1Bad's Scale Nats trip

[1BadJeepBruiser]

I would like to start this thread off with a huge "Thank you" to Ben's friend Ron for getting me to the MSD/Tamiya Scale Nationals. For those of you who dont know, Ron pretty much sponsored me and purchased my very expensive plane ticket to get me there. I had never met Ron up till this past weekend, but when Ben showed him pictures of my trucks and explained to Ron how I couldnt afford my plane ticket out there he stepped up and paid my way and for that, I am extremely great full. It just goes to show that there is good people out there. So one again, "Thanks Ron! "

secondly, I would like to thank Ben. Even after Ron paid my air fare, that still left me in quite a bind as I am not old enough to rent a car nor do I think I could have really afforded a hotel for the weekend. Not only did Ben come out to pick me up at the air port at 11:30 at night, and drop me off monday morning at 5:30 but he also drove my ass everywhere AND allowed me to stay at his house O AND he even paid for a meal or 3 of mine as well So big "Thank you" to Ben as well

It was fun weekend for sure, a busy one as well, I helped Ben tech probably 200 trucks or so throughout the weekend and helped Pigeonfarmboy judge the 2.2 comp on Saturday.

I think the best part of the trip and you guys can think this is gay all you want, was seeing everyone again from the Moab trip and meeting new people as well. On Long Island, its really just me...there is No one else thats really into crawling or scale trucks...so to spend a weekend with a bunch of people who share the same interest is awesome. Sunday was definitely by far the best day

Before I share the pics I took I would like to send out a couple more Thank yous or just give random bits

1) Thank you Ben and Aaron for all your work with the event
2) Thank you again Ron and Ben for getting me to the event
3) Thank you Troy/Createacrawler for the BAMF beadlocks I won
4) Thank you all sponsors who donated
5) Thank you Tamiya for being part of the event, I am glad you guys recognize that this crawling/scale stuff isnt a fad
6) Thank you Tim and Rich for taking me to Wendys...I still think we should have invited that chick back to Bens
7) Thank you Matt and Mike for food run on sunday
Thank you Mini baller and Obi for the weekend eye candy and for letting me pilot the XJ and Crew cab
9) Thanks if I forgot to thank you for something

9.5) Thanks Corey (stangkilla) for all the awesome pictures on sunday






10) Your welcome John for your Bruiser knuckle, I hope your thumb feels better Hope you get that Bruiser frame straightened out

11) Your welcome Jason for your stainless drilled out tlt pinion, you owe me a new RCC t-shirt O and thanks for shooting me in the ass with your ridiculous automatic air soft fun


Ok... picture time...




Whos ankles were those!



^Is that real

Look its not on the shelf and it flipped over


WHOA where did this come from Corey???

1st time ever (I think) that there were 2 xjs together...thats like 5gs right there

Most scale trucks in one place...check


F-toys are total BAMFs





Thats how they roll in Oregon...Jim knows how to wheel



Jumping the pathfinder


You could have learned how to winch properly if you saw Griz's run here

album here: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v7...0Nats/?start=0

[Brandon]

Nice writeup and pics Mike. Wish I could have been there to hang out with you again

[Stormin2u]

Nice photos especially the one of BigBallers girlfriend Jenifer, it would seem true that even a blind squirrel occasionally finds a acorn.

[microgoat]

You wish your ankles were that sexy

It was good to meet you, Mike. We'll do it again

[XSRCdesign]

It was great to finally meet you mike Those are some sexy wheels on that clone

[1BadJeepBruiser]

Originally Posted by microgoat

You wish your ankles were that sexy

It was good to meet you, Mike. We'll do it again

Originally Posted by exesivefire

It was great to finally meet you mike Those are some sexy wheels on that clone

It was very nice to meet both of you guys

Andy, I am even more obsessed with the red neck pick up after seeing it in person, your trucks are built so cleanly, the tube work is pretty much flawless and they just really flow nicely

Stu, your camper rig, is hands down your coolest ride. Its 10x cooler in person. Maybe some day I can make my way to ohio for a scale GTG with you guys.

-MIke

[XSRCdesign]

Thanks mike, thats a big compliment coming from the scale king

[miniwheeler]

Thanks for the great pic of my 8x8 glad i also got a chance to get to know you better

[STANG KILLA SS]

haha, yeah mike i took that pic, i thought it was my camera though, guess not!
was cool hangin, i hope all those XJ pics i took came out for ya.

[1BadJeepBruiser]

Originally Posted by miniwheeler

Thanks for the great pic of my 8x8 glad i also got a chance to get to know you better

Jim, if you have some time, check out the album, I took a whole sequence shot of that winching getting past that rock . Definitely was good BSing in Ben's shop, I always enjoy shooting the shit with a fellow Yota fan

Originally Posted by STANG KILLA SS

haha, yeah mike i took that pic, i thought it was my camera though, guess not!
was cool hangin, i hope all those XJ pics i took came out for ya.

Hey im not upset I just thought it was funny as hell to see that. There a definitely a ton of awesome pictures of the XJs and the crew cab from the trail ride we did. I could have probably made an entire thread just for them Thanks again for being the camera man, its much easier to drive without having to shoot at the same time.

[Unimoger]

Mike,

it was great to have you there and I am glad you had a great weekend. You looked alittle tired a few times, but were smiling all weekend.

Ron's screen name on rcc is " Yawzer " , he is one of the most generous people I have ever met

Ben-

[badger]

Originally Posted by 1BadFuFuBerry

10) Your welcome John for your Bruiser knuckle, I hope your thumb feels better Hope you get that Bruiser frame straightened out

Thanks for that knuckle! I wouldn't have been able to attempt that train wreck up the bonus line and fall off the middle of it bending the crap out of the frame without that knuckle. Hopefully I will get another chance to use that knuckle since the Mounty is the only rig that is yet to arrive from Montana via USPS priority.

Originally Posted by 1BadFuFuBerry

11)O and thanks for shooting me in the ass with your ridiculous automatic air soft fun

I wish I could have shot you in the ass also.

[obijuan]

thanks for the BAMF pics mang, i wish i had an avatar to put some of those on it! what other pics did cory get of the wimmins? lol, thanks for the hospitality mike, we appreciate it!

[Echodawg]

Nice pics, I wish I would have been able to go.

Little confused though, you cannot afford an airline ticket but can sink thousands into rc's?

[1BadJeepBruiser]

Originally Posted by Echodawg

Nice pics, I wish I would have been able to go.

Little confused though, you cannot afford an airline ticket but can sink thousands into rc's?

I dont spend 1000s on rcs at one time...My Rcs generally get built, so I spend a little here, a little there...You cant exactly do that with a plan ticket, its either bought and paid or not, at least as far as I know.

you can ask around I have done a "payment" plan with a few members here...off the top of my head Ben was one of them with a Bruiser and another was Stefan with the XJ. I only spend what I can pay for each month on my credit card and if I would have put 650$ + on it I would not have been able to pay it in full at the end of the month.

So yes, I have 1000s of dollars in RCs but they start out as cheap parts and get built into that.

[PROTOTYPE]

Originally Posted by 1BadFuFuBerry

So yes, I have 1000s of dollars in RCs but they start out as cheap parts and get built into that.

Showoff !

[Echodawg]

I wish I had that much control with my cards. My wife gets the bills than I get the pleasure of hearing all about it.