A first for WA

[BIG PETE]

Western RC Crawlers would like to anounce
for the first time in WA we will be having a RC rock crawling comp
it will be held on the 8th of March 2009
there will be quite a few classes running so if ya got a crawler be there or be square
classes running will be

OUTLAW CLASS.
TRAIL
LIMITED
SCALE CLASS
1/18

i will post up more details here and on www.westernrccrawlers.net (http://www.westernrccrawlers.net)

[BIG PETE]

if your not doing anything guys come down for a look we will have over 20 trucks competing should be a great day
drinks and food for sale

[SuperRoo]

Where: Bells Rapids @ The end of Cathedral Ave, Brigadoon.
When: From 9 am. Sunday March 8
Food and Drink Available

[obzELiTe]

easy to find?

[eichkay]

easy to find?

Yeah wasnt too hard my first time, if you go over the bridge and drive past ginger roadhouse petrol station you missed the turn off.

[eichkay]

easy to find?

Yeah wasnt too hard my first time, if you go over the bridge and drive past gingers roadhouse petrol station you missed the turn off for Cathedral Ave

[SNPY]

There is tourist signs at the beginning of Cathedral Ave pointing out Bells Rapids .. when you get to the end of the road there is a gate going into the rapids follow this track and you will reach the car park .. we will be there on the left (just look for Pete's 1:1 monster truck .. lol)

[obzELiTe]

just got back, joy of kids meant i had to leave early, good fun to watch and once i get some parts i'm sure more fun to drive.
decent turnout as well.

[inertia]

is an administrator going to authorise any of the register requests to join up to the website? i have tried twice so far , 2 months apart to no avail!

[obzELiTe]

erm, i don't have rights to approve new members, and this mite be a dumb question, but aren't you already a member? or are you posting under someone else's account?

[remotebandit]

i think hes talking about www.westernrccrawlers.net (http://www.westernrccrawlers.net/) obz coz theres no one to approve here atm

[obzELiTe]

i knew i was being dumb

[BIG PETE]

is an administrator going to authorise any of the register requests to join up to the website? i have tried twice so far , 2 months apart to no avail!


i have approved you twice you should have an activate email somewhere

[BIG PETE]

heres a few pics from today
we had 17 trucks on the rocks today
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w286/BIG-PETE60/crawler%20pics/bells%208th%20march%202009/DSCF0050.jpg
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w286/BIG-PETE60/crawler%20pics/bells%208th%20march%202009/DSCF0054.jpg
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w286/BIG-PETE60/crawler%20pics/bells%208th%20march%202009/DSCF0065.jpg
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w286/BIG-PETE60/crawler%20pics/bells%208th%20march%202009/DSCF0067.jpg

[PRP]

Hi Pete

Matthew and I had great time today at Bells. Thanks mate. I have posted a few shots for you. I took over 200 so I will put them on a DVD for you.


prp

[BIG PETE]

they are awesome pics mate as usuall
thanks for taking the time to come down today mate

[PRP]

Heres a few more.


prp

[remotebandit]

Ohhh NOICE stuff boys .

Whos owns the last car in the pix ... love the bling

[BIG PETE]

Ohhh NOICE stuff boys .

Whos owns the last car in the pix ... love the bling

thats Zacs gladiator they come all blinged up

[obzELiTe]

Hi Pete

Matthew and I had great time today at Bells. Thanks mate. I have posted a few shots for you. I took over 200 so I will put them on a DVD for you.


prp

noticed your pics have a very distinct warmness to them, is that an in camera setting or you running them thru photoshop

[Mark]

I love prps photos as always. Great work m8.

[inertia]

The Western Crawlers site requires registration, and upon completing registration it advises that an administrator will approve before you can enter. No approval as of yet!

[SNPY]

The Western Crawlers site requires registration, and upon completing registration it advises that an administrator will approve before you can enter. No approval as of yet!

Check your e-mail .. even your junk folder .. the activation e-mail may be there .. mine came to my junk folder.

[PRP]

Hi Obz....

Well spotted. It is an in camera setting. I set the camera for a shade colour balance for all shots. I didn't want the shots in the shade coming out blue (some of the course was in sun some in shade). I also liked the idea of warming up the colour balance as it helped convey how hot it was down at Bells. As a rule I limit how much photoshopping I have to do as it can be very time consuming (it's a commercial habit, as most customers won't pay for the extra hours you put into a job). Plus I'm old school and a purist, I like to get as much right in camera as possible (less photoshop means more quality in the final image).

prp

[obzELiTe]

well i got inspired by the weekend and ordered some bits from junpac to get my crawler rollin.

hopefully i'll make the next one.

[SNPY]

Yeah JunFac is good obz .. i got a bunch of their stuff .. good quality .. fast shipping at a reasonable price.

[PRP]

A few more Western Crawler pics.



prp

[Nissanmania]

Those are great pics. Somehow not having RC vehicles moving at break-neck speed gives them a more scale appearance when photographed!

[boogernissan]

are the tamiya cr-01's any good,was lookin at a scale crawler,either the tamiya or the axial??
opinions?????

[SNPY]

Well a CR-01 took out the 'Limited' class in the first WesternRCCrawlers comp earlier this month .. but a better scaler buy would be the Axial SCX-10 in my opinion .. have a look on here www.rccrawler.com there is a heap of info on both trucks and all the other ones that are available at the moment.

[SNPY]

For example .. http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/showthread.php?t=163570

and .. http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/showthread.php?t=166265