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Old 08-31-2013, 06:56 PM   #1
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Hey All,
I've got an Rubicon RTR on the way and can't wait to try out this scale crawler thing... I live on Kodiak Island, Alaska so I should be able to get some good crawling...

I have a long history in RC that started in the late 80's racing indoor carpet. I got a bit sidetracked with a career and family, but hope to get back into it now...

Not a lot of RC action on Kodiak, but hopefully I can find someone else or get a buddy into it...

Can't wait to start sharing pics of my rig...

Thanks,
Chris
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Old 08-31-2013, 07:05 PM   #2
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Welcome to the addiction. I'm new to crawling and scaling myself. New to this board too. I was a heli guy and an occasional cheap ground RC guy. I got a Wraith and I'm loving it. Plan on getting an SCX-10 and doing some custom scaling work on the body, but that is for later. Just loving modding and bashing my Wraith right now. This stuff may not be cheap, but it is major fun. Alaska is a great place for trailing, scaling, and taking pics for us to drool over. Looking forward.
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Old 08-31-2013, 08:44 PM   #3
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Hell yea man. I can't wait to see some of your trail pics. That Rubicon is a very capable machine right out of the box. Just bite the bullet and get two of them... your going to want one for your friends/kids/wife/yeti to play with!
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Old 09-01-2013, 12:47 PM   #4
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Thanks, really looking forward to the Jeep getting here!
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Old 09-02-2013, 07:47 AM   #5
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You won't be disappointed. The JK was my first crawler and its a blast to mess with.
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Old 09-02-2013, 09:14 AM   #6
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Ya my son has a Jk it's awesome outta the box, but first things first replace that steering link with alum, that's the first thing to fail....other than that have fun...
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Old 09-02-2013, 10:32 AM   #7
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Have fun! I started out crawling a couple months ago. I fly helicopters and got out of short course racing. I decided crawling was way easier and more fun than short course racing.

Have fun and very soon, you will go mod crazy on your Jeep!
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Old 09-02-2013, 10:39 AM   #8
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thanks! Hopefully I'll be back down in SoCal next year... I got transferred up here to Alaska last summer from San Diego, wish I was into crawlers then! ;)
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Old 09-02-2013, 11:15 AM   #9
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Yea for real welcome to the RC addiction... Started with one car know I have 5 cars and one touring car in progress... Cant wait for your pictures... Check my jeep out if you would like... Newbie scx10 jeep rubicon update
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Old 09-02-2013, 11:32 AM   #10
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I wish there were more guys into scaling and crawling here in Jacksonville. I went to the local Hobby World here a few days ago looking to see what they had for scalers or maybe some Axial stuff and the guy looked at me like I was from Mars.

"Not to many folks into that stuff around here", the guy tells me. That's the only shop still in Jacksonville. I blankly browsed through the gigantic train selection and left empty handed and deflated.

There is a "Hobby Town" in Gainesville that has all sorts of Axial, and scaling stuff, but they are an hour and a half away. Oh well, at least it is on the way to my Daughter's house. I can stop in at Hobby Town when visiting and then play on my son-in-law's pile of rocks.
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Old 09-02-2013, 01:12 PM   #11
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I wish there were more guys into scaling and crawling here in Jacksonville. I went to the local Hobby World here a few days ago looking to see what they had for scalers or maybe some Axial stuff and the guy looked at me like I was from Mars.

"Not to many folks into that stuff around here", the guy tells me. That's the only shop still in Jacksonville. I blankly browsed through the gigantic train selection and left empty handed and deflated.

There is a "Hobby Town" in Gainesville that has all sorts of Axial, and scaling stuff, but they are an hour and a half away. Oh well, at least it is on the way to my Daughter's house. I can stop in at Hobby Town when visiting and then play on my son-in-law's pile of rocks.
LOL like you was from Mars... First hobby shop in my town same exact thing lol... I was like axial do you carry them... he said to me we dont carry arts supplies i was like what... let me ask again to you carry offroad axial trucks... hes answer o o o no like he know but he didnt lol... next place i stopped at luckly had one Jeep Rubicon Kit I was so happy... Know there my favorite Hobby Shop...
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Old 09-02-2013, 01:55 PM   #12
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Well, we have no hobby shop on the island... But, there is one over in Anchorage that knows about crawling...
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Old 09-02-2013, 02:14 PM   #13
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LOL like you was from Mars... First hobby shop in my town same exact thing lol... I was like axial do you carry them... he said to me we dont carry arts supplies i was like what... let me ask again to you carry offroad axial trucks... hes answer o o o no like he know but he didnt lol... next place i stopped at luckly had one Jeep Rubicon Kit I was so happy... Know there my favorite Hobby Shop...
I went in there with the intent to buy a Wraith and all the trimmings to make it go for someone that has never owned hobby grade off road stuff. I mean the battery and the charger, tools, accessories. lights, you name it. I went home and got it all from Tower Hobbies online. The guy missed out on quite a sale actually. I try to buy local, but local seems to have an increasingly sorry selection.

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Well, we have no hobby shop on the island... But, there is one over in Anchorage that knows about crawling...
Yeah, hobby shops are getting harder to find. Too many folks living in the digital world. Probably be a good idea for you to eventually waterproof seeing how you got all that fun snow and ice up there to bash around in.
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Old 09-02-2013, 02:34 PM   #14
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Yeah, hobby shops are getting harder to find. Too many folks living in the digital world. Probably be a good idea for you to eventually waterproof seeing how you got all that fun snow and ice up there to bash around in.
I plan to waterproof everything for sure... lots of rain here...

probably do the ballon trick that Axial blog talks about...
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Old 09-02-2013, 04:00 PM   #15
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I'm sure if all else fails, you could get one of the Kodiak bears to play with you. I was on Kodiak back in the 80's working for a couple of days. Man those things are big. Have fun with your new Rubicon, I really like mine.
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Old 09-05-2013, 08:44 PM   #16
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Got my Rubicon today! Unfortunately, my charger shipped from a different location so it's still on the way... Can't wait to run this!

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Old 09-05-2013, 08:46 PM   #17
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Good for you, you're almost there. Keep us posted.
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Old 09-08-2013, 06:40 PM   #18
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Got out for some crawling today, trying to learn the rig's limits... Nothing special and no pics, but at least I got the tires a bit muddy! Definitely gotta relocate the battery to the front... Just gotta find the right hardware....
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Old 09-08-2013, 06:58 PM   #19
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Most of the spacers and other things you'll need are part of the current battery mounting system. There is also a how to video on Axials web site I believe.
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Most of the spacers and other things you'll need are part of the current battery mounting system. There is also a how to video on Axials web site I believe.
the manual make it sound like I needed longer screws which I couldn't find anywhere in my spare parts.. I have the Rubicon RTR...
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