SCX24 Budget Build: Parts Edition! Best Performance Per Dollar?!

Which is better: starting a budget build with a stock SCX24, or from the ground up using just parts? In this video I seek to find an answer by building the best performing SCX24 at an affordable cost using a combination of aftermarket and axial parts. The build list is below, and remember to use my discount codes to save some money on your build!

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Timestamps
Parts overview: 0:49
Fully assembled: 5:01
Performance tests: 6:45
Indoor course runs: 7:55
On the rocks: 11:34
Final thoughts: 14:24

[CapeCrawlers]

Timestamps
Parts overview: 0:49
Fully assembled: 5:01
Performance tests: 6:45
Indoor course runs: 7:55
On the rocks: 11:34
Final thoughts: 14:24

[subyrally]

I would have gone with the Meus axles, they are $89 on Amazon, have a tighter turn angle, and are already made of brass. They also come with an adjustable servo tray on the front. The set i got also came with the over driven front gears as well as the standard gears.

[AnySumptionBanter]

if you buy an rtr, then replace wheels, tires, and links, you'll be close, if not over, the $250 mark. Replace the electronics, body, chassis, you're already beyond that.
With building from your own parts, nothing is wasted, nothing is thrown away. If you're looking at money, value, and or environmentally, building your own is best.
Great build.

[cabsbass]

Cool build. Every time I go to the hobby shop, these Axial mini crawlers call out to me😂. Wife and I started crawling with a pair of TRX4M High Trails, and we are enjoying slowly upgrading them. I'll snag an Axial one of these days and give it the treatment as well.

[Bearamusrc]

Dude no way?! What are the odds? I am building one from scratch right now

Legitimately just in time.. I got tired of my previous Scx24.. and now I am starting all over again, knowing the things I learned from all of my mistakes

[sevenfrancis]

I just finished a meus chassis and I'm absolutely in love with it. My favorite truck by far. So fun to design and paint. I probably spent $400 but I went all out with furitek rfx all in one and cedar motor.

[snörre]

Very helpful Video. I think that as a beginner its totally hard to know what will work and what you want and know without trying a lot of stuff and spending a lot of money. I spent a fortune on SCX24 stuff these last years and due to time still not really have sth. decent running, boxes of parts, several unfinished rigs.

[FYRC]

Love the look of this truck. Building my first as we speak.

[SoggyTwiggs]

this is exactly what ive been searching for the last couple days

[therealanime]

MEUS MB24 my beloved <3 incredible combination of performance and the more model making side of the hobby. Clean build :)

[Slaters_RC]

One thing I would have added would be some yellow injora inserts for the tires

[purerc]

Great video. I personally have never had a stock scx24 when I discovered this platform. I had to go after maket so many options and way to much fun in creating your own rig love your channel keep up the good work thanks.

[wingnutbert]

That is a cool build! Love the purple. Really neat how the headlight bar glows through the paint!
And just to compare your cost to the cost in Canada: Your build=$719.98. SCX24 Gladiator RTR=$231.65
Scary and depressing!

[philhull]

ive done 1/10 rc's my hole life and just now thinking about getting into the 1/24 scale. Your videos have helped me make my mind up definitely gonna get one now. love watching the builds and the course you've made

[matthewcopeland]

As always enjoy the videos!
Thanks for jumping in and giving some thoughts and pointers to a question that regularly comes up.

[foolishhabitlj]

Great build, I just got a MB24 kit. Going to swap my meus axles and brushless setup from a JLU to it. Thanks to this video I am going to rebuild the JLU on a budget.

[shawnrichardson]

Great build really good runner thanks for your video 🤘✌️

[Bonitacreekrcs]

I’m glad injora released ascent 18 overdrive and underdrive now. Overdrive is what my truck needed next. The 11% underdrive for the scx24 will be nice. I have 33% ud in my ax24 and the motor overheats so I ordered the 11% ud for the front and that will give it the ideal 20%-25% od

[modernart]

This is a great video for anyone looking for the answer to that question. And in all honesty you do save money in the long run. But… If this is going to be your first rc or crawler or small scale rc of this nature, then I highly recommend buying a rtr kit so you can see the differences with each upgrade and appreciate the performance with each passing upgrade you do to it over time. Now if you already have one and just want another rig then this will definitely be the best route by building from scratch. I have one that I got as an rtr kit and over time upgraded parts and electronics here and there and now the truck is completely modified with no stock parts left to change and now I can literally build a stock one again with all my stock parts. Just need to buy some hardware to screw it all together and I’ll have a running stock rtr again lol. My main reason for a first time buyer of this category to start from rtr is for them to be able to play with it right away, experience the differences that each upgrades make while still being able to enjoy their vehicle, and learning the way the vehicle is put together and how each parts work for it. Once you’ve learned all that and know the ins and outs of the scx24 or whichever chassis you’re choosing to scratch build, then sky is the limit and you might as well start from scratch and build it how you want with all the upgrades you know you’re going to do right away and skip the payment for the rtr kit that’s gonna be tossed away in the end anyway 👍🏻

[JamesMcNamara-jg]

The benefit of starting with the basic off the shelf unit is learning the shortcomings of it. I’m building my first comp type rig from my original deadbolt, looks like the only factory parts I may be keeping is the rear links, axle housings, receiver, and radio.