Show and Tell

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Hey all, after months of mostly reading threads, figured it was time for a little show and tell.....as well as a general thank you to all those that have posted tips and tricks.

I got out of the hobby probably 25 years or so ago, it was too much of an obsession, I am sure none of you have experienced this?
I bought a first gen RC10 when Associated came out with it, and it went out of control from that point, ha ha. Sold off everything and said I'll never do that again!

Fast forward to two Christmas's ago, my son in law had the bright idea to get me a Losi Mini 8 buggy, properly igniting the obsession once again

So now that the sickness has started again, I will share with you two of the 11 rigs I now have in my new fleet, my Enduro and the Gatekeeper. I couldnt resist the Element Enduro builders kit once I saw that Associated got into the scale crawler arena, and was so impressed by the quality and performance of the kit, as soon as the Gatekeeper builders kit hit the shelf at my crack house...er, uh, I mean hobby shop, I felt I needed it and happily gave them my hard earned cash.

So the builds are as follows, nothing super special, just good builds. Since there are so many of you that have posted build diaries, I'll spare you that process and just give the details and a few pics.

Enduro:
Castle Creations Mamba X crawler ESC and motor combo, 2280KV
Reefs 444 steering servo
Pit Bull "Raceline" 1.9 beadlocks with Proline Hyrax and dual stage foams
Samix aluminum shock towers with cross braces
Samix brass wheel hexes
STRC chasis braces and bumper mounts
Vanquish bumpers
40 wt shock oil f&r
12% overdrive set up
AE factory team metal spur hub
Robinson hardened steel spur and pinion
Injora D90 body

Gatekeeper:
Castle Creations Mamba X crawler ESC and motor combo, 2280KV
Savox 1210SG steering servo
AE factory team aluminum spur hub
Robinson hardened steel spur and pinion
AE factory steel tranny gears
STRC chassis braces and rear bumper mount.
SSD "Prospector" 1.9 beadlocks, Proline BF Goodrich Mud Terrain tires w/
dual stage foams
SSD brass knuckels, aluminum c hubs, rear brass axle weights, and brake
rotor hub extenders
Artfull Dodgers stainless skid plates
40 wt oil front, 50 wt oil rear

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