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Sim79
15-04-2007, 07:06 PM
Where is the best spot to buy these rock crawlers? Are any of these shops on line?
CatMan
15-04-2007, 09:06 PM
Don't know about QLD, but there are two good hobby stores in Newcastle.

http://www.modelsport.com.au/

http://www.frontlinehobbies.com.au
Sim79
16-04-2007, 05:42 PM
Thanks. I just checked both links and both don't sell a rock crawler. I am trying to find some thing simular to the one in the link below.


http://www.orp.com.au/Articulator.htm
smac
16-04-2007, 09:58 PM
i dropped into a hobby shop today and they said that most of these rock crawlers are custom made from bits and peices.
Muckinhell
17-04-2007, 09:53 AM
Yes in the link you provide there home made welded chassis with gear boxes and diffs added etc...the close'st you can get of the shelf is something called the tamiya rock buster tlt-1 i think it is...do a ebay search there on there for reasanable price otherwise check out the tamiya f350 highlift...there all electric wich is the only way to go for roack crawlers.
Sim79
17-04-2007, 03:48 PM
Front line hobbies has the wheel king I didn't think it could be used for rock crawling, but after using google I found out these can be built into a rock crawler. Below is review of the wheely king and if you go to the forum there is heaps of info on how to convert it to a rock crawler.

http://www.rccrawler.com/wheelyking.htm
ice_spy
18-04-2007, 08:24 PM
try this link for the cheapest hard core rockcrawlers. The price is almost 1 tenth of some of the other fancy looking bling kits.
http://www.crawfordperformanceengineering.com/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi
however you will need to add somes diffs, body and wheels. oh and some radio gear and batterys,motors,shocks, then you will need a charger. BUGGER hey.
smac
18-04-2007, 08:38 PM
try this link for the cheapest hard core rockcrawlers. The price is almost 1 tenth of some of the other fancy looking bling kits.
http://www.crawfordperformanceengineering.com/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi
however you will need to add somes diffs, body and wheels. oh and some radio gear and batterys,motors,shocks, then you will need a charger. BUGGER hey.

they have some good stuff on there!

Any idea on getting bodies? can you get any Suzuki bodies?