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Hey everyone, happy Thursday! After several months of relative quietness on the r/c monster truck front, a slew of new products has been or is in the process of being announced! Last weekend in Virginia, the Solid Axle Showdown was held. This is one of the big events on the annual monster truck calendar, and JConcepts was on hand showing off [...]
No, I’m not talking about me. I’m talking about my cars. When is it time to let a car retire? Or, put more truthfully, to put an end to it by gutting it of its electronics? Organ donation, so to speak. I have a specific case sitting on a shelf at home. Snowman, my Axial Yeti, bought and built in 2017. [...]
Hello everyone and welcome to this week’s Everybody’s Scalin! Coming to you from our new Big Squid RC Kentucky HQ, I have wasted no time in getting back into the swing of things. First up is the RC4WD Chevy Long bed build. Now not having done this before it should be a good time, I have everything I need from [...]
Hello gang and happy Thursday! I bring you good tidings and a tale of a probable upcoming project! A friend of mine that I recently met through a garden tractor pulling club heard that I was into radio control monster trucks. He notified me that he had an old RadioShack truck that was purchased new in the early 90’s, but has [...]
G’day mates! Last week I had the pleasure of showing off the new body of my SCX10 III, Viper. Today we’ll have a look at lessons learned. First, an easy one: black and yellow worked well as a recipe for one eye catching color scheme that would look good both out driving, and in pictures published on this very website. [...]
Greetings all and Happy Thursday! This week I’m answering an e-mail that I received from reader Steve R. regarding the new limited edition Tamiya Super Clod Buster “Gray Edition” release. It’s a question that I would guess some of you are probably wondering about as well, even if you aren’t super well-versed in Clods. Hey Doug I had an original Clodbuster when I [...]
Done! Viper has shed his skin, blue has given way to yellow. I wished for something that stood out a bit more against the background, and, yes, I got what I wanted.Of course, the light from a setting sun does help a bit. But whether in the spotlight or not, yellow is en eye-catching color.Why Viper? Because all my rigs [...]
Last week I wrote about all the ways this hobby can challenge us, this week is about what’s my chosen challenge for the moment. Giving my SCX10 III a new look, better than the previous one. New wheels from Locked Up RC, and a yellow paint job for more striking visibilty in photographs. I’m going with the same body as before, [...]
Happy Thursday, folks! The weekend is so close you can almost taste it. Last week the gang at RC4WD announced their Iron Hammer 1/8 Steel Monster Truck Chassis. The Iron Hammer is aptly named, as it’s a big ‘ol chunk of metal. The chassis features 3 lbs of welded steel tubing! It’s a burly piece of kit that would seem to be [...]
There’s a saying with boaters- the two best days of a boat owner’s life are the day he buys it and day he sells it. It’s a funny saying and while I’m not a boat guy, I can at least empathize! I buy and sell a lot of things in regards to my hobbies. Guitars, garden tractors and, yes of course, [...]
What’s challenging about this hobby? I mean, we’re driving basically useless, miniature toy cars in our spare time. Paying extra to kit them out with licensed scale wheels and tires. Seriously? In my case, even spending a fair amount of time writing about something that to many might be perceived as a complete waste of time. And I certainly don’t have [...]
What’s going on everyone; the Scale shop has been running strong ever since we returned from Axialfest Badlands. With only two weeks left in the shop before the final move to Kentucky the scale crew has only been taking on small projects. Pitbull RC sent over some new 1.9 Rock Beast XL’s and a set of 1.9 Raceline combat wheels [...]
Hello gang and Happy Thursday to you! This week I’m answering a question(s) that involves the HPI Wheely King. Back in the dark ages when solid axle monster trucks were few and far between, the Wheely King became a favorite of many a monster truck obsessed-hobbyist and is looked back upon fondly with nostalgia. For me personally, the little 1/12 monster [...]
The 1:24 scale world is here to stay and has been making a big footprint for such a small scale. Our good friend CCxRC has joined in on the 1:24 scale boom by releasing a handful of CCxRC branded parts. From tool kits to a servo, CCxRC is evolving from a content creator to having his own parts. We here [...]
What’s so cool about wheels anyway? It’s hard to put a finger on just what it is that makes them cool, but in my eyes there’s nothing that pops a cars appearance as much as a nice set of wheels. As I was about to start assembling my new ones Jeremy popped up in the back of my head – [...]
