ChilliBreath
Rock Stacker
First post here 8) Mid 30's guy from the Netherlands.
I used to drive 10th scale buggies in my late teens and early twenties, but these got mothballed since I mostly ride alone, and these really quick rigs are usually one curbside accident away from expensive repairs. Additionally, to me they would only remain interesting as long as I kept upgrading them - but this scale is relatively expensive and parts are (or were) hard to come by here.
Fast forward a decade, and enter the microcrawler. My first micro crawler was a Carisma MSA-1E Subaru Brat, which I still have and regularly drive. But I got my son an SCX24 (yellow Jeep Rubicon) a few weeks ago, and quickly pulled the trigger on one for Daddy as well :ror::ror: (grey C-10). These are really neat little things! Compared to the Carisma I really like how easily these modulate their speed, and the grippier tires in general. The Carisma seems to have better suspension and articulation, but is a bit jumpy on the throttle. Also, the SCX24 has a million different performance and cosmetic upgrades to choose from, and very cheaply to boot if you're willing to take a bit of risk and wait a bit longer...
So, my son and I can now regularly go to any nearby forest and find a hilly section, or a narrow trail, and go on a scale adventure together!
But... in rainy north-western Europe you really don't wanna be outside all the time. So, I made a 1x2m wooden structure on wheels (so it can be stored away easily), got some old cardboard boxes, some expanding foam and some plaster cloth and made a little crawler park as well:
(the lower left area will be a sand pit)
This is still an unfinished project. I plan to make it a rocky grey / brown landscape, and add some texture to it as well to improve traction (it's actually more difficult to navigate than I imagined :roll
. This will be my project over the Christmas break.
To be continued as I upgrade the SCX24's as well as the indoor course. 8) Both vehicles have brass wheel weights already, and the jeep has brass diff covers.
I've got some things planned to do over the coming months. These include getting better servo's (the stock servos are really, really weak!), getting better suspension (oil shocks with preload control), and probably doing some visual tweaks as well such as a roof rack for the jeep, or nicer lights, etc... but this is all longer term stuff.
I am really excited about this hobby, and my wife encouraged me to find a channel to vent this energy rather than boring her with it :lmao: She actually encouraged me to start an instagram channel, but I don't want to do social media anymore... but this place seems like an appropriate channel to find like-minded individuals So I decided to sign up.
I used to drive 10th scale buggies in my late teens and early twenties, but these got mothballed since I mostly ride alone, and these really quick rigs are usually one curbside accident away from expensive repairs. Additionally, to me they would only remain interesting as long as I kept upgrading them - but this scale is relatively expensive and parts are (or were) hard to come by here.
Fast forward a decade, and enter the microcrawler. My first micro crawler was a Carisma MSA-1E Subaru Brat, which I still have and regularly drive. But I got my son an SCX24 (yellow Jeep Rubicon) a few weeks ago, and quickly pulled the trigger on one for Daddy as well :ror::ror: (grey C-10). These are really neat little things! Compared to the Carisma I really like how easily these modulate their speed, and the grippier tires in general. The Carisma seems to have better suspension and articulation, but is a bit jumpy on the throttle. Also, the SCX24 has a million different performance and cosmetic upgrades to choose from, and very cheaply to boot if you're willing to take a bit of risk and wait a bit longer...
So, my son and I can now regularly go to any nearby forest and find a hilly section, or a narrow trail, and go on a scale adventure together!
But... in rainy north-western Europe you really don't wanna be outside all the time. So, I made a 1x2m wooden structure on wheels (so it can be stored away easily), got some old cardboard boxes, some expanding foam and some plaster cloth and made a little crawler park as well:
(the lower left area will be a sand pit)
This is still an unfinished project. I plan to make it a rocky grey / brown landscape, and add some texture to it as well to improve traction (it's actually more difficult to navigate than I imagined :roll
. This will be my project over the Christmas break. To be continued as I upgrade the SCX24's as well as the indoor course. 8) Both vehicles have brass wheel weights already, and the jeep has brass diff covers.
I've got some things planned to do over the coming months. These include getting better servo's (the stock servos are really, really weak!), getting better suspension (oil shocks with preload control), and probably doing some visual tweaks as well such as a roof rack for the jeep, or nicer lights, etc... but this is all longer term stuff.
I am really excited about this hobby, and my wife encouraged me to find a channel to vent this energy rather than boring her with it :lmao: She actually encouraged me to start an instagram channel, but I don't want to do social media anymore... but this place seems like an appropriate channel to find like-minded individuals
So I decided to sign up.
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