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I also used to be really heavy into Nitro and electric 1:10 scale and a couple 1:36-1:18 scale back in the day before I got my license. Once I was driving I sold all but 1 truck. That one only lasted another couple years before being sold. I do miss having the little ones to play around with on a rainy day like today.
 
Roody said:
TRX4M
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Nice collection

Googly Eye 45 FTW 👍

@IcutYourCruiser
Let’s see that blue half cab of yours.
 
I'm deep down the rabbit hole now on these things. Looking at the SCX24 ($80-$100), trx4 ($160), and CR18P Evo ($170). Any thoughts on what would be a good option nowadays? Hoping for something that is useable out of the box yet has enough aftermarket support to keep me entertained.
 
The TRX4 is a fantastic rig right out of the box. It’s the easy button for a ready to run crawler-ish RC. Two speed transfer case, front and rear lockers, traxxas reliability. It’s not the sexiest rig, and there aren’t a ton of hop-ups for it, but it doesn’t really need hopping up other than sticky tires. In the RC world, it’s an entry-level cheater rig. Off the shelf it’s better than a lot of hand built expensive trucks.

If you want to immerse yourself in the RC hobby, building cars, agonizing over which motors, links, shocks and gearing to buy, the trx4 isn’t it. RC4WD and Boom Racing are the rigs for experienced tinkerers.

I’m speaking mostly of 10th scale trucks. No real experience here with 24th scale. Nathan does have a 24, but I don’t know much about it other than it’s a lot cheaper to build and run than the 10th scale stuff.
 
I started on the scx24. I spent $120 in upgrades right out of the box. After that I just started building them from scratch with aftermarket stuff. I won’t ever buy another stock one.

I have to experience with the trx4m, or cr18p evo. I’ve heard really good things about the cr18p though. I believe it’s brushless stock??

I did buy a redcat ascent 18 and I was really impressed with the performance right out of the box. Apparently it’s a very similar platform to the trx4m and a lot of the aftermarket parts interchange.

As far as aftermarket parts… I’d say the scx24 platform has the most, followed by the trx4m and the redcat ascent is quickly becoming popular. Cr18p I haven’t seen as much for, but don’t actively look
 
roadstr6 said:
The TRX4 is a fantastic rig right out of the box. It’s the easy button for a ready to run crawler-ish RC. Two speed transfer case, front and rear lockers, traxxas reliability. It’s not the sexiest rig, and there aren’t a ton of hop-ups for it, but it doesn’t really need hopping up other than sticky tires. In the RC world, it’s an entry-level cheater rig. Off the shelf it’s better than a lot of hand built expensive trucks.

If you want to immerse yourself in the RC hobby, building cars, agonizing over which motors, links, shocks and gearing to buy, the trx4 isn’t it. RC4WD and Boom Racing are the rigs for experienced tinkerers.

I’m speaking mostly of 10th scale trucks. No real experience here with 24th scale. Nathan does have a 24, but I don’t know much about it other than it’s a lot cheaper to build and run than the 10th scale stuff.
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I asked Nathan the other night about the 1/10 stuff, that’s pretty much what he told me. I’ll build one some day.
 
Here’s that pile of RC’s I mentioned earlier: Blue TRX4 that Nathan truggied with a Hilux cab and a custom steel tube back half, Boom Racing 79 series LC, Axial Yeti, Axial Wraith. RC4WD Gelende FJ40. He’s got a few others around here somewhere.

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Hokie LX said:
I'm deep down the rabbit hole now on these things. Looking at the SCX24 ($80-$100), trx4 ($160), and CR18P Evo ($170). Any thoughts on what would be a good option nowadays? Hoping for something that is useable out of the box yet has enough aftermarket support to keep me entertained.
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I’m in this same Situation.

I was introduced to the scx24 and I like them, I wish they were a little bigger though. However for my 10 year old it’s a solid platform to start with.
 
Nathan got his first hobby grade crawler (Axial AX-10 Scorpion) at age 6. I made a video of him driving that rig in the vacant lot next door. Apologies for the old, grainy video, and it's way too long by today's standards. It's still cool for me to watch him having RC fun 13 years ago.

 
roadstr6 said:
Nathan has been focused on his 1:1 rigs lately, and he's all grown up and off in college now. We don't do much with his RC's these days. We have a literal pile of them. I kinda like seeing them sitting there. It reminds me of the fun we had with them when he was younger. We'll get back into them sometime, and there they'll be...waiting.
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Love this.

Side note - we just sold our Daughter's old 1:1 scale Accord rig for less than some of these RC!
 
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I was into 1/10 off road and carpet racing in the 80s. Associated RC10 was the standard and then Losi came on the scene. We spent a fortune racing them. Buddy of mine's father owned a hobby shop and talked his dad into buying a machine that would cycle and evaluate individual battery cells and we would build matched packs. Can't tell you how many hours we spent just on batteries.

We spent one winter (PA north of Philly COLD) racing once a week at a local roller rink. We were the original drifters! Good traction was only a dream, tried every tire know. But it was a whole lot of fun for sure. One of the regulars was Al Holbert and his sons. His shop was in our town.

The bodies you guys have were not available then. There were buggy bodies and race car bodies but not a lot of off road stuff.
 
Thanks for the recommendations guys. The SCX24 is on sale for $80 right now which seems like a good deal for something to toy with while I can also have lots of upgrade options.

1/24 SCX24 2021 Ford Bronco 4WD Truck Brushed RTR | Axial Adventure

The 1/24 SCX24 2021 Ford Bronco 4WD Truck Brushed RTR by Axial is designed for RC rock crawling adventures!
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Hokie LX said:
Thanks for the recommendations guys. The SCX24 is on sale for $80 right now which seems like a good deal for something to toy with while I can also have lots of upgrade options.

1/24 SCX24 2021 Ford Bronco 4WD Truck Brushed RTR | Axial Adventure

The 1/24 SCX24 2021 Ford Bronco 4WD Truck Brushed RTR by Axial is designed for RC rock crawling adventures!
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One thing to note about the scx24’s. The different models have different wheelbases.
 
Deadbolt is short 133mm
Gladiator is long 155mm
Everything else is in between.
If you go with something in the middle you can always stretch it later on by swapping to longer rear links and driveshaft.
 
IcutYourCruiser said:
Deadbolt is short 133mm
Gladiator is long 155mm
Everything else is in between.
If you go with something in the middle you can always stretch it later on by swapping to longer rear links and driveshaft.
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I may be mistaken on the overall length, but I know link lengths change. The deadbolt has the shortest fronts. Gladiator has the longest rears. Most of mine are a combo of parts to make my own wheelbase.

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NCFJ said:
I was into 1/10 off road and carpet racing in the 80s. Associated RC10 was the standard and then Losi came on the scene. We spent a fortune racing them. Buddy of mine's father owned a hobby shop and talked his dad into buying a machine that would cycle and evaluate individual battery cells and we would build matched packs. Can't tell you how many hours we spent just on batteries.

We spent one winter (PA north of Philly COLD) racing once a week at a local roller rink. We were the original drifters! Good traction was only a dream, tried every tire know. But it was a whole lot of fun for sure. One of the regulars was Al Holbert and his sons. His shop was in our town.

The bodies you guys have were not available then. There were buggy bodies and race car bodies but not a lot of off road stuff.
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I think I remember you talking about RC helicopters and/or planes, too?

Have you tried a modern drone? :)

I'm thinking about one . .again . .cheap one for recon for the c i v i l w a r that is upon us LOL.

Its amazing what these will do. This time around, I would get a small one that doesn't need a pilot's license. I was working on the pilot license last year and pooped out after getting a new job :)
 
I have a couple drones and they’re really need. I used it a lot during my Colorado wheeling trip to get some great landscape pics and media showing the scale of the environment.

I have a DJI Mini 3 and a Mavic 2 Pro. The mini 3 is really capable and a great unit. The mavic obviously has a much better camera and has proximity sensors for up, down, and sides whereas the Mini only has them below.
 
I got into helicopters after the cars and ended up masking a living for 5 years out of making parts, custom painting and building helicopters. Got into pllanes as well and built pattern planes over the winter for customers. Helx was the company name

I bought a small drone but it was a PIA to deal with, controls were not what I'd call "tight"
 
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