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...
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...
Autism Awareness Crawlers Trail RunTake a run with Team ScalerFab Driver, Casey Dill, and the guys from Autism Awareness Crawlers at this week's feature location in Rock City on Mt. Diablo in California! Rock City on Mt. Diablo is one of the craziest places I've ever been to. It's very slippery and steep terrain not only puts your truck at risk but you too. It's totally worth it though especially when you're meeting up with the Autism Awareness Crawlers. These guys do sooo much to raise money for Autism Awa...
ScalerFab Showcase: Prerunner Bumper Series w/ Team Driver, Eric JaquayTake a look at the performance and scale appearance of the ScalerFab Prerunner Series Front Bumper on Team Driver, Eric Jauqay's Axial SCX10 II! Hey Tiny Truck enthusiasts, Eric.the.mechanic here today and boy what a day! got my brand new Scalerfab.com pre-runner bumper and rock sliders. All custom sized perfect for my scx10.2 Now I didn't have the rear cage finished on the new body I'm putting on it (stupid work always taken up all my time) but I was able to fit one of my old...
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...
Just Go Drive It!As ScalerFab Team Driver, Oliver Barber knows, it doesn't need to be perfect to go out and have fun! I’m sure I’m not alone in this; I’ll have a number of projects on the go, and one fully functional truck, and then something breaks on the working truck, or I decide to do a rebuild, change something major to make it work better, etc. Whatever the case, I’m now without anything to drive or a few weeks until I slowly finish up another project or get around to “properly” fixing the original...
There's more to do in Las Vegas than the Strip!Crawl along with ScalerFab Team Driver, Matt Wolfe and his ScalerFab Trail Armor. Matt Wolfe here in the fabulous Las Vegas Valley. Over the last few weeks I have put the ScalerFab Trail Armor to the test. First stop was the A.V.R.C.C. Mini Enduro. Where I took on many jagged rocks and tough terrain over a 6 hour period, The ScalerFab Trail Armor did not fail me. Next stop, the next weekend was the KOH 2017 Altra 5K. I endured 3.1 miles of soft sand, uphill climbs, twisted rock ledges and j...
Test and Tune w/ ScalerFab Team Driver, Josh KrupennyWell today was a great day of test and tuning the truck worked great and as expected my ScalerFab comp series bumper and my stealth/hidden ScalerFab bomber sliders did its job today on the F350 platinum to protect my truck. I was finally able to test CBE RC Titan 300oz servo with my ScalerFab winch hook and pulled out a truck that couldn't make the climb and all I can say the winch pulled the truck with ease
ScalerFab Land Anchor In UseVeteran Team ScalerFab Driver, Mike Rowe, shows us that the ScalerFab Land Anchor isn't just for scale points, it actually works like the real deal! There are endless ways of using your winch to get you out of a situation. From wrapping around a tree or rock, to "doubling" your line pull using a snatch block. Each situation has a preferred method. Regardless, a land anchor will help in 99% of them, especially a ScalerFab Hybrid land anchor. But practice makes perfect. I try to p...
The Upgrades Who, What, When, and Hows by ScalerFab Drivers Randy & Tristen WilliamsHow, When, and What to Upgrade on your new or existing Rock Crawlers a story by Veteran Team Drivers, Randy & Tristen Williams. When purchasing a new RC crawler, people will generally start thinking about what to upgrade. New folks to the hobby may not immediately start thinking upgrade, however, it isn't long before they realize the rig doesn't preform quite like they expected. Most forums, and social media pages, can offer a plethora of ideas or opinions on what should be firs...
Oliver Barber give us a "How To" with StyreneVerteran ScalerFab Team Driver Oliver Barber's "How To" - Simple Styrene work – a great way to create interiors, beds and more It seems like a lot of people are put off from venturing outside the store-bought range of products when it comes to interiors, drop-beds, or other more-complicated bodywork projects, but it’s really a lot simpler than you may think! I should preface this by saying that until this point, my experience using styrene to create one-off styrene stuff was bas...
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 ...
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...
Spring Scale Series Event Recap by ScalerFab Driver Steve StudstillScalerFab Team Driver Steve Studstill recaps the 1st Spring Scale Series event at Kellogg Creek Woodstock GA. on Sunday January 22nd. With the threat of more rain and very bad weather moving in the 1st Springs Scale Series event still took place. The rocks were slippery and the course was tough but 13 drivers pursued on! Follow the leader was the name of the game and that Leader would dictate the line to be taken to the next gate. A rollover would send you to the back of the line! So findin...
The Proven Strength of The ScalerFab brand in the words of Driver Adam Nerby.Veteran ScaleFab Team Driver Adam Nerby tells us just how strong the ScalerFab brand is! Well last Sunday I held a indoor comp at the 149 R/C Worx wrecking compound as people are now calling due to the damage it does to the trucks. However the one thing that stays true is no damage to any of the ScalerFab bumpers being ran, they hold up to all the abuse we throw at them. The concrete is super tough on the trucks with tons of traction and tears up stuff. The crowd was so large I was unable t...
R/C Scale - AUSTRALIA-STYLE!Team ScalerFab Veteran Driver Dave Hall shares his New Year's Resolution and how the Aussies Scale Trail. New Year's resolution As many do, I decided to kick off 2017 with a few New Year's resolutions, one being to get back behind the wheel of my tiny trucks. No more hermit life, it was time to get active again in the scale truck scene! So what better way to achieve that than starting off 2017 with an epic 3 day crawl-athon with some of Sydney's and Brisbane's best builde...
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...
The 2017 "Scale Lifestyle" Year BeginsScalerFab Team Driver Mike Rowe offers up a reminder on the "Scale Lifestyle"common courtesy the ScalerFab way. It's now 2017 and almost the end of build season for us Northerners in the U.S.A. There's been many frantic builders awaiting the 2017 SORRCA rule changes as well as many veteran and brand new team drivers representing a ton of fantastic Sponsors. As we all start the new year, let's think about these companies, the big ones, small ones, and everyone in betwee...
HOW TO: ScalerFab Bumper InstallTeam ScalerFab Driver, Cristian "Fish" Fischer shows demonstrates how to replace your stock front bumper with a ScalerFab Performance-Engineered Front Bumper. To change out your stock bumper, just follow these easy steps: Tools needed: Screwdriver 2.5 mm Allen wrench 3 mm Needle nose pliers. 4 3mm screws and locknuts 1. Remove stock bumper and cross member. It's easiest to remove it all in one piece by removing the two screws that hold them to the chassis. 2. Install ScalerF...
