Hey!
I currently have 2 Arrma RTR. A Granite Mega for my son and a Kraton 6S for me. I am in the process of upgrading the hell out of the Kraton (waiting for a bunch of M2C parts) and the Granite is being upgraded as it breaks. I am only a few months into the RC hobby, but I find that I enjoy wrenching on RC more than driving them...so I am thinking I should consider buying a nice kit. I am not in a hurry, but I'd like to make my mind up about this.
Since I already have 2 Monster trucks in the house (both currently non-functional...waiting for parts), I was thinking about a 4x4 off-road buggy or truggy...but maybe a SCT or a crawler could be interesting as well? I am thinking about 1/10 size. It would need to be somewhat robust, as I intend to use it off-road for light bashing (no big jump crazyness). I am not interested in racing and hyper adjustability. I am more of a set and forget...then repair as it breaks type of guy. However, I highly appreciate high quality parts using nice materials and having tight manufacturing tolerances.
I'd appreciate any input and recommendations on kits to consider and kits to avoid. I am not really looking into headaches and kits that requires modifications so that parts can fit (not sure if there are kits like that). You can assume I know how to tear down and re-assemble every parts of my Kraton 6S.
For no real good reasons (body shapes maybe), I like the Team Associated and Tekno buggies, but my knowledge is very limited besides Arrma RTR stuff. I am in Canada, so I'd really prefer something with part support in my country. I guess the 1st step would be to ask my LHS what parts they can get. AFAIK, they seem to mainly offer RTR stuff. I'll ask them...
Also, please tell me if you think sticking with Arrma RTR and upgrade them as I like makes more sense for me. I just think the satisfaction of building a kit is different than upgrading an RTR.
Let me know if you have recommendations or comments on any of that. Thanks!
I currently have 2 Arrma RTR. A Granite Mega for my son and a Kraton 6S for me. I am in the process of upgrading the hell out of the Kraton (waiting for a bunch of M2C parts) and the Granite is being upgraded as it breaks. I am only a few months into the RC hobby, but I find that I enjoy wrenching on RC more than driving them...so I am thinking I should consider buying a nice kit. I am not in a hurry, but I'd like to make my mind up about this.
Since I already have 2 Monster trucks in the house (both currently non-functional...waiting for parts), I was thinking about a 4x4 off-road buggy or truggy...but maybe a SCT or a crawler could be interesting as well? I am thinking about 1/10 size. It would need to be somewhat robust, as I intend to use it off-road for light bashing (no big jump crazyness). I am not interested in racing and hyper adjustability. I am more of a set and forget...then repair as it breaks type of guy. However, I highly appreciate high quality parts using nice materials and having tight manufacturing tolerances.
I'd appreciate any input and recommendations on kits to consider and kits to avoid. I am not really looking into headaches and kits that requires modifications so that parts can fit (not sure if there are kits like that). You can assume I know how to tear down and re-assemble every parts of my Kraton 6S.
For no real good reasons (body shapes maybe), I like the Team Associated and Tekno buggies, but my knowledge is very limited besides Arrma RTR stuff. I am in Canada, so I'd really prefer something with part support in my country. I guess the 1st step would be to ask my LHS what parts they can get. AFAIK, they seem to mainly offer RTR stuff. I'll ask them...
Also, please tell me if you think sticking with Arrma RTR and upgrade them as I like makes more sense for me. I just think the satisfaction of building a kit is different than upgrading an RTR.
Let me know if you have recommendations or comments on any of that. Thanks!