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Hello gang and Happy Thursday to ya’s! Well, it’s sure been a furious week of releases, hasn’t it? Let’s tackle ’em here, along with some notes about what’s coming in this space over the next couple of weeks. First up, the big announcement of a small truck. After weeks of teasing, the FMS Max Smasher 1/24 Monster Truck was officially unveiled. There [...]
We all want a good looking car standing out from the crowd, and while a custom paint job requires a fair bit of work and skill, boosting the look with accessories do not. Also, it’s basically fool proof. A custom bumper simply cannot be messed up the same way as a paint job can. As I was planning my TRX-4 2021 [...]
Hey gang and Happy Thursday to ya’ll out there! Today was a big (no pun intended) news day for large scale truckers out there! Pro-Line announced a Ford body for the X-Maxx, and a Chevy body for the SCX6 (plus a bunch of other stuff for various other scales). The 1956 Ford F-100 for the X-Maxx looks siiiiick with those new belted [...]
Here it is, the Traxxas TRX-4 2021 Ford Bronco Simba edition. This version of the TRX-4 comes with a custom paintjob, upgraded lights and electronics, and a creative rearrangement of the diff lock and gearbox servos. Only one will ever be made. The lion. Available exclusively from Yours Truly, at a price so shockingly high I am sure I’ll get [...]
What is popping Squid Nation! It seems like there was an event going on everywhere in the USA last week, Pro-line by the fire, Rocktober, and Georgia Rock Zombies Haul N Crawl just to name a few. While I would love to be at every event, sometimes you need a break from the road. Lucky for me, our good friend [...]
G’day folks! I am happy to report that last week was a good one. While there is more to life than work and RC, a week with nothing but work and RC is a pleasure at times. A bit of eating, reading and sleeping too, but that’s about it. I worked away from home, and had my family laugh at me [...]
F1’s x7 champion megastar Lewis Hamilton has sure been showing some love as of late to his r/c roots, and in a very cool video the Mercedes-AMG Petronas shared last week, Hamilton was seen bombing around in one of the coolest old school r/c’s, the Tamiya Lunchbox. The team also shared the above photo via their Facebook page. This warms my [...]
Hello everyone and welcome to this week’s Everybody’s Scalin! I want to start off by saying “fantastic job” to our fellow Squid Martin on his latest post. If you haven’t seen it, I would check it out. Martin paints up a scale interior and it turned out great!A few Weeks ago, a local RC club near the new Big Squid [...]
Greetings all and Happy Thursday out there! Last weekend the Trigger King R/C Monster Truck Series finished out the 2022 season and it was probably the most perfect weather we’ve ever had for a day of r/c’ing. All sun and temps in the high 70’s. Hard to beat it! What was NOT hard to beat was me, on the race track. I’ve [...]
G’day mates! The one thing that keeps me attached to this hobby of ours, toy cars, is all the many aspects of it. Last week’s column was dedicated to electronics, something I am slowly getting more and more comfortable with, today’s topic will be painting. I have now come to the point where I cannot immediately say how many lexan bodies [...]
Greetings all and welcome to another Monster Truck Madness! Fall has arrived and the weather and almost on cue, the weather has turned cooler and it’s amazing! We have our season finale Trigger King R/C race this Sunday, and it should be about perfect for it. For folks in the northeast area of the country, one of the biggest rc monster truck [...]
As far as plans go, mine was as simple as they come. Even so, it failed miserably when faced with reality. It was like this: 1) Buy TRX-4 kit and 2021 Ford Bronco body, 2) build and paint TRX-4 kit and Bronco body, 3) drive and enjoy TRX-4, 4) upgrade and do pre and post comparisons one thing at a [...]
Hey gang and Happy Friday to you. Apologies for the weekly MTM blog running a day behind, but I’ve been moving this week. I got a new house and with that is going to come a new workshop! Yeah buddy! So today I wanted to give my impressions of the Traxxas TRX-4 K10 High Trail Edition….that’s been slightly monster-ized with JConcepts [...]
What’s going on Scalin Squids! RC4WD has released a new 1/10 Advanced Scale Winch Controller and Receiver. Now when it comes to electronics its hit or miss for me, I have installed with no issues, and I have also installed wrong and that’s not a good or cheap time. In the past the RC4WD winch setups could be confusing while [...]
Knowledge ought to save money, but it doesn’t always. Lacking a BEC, a receiver can be powered by a receiver pack, often 5 NiMh cells with a nominal output of 6V. I knew this, and that’s why I just smoked my Traxxas TQi receiver and need to get a new one. Very annoying. Let’s start from the beginning. I have a [...]
