The Rise and Fall of a Legendary Course in Sunrise, FLA sad story of deterioration and stagnation of a once legendary course in this feature location post with Team ScalerFab Driver, Ant Petrone. I was at our local crawler course in Sunrise, FL a few weeks ago and was reminded that the RC world is no different than any other facet of life. The course was trashed, overgrown, and empty. A far cry from what it was a few years ago where it was normal to see 20-40 people out there on any given Saturday or Sunday. The RC community like any communit...
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 ...
Monkey Face Day Crawl in Chico, California w/ Team ScalerFab Driver, Chris LealWe made our monthly trip down the hill to Chico California to crawl with the Butte County Scalers "For The Scale Of It" Crawl/Fun Run and it was a blast! We hiked the Upper Bidwell Park location Monkey Face, it was full of all kinds of obstacles and amazing lines next to a small water fall! The people were all friendly on the trail, asking questions about the RC's. Everyone had their own pace which was great as I had brought a friend for his first crawl. The ScalerFab Wraith had l...
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. ...
The Beginning: A Flashback story of getting into the Scale Lifestyle. By Team ScalerFab Driver, Cristian FischerDo you remember when you got into the Scale Lifestyle? Team ScalerFab Driver Cristian Fischer sure does along with his Family and has shared his memories with us! How I got into scale R/C I work from home and would often take trips to our local r/c race track when my son was in school. When it closed, I began to go through a withdrawal, if you will. So after a few months of no r/c, my neighbor stops by with something that changed my life. Tom, a major player in 1 to 1 off-roading, strolls...
Steve Studstill recaps his experiance at Stone Mountain GeorgiaPlaying on the biggest rock in Georgia with ScalerFab Team Driver Steve Studstill. Sundays event was held at Stone Mountain Georgia just above Atlanta. Both fields class 1 and class 2 came to seriously crawl the big rock! With a field of 20+ in class 1 we were in for a challenge. The points were tight, one gate took me out of first place and gave me third. Still second in points standing and two events to go, we got time to get the series win! Class 2 was filled with great drivers. 20 poin...
ScalerFab Low-Profile Roof Rack Install w/ Team Driver, Dave HallThis month my package from ScalerFab came in! Inside was a load of ScalerFab merch/ stickers and the ScalerFab low profile roof rack which I picked out for my cc01 pajero. I've been running a modified Sylvanian families roof rack which i picked up at toys r us for $20. Its worked well but was starting to deteriorate. So it was time for a upgrade to a ScalerFab all metal rack.The pajero roof has a slight step down which required me to but a couple of slight bends in the rack, once they whe...
ScalerFab Trail Armor and Land Anchor put to the test at Amain Hobbies 1st Indoor Event of 2017ScalerFab Team Driver Chris Leal fills us in on the added benefits of ScalerFab Trail Armor and Land Anchor! This past Saturday afternoon I had the pleasure of riding down to Chico, California for Amain Hobbies' First Crawl of 2017, Family Crawl and Raffle event. It started off slow with a few people trickling in and out to check out what was going on, but once the crawlers came out people started to gather around the indoor crawler course Amain has built at the Chico location. Its not ...
California FAMILY Crawling with Team ScalerFab Driver, Casey Dill!Its all about the FAMILY FUN!! as stated by ScalerFab Team Driver Casey Dill. Here are a few pics of one of the coolest spots to crawl at, in my opinion. It's in Santa Rosa CA and it's called Flat Rock Creek. Most of the time my oldest daughter just runs around and freaks me out when she jumps off the rocks. But this time, she wanted to drive with my wife and I. We had a blast too, she is becoming a great driver. So is my wife, she was doing the lines that the big tire (aka training ...
Keystone RC Event #4 -ScalerFab-Sponsored EventKeystone RC Event #4 sponsored by ScalerFab, What a Challenging Event! We had a good turn out at the comp barn on Sunday. We had 31 drivers just in class 2. 17 in Class 3 and 14 in Class 1. The class 3 courses were extremely difficult, with this being the 4th comp in the series they have gotten progressively more and more difficult. The extra challenges made it a lot more exciting and intense.After some tacos for lunch and a quick rearrange of all 3 courses, we ran Class 2 through inside, ...
ORCRC - Lebanon Oregon Scale Competition attended by ScalerFab Team DriverVeteran ScalerFab Team Driver Steve McColly tells us about his Fun and Eventful time at the ORCRC Scale Competition in Oregon. ORCRC scale comp was awesome! I was burning the midnight oil trying to get my street class Peterbilt truck finished the Night Before the comp. Not to mention going through my class 2 hardcore truck. Neither of these vehicles have been touched in about a month, my bad. Anyway after getting batteries topped off and tools loaded up in the backpack it was time to go. A...
ScalerFab-Equipped K10 at the First 801RCC Comp of 2017Team ScalerFab Veteran Driver Brenda Sumner shows off her ScalerFab Pro Series Front Bumper and discusses the first 801 RCC Comp of 2017! It was a cold day at the first 801 RCC comp of 2017. It had snowed all night producing about 6" of snow that I had to brish off the Jeep before I left. The roads were a total mess, but I wasn't going to miss the first comp of the year. It took about an hour to get to Black Rock just off The Great Salt Lake. The turnout was great with around 30 dri...
ORCRC Scale CompORCRC scale comp was awesome! I was burning the midnight oil trying to get my street class Peterbilt truck finished the Night Before the comp. Not to mention going through my class 2 hardcore truck. Neither of these vehicles have been touched in about a month, my bad. Anyway after getting batteries topped off and tools loaded up in the backpack it was time to go. After a short drive I found myself in Lebanon, Oregon at the Lebanon Dam where i was greeted by many people that i already knew....
