Im new into RC things, and of all the tutorials this one was one of my favorites. I never thought to try making some concrete mountains. Awesome idea and amazing tutorial!
Nice work. You’re the Bob Ross of crawler mountains dude. I’m over here with loose piles and you got me thinking I could just shape them somewhat and layer over it with your concrete mix recipe. Mark from SW Appalachia, Virginia.
Thanks brother! I built another one and will talk about it, the process, what I’ve learned and where to possibly score free building materials. Hope you have a great one!
Bro!!! That came out sick!!!! I like that you used old furniture for the sub structure. Adding concrete dye is one way to add color, but my favorite way is to use liquid and granular Iron-ite for lawns. Spray the concrete down with the liquid and sprinkle the granular all over. It will rust in streaks. It will look like sand stone in Moab. Great job bro!!!🤘🤘🤘
Good stuff sir. Great technique and thank you for showing us how to. I'm going to start mine soon just to awesome not to have one in my own back yard. Great video as always.
Thanks brother! I’ll get another video out soon with a little more detail, hopefully, and I’ll talk about some things I’ve learned along the way. I sure appreciate you bro! Hope you have a great one!
Fantastic man!!!! Awesome job. So glad I came across this video. Son and I are new to these rock crawlers and I'm been searching How to's vids on building and outdoor course. Great video!!!!!
Looks great! I came for the crawler stuff, but this looks great for general landscaping purposes. I want to integrate some crawler courses into my house now.
All good! At least I only had to pay the insurance!!! These stupid phones are too expensive. I don’t even know what a 13 pro max with 1tb costs these days but I know it’s a lot. I sure appreciate you brother! Hope you have a great night.
Pretty cool bro 🔥💯🔥 That's what I love about these small scale RC crawlers you can actually build something really cool for them. And you guys have done a great job so keep at it man love you content.👊😉
Thank you so much! I love course building. Having the right terrain for whatever you’re driving makes it all the more fun. Thanks for hanging out, bro!!! Hope you have a great one.
Looks awesome, one tip for the next time you can use wire mesh over the wood and when you apply the concretes stays there the mesh holds it together. Just over the wood it will crack eventually and may if even fall off on some sections. 👍👍
Yessir! I was thinking of you all day when I was making this. Although it costs a lot of sweat, this is one of the most fun surfaces I’ve played on. I’ll have to talk about it in a video but it “slips to grip” in a way that can be so smooth and satisfying to watch. It’s worth the effort!
That’s awesome bro they make a chalk like die that u can mix in the concrete to change the color of it before it sets and it will stay love the mountain looks really awesome 👏 🔥🔥😎👍
Yessir. You can color the concrete but it’s going to be uniform. I’ll prolly end up just staining it. The acrylic works great if there’s no direct sunlight be it’s going to fade pretty fast without protection. I sure appreciate you brother! Hope you have a great one.
Turned out awesome! I want one 😍.,. I'm actually looking on FB for a free junk desk to do something like that and once we get settled add a couple sides and have a indoor fun. I realized I'm horrible at the videoing tho lol but good things come to he who waits. Gota dig up some tools first to get rig finished :/.... Catch ya next episode skin
Thank you brother! A big old solid desk would be a good base. Can find other free wood from places like cabinet shops, job site dumpsters (contact the contractor first), etc. Thanks for hangin bro! Hope you have a great one!
Something is better than nothing and you can always add more! At least until you run out of space or your lady says, that’s it! Lol. Gonna load video or pics somewhere? I’d love to check it out! Hope you have a great one, bro!
Turned out great. Hope you found a cool day to work in, understand you've been having a few hot spells. New axles are out, you were right. They are wider, 4mm per side. Not cheap. But they are fully built and ready to go. The rear runs 16t while the front is 13t.
Yessir! I talked to Jeff from injora and he said they should be shipping with brass parts installed instead of the aluminum in a few weeks. They also need cvds. Not cheap? Hardly more expensive than stock! When I built the range it was over a hundred plus the heat index. A little sweat is a good thing, my guy! Lol. Hope you have a great weekend, buddy.
@@texomarc I was just about to order from them, its in my cart. I'll wait a couple of weeks then. Thanks for the heads up 👍 When I mean not cheap, I'm comparing it to a normal metal axle housing, but then your able to swap over the internals from the stock housing. Once you price up all the bearings, gears, shafts and steering links it not all that bad. I like the fact they offer them as single or pairs. I was going for the twin steering axle set for a 4WS setup. I got a Fly Sky GT5 which will be brilliant for this.
@@Hi_Doctor_Nick Yessir! I think that’s what I’m going to do as well. However, I wouldn’t want all the brass in the rear. I may send Jeff another message and just give him a heads up and maybe they can offer it that way? One with brass and overdrive with one that’s aluminum and standard? Or you can just swap the gear yourself.
Cheap acrylic paints mixed in a spray bottle with water. Works best not to get in a hurry and plan on doing multiple (many) coats. A bug sprayer would save squeezes. I’d error on too little paint than too much. Easy to add more. Proly somewhere between 8-12:1 (water:paint). Just spray it down, let it dry and repeat. Can very between light and dark, thick and thin coats to get different effects/coloring. I made it up as I went, so… thanks for hanging out brother! Any other questions, hit me up on insta or Joshua Darrel Ratliff on Facebook. Hope you have a great one.
Pro’ly too much. Lol. I would actually love to make faux rocks for a living. It’s incredibly satisfying. The work is meditative and enjoyable. Thanks for hangin, Brian! Hope you have great weekend!
Sand mix. It’s sackcrete. Comes in a 60lbs bag. You certainly could just get some cement and use sand but I haven’t done that. It was the white and green bag. It’s the same as the quikcrete, it just has sand instead of the gravel. Hope that helps! Have a great weekend bro!
@@texomarc I found your group page. I am working with my local parks and rec to make a RC crawler trail and hopping your video will point them in the right direction.
@@texomarc yeah it seem to be overcast here again. I might just tare into my gladiator today. Going to start upgrades for it. Only things I'm waiting for servo mount, steering links, Emax servo and brass diffs then I can finish it's upgrades
Im new into RC things, and of all the tutorials this one was one of my favorites. I never thought to try making some concrete mountains. Awesome idea and amazing tutorial!
Nice work. You’re the Bob Ross of crawler mountains dude.
I’m over here with loose piles and you got me thinking I could just shape them somewhat and layer over it with your concrete mix recipe. Mark from SW Appalachia, Virginia.
Great RC Scale Mountain built tutorial. 👍🙋🏻♂️ Greetz Andy
Amazing work brother!! I have been waiting to see this. Very impressive. Now I gotta get my lazy ass in gear and start a mountain.
Thanks brother! I built another one and will talk about it, the process, what I’ve learned and where to possibly score free building materials. Hope you have a great one!
Bro!!! That came out sick!!!! I like that you used old furniture for the sub structure. Adding concrete dye is one way to add color, but my favorite way is to use liquid and granular Iron-ite for lawns. Spray the concrete down with the liquid and sprinkle the granular all over. It will rust in streaks. It will look like sand stone in Moab. Great job bro!!!🤘🤘🤘
Good stuff sir. Great technique and thank you for showing us how to. I'm going to start mine soon just to awesome not to have one in my own back yard. Great video as always.
Thanks brother! I’ll get another video out soon with a little more detail, hopefully, and I’ll talk about some things I’ve learned along the way. I sure appreciate you bro! Hope you have a great one!
Fantastic man!!!! Awesome job. So glad I came across this video. Son and I are new to these rock crawlers and I'm been searching How to's vids on building and outdoor course. Great video!!!!!
very cool thanks for giving the exact mixture, you rock👍🏻....and you make rocks 😄
This rocks, dude! More tips to come. Hope you have a great one bro!
Really great work! Been looking forward to these how-to's! Thanks!
Awesome man! More to come! Hope you have a great one.
Man that is awesome!
Thanks bro!
Awesome crawler course build and video !!!
Great job bro!
‘preciate you bro!
Dude that’s freaking awesome!!! Great job! 👊🏼
Thanks bro! Hope you have a great day!
@@texomarc you as well. Happy Friday!
Looks great! I came for the crawler stuff, but this looks great for general landscaping purposes. I want to integrate some crawler courses into my house now.
Would love to see more track building stuff!
Ah, man, sorry about your phone! That's a bummer. Just went through that recently myself.
The mountain is amazing, though!!
All good! At least I only had to pay the insurance!!! These stupid phones are too expensive. I don’t even know what a 13 pro max with 1tb costs these days but I know it’s a lot. I sure appreciate you brother! Hope you have a great night.
Fantastic job dude 👌👍👍 love it👍👍👍😀
Thanks bro! I sure appareciate you and hope you have a great day!
Pretty cool bro 🔥💯🔥
That's what I love about these small scale RC crawlers you can actually build something really cool for them.
And you guys have done a great job so keep at it man love you content.👊😉
Thank you so much! I love course building. Having the right terrain for whatever you’re driving makes it all the more fun. Thanks for hanging out, bro!!! Hope you have a great one.
That is just awesome, looks fantastic!
Thank you so much!
Amazing design and execution!!!
Looks awesome, one tip for the next time you can use wire mesh over the wood and when you apply the concretes stays there the mesh holds it together. Just over the wood it will crack eventually and may if even fall off on some sections. 👍👍
Yessir. I wanted to see what I could get away with. There’s only one crack so far. Pretty pleased. Hope you have a great one.
@@texomarc thanks you too
Great work I am looking forward to building a permanent course like that
Best crawler course I've seen.wanting to do one in my backyard
It’s too fun! We just got done filming on the Range. Sure appreciate you brother. Hope you have a good one.
Looking good Tex, maybe an option for me here since it’s no rock formations!
Yessir! I was thinking of you all day when I was making this. Although it costs a lot of sweat, this is one of the most fun surfaces I’ve played on. I’ll have to talk about it in a video but it “slips to grip” in a way that can be so smooth and satisfying to watch. It’s worth the effort!
*Wow awesome video my friend,, and cool rc car 👍👍💯*
That’s awesome bro they make a chalk like die that u can mix in the concrete to change the color of it before it sets and it will stay love the mountain looks really awesome 👏 🔥🔥😎👍
Yessir. You can color the concrete but it’s going to be uniform. I’ll prolly end up just staining it. The acrylic works great if there’s no direct sunlight be it’s going to fade pretty fast without protection. I sure appreciate you brother! Hope you have a great one.
Appreciate you bro and u have a better one 😎👍
Turned out awesome! I want one 😍.,. I'm actually looking on FB for a free junk desk to do something like that and once we get settled add a couple sides and have a indoor fun. I realized I'm horrible at the videoing tho lol but good things come to he who waits. Gota dig up some tools first to get rig finished :/.... Catch ya next episode skin
Thank you brother! A big old solid desk would be a good base. Can find other free wood from places like cabinet shops, job site dumpsters (contact the contractor first), etc. Thanks for hangin bro! Hope you have a great one!
Awesome video bro just sub &👍🏾
Thanks man! My gladiator is a totally different badass than yours! Lol. Thanks for hangin, bro! Hope you have a great day!
@@texomarc you as well bro see you on your next video
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Heck yeah! We come a long way! Glad to have you, bro. Hope you have a great one.
Chicken Wire! Rad video!
Nice work, I started som scale mountains yesterday, your mountains are way bigger though, lol
Something is better than nothing and you can always add more! At least until you run out of space or your lady says, that’s it! Lol. Gonna load video or pics somewhere? I’d love to check it out! Hope you have a great one, bro!
Really great Job 😍😉👍 it's Amazing 😱🔥
Thank you sir! Hope you have a great one!
Nice scale Mountain!
Thanks! Hope you have a great one!
Thanks man. Hope you too!
Awesome, cant do that in my livingroom tought.
LOL, sounds like a few of those cicadas are as big as your Mico crawlers.
Turned out great. Hope you found a cool day to work in, understand you've been having a few hot spells.
New axles are out, you were right. They are wider, 4mm per side. Not cheap. But they are fully built and ready to go. The rear runs 16t while the front is 13t.
Yessir! I talked to Jeff from injora and he said they should be shipping with brass parts installed instead of the aluminum in a few weeks. They also need cvds. Not cheap? Hardly more expensive than stock!
When I built the range it was over a hundred plus the heat index. A little sweat is a good thing, my guy! Lol. Hope you have a great weekend, buddy.
@@texomarc I was just about to order from them, its in my cart. I'll wait a couple of weeks then. Thanks for the heads up 👍
When I mean not cheap, I'm comparing it to a normal metal axle housing, but then your able to swap over the internals from the stock housing.
Once you price up all the bearings, gears, shafts and steering links it not all that bad. I like the fact they offer them as single or pairs. I was going for the twin steering axle set for a 4WS setup. I got a Fly Sky GT5 which will be brilliant for this.
@@Hi_Doctor_Nick
Yessir! I think that’s what I’m going to do as well. However, I wouldn’t want all the brass in the rear. I may send Jeff another message and just give him a heads up and maybe they can offer it that way? One with brass and overdrive with one that’s aluminum and standard? Or you can just swap the gear yourself.
Should let first layer dry and then come bk with some features once solid 👌 looks Wicked tho mate 👍
Sir love the info. How did you color it. Keep up the good work bro
Cheap acrylic paints mixed in a spray bottle with water. Works best not to get in a hurry and plan on doing multiple (many) coats. A bug sprayer would save squeezes. I’d error on too little paint than too much. Easy to add more. Proly somewhere between 8-12:1 (water:paint). Just spray it down, let it dry and repeat. Can very between light and dark, thick and thin coats to get different effects/coloring. I made it up as I went, so… thanks for hanging out brother! Any other questions, hit me up on insta or Joshua Darrel Ratliff on Facebook. Hope you have a great one.
@@texomarc your the best. Have a good one
Very nice! Where are y'all out of? I'm N.TX, Right on the OK line.
I do the same bro on my 1/10 scale course outside!
What’s your hourly rate?? Haha. I need one of those on my backyard now!
Pro’ly too much. Lol. I would actually love to make faux rocks for a living. It’s incredibly satisfying. The work is meditative and enjoyable. Thanks for hangin, Brian! Hope you have great weekend!
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When's part 2?
When you say mix in sand do you mean like dirt if your soil is sandy or what kind of sand?
Sand mix. It’s sackcrete. Comes in a 60lbs bag. You certainly could just get some cement and use sand but I haven’t done that. It was the white and green bag. It’s the same as the quikcrete, it just has sand instead of the gravel. Hope that helps! Have a great weekend bro!
@@texomarc thanks for the response bro, have a good weekend as well
Next owner better like rc trucks😂😂
Are you on Facebook? Love you’er work!
Thank you so much! Joshua Darrel Ratliff on FB. Hit me up!
@@texomarc I found your group page. I am working with my local parks and rec to make a RC crawler trail and hopping your video will point them in the right direction.
Hello from southeast alaska what's up josh. How are you doing bro
Hey William! Doing great buddy! How are you?
@@texomarc good spending time with family today bro. It been overcast and rainy here today so I didn't get out for a crawl today
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Nice to spend time with family but that’s no good you can’t get out and crawl! Hope today is better! Peace bro.
@@texomarc yeah it seem to be overcast here again. I might just tare into my gladiator today. Going to start upgrades for it. Only things I'm waiting for servo mount, steering links, Emax servo and brass diffs then I can finish it's upgrades
@@hellofromsoutheastalaskarc7517
Well, at least you got something to do!
Just wait till you or the poor guy later who has to move all that...
I try not to think about that. Lol. Thanks for hangin out. Hope you have a great one.
That’s Rad
Write your logo name and there would look cool
sadly my esc stoped working
Oh no!!! Sorry to hear that bro! Hope you can get that fixed asap and ave a good one, bro!
thanks you to
Can I get a hell yeah
HELL YEAH!!!