New Guy

[GIJoe4500]

Hi, I'm Brandon. I'm a chocolate milk addict.

I'm new to R/C crawlers. Just ordered my first one today, actually. I really like the scale rigs based off of real trucks, and am planning on building one of those based off of my fullsize Ford. As a base to start on, I ordered a Losi MRC RTR kit and some metal lockers (front and rear) to replace the plastic ones they come with. I've also read that the MRC shocks that come with it are crap, but they'll work for now, as a start up. The reason I ordered a MRC, is because I've read, and have been told, that the Blackfoot body is a little smaller than most of the 1:12 and 1:10 setups, and MRC axles fit nicely under them.


Hopefully, by the time I get parts collected and get to working my rig, it'll look something like this...

[JeepinOR]

Originally Posted by GIJoe4500

Hi, I'm Brandon. I'm a chocolate milk addict.

"Hi, Brandon!" Welcome. Don't think you'll find any therapy here. We will only feed you a new addiction. Your priorities will go askew. You will dip into your chocolate milk funds and replace one habit with another. Trust me. I now get by with only half my original regiment of chocolate, of which, I indulge only after my first crawling fix of the day.

[Colby]

Welcome buddy! I sure wish there were more noobs like you on the forum! You hit the nail on the head with the MRC and the blackfoot. Hope it turns out as nice as your real truck!

[GIJoe4500]

Originally Posted by JeepinCA

"Hi, Brandon!" Welcome. Don't think you'll find any therapy here. We will only feed you a new addiction. Your priorities will go askew. You will dip into your chocolate milk funds and replace one habit with another. Trust me. I now get by with only half my original regiment of chocolate, of which, I indulge only after my first crawling fix of the day.

Thanks! I already have a fairly large "toy" budget that I use on my '95 F150, and my '77 Chevy K20. The Ford is about where I want it, so I'll soon have a bit more money each month to put towards my Chevy, and my R/C!

Originally Posted by ColbyTheKid

Welcome buddy! I sure wish there were more noobs like you on the forum! You hit the nail on the head with the MRC and the blackfoot. Hope it turns out as nice as your real truck!

Thanks! I did a little reseach on here, and on TXRCRCA before I decided on anything. Plus, a friend of mine knows quite a bit about building scale R/Cs.

[Rauto13]

Welcome from another noob and good luck on your build.

Nice F150 too!

[GIJoe4500]

Originally Posted by Rauto13

Welcome from another noob and good luck on your build.

Nice F150 too!

Thanks!

[Greatscott]

That's right buddy, put your arm out, well put the needle right on in....

Welcome to the site!!!

Take pictures of your build as you are putting it together then post them as a build thread, we love that kind of junk!

[GIJoe4500]

Originally Posted by Greatscott

That's right buddy, put your arm out, well put the needle right on in....

Welcome to the site!!!

Take pictures of your build as you are putting it together then post them as a build thread, we love that kind of junk!

Naturally! I usually start a build thread, and keep all my posts and questions in that one thread. To keep my dumb, noob questions all in the same place.