Scale RC has come a long way from the origins of RC rock crawling. When it first started, we had to literally create our own vehicles from various kits and parts. Fast-forward to current times and we have fantastic kits, parts, and even awesome ready-to-run (RTR) and almost-ready-to-run (ARTR) trucks, tons of options available to us from various manufacturers.
One of those companies, RC4WD, has done a fantastic job with their RTRs and ARTRs. When they released their RTR Trail Finder 2 LWB RTR with 1987 Toyota Xtracab body set, I had to have one. They modeled the truck after the famous “Back To The Future” truck driven by Marty McFly, which became popular among Toyota truck enthusiasts. RC4WD then released another Trail Finder 2 LWB 1987 Toyota Xtracab-bodied truck sold through Tower Hobbies in a ARTR format. Being a diehard Toyota fan, I had to have that one as well, but like anything else I own… I couldn’t leave them stock.
FROM MILD TO WILD
RTRs and ARTRs are an essential and important part of this hobby. Not everyone has the time, patience, skills, etc., to assemble a good-looking scale truck, and the manufacturers who support us give a great-looking and working truck right out of the box. This allows you to get right to driving and figure out what you want to change and upgrade. The thing that sold me most were the beautiful paint jobs these trucks possessed.
Being an enthusiast from a full-size truck background, the first thing I noticed about these trucks was that they sat pretty high, or tall, right out of the box. Granted, leaf-sprung-based trucks tend to need the springs to break in, or settle, and the best thing to do
