Kraton New to Arrma

[S2KROB]

Hello all,

I'm new to Arrma RCs. I have both a Notorious and a Kraton. Come from a few years in the hobby mainly with Traxxas products. I enjoy the build more than the bash.

 

[joostin420]

Welcome I also love builds and projects as well

 

[Mother_Trucker]

Sweet. I'm about to paint a new body I got and I think I'm gonna do something similar to this, except I'm painting it metallic purple with red trimming on the sides and maybe a couple of white lines across the middle.

 

[S2KROB]

Welcome I also love builds and projects as well

Thanks, I bought my Kraton as a roller with no body or wheels. Currently running the factory electronics that was on my Notorious.

 

[slick2500]

Hello all,

I'm new to Arrma RCs. I have both a Notorious and a Kraton. Come from a few years in the hobby mainly with Traxxas products. I enjoy the build more than the bash.


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For me building is always more fun that bashing. Idk what it is about tinkering with these things, but I can get lost for hours replacing and cleaning things.

 

[S2KROB]

Sweet. I'm about to paint a new body I got and I think I'm gonna do something similar to this, except I'm painting it metallic purple with red trimming on the sides and maybe a couple of white lines across the middle.

Purple comes out nice, here is my Slash street truck with some purple.

 

[S2KROB]

For me building is always more fun that bashing. Idk what it is about tinkering with these things, but I can get lost for hours replacing and cleaning things.

That's exactly how I am.

 

[joostin420]

Post more about your slash in the “other rc” forum. Interested because I am building a 2wd slash raptor for nephew, and also got him a 4x4 platinum for ?

 

[S2KROB]

Post more about your slash in the “other rc” forum. Interested because I am building a 2wd slash raptor for nephew, and also got him a 4x4 platinum for ?

Sure, I'll try to post it up soon.

 

[Mother_Trucker]

It sucks to have to bash a nice body, but the positive is that once it's trashed theres reason to start on a new one.

 

[S2KROB]

It sucks to have to bash a nice body, but the positive is that once it's trashed theres reason to start on a new one.

Took this body out twice already and had to reenforced areas with good ol drywall tape and Shoe Goo

 

[Notorious J]

Welcome to the forum. Love the work you've done on both your rigs. Hope your Arrma treats you well. So far so good from someone else who also ran Traxxas previously.

 

[S2KROB]

Welcome to the forum. Love the work you've done on both your rigs. Hope your Arrma treats you well. So far so good from someone else who also ran Traxxas previously.

So far they have, I had my Notorious now for about 4 months. I do love how easy it is to work on them. Coming from Traxxas main thing I miss is the parts support as you can get them parts at any LHS.

 

[slick2500]

So far they have, I had my Notorious now for about 4 months. I do love how easy it is to work on them. Coming from Traxxas main thing I miss is the parts support as you can get them parts at any LHS.

Doesn't mean they have the parts you need in stock, mine for some reason is always out of whatever it is I need for my Traxxas trucks. Hell one day I went in with a list of like 12 different things I wanted for my 4x4 Stampede and they didn't have a single part in stock.

 

[S2KROB]

Doesn't mean they have the parts you need in stock, mine for some reason is always out of whatever it is I need for my Traxxas trucks. Hell one day I went in with a list of like 12 different things I wanted for my 4x4 Stampede and they didn't have a single part in stock.

Wow, that has never happened to me. There's 3 good local shops here in Southern California. For the most part it's all good because Amazon takes good care of the parts issue.

 

[Notorious J]

So far they have, I had my Notorious now for about 4 months. I do love how easy it is to work on them. Coming from Traxxas main thing I miss is the parts support as you can get them parts at any LHS.

I'm noticing that Arrma parts seem to be filling up more space in the many local hobby shops here in Toronto. Confidence has raised demand, so hopefully the future stays bright.

 

[slick2500]

Wow, that has never happened to me. There's 3 good local shops here in Southern California. For the most part it's all good because Amazon takes good care of the parts issue.

Yeah the next closest hobby store is 4 hours 55 min in one direction and 5 hours in the other........ So I use ebay and buy from other hobby shops and just wait.
This time of year the wait isn't too bad because there is usually tons of snow and its freezing balls outside. But all the snow is melted off and it's going to be 50* tomorrow so I'm going to try and get out bash.

 

[S2KROB]

Yeah the next closest hobby store is 4 hours 55 min in one direction and 5 hours in the other........ So I use ebay and buy from other hobby shops and just wait.
This time of year the wait isn't too bad because there is usually tons of snow and its freezing balls outside. But all the snow is melted off and it's going to be 50* tomorrow so I'm going to try and get out bash.

Well one the positive side, colder weather means higher gearing! It only drops to about 50 degrees here and I geared up already. Lol

 

[Mother_Trucker]

Wow, that has never happened to me. There's 3 good local shops here in Southern California. For the most part it's all good because Amazon takes good care of the parts issue.

What part of SoCal are you in? I'm in the SF valley and I've been to a few RC shops around but the only really great one I've found is called eHobby Shop.

 

[S2KROB]

What part of SoCal are you in? I'm in the SF valley and I've been to a few RC shops around but the only really great one I've found is called eHobby Shop.

I'm in LA County (La Mirada), here you have Rob's RC in Huntington Beach, Tony's in LA Puente and Gearbox in Fullerton. They all have good support.