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The DEMON COMITH
For some reason all I hear rattling inside this immensely small brain of mine is that awesome INXS song from back in 88, “Devil Inside”. Well now that I have totally dated myself let’s get down to business! Looks like everyone and their lost cousins missing dogs uncle is getting in on the Rally Car trend. Kyosho will be releasing [...]
- 7/21/2012
- 5:07 pm
- Kyosho
New Products
News - By: Big Squid Staff
RC4WD on SPEED CHANNEL’S – GEARZ
Hey guys it’s always a pleasure to see this tiny obsession of ours get some good airtime on the boob tube. If you are a Scale Crawler fan of any size or shape you have heard of RC4WD, personally I feel like they have one of the best selections of scale gear around. Stacey David’s show about modifying all things [...]
Mini 8ight RPM A-ARMS
Hey there mini bash fans, RPM has listened to the call of the wild for all the Mini 8ight fans out there and have created Front and Rear A-Arms. These tiny beauties are almost twice as thick as stock and come backed by the legendary RPM Nylon blend that we here at Big Squid are HUGE fans of! Head on [...]
- 6/14/2012
- 9:38 am
- Losi
RPM - By: Big Squid Staff
Pro-Line 50’s Chevy Body – Sharpies and Rattle Cans???
Brian handed me a Pro-Line Early 50’s body and basically said ‘wow me’. Had to do something different with this one so here goes…. I wanted something that was easy enough that anyone could do it with some basic household items and a little imagination. The only paints used are common rattle can paints available at any local hardware [...]
- 6/4/2012
- 11:59 am
- basher tips
painting
Pro-Line - By: Big Squid Staff
Building the Mini-Rossi - Modding the Kyosho Mini Z Motorcyc…
Well to say that I was excited to see that Kyosho was bringing out a Mini-Z Motorcycle would be a major understatement. Then you toss on the layer of details that Mini-Z is known for and that it was going to be a replica of the Yamaha M1 and I pretty much had to buy a bib cuz I was non-stop [...]
- 6/1/2012
- 5:24 pm
- Featured Posts
Mini RC
Projects - By: Big Squid Staff
Does Ton Jones read BigSquidRC?
Honestly I have no clue if Ton Jones is reading Big Squid RC, but seeing how he has teamed up with Gens Ace as his battery supplier, Maybe he saw them when they walked away with top honors in our last Lipo Shootout 4! All I have to say is the more the merrier and thanks for more celebs giving [...]
Can Shocks be Sexy?
Let your magical eyes feast upon these beauties by GMADE. They bring together an awesome culmination of Aluminum, Great design and some fancy Shock Tech. These shocks are customizable in a plethora of ways. You want a 62mm Aeration shock… Got it… You want a 93mm Diaphragm Shock…. DONE! How about a fully functional adjustable 103mm Piggy-back shock… Been there [...]
- 5/28/2012
- 12:17 pm
- miscellaneous
New Products - By: Big Squid Staff
Safety First – RC4WD Jack Stands
You ever leave your car on the jack when you know that’s not the safest thing to do if you happen to go underneath to wrench on something? You wouldn’t do it on your 1:1 so why would you do it on your scale rig? LOL…Well fear not these trick little Scale Jack Stands from RC4WD will have you covered. [...]
- 5/27/2012
- 1:04 pm
- New Products
RC4WD - By: Big Squid Staff
If you donate the Wheels may come???
Just ran into another loco RC type looking for your help. This sounds like every underdog story we all dream about, hoping that the little guy wins. Andy Bailey has started a KICKSTARTER for some awesome Scale Steelie style wheels. He has set up many donation levels with options to get a lot of these wheels at a great price if [...]
Dashboard Bling!!!
Hey guys if you are looking to add that little bit of scale flair to your dashboard then look no further. Team3six has a cool little CONTROL PANEL KIT that will work really well as dash bits on your scale build. The kit actually comes with 6 different styles of panels that can be used in any combination you can [...]
- 5/22/2012
- 10:02 pm
- New Products
Team3six - By: Big Squid Staff
Fear not these Kling-On’s…….
Just found an amazing solution to an age old problem. Are you tired of just plunking down you’re RC just any old place and getting the riot act from your loved ones (be it the better half or a parental figure). Well Kling-On RC has a solution for you, check out these awesome options for storing/displaying/showing off your ride. The [...]
- 5/21/2012
- 10:38 pm
- miscellaneous
New Products - By: Big Squid Staff
New bodies released by PROTOform
PROTOform has just released two new bodies. The PFR18 for 1:8 onroad is loosly modeled after the 24 hour “full scale” LeMans circuit winner and is available in three different weights. The SRS-N fits all 200mm nitro sedan chassis and is available in PRO-Lite and light weight options. Head over to the PROTOform website for more information #gallery-9 { margin: [...]
- 2/22/2012
- 6:40 pm
- PROTOform
- By: Big Squid Staff
Pro-line releases new Desperado wheels for 1/10th scale and …
Pro-Line has expanded their Desperado wheel line-up. From my experience these wheels are tough as nails. I have several sets running on my HPI Baja 5b that I literally have beatin’ the crap out of and they have not cracked. I think its time for me to outfit some of my smaller scale RC’s with some of [...]
New Bulldog bodies from Pro-line
Pro-Line has just announced three new Bulldog bodies for the B44.1, DEX410 and DEX210. These bodies have that mean and aggressive stance us bashers (and racers) like to see. Head over to the Pro-line website for more information. #gallery-11 { margin: auto; } #gallery-11 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-11 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-11 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */
- 2/18/2012
- 11:38 am
- New Products
Pro-Line - By: Big Squid Staff
Axial AX10 Ridgecrest 1/10th Scale Electric 4WD RTR hitting …
April 2012 marks the five year anniversary of the Axial AX10™ and the peeps from Axial felt that it was time for the product that launched them into the crawling segment to undergo some evolution and receive some trickle-down technological advancements of its own! They have not changed the original scope of the vehicle; the AX10™ Ridgecrest™ is still [...]
- 2/17/2012
- 6:02 pm
- Axial
rock crawling - By: Big Squid Staff
