RCCrawler Forums - new to this site !

hello everyone!
I have been into various forms of R/C for the past 20 years....have a collection of cars , trucks and boats....bought my first rock crawler back in 2007... for me and my son, the large Nylint crawler Jeeps.. they were bone stock but surprisingly fun.
I have wanted a real crawler for several years, so I just bought my first used crawler in December. Its an AX10.
I look forward to learning about these vehicles and making new friends along the way.
I am wanting to build a scale crawler with serious attention to detail, kinda like the awesome old school Toyotas I've seen on YouTube. I have an awesome old stock Rover body I bought from the UK a few years back, would love to make it as realistic as possible.( I love the rare and unusual) ,and an old aluminum bruiser frame for the chassis. interested to see how this project works out!
I appreciate any feedback from you guys that may help me out and avoid newbie mistakes along the way.
Have a great new year!