| |
| |||||||
 |
| | LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
10-14-2009, 03:44 PM
| #1 |
| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: lumby
Posts: 99
|  do your scaler actually get used or abused
do you guys actually use your scaler and actually abuse them or do you just drive them around in circles adn say thats enough the reason im asking this question is because there are alot of very nice scaler but it would seem that if your rolled or fell it would be scrwed up bad or do most of you guys have beater or basher scalers that you use
|
|  |
| Sponsored Links | |
| | |
|
10-14-2009, 03:49 PM
| #2 |
| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: UK
Posts: 101
|
i use and abuse myn ,whats the point of building them just for them to sit on a self and collect dust
|
|
| |
|
10-14-2009, 03:53 PM
| #3 |
| RCC Addict Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: PA
Posts: 1,594
|
If you build em right, they shouldn't break. But if they do, just fix it lol  |
|
| |
|
10-14-2009, 05:05 PM
| #4 |
| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH
Posts: 8,009
|
If you can build it in the first place, you can re-build it.  If you're just gonna set it on a shelf, save yourself some money and build a static model. |
|
| |
|
10-14-2009, 05:12 PM
| #5 |
| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: right above my feet
Posts: 262
|
put a cage on it if yer scared.  |
|
| |
|
10-14-2009, 05:28 PM
| #6 |
| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Port Angeles
Posts: 656
|
What's the point of building it if you/re not going to drive it???? Mine saw it's first comp within 12 hours of being finished |
|
| |
|
10-14-2009, 05:34 PM
| #7 | |
| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: santa monica
Posts: 3,687
| Quote:
    | |
|
| |
|
10-14-2009, 06:49 PM
| #8 |
| 0 0   Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: FT. Thomas
Posts: 1,830
|
first time out  most recent picture and several rolls and tumbles later. only thing broken so far is the ball stud broke on the frame.  |
|
| |
|
10-14-2009, 06:50 PM
| #9 |
| PapaGriz Yo   Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the garage building the wife a crawler
Posts: 13,137
|
If yer not going to abuse it, why even build it. Guido was finished up and in one weekend he won the concourse award, was drug across the rocks, broke 2 driveshafts, rolled numerous times, and took 3rd place in the 2.2 scale class. Like microgoat said, don't build an r/c if you want a shelf queen. Last edited by Grizzly4x4; 10-14-2009 at 07:03 PM. |
|
| |
|
10-14-2009, 06:56 PM
| #10 |
| Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Delta B.C.
Posts: 554
|
pretty much beat piss outta mine  ..lol..only shelf queen i have is a mint bruiser, if you break it you just fix it
|
|
| |
|
10-14-2009, 07:40 PM
| #11 |
| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Orlando
Posts: 512
|
Beating it and running your rigs to the breaking point is all the fun.
|
|
| |
|
10-14-2009, 07:46 PM
| #12 |
| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: cape crud... will you be my friend
Posts: 2,102
|
i drive it pretty tough but i don't beat the bag out of it. i have been in the habit of trying to keep at least 2 tires on the ground at all times. i guess you can say i drive it like its my weekend warrior. then again, my scalers aren't half as nice as some of the rigs out here. we also have adopted the no touching rule. all rigs must be righted by winch or pull straps. |
|
| |
|
10-14-2009, 09:00 PM
| #13 |
| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: lumby
Posts: 99
|
i my self i was just wondering if im the only one that totals bodys i have went through 2 hard bodys in 2 months but the one i have now is a mud bogger chevy and its had some bad acciendents
|
|
| |
|
10-14-2009, 10:14 PM
| #14 |
| Custom Carbon Fiber  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Connecticut :(
Posts: 4,501
|
wasnt even finished before first run and body #2 is on it now  |
|
| |
|
10-15-2009, 02:55 AM
| #15 | |
| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Manchester
Posts: 249
| Quote:
 | |
|
| |
|
10-15-2009, 06:47 AM
| #16 |
| RCC Addict Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Flatwoods
Posts: 1,036
|
I run mine, but I am of the camp that feels that if you built it once you can build it again. For me a rc that just sits on the shelf is no fun to have. If built right a scaler can take alot of abuse. I don't so much as beat on mine, I just try to drive it as scale as possiable.
|
|
| |
|
10-15-2009, 07:12 AM
| #17 | |
| Custom Carbon Fiber Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Connecticut :(
Posts: 4,501
| Quote:
Scale Redneck Rollcage  | |
|
| |
|
10-15-2009, 09:47 AM
| #18 |
| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The beautiful Pacific Northwest
Posts: 6,923
|
I have over 120 hours into my Bronco and beat on it regularly. I painted it up all nice for the MSD Scale Nationals.  and a month later.....  Decided to change the color a little.  And this is what it looks like now...a little beat but I've been taking better care of it since the orange paint job.   It's amazing what these things can take when you build them the right right way from the start. My Bronco has taken a nose dive off an 8 foot cliff, it's rolled down a 20 foot hill, driven it on a BMX track and caught all kinds of air.....they are built to be used and then rebuilt when needed. Last edited by War Pig; 10-18-2009 at 11:56 PM. |
|
| |
|
10-15-2009, 10:14 AM
| #19 |
| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The beautiful Pacific Northwest
Posts: 6,923
|
I have another. My 1.9 Grand Cherokee.   Ready for Scale Nationals.  A couple weeks ago.   |
|
| |
|
10-15-2009, 10:37 AM
| #20 |
| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The beautiful Pacific Northwest
Posts: 6,923
|
Last one I promise.... Ready for Montana 2008.   At some scale comps and playing around.    So yeah, I'd say most scalers get used no matter how much time we have into them. This is a cool thread, let's see more before and after pics of these scalers we've all been following over the years. |
|
| |
|
| |
Linear Mode
