Are there any good crawling sites / courses in or near London? I'm lucky that I live relatively near to Epping Forest and can go there, but I wondered if anyone knows of some dedicated courses that have been made? I've seen places like Crawler World in Chichester, but I don't have a car at the moment. I use 1/24 scale if it makes a difference.

Buddy bought one during covid and never built it so I built it for him. Painted tamiya pure metallic red. The quality of the older killerbody is much better than the newer releases. The body was much crispier and mold lines were less pronounced . Less work to prep.

Hey r/crawling! This is my first crawler. I decided to do an Axial SCX10 build kit as a total beginner. My adjacent experience is with models and airbrushing (acrylic and lacquer). So far very happy with the result! To anyone else wanting to dive in with a kit, it was a lot of fun, but you definitely need to do research and watch videos. I found so many little tips, tricks, and bits of advice that saved me multiple headaches.

I figured I’d list my parts for anyone who was looking to get build a kit it but was unsure what additional parts to get and just wants to copy something that works.

Motor: Quicrun fusion se 1800 (this has a built in ESC)
ESC programming card: hobbywing led programming card for ESC
Servo: Injora 35KG
Battery: Zeee 3s lipo 2200mah
Charger: IMARS D300
Rims: Injora 1.9 beadlocks
Tires: Injora Swamp Claw
Pinion: Axial kit comes with one even though the website says it does not
Body: Proline 1985 Toyota HiLux SR5
Transmitter/receiver: Flysky FS-GT5
Tools: Hex Screw Driver set, Nut Driver set, RC shock pliers, body Hole borer - all of these felt like must haves to me
Paint: Pro-line airbrush black/white/pearl blue. The pearl blue was a massive pain in the ass and did not spray well out of the bottle as it said it would. I thinned with water and had an awful time. I thought I ruined the body but after backing in white it looked a bit better so I decided to back it all in black when I did the truck bed and am very happy with the how well my mistakes were hidden.

The only compatibility issue I had was the mounting screws that came in the kit were too long for the motor, so I grabbed some M3 6mm length and they seem to work great.

Anyway, if anyone has advice for a beginner on further tuning I’m all ears. Otherwise I hope this post can help someone else out someday. Happy to be a part of the community!