I Entered a 1/24 Mini Crawler Comp!

[@rcbender823]

That AMC Eagle body (white and gold station wagon for those across the pond) is amazing! I want one!

[@TomleyRC]

Yes, he said that was a popular one

[@IHCreations]

You are professional! Cheers man

[@michaeldorich4485]

The course looks great and shows a lot of great work and prep by the group hosting the event. Your truck looked very good and I thought it performed very well. It was interesting to me to see how these competitions are set up. Thanks for sharing.

[@TomleyRC]

Thanks mate. It was a really good fun comp. Hoping to improve for the next one

[@chrisb3976]

Nevermind the comp. The part about you letting another driver use your scx makes you a winner. Great job!! :)

[@QuinnsRC]

Great video, great looking course, and looked like a fun day! I have to get out of my house and get social, despite my nature, LOL. Thanks for taking us with you!

[@TomleyRC]

This is a great way to get out and chat with people who have the same interests

[@FarmerFpv]

You're such a daredevil. Be careful with those Micro Crawlers. They can cause grown men to get competitive and angry, sometimes to pee their pants. lol

[@alantaylor353]

Absolutely... Peeing pants is definitely a thing... Or errrr.. So I've been told.

[@TomleyRC]

I live my life 1/24 scale at a time

[@Fonzierc]

Definitely recommend it they are great 👍

[@FarmerFpv]

@@TomleyRC lol. heck yeah!

[@FarmerFpv]

@@alantaylor353 Yeah, definitely, be careful.

[@josephdavis2695]

Lest you forget, sir - You’re dealing with a bunch of RC dorks such as myself. 8 minutes of forward, reverse, forward, reverse? That’s what we call captivating cinema. Looks like a great little event! 🎉

[@TomleyRC]

Haha… 😅

[@smallkrawlzrc]

Awesome Video! Im glad to see these little guys in a comp in the UK

[@TomleyRC]

Cheers mate

[@WheelsRC]

Thanks for the lend of the truck, much appreciated. Shame I left all the driving talent at home. 🤣 Hope to see you next time. Great video👍

[@TomleyRC]

No worries Paul, see you in March 👌

[@joegrossman5073]

That girl at the end with the Land Rover was so into it very serious looks. But enjoying it to the fullest for sure. Love your videos keep up the hard work.

[@TomleyRC]

She was one of the finalists. Came 3rd overall out of 24

[@WoWdreamWoW]

My brother is interested in crawlers. After this video, it's definitely got me thinking about getting one. I quite like the body that you did not use. My other brother is giving me a VW Bug and some other RC cars. I plan to restore them one at a time.

[@IowaBudgetRCBashers]

Love it with that body on it, and love that you put your decals on it.

[@TomleyRC]

Yeah, it turned out really nice in the end

[@adampsrcs3487]

Grit sand from any building yard..when it's dried out it's the perfect stuff in my opinion 👍great little truck mate

[@modelnutty6503]

old model railroading days, used coffee grounds glued down makes some good dirt surface, wet with wood glue and pack it with dry grounds, let dry and brush away excess. leave bare, paint, or clear coat?

[@TomleyRC]

Yes, I’ve got ‘sharp sand’… similar

[@shakes00lude]

My son and I make our mini crawler courses out of wood (cheap cedar fence planks) and we just slather the face of the wood with wood glue and dust some rocky gravel over it. We live in the desert so we use decomposed granite. It works amazingly and holds up really well. You.can use play sand but it just makes sandpaper and there's nothing that loses grip on that.

[@TomleyRC]

Yes, I’ve done that now. PVA glue with a little sharp sand

[@chrislang7460]

Wonderful video. Great to see some models in a practical application for which they were designed.

[@vbspeed7571]

Hello from V&B Speed a newr rc community looking 4 subscribers

[@TomleyRC]

Cheers Chris

[@smallsoundrc9678]

Looks like a awesome day. Looks like you all had a great day. Thanks for sharing 💪🏼✌🏼💪🏼

[@TomleyRC]

Yes it was awesome. Just needed some mini power foams 😎👌

[@kashmurray1199]

Really neat. You must have had fun. The Ford looked great.

[@TomleyRC]

It was great fun

[@adventurefixn]

As far as the sand on your mini course. Mix a thin watery slurry of “mod podge” and paint it onto the plaster cloth then sprinkle sand onto it and rewet and slosh around with wet brush painting with sand and it will dry to a perfect sandpaper sandstone texture!

[@TomleyRC]

I’ve mixed some sharp sand with PVA glue, works a treat

[@rcwreck-creation]

Nicely done Phil! 👌 looked like you had a great time. Thanks for sharing dude.

[@TomleyRC]

It was a good day out. Food was good as well from the Cafe haha

[@rcwreck-creation]

@@TomleyRC I think it was the first events like that, I’ve seen, that actually looked “posh”? 👍👌So I’d imagine if they served food it was good. 😎

[@fishnrc294]

Looked like a blast awesome views as well. Good day for sure.

[@TomleyRC]

It was good fun 👌

[@MichaelWilliams-ei8cr]

Looks like a blast. I love crawling events with all the different rigs.

[@TomleyRC]

Yes, it was a good day out 👌

[@jdsrcs8061]

I have that same body in the garage. I dont know why I haven't swapped onto my FCX24!!!! Man it looks so cool!!! 👍👍👍 Iceberg makes some killer bodies. I bought their jeep Cherokee and Comanche!!!

[@TomleyRC]

Yes it looks really good. He’s a really nice guy

[@davideades4839]

Your truck looks great. Thats a very cool modular portable course too. You own course is coming along. Get some cheap acrylic artist paints and dilute it so you can do colour washes. I save my coffee grounds and use white glue to hold it on. Also concrete powder sifted over white glue, dirt sand. It may scrup off as it would on a real course so you just reaply colour or dry materials as needed.

[@TomleyRC]

Thanks for the tips 👌

[@gabrielpichardo1492]

That fms did great!!! Fms should be proud!!! I love the look of those super swampers

[@modelnutty6503]

couple years ago picked up a couple pre-painted poly truck bodies for Subotech 1/24 from BangBad for about 4 bucks each. nice detail light weight and convenient. one is on the Redcat Sumo 1/24 with wide offset "Dominator"(?) rims and same mud slinger tires. being AWS its a little extra fun sometimes with rear steer and crab options.

[@TomleyRC]

Yes, they are very good. I have one that I converted to fit a 1/24 RGT chassis. Goes well!

[@MCsCreations]

Awesome ride there, Phil! It looked like a lot of fun! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@TomleyRC]

It was great fun. Next one in March, so will have to do a few upgrades before then

[@Bodg3r]

Nicely driven!

[@TomleyRC]

Cheers dude

[@DustyFingersRC]

That course looked great, challenging and very varied. Good fun 👍🏻

[@TomleyRC]

It was very good 👍

[@shawnthomas444]

Fantastic video! Love the new look with the truck body!

[@TomleyRC]

Thanks Shawn

[@theoagrc]

Great fun Phil! Looked like awesome fun and you did very well mate 🙌🏻

[@TomleyRC]

Cheers dude, it was good fun

[@TheRCScotsman]

My goodness, I was just earlier today thinking of checking out your FMS 1/24 video, and lo and behold...

[@TomleyRC]

Good timing 👌

[@TheRCScotsman]

@@TomleyRC Pretty sure you're a wizard.

[@TomleyRC]

@@TheRCScotsman Tomley Potter is my stage name

[@mikemangiameli561]

Good luck and have some fun. If it was me I would take my furitek cayman.

[@Holmanrc]

Absolutely love your channel mate, cheers!

[@brianargo1659]

That is a cool little rig the only thing I see that it needs is maybe drop the body 5 meal and the suspension 5 meal and possibly add the battery a little closer to the back and that thing would be a great beast on the rock

[@vbspeed7571]

Hi from V&B Speed a newr rc community stop in check us out.thank u

[@TomleyRC]

Yes, certainly needs a few tweaks

[@landykev]

good to see you there bud and nice you got my rig in

[@TomleyRC]

You too mate. Hope you can make the next one

[@TheShopMiniRC]

You likely have smaller gears in the front portals (12t?) and that is giving your front wheels overdrive. That is generally a desirable setup for comp crawling. It helps give you better turn radius and pulls the front up and over while also sucking your chassis down-ward. ;-)

[@tilkka_]

1/24 crawlers are most likely the only size crawlers I would be really curious of. Mainly because building tracks for them could be done inside the house. Thou I know what kind of looks I would get...and how that money would have.....should...yeah. But...some day....

[@TomleyRC]

Haha. But yeah, so easy to put a course together

[@tilkka_]

@@TomleyRC just have kids play in their room and try navigate the crawler from there room after it 🤣

[@daveyd0071]

The quality of this video is very nice.

[@TomleyRC]

Thank you

[@k1ortia]

Looks like a great little course for the WPL C24

[@mikeymike3240]

Yah big dope, USA1 should say USA on it somewhere, plus who doesn’t like a red,white and blue colour scheme 😊 Awesome compatition, it looks fantastic,i wudda loved to have a go at it.😊

[@TomleyRC]

😅🤘

[@Fonzierc]

Very cool event !! FMS are definitely very capable 💪

[@vbspeed7571]

Just found ur channel and subscribed 😊

[@TomleyRC]

It was good fun

[@jayfarthing]

Can confirm the newer revision FCX24s come with the metal portal gears fitted. I bought one from Modelsport at the end of December, metal ports and the less good V2 transmitter. Still plenty of fun to drive though. The drive issue with the slack, I've got that both front and rear. Seems to just be play between all the gears, hexes, driveshafts etc. I'd love to know if there was a way to stop it. My car rolls back and forth maybe 20mm before the dragbrake/gearing engages and stops it rolling further. Great vid as always. I need to try out one of these competitions!

[@bigdavemon8620]

Awesome stuff, been looking st getting crawler for the last 2 months ... can I decide what to get absolutely not, has this made me want one even more absolutely.

[@TomleyRC]

The Mini ones are good fun for sure 👌

[@hmisay4976]

I’d love to see a video in the future of you mounting the Iceberg body to the FCX. I’ve been looking into getting one for my Max Smasher but wasn’t sure how best to mount it.

[@TomleyRC]

Yes, I will certainly show it at some point

[@grrfy]

Try budgie grit instead sand,WIlko sell it, made from a mix of grits and crushed shell etc so it isn't all the same colour and size so looks better than straight sand.Used it a lot as the base for desert dioramas.

[@TomleyRC]

Sharp sand and PVA seems to have done the trick

[@dexterbeattie7884]

Great video! I like your decals better than the stock ones 😊

[@TomleyRC]

Cheers Dexter. It turned out looking pretty decent 👌

[@PaulWarren555]

Nice one Phil, good to see you again 😀

[@TomleyRC]

You too. I’ll be at the March one as well 👍

[@PaulWarren555]

@@TomleyRC Me too 😀

[@brickhead145]

Another awsome video, love ur style, explaning, comparing and having fun=)

[@TomleyRC]

Thanks mate. Really appreciate it

[@warmup1705]

some talented driving there on the slope! Just subbed because of the 1/24 stuff

[@nosferatu49426]

Looks like a good time. 😀😀

[@TomleyRC]

It was 👌

[@geetee7154]

Very interesting Phil., food for thought there👍

[@KPtain_RC]

Nice video, I haven't had a crawler yet, but you make me want to try one soon. Thanks 😄

[@cornfieldcrawlers9907]

Looks like a fun comp. I am wondering why you ran 3 tires backwards? Mud slingers are good, they are even better when custom cut. Basically there are big lugs with lines, small lugs with lines, and small lugs without lines. Use some wire side cuts to clip off all the small lugs without lines. The tight stock slinger tread pattern can sit on top of the terrain spinning. The more open pattern of custom cut slingers seems to grab better on both rock and loose soils. I would also highly suggest Treal brass portal covers for some low weight.

[@TomleyRC]

I hadn’t realised they were directional at first, but the more I watch the more I can see it 😅. Thanks for the tip.. I’ll give it a try

[@ThompsonRc]

Great comp I got the dodge ramcharger body from iceberg back in November

[@TomleyRC]

He’s a really nice chap 👌

[@jameswisecarver]

0817 here in Arkansas USA! Mornin' Phil!! That was a good run! Like you said it ain't about winnin' it's about gettin' out there and doin' it!

[@TomleyRC]

Good Morning James. Yes… it was fun, and I enjoyed testing the rig out and hope to improve a little next time

[@shawnthomas444]

Hey Arkansas! Michigan here! My father in law lives in Lafe. Been to your state a couple of times and loved it!

[@jameswisecarver]

@@TomleyRC sounds like a winning plan to me!!

[@jameswisecarver]

@@shawnthomas444 awesome man I will say I live in a more wooded than nice terrain place I live in south ark by Felsenthal wildlife preserve we have alot of rivers lakes and creeks and lord at the skeeters I wish we had more hills and rocks but I gotta drive 2 hrs north to find natural rock around little rock

[@shawnthomas444]

@@jameswisecarver I’m up in Traverse City so I have water too! Look at this, a guy in England got us talking in the states lol

[@sirjonplum]

I made a crawler course but it does take up a lot of room your welcome to it if you want to expand on your own👍🏻

[@TomleyRC]

Mines pretty bespoke being on a large movable table. All pretty much done now as well. Thanks Anyway 👌

[@VS666]

building a massive indoor course at the moment, hopefully I can host some comps of my own

[@benbekemeier5545]

Did I spy an AMC Eagle body at the 11:50 mark? That's awesome!

[@TomleyRC]

Yes I think so. That’s the owner of ‘Iceberg RC’

[@vbspeed7571]

Scx 24 ..unless u up grade the FMS ..Good Luck am super excited 2 see a real comp

[@TomleyRC]

I have a cool idea for the SCX 👌

[@impuls60]

Clean looking rig! I would add 1cm droop to it so it doesnt tumble over so easily.

[@vbspeed7571]

Hi there from V&B Speed a newr rc community trying 2 get some subs stop in Thank u

[@TomleyRC]

Agree.. needs a bit of tuning

[@mikegreene6742]

@Tomley RC where did that body come from plz? I looked in the links at iceberg, doesn't look like they have that body.

[@NCmountainsYouTubeChannel]

O yeah I really enjoyed the crawling 🤜

[@RC_Teststrecke]

Great Video, very helpful 😁👍

[@wheelsdownrc6348]

Someone’s micro compensating 🤣💯✌️.

[@TomleyRC]

🤣

[@ScottMcLinden]

where did you purchase the Ford body? The white with tinted windows likes great.

[@nic.25]

My max smasher has stripped it's plastic steering servo horn where it's attached to the servo, so I'm now looking for a metal servo horn to fix that problem. Otherwise very good truck.

[@TomleyRC]

Treal did have some, but there were issues with them. I’m not sure if they’ve sorted some new ones yet

[@Pablo668]

That looked like a lot of fun, if a little officious.

[@TomleyRC]

It was a good fun comp

[@Kettenhund75]

I'm on the fence when it comes to picking one of these up. They don't seem to flex much at all. The portals seem to really push the center of gravity up. I know I'm a little biased, but I think you would have done much better with the scx.

[@TomleyRC]

The SCX24 certainly has more potential. But mine needs properly setting up. These FMS ones are really good once set up properly

[@Kettenhund75]

@Tomley RC I need to go back and watch your scx24 upgrade video again. I don't remember what all you did to it. You already did the furitek brushless upgrade - that's the best upgrade you could do. You need some mofo rc ultra soft springs and 4 link the front. Then as m7ch brass as you can fit down low. I k ow you said you've spent $5-600... I assume you've done everything but the springs.

[@RhoryBurnside]

Having driven in crawl competitions I can understand your frustrations hahahaha

[@TomleyRC]

Yes it can be haha

[@mosrcz]

Like the crawler track. I’m new to RCs what’s a good website to join for events in the UK

[@TomleyRC]

For crawling events Theres a ‘UK Scale’ group and for other stuff I think there’s a couple of ‘RC Car UK’ groups

[@mosrcz]

Thanks will look them up.

[@KevinTalbotTV]

wheres the talbot beard gone? 😂

[@TomleyRC]

I had to shave it off. I kept getting loads of random kids shouting ‘Tumble Wumble’ at me while I was shopping … and I was only growing it for Christmas 🎅

[@Gibsonlife573]

Bro you beautiful on some of them climb that is so awesome

[@ryurc3033]

So, I have been hoping they would come out with a kit version of 1/24 scale crawler because I have probably 80 1/24-1/25 scale plastic model cars. I have enough electronics to set one up, just haven't jumped into that world yet.(only have 6 1/10 crawlers, basher slash 4x4, 2wd stampede, drag slash, custom metal frame smt10, 2 drifter's, boat, plane, mini battle bots..... I may have a problem lol)

[@jaybarber68]

I’m glad to see you took the “USA 1” stickers off the Ford, because the real USA1 was a Chevrolet!😂

[@tafrog5552]

i have followed the link as i am looking for the adjustable links i can not find them anywhere could you post a link for them they would be bery usefull on more than one model of 1/24 scale cars ?

[@spearshaker7974]

I love watching crawlers.

[@ciaranburke3243]

Cool 😎 looks like good fun 😃

[@SabretoothCreations]

Where was this comp? Or where do I search for other comps and courses in the UK?

[@RCvapor]

Nice timing, just won a ftx 1:24 crawler on hobbycomps 😏, have you tried this model ? Any good upgrades ? Cheers good video 👍

[@TomleyRC]

Awesome! The little FTX are good. Not sure there are many upgrades

[@casssrc]

Just have fun 😉🤗

[@TomleyRC]

I did 👌

[@tntzimmerman9552]

Are the tires on backwards or are the molded like that?

[@coreymckenzie8945]

I got one of those amc eagle body's from iceberg rc . I wanted one and iceberg rc said he might make one , then he did so I bought one

[@mrNotsoprogamer]

I need some of those Team trc decals 😁

[@TomleyRC]

I’ll have a fresh batch soon. With clear backing rather than white

[@009ADVENTURES]

looked great fun 👍

[@TomleyRC]

It was 👌

[@RCCinematic]

Anyone know if the FMS comes with metal portal gears yet? Not buying one until this happens!

[@TomleyRC]

I think it does. Although I’ve not bought a new one…. It was told by FMS that they do

[@RcTimes2055]

Nice rigs 😁👍

[@turbod150]

How do i get into mini crawler competitions, whats a good starter car , where can i find events like this.

[@jonenglish6617]

I don't normally disagree with you. But I would have run the power wagon body just because it is so gorgeous

[@TomleyRC]

Yes does look good. I was hoping the Mac Smasher would bring the weight a bit lower down

[@jonenglish6617]

@@TomleyRC agreed lower cg is worth it in Competition.

[@andriharyanto84]

Small but Beast 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽, can u tell me how price this it? 🙏🏽

[@MichaelSmith-se1vg]

Where do you get the usa1 Ford body

[@anarochrc986]

Take the scx24 that would be so sick.

[@Justiceforall2C]

Man I need to find something like this around me I have 4 custom micro crawlers that sit on shelves.

[@TomleyRC]

The good thing is with mini crawlers, you don’t need much space to make a course 👌

[@The_ace_1]

Are you going to do a review on the traxxas XRT?

[@TomleyRC]

Next video 👌

[@tobydyes]

Let's see if you win

[@smee1198]

Mega!

[@jameselliott7615]

Is that at Grafham Water Sailing Club, Phil?

[@TomleyRC]

Yes 👍

[@jameselliott7615]

Thought I recognised it - I sang “Away in a manger” in that clubhouse when I was three - Mums proudest moment 😉

[@TomleyRC]

@@jameselliott7615 haha, awesome. I sing that every year

[@joekustek2623]

Cool video but if this was at my local crawler course everyone would have made every gate easy,.

[@nate4024]

U need the micro komodo lizard pro in that fcx24 rcawd extended links it will dominate trust me

[@JP-qq2kn]

Looks like you need some wheel weights on the rear also..

[@TomleyRC]

Yes the whole thing needs a bit more lower down weight

[@JP-qq2kn]

@@TomleyRC Yes sir. I'm building out one of the rgt 1/24 crawlers right now. It's crazy how heavy she's gettin lol. But works SO much better then stock.

[@Crider-ih2ir]

What tires are those?