You Call WPL Junk, but you are SO WRONG! Check these out!
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- Опубліковано 13 жов 2024
- I was lucky enough to go to the First UK WPL Event and there were so many nice rigs there! If you are one of those that dismiss WPL as Junk, I can assure you that you are So Wrong about WPL!
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Your rigs are all absolutely awesome! Attention to detail was on point 👌
@@TomleyRC Thanks man!
@Small Scale Adventures Which ones were yours?
Nice am a big fan to bro but don't got any 😒
@@leirameirarc The cut down C34 in the opening sequence and the green D99. I can probably track down info on the others if required. I have more video of mine on my channel.
I think sometimes people miss the point with WPL's. I don't know of many other manufacturers RC's that get altered and modified to such an extent. You can do as much or as little as you want with them. And it's all about finding scale terrain to match when it comes to off road capability. I'm still impressed with the stock 2 speed and wpl ESC receiver board. Just a great setup. 👍
Yes I agree… and most that say they are Junk have either never owned one, or bought an RTR and not messed about with it enough
@@TomleyRC the options are only restricted by your imagination not your wallet. And you can make genuine improvements by performing small and relatively cheap changes. Which is rewarding in itself. And because of the price they are very often a toe in the water for most people. Which ends up being a stepping stone to other RC's. So we should be encouraging people to purchase rather than berating them because they have. Because it's the cheaper ones that attract new people into the hobby. Not everyone starts out with an Xmaxx! 😄
Right. I grew up in foster care and now tht I'm grown I adopted my nieces and nephews. To give them hobbies and keep em out of trouble I buy stuff like this. I'd much rather be able to buy them all a wpl and modify with em. Any other rigs I'd b broke with ten kids
@@michaelmumford8918 10 kids! Definitely got your work cut out.
@@theminiatureconstructionco4556 i dont allways have them all at once.(depends whos in prison or has a cps case at the time) most r teens now . The couple who adopted me had 15 of us at once and now most of them got multiple kids
They are decent little rigs IMHO.
Obviously they benefit from some upgrades but the quality of them in stock form has gotten better, too. Metal gears, better driveshafts and electronics etc. They have addressed a lot of the major weak points and reinvested in improving outgoing models.
That's not to say a stock RTR or kit is a masterpiece but they work much better out of the box than they used to and as always, make a great platform for improvement.
I literally ran my c24 for miles with only metal driveshafts as an upgrade. Eventually the front drive cups etc got sloppy but that's inevitable. I certainly had enough time to gradually acquire the upgrade parts without having to buy them all at the beginning.
WPL can make decent RC’s but their RTR models leave a lot to be desired right out of the box, with a little TLC and a couple extra dollars they can be modded into great little machines 🙂👍🏻
that's the point. You get a starting point and go from there.
Think I modded c24 for around £30 and it ran better than most of my higher spec stuff ( I think due to weight difference and size ofc) but still- amazing little rigs once you add some extra love - even factory stuff if you get a good batch the stock gear is sturdy too but I think some of us just get what i like to call ("the magpie effect") where you just want to add shiny metal all over till it weights a tone 🤣 sometimes less is more but it's all personal preference (that's the key)
I think Wpl has the same idea
You must be judging them by their first versions of rtr rcs. They are made leaps and bounds better now compared to when they first started.
Wpl is awesome, I ordered the cap and soft wheels for my c24 and after realized the shipping was twice what the parts cost. So emailed them to cancel the order and they said instead of canceling, we will split the shipping charge!! And they did. Great customer service. You don't need to spend all the money to have fun
U need new electronics cuz on c24 is no proportional steering
Just got my first KM kit recently and tonight I'll be fixing it up 👍 WPL are for me hands down the best for budget scales rc which some may say even out preform high spec builds if you tune them I'm properly and don't rush into things
Hard bodies at an affordable price for everyone and customer service are great too (super helpful and understanding)
If you have any doubts about WPL it's really a matter of getting yourself a rig and testing it out for yourself ❤
One of the things about the hard bodies is the level of detail and accuracy you get over a vac formed lexan. Some of those are pathetic.
@@muskokamike127 don't get me wrong I've had and still own lex bodies and they are great for defending agents bumps and scrapes but you role them a few times and it's snap city - hard bodies although some may tend to be top heavy due to the mold being heavy they just scar at the worse - really gotta slam to snap it but that's depending on brands and such some are better than others
@@muskokamike127 happy to report WPL are pretty sturdy
Yeah yeah I know I'm a fan boy but honestly - best money I've ever spent and most amount of fun I've had currently - I've had high spec stuff too but often you'll spend more time worrying about breaking the fancy parts and having to folk out near the same price as real car insurance on just an axle housing or something daft alike
I put a 370 motor and 2 speed gearbox in my c24-1, motor burned, and when i emailed Edward who works in wpl, he offered me a replacement. Talk about super customer service! Thanks Wpl!
I have to agree, the first kits I built were WPL and I have worked on more D12's than you can shake a stick at!
WPL are definitely a great RC crawler for the price, and the best part is upgrading and customising them, I have a few models now in my collection and all of them I have customised and modded in one way or another, great video Phil, thanks for sharing mate 👍🍻
Yep these are the RCs for those who likes to craft and tune.
They remind me of my real 1987 rock crawling Toyota single cab. So much fun to play with.
I really like my WPL C-24-1 I haven't done any upgrades on it yet, but looking forward to doing that soon.
Some of those shots are just awesome. I love how they look. Might have to get one at some point.
Those guys put a lot of time into the detailing of the rigs. Great job all around.
I have 3 models for my kids and they are great value. My eldest was looking at Traxxas TRX4 Bronco I thought it was cool but after seeing the price of 599.- euros I totally discarded the idea. Told him it just isn’t worth it, you have fully built WPL C34, metal everything real aftermarket suspension, 370 motor with gearbox and it still cost me just 140.-
I wish they would toss out the grub screws and go the 1/10 route. All my wpls are out of commission due to the grub screw stripping out under too much load. Good footage. Nice area for this scale. Happy Crawling!
I got mine because of what you do with them. They are great. So easy to mod as well.
We love them, they opened up a whole new world.
Enjoy them and the price point makes them brilliant to customisation
yup, the more recent C-14 kits are excellent after assembly. if you're familiar with them you give it the basic little free suspension travel mods as you're building it, is all it really needs.
Nice video!
The first one performs pretty well, the owner said the ESC is a unbranded 1060 something lightning? Have you got any info about it? thanks
I get confused what's in my rigs sometimes! I have a few with unbranded 1060 clones, but that one actually has a Carson Dragster 70. It claims to be 70A but looks to be almost exactly the same as a HobbyWing 1060. It's certainly as good as the HobbyWing and essentially the same price from UK Suppliers.
@@smallscaleadventures thanks a lot! You have built a great truck!
I have two c24 one i made pro modified spent 130 on the kit just so i can have spar parts. Only thing wrong with them is the ring and pion gears and mini grub scwers other then that drive them just as hard as my 1/10 scale on the same trals
Fantastic video, Tomley! Thanks!!! 😃
Amazing place indeed! Lots of fun!
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Cheers dude, was a fun day!
Nice builds! looks like a fun time. Still have my c43km running. Pretty easy to build but alot to it. 1/2 runner 1/2 scale model. If you just merely build it ok, but start to detail it and it comes alive.
Yes… all the little fine details are what makes then so likeable
Oh my god...I couldn't stop laughing when you put that daisy bb kid from Christmas Story movie on your frame...
He could be your brother...
Thanks for the stomach ache...🤣😅
Those are some really nice rigs! You should / can you, make an ultimate WPL Crawler? Would be nice for your collection 👍😊👍
Yes… would be good
I have a WPL C24-1 it’s still stock(except tires) and does very good can do almost anything my 1/10 crawlers can do. I have some upgrades but not really sure how they will fit up
I am having soooooooooooo many issues with these trucks right now. I am working on a project and it seems like everything I try to do it fails, even with the simplest thing like the axles. I have been trying to mix and match parts from JJRC, WPL, and Fayee, they are all the same or similar but when I get parts they dont seem to work with each other and it is very frustrating. I am having the hardest time trying to find a set of drive shafts for this project too.
Great video Phil, especially liked the Land rover 👍
The landrover and log truck lookedawesome 😁😁
They're nice to carry around in a gym or travel bag, while you're crawling a 10th scale. Then you have a spare, in case of mechanical, but also, you can let passers-by join and accompany you, which is ace. Those people will be called victims. So the victims, will have to spend hundreds of d'ohllar$, after getting infected with the hobby and after your battery runs out. And the more victims you get infected, the more crawling buddies you will have. Occasionally, you might encounter victim's angry parent, that had to spend the money, but hey:risk & reward.... & victims 😅😂🤣
Very Cool idea 😂
I am planning to buy wpl c24 but no website want to deliver to india😢
I really want to get one to just work on as a scale rig.. they are really awesome. Are you going to look at the RGT Rescuer and Tracer? I'd be interested so see your take on them.
Just drinking my coffee and watchin a little WPL is all… Thanks Phil it’s a great morning☕️Cheers!🤩
Cawfee!! Who wants some cawfee?!!
Enjoy 👌
What excellent affordable rc’s, I really liked the Land Rover 👌really great build and how customisable are they? All of them looked very realistic 👍
It is base from the definition of an RC crawler by individual.If they need extreme and urnreal crawling go for the expensive one that you pay just for the brand.But for a bit realistic crawling which i use to video or shoot all are good .
Some nice looking rigs there and the crawler park looks brilliant.
Mark Smith's rig looks so good. I've always wanted to see that thing run every since I saw photos on WPL Facebook.
Cheers man! Do you mean the portal C34 or the D90?
@@smallscaleadventures That was for the C34, which I know you've posted test videos of, but to see it in its element was cool. I also posted this before the D90 came zipping across the screen. Suspension in that looks 👍👍
@@VermontScaleCustoms Not sure if you saw it but there's some run video of the C34 here, up on the chalk trail where I often take the trucks, there was some nice gloopy mud at one point too. Need to up my camera work game though! ua-cam.com/video/JZqmCoXLgJA/v-deo.html
Should have took that new Bronco you showed a couple week's ago, looks great fun! I really need a ride to get back in the hobby I'm itching for it now lol
That was excellent photography! I liked your comment about the ghost driver. Really liked the two eight wheel logging trucks.
Hey Tomley do you have any of the FTX C-24’s? They’re 30 bucks on Amazon right now.
I’ll take a look
@@TomleyRC thinking of picking one up myself, can’t buy a toy grade for that
I don't own any yet but i really dig them. Especially that blue FJ40!👍🔥💯
When it comes to RTR, WPL is lacking some of the niceties of a kit. But that has most always been the case. I know the folks that put these together probably aren’t paid much by our standards, so if they miss a piece of flashing, they miss a piece of flashing. I know when
I’m building something, flashing you will not see. But don’t we all do that if we’re doing it for ourselves.
I have a dozen or more WPLs in my garage. They are small, easy to handle and tough. It took eleven months to break my first one and that was only a blown motor. As for customizing, I buy a lot of toy vehicles just for the hardbody and 1/16 is a relatively common size. With only a modest amount of work to both chassis and body…….. fun.
If you buy a real WPL from the official website or store, you will get quality with excellent customer service.
Best of all … the price.
Yes i agree sure there cheap but affordable my first rc was the scx24 then moved up to wpl and had a blast with my b14 and c34 awesome video's 🍻
Wish I could keep my wpl c24 running. I'm jealous 😞 that you have such cool places to crawl I have corn and Milo feilds to crawl.
The price is right no matter if you need to replace some electronics n such. Go buy a new axial scx10 3 and see how good they are out the box. Almost every big name rtr needs some tlc and upgrades of some sort to make them run right.
The thing is, everything fits and works on these rigs out of the box, the materials are good, they're appropiate engineered and fabricated with some quality standards.
The WPL KM kit I tried lately shows the complete opposite. It's by far the worst RC I have seen and built.
They should make them a bit more expensive to, ffs, meet at least some lower standards. I already get upset again only thinking about that waste of money and time. :D
that land rover looks well built with the flex over rocks but still suspension over all
Mr. Tomley, do you know why Redcat is unavailable there in the UK?
I recently bought and modified a Redcat Volcano EXP Pro and, to my very limited RC knowledge, they seem pretty good!
Thanks
I don’t know… and wish they did have Redcat here!
You know it's worth watching with a thumbnail like that 🔥
Very flattered that one of mine was chosen for the thumbnail :-)
@@smallscaleadventures You should be proud, the scale to the terrain 👌🏼
@@therealstevebuscemi7703 thanks man!
I suppose it all comes down to expectation?
There are plenty of companies out there who you could buy an RC car from, for similar money to WPL, and they'll be ab absolute bag of 💩.
I've seen some of the WPL cars running, and they look great, and seem to run really well, especially, given the money you'd spend on a stock one.
Those cars running in the video all looked so good, especially the D90, and the 6 and 8 wheeled ones.
Great video, and is there really anything wrong with being a fanboy? (Or fanman in my case!! 👴) 😎👍🏻
11:13 am in arkansas USA! Good morning Tomley!! Thanks for the vid!!
Great video as always! What's the multi-wheel logging truck that appears at 03:20?
Awesome rcs 🚙🚙👌 great video, thanks for sharing
Cheers Mike
I've got a c24 which ive weatherd up I love mine and fantastic value for money, granted I do rather my 10th scale stuff but these are king of the small scale, I mean come on there cheaper than the scx24's and you get a hard body in a slightly bigger scale bur still small enough to use indoors and cheap enough to let your kids have a rip around
A285004 oil filled shocks with lighter springs, widened stock rims with trimmed original soft tires, 9 turns 2 mm solder (3 wide 3 thick) to the front rims, a C-14/24 gets pretty good!
What a great video 👍 !
I'm really happy to say that I'm also a WPL fun boy 🤣🤣 they do some awsome rigs
Yes. Affordable and capable!
@@TomleyRC great value for sure !!
I even put a traxxas 380. On to the two speed trany with 45 c 2200 lipo and 45 amp esc to the moon.
Love that flex on c44 , what's the the shock set up?
I have to say I'm not a big fan of wpl, I get that there is a lot of people that like them. My experience is that out of the box they break all the time and you end up spending quite a bit of money and time making them good, at which point I would just rather buy a redcat gen 7 or something similar for the same money that I just dumped Into a little wpl, saving myself the Hassel and having a better rig In the end. But to each his own.
no arguing a WPL will nickle and dime ya along the way, but not too badly.
the newer C-14 kit is great if you know the free mods to give it as you're assembling.
I have only purchased one WPL-when I received it felt just like a toy from WalMart. What makes these beloved by so many?
They grow on you 😉🤟
Nice place, nice car😊 Thank you for the video.
I have a c24 and a d12. I need to do something with them. The d12 will be a drifter, the c24 a recovery vehicle. I like them.
Good combo! 👌
when they first came out, plastic bevel gears in the axles and a wimpy 130 motor in a too tall ratio'd #316 gearbox, YES, they were junk! the metal axle gears and the tan B-36 gearbox woke them right up. I don't know about now, but axle casing plastic and axle bridge plastics were too brittle back when too. after doing some upgrades they can perform really well, I have several.
if you want a laugh check out my first video, a C24+B14 hybrid lowered and made to drift.
What is that first crawler that has the tiny wheels and tires on it?
Hey Phil! i got a issue with my RC.. when i ajust my throttle trim to speed 3.. either its not working or running on its own.. i hope you know the fix🥹
WPL are great the rtr model is just to make sales and for people who dont do the tech side. What rc can you get today that comes at a low cost and ready to upgrade in near any direction you imagination will take you.
Gotta love wpl cheap fun endless possibilities love the video so cool seeing what others have done to there rigs
A lot of people buy wpls expecting the world from them and then theyre dissapointed, but theyre endlessly upgradeable and i think the challenge is far more interesting, if you pay 500+ for a rig you know it will do whatever you put it thru, but with a wpl/MN or other cheaper brand you get more scale details and a challenge and it doesnt make you feel bad when you brake it or decide to change it up! Wpl forever ✌
Just received one of their kits, and by the time I actually got it, it was mangled pretty bad... tried to contact customer service, which apparently is non-existent. Cannot seem to contact them through the website. So yeah, now I'm stuck with this thing. It's going to take a fair amount of work to get the body repaired. Meantime, I keep getting E-mails calling me "Bro" and other meaningless nonsense. So yeah, so far, I'm not real impressed
Doesn’t sound like the official store… should have come in a double walled outbox. I’ve never had one arrive from there damaged?
All of my wpl stuff bought from the wpl store direct has been packed in double wall boxes and arrived undamaged, sounds as though you may have purchased a wpl from the non wpl store who didn't take the time to pack it properly
Where u guys take rims from? I am searching thru internet and am not able to find any decent ones :(
Love my C14’s… cheap and easy to upgrade
Yes, that’s one of the things that makes them great
Content is epic, love my WPl but what was the song? Really enjoyed it
why you´ve never done wpl c74 yet?
and can you please when you show a car and its battery or lipo you put in, tell us running time in minutes and not in short decent long. cause my first ever rc car is still on its way and im yet to purchase a battery...
ohh hb zp1001 stock what battery should i buy to get 1h run time? and 3-4hours maybe. thanks
Whos dark green with black doors c34/c44 is that ?near start of the vid
I think it’s funny how people easily drop $500 in a $100 car… it makes no sense whatsoever to me
They are great for somebody to start this hobby because they are affordable,i love customizing mine and then shoot some youtube videos for them.And omg their hard bodies ❤
I have wpl questions: if a c54-1 is just different accessories then a c54, can I assume that's the same singular difference between a c24-1 and a c24? And why is a c24 the same price point as a c54 when it's far worse in specs? I wanted the c24 but who would buy the one where the transmission hangs low? Aliexpress is a site I've seen referenced on this channel, but I seen wpl c54s and c24s for like $30; can that site be trusted cuz that's just too cheap for me to feel like it's a real website?.... thx
Wowww that B36 wood logger!
It was massive!
That landy tho 💚💚💚
So nice!
COOL VIDEO ✌🏼
LOOKS LIKE A GREAT EVENT PHIL 🇬🇧👍🏼😁
Can’t beat Paul at springwood, top bloke and a great place, if I’d of known you where going I’d come to say what’s up,
The big logging truck was nice 👍 ,
Uve got some wpl's timely. And been doing metal upgrades and mods. I've got the first metal seesaw video.
I love my WPL's such fun RC trucks, like a model car you can build and drive , my channel is mainly Wpl content
same
That green one is a beast
I love my wpl's also my mn86km sooo underated for affordability!
Hello from southeast alaska. I would like to try a wpl. They look fun. Might order one soon to try it out
Hi 👋
I live around the corner from were you film but sadly I never see you ripping the cars about
I actually don't think WPL is junk, but it is by no means high quality stuff. It excels in scale realism to an extent and maximizing performance from inexpensive product. It is just an alternate business model. Most people don't actually beat the shit out of their rigs. So WPL stuff is fine and you can make them look awesome because the manufacturers don't give a shit about respecting patents or licensing law.
I love wpl! Specially the d12/42. My d12 is probably the most fun rc for the buck. but still i think they sucks and you just showed us that with this video.
8 WPLs, all metal, 6x6, 8x8, still spent less than a single axial.
Yes wpl is good . I'm wanting a kei to make a small drift truck the reel ones are cool
What model is in your thumbnail? Cut down fender land cruiser
One mans junk another mans treasure 👍 great video killin it as always
I have heard so much nonsense about this "WPL is CRAP". I people seem to remember the early ones that had quite a few issues (drive shaft, laughable electronics) but I have never seen such a transformation of any company in recent history (Jack in the box seems to ring a bell). I have a bunch of WPL cars and I adore them.
Yes, although it was only really the RTR's. The Kits even with the plastic gears were not too bad as long as you built them correctly. And I think at the time they were so cheap for what you got. Now though is a different story... they have certainly made a name for themselves, and long may it continue!
@@TomleyRC Did they make kits early on? I can't seem to recall that. I know my C24 was an RTR and boy...it had issues. Since then my fleet of WPL's has grown and I have utterly fallen for them. My WPL product line is also getting bigger and bigger and I can seldom wait for a new installment from them!
I want that for a mud truck... Awsome
Cool lil vid on some cool little cars. If you fancy a day out crawling just sounds like summat a bit dodgy Phil 🤣🤣 .
Nice crawlers,
But everyone knows kids want quickness and speed.
Couldn’t handle the music on this one. Hahahaha
I love my wpl c24 it's a beast once you do some mods it's even better they just want to spend all there money on name brand stuff
does anyone know the name of the song playing during the video?
Omg the new axial utb axles fit to the wpls omg 😲 😍
Great footage mate 😊 definitely was a great day I love to see how all the different trucks handle the trails gives me a lot to think about will making new ones 😂 was great meeting you an thank you for the shout out 😊 really appreciate it remember just message me on fb are grab my number of sam I'm always open as long as I know your visiting 😊🙋♂️
Cheers mate, your place is awesome . You’ll be seeing more of me after August… I’ll have a bit more time on my hands then 👌
Great rigs for tinkering and modifying…….good budget crawlers
The brown one has a small malaysian roadtax sticker on it... Lol