ScalerFab Team Driver Matt Brauer talks about the Lifestyle we are all apart of along with a recap of his April!It's a lifestyle and that means it's a Family Hobby! Team Driver Matt Brauer challenges everyone to grow their r/c families! The R/C Hobby has been more recently referred to as a lifestyle, I believe that to be absolutely true! A hobby is something you try and do in free/spare time to help pass the time. A lifestyle is something that you make the time to do, that you obsess over, dream about, drag family and friends into, and try to do 24/7. That is why 1/10 scale remote control ...
ScalerFab Team Driver Steve Studstill recounts his weekend at ECSSBringing home some wins for ScalerFab is what Team Driver Steve Studstill was up to April 9th in Alabama! April 9 2017 Recap of ECSS Class 1 and 2. Leesburg Alabama Cherokee Rock Village was the place to be last weekend for me. Class 2 came in strong with over 20 entries. We set up three courses with an amazing overlook view. Course 1 and 2 we had a great negative score but gate 3 on course 3 almost got us. Spun a chub on the AR44s after binding it up but still finished within the tim...
Steve McColly explains why maintenance is key!Keeping up on maintenance with ScalerFab Team Driver Steve McColly. Keeping up on RC maintenance is crucial to your vehicle's performance. Whether that be a trail truck, a go fast, or a boat. I myself have fallen prey to this recently. My son took his SCX10 out in the rain and didn't bother to say anything and didn't play with it again for 2 months. He finally decided to take it out and play with it one day and came up to me and said dad my motor is heating up after only half...
ScalerFab Team Driver Adam Nerby brings home a few wins!ScalerFab Team Driver Adam Nerby was able to secure a few new wins this past weekend! Well this past weekend I attended the Louis and Clark R/C Adventure in Clarksville, IN. The weather Friday we had spotty showers for practice and Saturday comp day was calling for rain all day so the event got pushed back a couple hours in hopes of some let up. We started at 10 a.m. and had light rain for the first 3 hours, then rain stopped about 1 p.m. or so. The courses were all really wet and made ge...
ScalerFab Team Driver Cristian Fischer is making his way around Texas!ScalerFab Team Driver Cristian Fischer is making his appearance known in Texas, this time at the East Texas Comp #2 East Texas Comp #2 John Stakata and I went to the East Texas RC Crawlers comp and we had a blast. It was a 6 hour trip, so we watched a few movies and talked about how we needed more big r/c events in Texas. The event was well set up and everyone judged the guy behind them which saved time and allowed everyone to participate. We were there for 5 hours which included tech ins...
ScalerFab Team Driver Cristian Fischer spends some Family time at the North Texas Scale Crawlers G6NTSC G6 was the place to be April 15th and ScalerFab Team Driver Cristian was and with his Family! We attended North Texas Scale Crawlers G6 event April 15th. ScalerFab is one of the sponsors for NTSC so it’s always nice to see all the ScalerFab products in use. My wife and son attended with me along with my daughter and we had a blast as a family running in the G6 fun. My wife is turning out to be a very good driver she pulled several lines with her VW bug SCX10 that others could not. Jose...
ScalerFab Veteran Team Driver Brenda Sumner Pulls off another winScalerFab Trail Armor proves it's worth yet again at the 801rcc comp in Wendover Nevada Wendover has some amazing crawling areas. The rocks were super grippy and the views were amazing. Put my ScalerFab Armor to the test as it took a beating with 0 issues. Great teamwork with my friend Jerome getting through a couple of the tougher obstacles. Finished the course with 0 penalties and took 1st for the second comp in a row !! Brenda Sumner Team ScalerFab driver
Frank Uribe shares a summary and pictures of the Crawlspaces' Scale Adventures!90 people came out to participate in the Crawlspace's Scale Adventure sponsored by ScalerFab. Checkout a few pics from the Crawlspace's Scale Adventures at Redrocks in Morrison, CO. The weather was great, the terrain was challenging and we had a great turn out! Over 90 drivers came out to compete! Thanks to ScalerFab for being a sponsor of the series! Until Next time...
The magnetic pull of ScalerFab Team Driver Oliver Barber's March Blog.ScalerFab Team Driver Oliver Barber helps us understand the many uses of magnets in his March Blog Post This Month’s article is on the many uses of magnets in our hobby; from body mounting, to scale items, opening body panels and more. First up, they are great for simple and strong body mounts; no need to mess with any screws, pins, etc. when taking a body off for a battery change or maintenance, just pull up on the body. They’re guaranteed to line up perfectly every time (unlike, say velcro)...
ScalerFab Team Driver Dave Hall gets creative!Getting creative for a friendly scale build off in Australia with ScalerFab Team Driver Dave Hall! Australia is known for its extreme season changes and this year it has lived up to the reputation. Coming out of the hottest February on record we've had to endure the wettest march in 30 years. Over 281mm has fallen so far which means only one thing, no chance to get some scale truck action in!So with the down time i decided to work on this years scale camper trailer project. While my good ...
ScalerFab Team Driver Chris Leal puts the New ScalerFab Sand Ladders and Bumpers to good use!Out with the old and in with the new! ScalerFab products getting well used! This month we worked on a family member's RC and tested the new ScalerFab Sand Ladders! We started this morning off early with installing a new ScalerFab Prerunner Series Front Bumper, it was as simple as pulling off the old bumper, sliding on the new one with some new stainless hardware, and we were done. When we finished the install, we made sure everything was tied down and than headed out for a small crawl ...
ScalerFab Team Driver Casey Dill talks OVERLAND TEAM CHALLENGEIt's different, it's challenging, it's extreme, it's the Overland Team Challenge in the words of ScalerFab Team Driver Casey Dill! It was on a Saturday. The place, Tracy CA. This is where my friend and I entered the Overland Team Challenge Series. So, I've been to local comps, G6 events, Axialfest and many other get togethers, but this was different. I was surrounded by some of my closest RC friends that I was gonna be racing against in a way I've never experienced. ...
ScalerFab Team Driver Steve Studstill recaps the GA RC RockStars Comp.Team Driver Steve Studstill spills all about Drag Racing on the Hill the April 2nd 2017 GA RC RockStars event recap: Drag racing on the hill! Two by two we lined up to see who made it up first! The hill was 50° and higher with 75 feet of track. Class 1 was the hardest. The little 1.55 tires just couldn't grip as the dirt was flying! Finishing third in class 1 still not bad for first class. Class 2 was full with 3 rounds of racing. My truck with a Hill Killer Chassis had no problems. 3 ...
Team Driver Adam Nerby offers us a true testimonial!Whether it is custom fabrication or shelf items ScalerFab Team Driver Adam Nerby puts his trus in ScalerFab for his needs! March has a been a quite month for crawling, but a lot of building has been going on, 3 new ScalerFab bumpers installed and 1 custom bumper by Troy. I have to say the fit and finish was absolutely spot on, which is not always the case for custom work, so anyone in need of any custom stuff ScalerFab can hands down handle anything you ask for. I have bumpers from raw, to...
2017 Comp Season is in Full Swing, ScalerFab Team Driver Matt Brauer shares how his year began.For the love of all things scale, travel up and down the East Coast with Team ScalerFab Driver, Matt Brauer, and family! Well the Comp season is upon us and the NWI TTC and Brauer Family started it off with a bang!! Back on Feb 12th the NWI TTC Event season started with the ScalerFab Presents the Axial NWI TTC Points Series Season Opener at RC Fun Park in Granger Indiana. This was a great event where everyone had a blast, by everyone I mean the 60 people, 80 trucks, and countless spectator...
Ultimate Scale Truck Expo Is In The Books!If you missed out on all of the action at the inaugural Ultimate Scale Truck Expo in Williston, FL then BOY DID YOU MISS OUT!! Here's ScalerFab Team Driver, Ant Petrone, with the highlights. So the first ever Ultimate Scale Truck Expo is in the bag, featuring an amazing 9 courses, a hill climb, a basher park, scale rally course, and even a course just for micro crawlers I can easily say this was the event to be at if you are into scale tiny trucks! That’s not even taking into account the...
To Comp, or Not to Comp, and Other DrivelA trip down memory lane with Team ScalerFab Father/Son Duo, Randy & Tristen Williams. In my search for ideas of subjects to bore my meager audience with, I often find myself drifting off in memories of the first realizations and discovery of RC crawling. The awe of actually seeing a 1/10th scale rock crawler and the scale details sometimes hidden around the rig. The amazement of researching all the aftermarket products and modifications, and the videos. I watched so many videos. The wa...
ScalerFab Trade-In Program AnnouncementAt ScalerFab, we know that one size does NOT fit all. Be the best you can be no matter what you drive with ScalerFab R/C Trail Armor and Accessories Industry-Leading PERFORMANCE ~ Industry-Leading STYLING ~ Industry-Leading WARRANTY ~, Industry-Leading CUSTOMER SERVICE... ...and introducing the Industry-Leading, one-of-a-kind ScalerFab Trade-In Program At ScalerFab, we build application-specific, performance-engineered trail armor. Each piece of ScalerFab trail armor is built for a specifi...
ScalerFab Sponsored Event Update w/ NWI TTCNWI TTC Season is in Full Swing with the ScalerFab presents the Axial 2017 NWI TTC points series So far this year is off to a great start. On February 12th we held our 2017 Season Opener (the first of 9 sanctioned events this year). The turn out was great and so was the weather, that is for a Northern Indiana day in the middle of February. We had over 60 people and 80 trucks entered plus spectators! We even had 6 kids in our FREE kids class, these kids even went home with something to h...
