What's with the shift to scale?

[sloppy]

Originally Posted by JeremyH

My Yota is more Ford than your Chevy is....

Yeah well my mom's high heals are higher then your mom's

[Grizzly4x4]

Originally Posted by JeremyH

Wait, why are we posting these again?

I think to show that scale has always been the backbone of the hobby.

Or maybe just to whore out some cool pics.

Either way it's neat to see some of the old rigs.

[JeremyH]

Originally Posted by Grizzly4x4

I think to show that scale has always been the backbone of the hobby.

IMO, it has always been a mixture of scale and comp......just as your "semi-scale" MOA comp rig shows.

Originally Posted by Grizzly4x4

Either way it's neat to see some of the old rigs.

Yep, I agree.

[Grizzly4x4]

Originally Posted by JeremyH

IMO, it has always been a mixture of scale and comp......

I agree, I enjoy competition.

Originally Posted by JeremyH

just as your "semi-scale" MOA comp rig shows.

Thanks. I love your old Bronc.

[C*H*U*D]

I had an epiphany today...I'm going 100% military scaler from now on.

[JeremyH]

Meh, that truck wasn't anything special....but it sure as hell brought a smile to my face when I drove it and that is what matters. Scale or comp rigs....it doesn't matter as long as people are having fun!

[daign]

Originally Posted by JeremyH

Soo.....are you wanting people to buy scalers or not? Are you wanting them to be obtainable by the general public or no? I am a bit confused by your statement.

I am 100% wanting for encourage manufacturers to release kits a month before RTR models.

There will be a SEA of custom builds that will encourage other kids to want the kit instead.

I predict this with the Axo Terra Buggy.

[HyperMark]

Originally Posted by daign

Everyone should be required to build a classic Tamiya Re-release kit of their choosing.

I choose, "The Bruiser",

bugger, they haven't re-released it. I sure hope they do.

[kranswall]

I think thie explosion of optional parts has done a lot to draw people into scale trucks. You really can make them unique, one of the reasons Scions are so popular. Also you can do all the things you wanted to do with your 1:1 but couldn't due to cost or ruining it's ability to be a daily driver.

[JeremyH]

Originally Posted by daign

I am 100% wanting for encourage manufacturers to release kits a month before RTR models.

You know that wont happen......with ANY RC....

[Krawler23]

Well another thing is that there aren't really any rtr comp rigs but tons of rtr scalers.

[JeremyH]

It's funny to me to see folks getting upset about one part of this hobby or the other. Both aspects have roots in the beginning. Both aspects feed off of each other....scale rigs use concepts and products that were developed for comp rigs and comp rigs use concepts and products that were developed for scale rigs. If one portion of this hobby dies, then we'll all feel it. There is no need to talk down one or the other....

[FullScaleDreams]

Originally Posted by daign

a CC01 Tamiya Ford Bronco #58469 is $180-190 or so with ESC/motor/LEDs included.

An Axial SCX10 Dingo kit is 230 or so and much more capable and nicer.

But Tamiya Builds are fun, easy and make this hobby what it is IMO.

I'm thinking about a CC01 just to cruise around with my dog on walks. I miss my wraith.

Thanks for the kind gesture but what i was thinking was taking a rtr comp rig and then build it full size

[TexasSP]

I prefer kits to RTR for the most part. However, I realize that in reality RTR's out sell kits hands down. RTR's also bring more people into the hobby. Working on your truck is working on your truck, who cares if you bought a kit and who cares what others buy.

I would much rather have everything be RTR and have the enormous selection and variety we have today than go back to the eighties when it was all kits and selections and style was crap. In the end, Kit or RTR, I modify both so it really doesn't change too much for me. I could go for a happy medium of pro rollers with no electronics though.

It doesn't matter to me what others run and have fun with, I run and have fun with what I do.

[Big Mike]

Originally Posted by sloppy

I dont know but my scalers dont perform like shit..

I also find that offensive. My trucks perform as good as they look (sometimes even better)

I have a feeling that the poster's definition of "performs like shit" just might involve things like not being able to climb vertical ascents or make 90* breakovers, or not having a dig system, ridiculous looking bent links, an almost-cut-down-to-nothing VW Bug body, etc. etc. etc. Stuff that real trucks don't have or can't do, at all.

"Scale" is more fun to me, period.

Damn, I have enough trouble videoing while driving. This guy walks his dog in the bargain!! Multi-tasking...

[BFGcrawler418]

Opinions are like assholes, everyone's got one. I personally like comp trucks more than scalers but scalers are unique and cool in their own way, just not my thing.

[Armistice]

^ And they all stink

I don't know if I posted in this thread, but I agree with an earlier post about people being able to build either their 1:1, or being able to fantasize about building a 1:1, without the costs of full size parts and DMV reg and massive trail damage. I can beat my Honcho to hell, break an axle, and be out $50. I can't do that to my Tacoma, I'd be out a few hundred

I was actually going to buy the Nightcrawler (because it looked cool and I couldn't find any crawler kits), but found the SCX10 came in a kit, so bought it

[Jus]

The RTR AX-10 got me into this hobby and got me hooked on it for several years but I lost interest because of a bunch of reasons.. Lack of areas to drive it.. Local terrain was either impossible or easy by the time I had modified the rig to my liking. Also no one else to run it with.. GTGs and Comps pretty much died off and no one else running them..

Got an scx-10 a couple years ago and that pretty much sealed the deal for me and the scale side of things.. Not as capable (which is a good thing!) Endless amount of challenging and fun hiking trails and such within minutes drive and they are just so fun to drive.

[daign]

Originally Posted by JeremyH

You know that wont happen......with ANY RC....

not since traxxas came out.

[daign]

Originally Posted by Big Mike

Damn, I have enough trouble videoing while driving. This guy walks his dog in the bargain!! Multi-tasking...