New Crawler Course / RC ORV Park forum? Any Interest?

[speed ghilliesniper]

Originally Posted by ROLANDROCKSHOP

Superlift orv park,hot springs,Arkansas.

Dang, far for me. Oh well, sick course regardless man

[cobrawes]

I am in for a dedicated forum. I am working on mine and would like to get a little inspiration.

[Ramination]

looking real good! great work!

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[DRW-FJ40]

Originally Posted by ROLANDROCKSHOP

heres something to stir the pot a lil bit..

Superlift orv park and Roland rockshop bringing you..

Superlift Rc Orv park

stay tuned..
cause its getn the full treatment!

Staying tuned. This looks awsome.

so how does that work, is it public? who pays for it. sorry if questions have been answered. there was just a ton of responses & I didn't go through all the pages.

Interesting that you are seperating the scalers & the rock jocks. When I first got into this, it seemed there wasn't much difference but I went scale, got rid of the creeper I had. Don't get me wrong, they are fun but so are jet skis, slot car tracks & rocket jet packs & we all have limited funds. I've put mine into scalers.

[ROLANDROCKSHOP]

Originally Posted by DRW-FJ40

Staying tuned. This looks awsome.

so how does that work, is it public? who pays for it. sorry if questions have been answered. there was just a ton of responses & I didn't go through all the pages.

Interesting that you are seperating the scalers & the rock jocks. When I first got into this, it seemed there wasn't much difference but I went scale, got rid of the creeper I had. Don't get me wrong, they are fun but so are jet skis, slot car tracks & rocket jet packs & we all have limited funds. I've put mine into scalers.

its Superlifts rc orv park at the Superlift orv park in hot springs,arkansas.
fee for usage hasnt been discussed to much,but it shouldnt be over $5 a person i would think,if that.

www.orvpark.com

its all donated time/materials..by rc guys and 1:1 crawlers..

it will be used by comp rigs and scalers..
the area goes up on the hillside and over to the sleep shack..very big area
to fill up.

the mounds of dirt will be partially coverd up with scale trails interweaving thru them and around them on the ground.

if everything goes like i invision it,it should look like a miniature offroad park. complete with main check in office-a lookout tower-scale bridge..

im going back 2mrw to do some more work on it,ill get some pics with my scalers on it.

[DRW-FJ40]

Can't wait to watch this come to life. I think scale buildings really adds to a scale park.

I cleared some area in my ORV park & I'm actually thinking I'm going to need to haul some rock away. I want to make a little pond. So anyone who is hauling rock into their course, I've got free rock, you just pay shipping costs...

[Dan@hwff]

I would totally love to see a dedicated course-building sub forum. My course build thread is Here. It's my first scale micro course.

[DRW-FJ40]

Originally Posted by Dan@hwff

I would totally love to see a dedicated course-building sub forum. My course build thread is Here. It's my first scale micro course.

Wow! That is cool. Just when I thought all angles for a course forum have been thought of. I've always thought a micro course in the basement would be cool but you've taken it to another level.

if anyone has wondered why stock in ibprophen has skyrocketed, it's just me. I probably doubled my terrain via slash and burn. It's sort of a mess now but come spring, it's going to be sweet. I need to take some pics.

[spoo76]

Originally Posted by DRW-FJ40

Wow! That is cool. Just when I thought all angles for a course forum have been thought of. I've always thought a micro course in the basement would be cool but you've taken it to another level.

you would be surprised how detailed some of the micro courses can get! here is one from nigelpheron on scale4x4 that is very detailed
The scene below - Scale 4x4 R/C Forums

[DRW-FJ40]

Originally Posted by spoo76

you would be surprised how detailed some of the micro courses can get! here is one from nigelpheron on scale4x4 that is very detailed
The scene below - Scale 4x4 R/C Forums

Very cool. I love the detailed scenery. I've been watching these kind of builds because I'm building a 1/32 Carrera digital slot car layout in the basement. It could very easily double as a micro scale park.

This should definately be a sub-section of a course forum, indoor micro courses.

[DRW-FJ40]

It's officially off season. Time to clear some new terrain:



New "Cedar Ridge Trail":



"The Dogwood Trail":



My slash & burn method of developing RC ORV terrain, cut everything with the chain saw, make a big burn pile over the ugliest of the stumps, weedwack, leaf blower & round up in the spring:

[beernuts]

A forum dedicated to this would have made research for my college class easier. I am taking an intro to business class and for my business plan I wanted to start a rc crawler park, I have not been able to locate one within 500 miles. Parks dedicated just to crawling would be great for clubs to compete against each other as well as give newbies like me a place to meet people that could offer advice, tips, and tricks.

[jt512]

Originally Posted by cobrawes

I am in for a dedicated forum. I am working on mine and would like to get a little inspiration.

Same here, one single area to find all of the course builds would be great !!

[troyd]

I am trying to figure out a good layout for my backyard
And sure would love to see all this together in one spot

[Dave_In_Florida]

Same here. I want to do a small fun layout in my back yard and love to look at other projects to get ideas.

[HoupS]

Is this where my backyard build thread should be?

[DRW-FJ40]

Originally Posted by HoupS

Is this where my backyard build thread should be?

Thanks for all your input & interest.

HoupS, there really isn't a specific place to put terrain park/backyard course builds, that's what we've been pushing for. Most I've seen are in "general crawlers" or "General scale talk" & a few scattered in various places. I've posted a few pics of mine on this thread but need to start another thread on just the RC ORV Park somewhere, I was kind a waiting for a dedicated Terrain park/course building forum but not sure how long a wait that will be.

I can only guess as to why it hasn't happened. Maybe Mods are just waiting to see how serious this group is or if it's just a fad that will fizzle out shortly. The thread has gotten a lot of views though & seems to be a lot of genuine interest. even some of the guys who have big course builds and are tired of commenting on this thread are still pretty actively building & trading ideas & techniques.

I've been doing a lot of clearing & will probably triple the size of my terrain park this winter. So I'll be looking to start a thread dedicated to the ORV terrain park build this spring.... somewhere.

[neillarson]

I would love to see a dedicated forum also. Hope to do a garage build this spring.

[HoupS]

Originally Posted by DRW-FJ40

Thanks for all your input & interest.

HoupS, there really isn't a specific place to put terrain park/backyard course builds, that's what we've been pushing for. Most I've seen are in "general crawlers" or "General scale talk" & a few scattered in various places. I've posted a few pics of mine on this thread but need to start another thread on just the RC ORV Park somewhere, I was kind a waiting for a dedicated Terrain park/course building forum but not sure how long a wait that will be.

I can only guess as to why it hasn't happened. Maybe Mods are just waiting to see how serious this group is or if it's just a fad that will fizzle out shortly. The thread has gotten a lot of views though & seems to be a lot of genuine interest. even some of the guys who have big course builds and are tired of commenting on this thread are still pretty actively building & trading ideas & techniques.

I've been doing a lot of clearing & will probably triple the size of my terrain park this winter. So I'll be looking to start a thread dedicated to the ORV terrain park build this spring.... somewhere.

Thank you for the info. I would also like to see a dedicated forum, imo, it would be more organized.

[DRW-FJ40]

Time to stir the pot a bit...

I've been doing a lot of clearing. Good time of year to expand. I have the opposite problem as most, I have too much rock & the terrain is too difficult.... well maybe not too difficult but a lot of the terrain is brutal on scale trucks. So... I've developed a technique. I clear area with a chain saw & pruning shears. Then go over it with a weed wacker. this gets the little stuff & breaks all the leaves & debri up. Then I use a leaf blower & rake to get it all in a pile & burn it. add bags of gravel to fill in gaps in the terrain & top coat it with sand. the sand, over time, works into the small cracks & "weathers" so that it creates a nice scale road & blends in with the rock a little better after it sits in the weather a while. aquarium gravel makes good scale road medium too.