Here's my Injora build SCX24 running my challenging Cliff Course. The video just can't capture the steepness and looseness of the terrain. A stock SCX24 wouldn't make the first drop into the course.
I've accumulated 3 nice 1/10 scaled crawlers, all within the past 10 months, and for the past 4 months, the only things I want to grab and play with are my 5 SCX24s.
I consider my 1/24s, 1/10s, 1/8s, guns, swords, and knives....ALL toys!
Fine, you have the space. Do you feel you'll have the budget to modify and/or make repairs for a 1/10?
If the answer is truly yes, then get the 1/10 and let's stop with all the polls and similar threads.
Both vehicles will be absolutely fine for a beginner. As a matter of fact, any crawlers will be absolutely fine for beginners. Crawlers are purposely slow moving machines. For this reason, the learning curve is very, very low. Even if you ran them full speed into a wall, there's not likely to be...