Thanks!

Damn those are some really nice photos! I need to get a SLR been putting it off but I think the time is coming. ;-)

Love your car. I have the 35R and it is great for climbing. I have a Mamba coming in next week for my touring car I might throw it in for kicks and see what happens. LOL

can't hurt to try it.

I hurt my rig yesterday. Rolled it off some rocks and broke off the roof rack from the base so only the base was attached to the body. Must have been the cold air making the plastic inflexible. It was real fun super gluing all those upright posts to get the thing back together again:roll:

Took the CR-01 to the ECRC Spring Fling yesterday. Ran it in the scale class. This was my first comp. Looking back i probably could have been more deliberate with my moves. I got 5th place out of 11 entrants, not too bad I suppose.

A few shots.

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A few pics of my rig taken by one of the members with my camera while I went for my runs.

All 200 of my shots are here.

Looks like an awesome time! We got out as well...

Did either of you two star cut the foam in your factory tires?? I did and the side wall are just to soft.


Looks like you guys had a great time, diggin the little road signs too!


...Tom

This is a real nice looking rig. I enjoyed the photos, it looks like you get to wheel it a lot!

Looks sick with the Defender body on it!

I didn't star cut, but I did cut about a 1/4" bevel off the edges of the foam just so they wouldn't fill out the tire so much. Seems to be working pretty well.

I'm going to attach a Proline Western bumper to the body during comps since their rules state the wheels can't extend past the body in front or rear. And in the stock form the CR wheels hang back about .5-.75". The bumper should be just enough to take care of that without changing up my wheelbase.

That whole crawler course is amazing and made by one man. Stone bridges, wooden plank bridges, log bridges, tunnels, waterfall, river, and lots of climbs, all in one section of his front yard. Curt is the guy who made it, his name on here is crawlinghulls.

When its warm, I used it nearly everyday. My wife and I would go down to the beach or park in the evening and I'd bring it and just trail around as we walked. I slowed down a lot over the winter to like once or twice a week since it was dark when I got home and freezing cold. Although I did manage to find a spot by my house thats covered and lit so I could use it there.

Thanks man!

Why does this hobby have to be so addicting? After the bumpers I have to chill out on buying stuff. Gotta save up some money for


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3472/...a06df6c2_b.jpg


$200

Nick, my fellow Nikonion. Sweet lens..$200??? jump on it dude! 1:8 to boot! I have a 50 1:8 and a 28 2:8. What body you using?

This is one of the few primes that will autofocus on my D40. I could go with the Sigma 50mm F1.4 HSM and can auto focus but its double the price.

But this is Nikon, its got to be good glass

Yeah I stick with Nikon glass, can't go wrong.

I just love your pics and your FJ40. What color is it? Is that the Tamiya orange?

Thanks,

That is actually Pactra Yellow. But I have my camera set to Vivid and the saturation up a bit plus some of the pics i have a 81A warming filter on my lens so the body takes on an orange hue.

Like the Yellow
 

Thanks for the thumbsup on the defender body. BTW - you mention that you bought stuff from Ebay from "Jasons store". Do you usually buy alot from him. I'm asking cuz I was thinking of upgrading my set-up for the "Dig" unit from RCTrax (TCR-dig1). I just need to know if he is reliable and speedy with shipping.

Are you orginaly from PI?

Jason's store has been good to me. Fast shipping even though its in Hong Kong. rc.sausage.dog on ebay has shipped quick to me as well and thats in Hong Kong.

No I'm not from PI. Born & bred in Connecticut:)

Testing out a new location with my bent links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cegA_17NqUU
Let me know what you think. Hard to crawl and film at same time. HA!
"thumbsup"