after a workday. His space has changed too. The conversation lands on his kitchen setup, where the old dining set has effectively become the current car model table, with a garage table still planned for later. That kind of detail keeps coming up. The host keeps nudging the discussion toward what changed on the hobby side of his life, especially the rise of lowrider RC work and the custom paint and fabrication that came with it. There is a lot of real shop talk. They go through the Redcat lowrider hopping and hydraulics 1/10-scale scene and the way that world pulled more builders into the fold. Armando's eye for the work shows up everywhere. The talk keeps circling back to custom details, display choices, and the sort of build decisions that make a model read right in person. The show stays community-minded. Live appearances, in-person sessions, and the shift from old phone recordings to better recording setups all come through as part of the show history. Nothing feels rushed. The conversation leaves room for tangents, pauses, and the kind of repetition that happens when two people are thinking through a hobby story together. There is also a sense of place. Armando talks about making his setup more comfortable for the long haul, because this is the place where he expects to keep building, fixing, and staying close to the hobby. That is the core of it. The episode is a warm catch-up about models, retirement, workspace changes, and the people who keep the scene moving.

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A grounded catch-up on retirement, a larger home setup, and RC lowriders.

Armando Flores's return to Scale Riders keeps the focus on the practical side of the hobby: retirement, a larger home setup, and the way model building still fits into a looser schedule.

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Armando Flores returns for episode 253 with retirement updates, work-studio and kitchen-table shop talk, and lowrider RC build stories.

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