Hey, thanks for taking a look. I have a question to ask.

I'm a racer guy at heart. I race touring cars and short course trucks (5 in total), and I've never tried true slow scale crawling. I would kind of like to. I've always liked realistic looking cars, that's why I don't race buggies or like pan cars or anything not super scale-looking.

I want to get into scaling, but I would like to not spend more money than I have to. I will never buy anything I can't get on Towerhobbies, Horizon Hobby, or Amain.com. If Associated made a crawler, I would immediately buy that (I'm an AE fanboy, LOL!) but since they don't I have a lot more options that are really confusing.

The best options so far look like the Axial SCX10 DeadBolt ($300) and the ECX Barrage ($180). If I could find an unbuilt Axial SCX10 Dingo kit, I would be more happy. I am much more comfortable with a car if I had built it myself.

I know the SCX10 has infinite aftermarket support and is an incredibly dependable platform, but it's $300. Ouch. And I don't even know if I like scaling yet. That's a big jump.

That's why I'm considering the $120 cheaper Barrage.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO!

Somebody please shed some light on this subject.