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**pewter Z28** · 02-13-2011, 07:36 AM

ok so while ago i used to have rc vehicles nitro powered but got sick of them to fast and not enough room to run . now i have found out they are making rock crawlers and i have always loved off roading as much as tearing up the roads my ? to you guys has anyone bought or know any one with rc crawlers? i seem to like the look of axial scx 10 looks more real . any help would be great

**Zapper2003** · 02-13-2011, 01:18 PM

I have an SCX10 Honcho (kit version). It's been a great little truck. Picked it up when they were first released. It's barely used. I have the Axial NVS (light kit) for it as well. 55t lathe motor. Been a fun little truck, almost wish I had a 27t or 35t motor though for a bit more wheelspeed. 19t is too much. I've seen people throw a brushless setup in them just for wheelies and whatnot though. I've gotten into the short-course trucks now and race them.

shitty pic with all the lights lit up.

**pewter Z28** · 02-13-2011, 05:30 PM

thats pretty bad ass also its between scx or that thanks

**Zapper2003** · 02-13-2011, 06:59 PM

Same truck just a few minor differences.

**pewter Z28** · 02-16-2011, 06:42 PM

so the short track you race is it rocky or jumps ? i want something for crawling off road use but still have power to cruise

**Zapper2003** · 02-16-2011, 06:49 PM

It's an actual racetrack. I don't run the Axial there, just my Slash 4x4's.

**pewter Z28** · 02-17-2011, 03:39 PM

wow i wish we had a track all we got is bmx bike track no fun

**Sarge** · 02-17-2011, 03:46 PM

Are you guys talking about toys?

**Zapper2003** · 02-17-2011, 05:15 PM

Yessir. Some of these have enough power to pull wheelies at speed.

**Mark98SS** · 02-18-2011, 01:10 PM

Backyard track I used to have

**ibanez7** · 02-18-2011, 01:35 PM

RC cars where great back in the day when you had to build them and paint them...

now most are R2R (ready to run)

90% of the fun was building and customizing them

**Zapper2003** · 02-18-2011, 04:30 PM

I agree with ya. The fun is in the building and customizing. The truck i showed i bought in kit form. That's the beauty now of the scale/crawling aspect. The manufacturers have caught on, but the mass appeal is that most everything is custom built, whether you're piecing together store-bought parts, or scratch-building the entire thing. Check out rc4wd.com for some crazy shit. They are making scaled down full-size solid axles. Transfer cases, 2 speed trannys etc. Internal beadlock wheels with licensed scaled tires. It's nuts.

But yes, building is the best part.

**wheeliE-maxx** · 02-18-2011, 07:03 PM

Originally Posted by Zapper2003

Yessir. Some of these have enough power to pull wheelies at speed.

like a 3-speed backed ported sts .30 with the front diff and shafts taken out

Originally Posted by ibanez7

RC cars where great back in the day when you had to build them and paint them...

now most are R2R (ready to run)

90% of the fun was building and customizing them

I had to build my savage ss .28 (not the x-model). Most of mine have been rtr however

**pewter Z28** · 02-19-2011, 05:13 AM

lets see photos of you rc toys iam planning on getting back into rc but cant figue out what i want

**Zapper2003** · 02-19-2011, 05:19 AM

Will try. I am going to be selling some of my older stuff off on another forum so i'm gonna be grabbing pics anyways.

**Zapper2003** · 02-19-2011, 09:09 AM

Nothing fancy. Both of my slashes side by side with my SCX10. And a few pics of a Ford Raptor body I painted on my SCX. It's actually a body for the Slash (not wide enough o cover the wheels, meant to turn the slash into a monster truck), but it fits the SCX perfect, and looks pretty good to boot.

**pewter Z28** · 03-15-2011, 06:04 PM

looks like thats what i need is scx i think i will get one this weekend if hobby shop has in yet?

**Kup98ss** · 03-15-2011, 06:32 PM

I have a Losi desert truck and an e-maxx. I like them. e-maxx is rad.
Not big fan of rockcrawling. I have a buddy that loves it though.

**LSCyaL8R** · 03-15-2011, 06:36 PM

I have an MGT r2r. Got it when they first came out. stupid fast! I always wanted to build one from scratch using nothing but hop up parts. it gets expensive fast. An all high end part MGT could run thousands. I think someone was selling fully hopped up metal MGT's for like 10k back when they were new.

i'd still love to do it one day. it is crazy how "full scale" they seem. Lot's of fun. I still have my MGT... but it's a bit rusty and in a million pieces. lubed it up before i boxed it... it'd probably run if i ever put it back together. maybe i'll put it together in time for spazpalooza....

second thought i suddenly see it hydrolocking as it lands in the pool with spaz at the wheel.