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11-29-2008, 04:55 PM
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| Sinking with the ship   Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: El Capitan...sole survivor and sinking fast
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|  Hobby Gear Scale Accessories
Im sure you all have seen this stuff on ebay, being the scale whore that I am I decided to buy some of it up and see how it is. I took a bunch of pics for you guys to see it up close and I will give you my thoughts on it.  1st one I cracked open was the keg with propane tank and bungees  1st thing I noticed is the attention to detail in the stickers, check that out  Next up was the jerry can, fire extinguisher and pick axe  again, awesome sticker detailing, you can read all the warnings and directions on the fire extinguisher label  Next up was the Hi-Lift Jack, water cooler, and axe  Cool thing is that the Jack handle does move as well as the handles on the water cooler  They made the Jack a good size, here it is next to a home made one I got off a member of scale 4x4  Comparison shot of the Jerry can, a little bit small but still nice  (From left to right: Hobby Gear, Wild Willy, Scale Off Road) Items in the back of the Atomic Toy  Items next to the Atomic Toy  Over view... I think this stuff is pretty cool, certainly has some good detailing and definitely proportionate to the scale crawlers we build. The price point is pretty fair although shipping would be insane if buying just one but I bought 3 and the combined it for me. What I dont like is that they are "toyish" looking...paint is all very glossy, however, I think with some weathering they will look pretty damn good  |
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11-29-2008, 06:16 PM
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| Adilynsdad too!   Join Date: May 2004 Location: G ville
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Ebay link?
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11-29-2008, 08:17 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: 10 a see
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11-29-2008, 09:36 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX
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Yep, I picked up a few of those myself and I am pretty happy with them:  |
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11-29-2008, 09:50 PM
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| Adilynsdad too! Join Date: May 2004 Location: G ville
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I think it would be swell if someone put every single piece of Hobby Gear Accessories on 1 rig and painted it all to look rusted! Even the keg, EVERYTHING! |
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11-29-2008, 11:06 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: southaven
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kegs are alum fool they dont rust  good find mike | |
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11-29-2008, 11:52 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: jacksonville beach
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lol  those look pretty cool now you can have a kegger in the woods | |
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11-30-2008, 08:39 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: 10 a see
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"Yea a rusty wooden axe handle would be cool" Duh! Last edited by CBR; 11-30-2008 at 08:41 AM. | |
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11-30-2008, 09:18 AM
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| Sinking with the ship Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: El Capitan...sole survivor and sinking fast
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You guys are missing BDs point
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11-30-2008, 09:49 AM
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| Adilynsdad too! Join Date: May 2004 Location: G ville
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11-30-2008, 09:53 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Minnesota
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Kegs are Stainless Steel actually... | |
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11-30-2008, 10:40 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Utah
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Thanks for the write up 1bjb, always a plus to see the items next to a rig before ordering so you can actually get a size refrence. I hope someone does this with PL's scale stuff... |
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11-30-2008, 12:38 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: 10 a see
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11-30-2008, 01:36 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Lapeer
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|  Nice find.! Brotha', But those price's + shipping SUCK 2
Yup, that alot of money to spend on dressing up our rig's some...!!! But, with a good hand at slowly craving in out of plastic, or soft wood then throw some detailing & wethhering in to them too... I bet alot of us fella's could do a pretty good job of making up some homemade scale looking stuff too, Shit one of MY HOMIE's on here has made alot of great looking scale Item's and working item's all by his own self & hand's too.... And I see me spending about 100.00 buck on all this stuff and that could go to making a whole new rig too... Yup-per's Try the PRO-BASS-SHOP-STUFF... and see the different's too there's alot of great item's that I'm, using from those playset's, and I just give all that I don't use from alot of those play set to my grandson to play around the back yard with too.... So, I'm, not wasting a dime either by going that route for now.... But, Thank's for showing all these great scale Item's standing up next to a 1/10th scale so we all can see what you be getting if we was to go ahead and JUMP on this stuff too.........................................Scoot' er
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11-30-2008, 05:13 PM
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| Sinking with the ship Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: El Capitan...sole survivor and sinking fast
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Not really all that much money considering what some vendors have sold parts for in the past. I personally would rather work/build something thats not available and save my time for that then spend time building a Hi-Lift jack that is readily available. | ||
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11-30-2008, 06:27 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Rectalville
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So, have any of the vendors on here considered selling any of this stuff?
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11-30-2008, 07:11 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Ukiah
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11-30-2008, 07:25 PM
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| Debunking old stereotypes  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 1st and Amistad
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Calling Chaman  |
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11-30-2008, 08:00 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Orlando
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Thanks for bitting the bullet on this one Mike. Now I'll order a set  I agree. Why spend hours building this shit when you can just buy it and work on something else. I love the highlift. I will def' be weathering mine. |
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12-01-2008, 04:04 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX
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