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Monster Truck Madness – New Rotten Apple
Hey folks and Happy Thursday! Last week I wrote about updating my Rotten Apple paint scheme and it’s now finished so I wanted to share it here! The body I’m using is a JConcepts ’97 F-150, which works with the looooooong wheelbase of the TLR LMT. I trimmed a little extra out of the fenders and rounded the front by the bumper [...]
- 8/17/2023
- 6:56 pm
- Monster Truck Madness
- By: Doug
Monster Truck Madness – Gettin’ After It
What’s up everyone? Happy Thursday! It’s funny how the hobby works. A couple weeks ago due to being in the middle of moving houses and a variety of activities that all seemed to hit at once, I was ready to write about how I was dealing with burn-out and was perhaps on the verge of needing to take a break from [...]
Monster Truck Madness – Freshening Up Rotten Apple
You know, I’ve been running the Rotten Apple name on my r/c monster trucks for a long time now. Back in 2016 when the Axial SMT10 came out, I wanted to ditch the Grave Digger RTR body because I much preferred coming up with my own identities. Given the truck had a neon green chassis, I tried to figure out something [...]
Everybody’s Scalin’ – Big Truck Driver
Hey everyone, what’s up? Happy Thursday! Today we aren’t exactly talking monster trucks, but we are talking about a truck that is monstrous! So last year I decided to get a Tamiya Globe Liner semi truck to convert to an off-highway log hauler. Well, as I found out the Tamiya really wasn’t the tool for the job. I went wheeling with some [...]
- 7/28/2023
- 6:43 pm
- Monster Truck Madness
- By: Doug
Monster Truck Madness – FMS Licenses the Smasher
Hey folks and Happy Thursday to you! One of the things that I missed last week when writing about my experience at BIGFOOT Open House 2023 was that the “High Roller II” edition of the FMS Smasher was released. The 1:1 High Roller II is a fully restored classic monster truck that’s been making appearances for the better part of a decade [...]
- 7/20/2023
- 5:57 pm
- Monster Truck Madness
- By: Doug
Monster Truck Madness – BIGFOOT Open House 2023 was awesome
Hey guys and Happy Thursday! Last weekend the BIGFOOT 4×4 monster truck team held their annual Open House at their home base in Pacific, MO, and it was a freakin’ blast! First off, longtime friend of Big Squid RC, Adam Rogers, put on his second annual RC Bash the night before the Open House. Held at a hotel near the BIGFOOT shop, [...]
- 7/13/2023
- 4:29 pm
- Monster Truck Madness
- By: Doug
Monster Truck Madness - See ya at BIGFOOT 4x4 Open House thi…
Hey everyone and Happy Thursday! This weekend is BIGFOOT 4×4 Open House, in Pacific, MO! With full scale car crushes, monster truck rides, r/c monster truck racing, and various show trucks on display, it’s a blast for all ages! The event goes from 10am – 3pm, and is completely free to attend. Legendary monster truck driver Jim Kramer will be taking his last [...]
Monster Truck Madness – Gone Movin’
Hey everybody, major apologies for being brief this week but I am in the middle of moving houses. After a couple years of renting, I finally bought a house and it has ample room for a workshop (including painting area). Hooray! As such, I’m running around this week with not much time. I did want to make a post though because [...]
Monster Truck Madness: More Like MotoCross Madness Amirite?
Hey guys and Happy Friday! Today’s MTM is coming out a day late, and it’s because I tried writing something about monster trucks but it was impossible to not be swept up in the Losi Promoto-MX Motorcyle hoopla, so the heck with it. Let’s talk about the bike. Dirt bikes rule. While my own personal 1:1 riding days ended, oh, probably [...]
Monster Truck Madness – Folks like Lifted Trucks
Greetings all and happy Thursday! Before we get to it this week, a few notes- the crew at Horizon did a wicked job at Horizon RC Fest! I’m sure they are gonna do up 2024 even bigger, somehow! It’s always a can’t miss event on the calendar! Long time r/c monster truck fan/racer and, most importantly, full size Raminator driver Dan “Cheech” [...]
Monster Truck Madness - Monster Truck Goodness at Horizon RC…
Hey gang, coming to you a bit earlier this week so you have some time to make plans for the awesomeness that’s happening this weekend near Champaign, IL! Horizon Hobby is holding their annual Horizon RC Fest event June 9th and 10th and they are doing it up bigger than ever. Whether you are wanting to watch the stunt flyers (you [...]
Monster Truck Madness – Powering the TLR LMT
Hey folks and Happy Thursday! Well, last weekend it finally was time to re-power my new TLR tuned LMT. I got five to six years of use out of my Graupner brushless system, but it finally starting acting up. It was time to go shopping! It’s been awhile since I’ve had a new Castle system so after doing a bit of research, [...]
- 6/1/2023
- 7:01 pm
- Castle Creations
Losi
Monster Truck Madness - By: Doug
Monster Truck Madness - Join us at the BIGFOOT 4x4 Open Hous…
Hey gang and Happy Thursday! It’s that time of year again where I’m inviting all monster truck lunatics to come out to the BIGFOOT 4×4 Open House! The event is being held on Saturday, July 8th at the BIGFOOT 4×4 shop in Pacific, MO! I’ll be helping to host the annual solid axle monster truck race at the event which is put on [...]
Monster Truck Madness – More TLR Tuned Race Spec Impressions
Hello folks, you’ve made it to Thursday and another Monster Truck Madness! The Trigger King monster truck club that I race with recently held their second outdoor race of the season, and I was able to get even more trigger time in with my TLR tuned Losi LMT. Not only that, but several of the trucks were in competition across various [...]
Monster Truck Madness – Pour one out for the SMT10
It’s time to pour one out for the Axial SMT10. After seeing that it was discontinued on various websites and hearing rumors that it was being phased out, I have had it confirmed that the SMT10 is indeed actually being discontinued. The Losi LMT has firmly supplanted it in the Horizon family as the defacto solid axle monster truck platform. This [...]
