DeeJay73
Rock Stacker
Hello to all. I am new here and would like to share my first attempt at a R/C Scale build.
Let me begin with how I got back into R/C.
It started off with my wife and I watching YouTube videos a few months ago, as we do on a daily basis. We each have a little competive side, and are always trying to one up each other, by finding unique videos that the other has not seen. Often this has left us laughing on the verge of wetting ouselves, or trying to hold back the tears of some profound life changing moment someone has captured. And of course there are those videos where you are looking for a bucket because they are that disturbing. All of which are usually at the expence of some individual. Anyway, one night I stumbled upon a YouTube video by djmedic and his tribute to the Toyota HiLux that the BBC show Top Gear had tried to utterly destroy!!! To no avail I might add.
I started watching this beat up Toyota running around through mud and water. My first thought was why the hell would anyone drive a truck around, let alone take it out four wheeling risking life and limb. I mean this truck looked like it was a complete death trap. I am a advid off roader and have driven my share of scary rides. Then to my complete astonishment. I realized that this was not a real Toyota, but a toy!!! Ok in all seriousness, this was more than a toy. It was a superb recreation of the original. So damn realistic. It was at that moment that I had to find out more about this spectacular model.
So I searched for this kit. The Trailfinder 2 by RC4wd. I have played with R/C cars before, but nothing like this. The last serious one I had was a Monster Beetle made by Tamiya when I was fourteen, and it was just released when I bought it just to give you a idea of my age. Somehow over the years I got older and lost interest as my models grew bigger and more expensive as I entered the world of full size trucks and buggies.
But now I knew I just had to get my hands on one of these, which was not going to be a easy task to convince the wife. The reason, because over the past winter I had convinced her to drop 15k into building a trail/rock Jeep to bash around in the mountains and take to Moab in the spring. To get her to Say YES, I employed the same tactics the kids use. I continually asked and completed each question with "Just say YES". What do you know, it worked!!!
So here I am now with the finished Product. It was worth every penny."thumbsup"
Please leave your comments on what you think.
Let me begin with how I got back into R/C.
It started off with my wife and I watching YouTube videos a few months ago, as we do on a daily basis. We each have a little competive side, and are always trying to one up each other, by finding unique videos that the other has not seen. Often this has left us laughing on the verge of wetting ouselves, or trying to hold back the tears of some profound life changing moment someone has captured. And of course there are those videos where you are looking for a bucket because they are that disturbing. All of which are usually at the expence of some individual. Anyway, one night I stumbled upon a YouTube video by djmedic and his tribute to the Toyota HiLux that the BBC show Top Gear had tried to utterly destroy!!! To no avail I might add.
I started watching this beat up Toyota running around through mud and water. My first thought was why the hell would anyone drive a truck around, let alone take it out four wheeling risking life and limb. I mean this truck looked like it was a complete death trap. I am a advid off roader and have driven my share of scary rides. Then to my complete astonishment. I realized that this was not a real Toyota, but a toy!!! Ok in all seriousness, this was more than a toy. It was a superb recreation of the original. So damn realistic. It was at that moment that I had to find out more about this spectacular model.
So I searched for this kit. The Trailfinder 2 by RC4wd. I have played with R/C cars before, but nothing like this. The last serious one I had was a Monster Beetle made by Tamiya when I was fourteen, and it was just released when I bought it just to give you a idea of my age. Somehow over the years I got older and lost interest as my models grew bigger and more expensive as I entered the world of full size trucks and buggies.
But now I knew I just had to get my hands on one of these, which was not going to be a easy task to convince the wife. The reason, because over the past winter I had convinced her to drop 15k into building a trail/rock Jeep to bash around in the mountains and take to Moab in the spring. To get her to Say YES, I employed the same tactics the kids use. I continually asked and completed each question with "Just say YES". What do you know, it worked!!!
So here I am now with the finished Product. It was worth every penny."thumbsup"
Please leave your comments on what you think.
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