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Axialfest Badlands 2022 was a polar opposite from 2021. 2021 was a mud fest filled with rain, when this year’s Axialfest Badlands was dry and hot. And that’s just the weather, this year’s event had more venders, along with one of the biggest night runs I have ever seen. The dry conditions made for fantastic crawling in the quarry with [...]
Greetings all, and Happy 4th of July weekend to our US readers! I’m settling in for a long weekend of music, fireworks and some trigger time on my basher monsters. But before that? Some ramblin’. Pretty much all retail stores are running big 4th of July sales, and the r/c world is no different! Tower Hobbies, Horizon Hobby and various other hobby [...]
A couple of weeks back I had the pleasure of working in a city situated along Sweden’s largest river, Göta kanal. Compared to rivers like the Amazon, Kongo or Mississippi, it’s but a trickle of water, but nonetheless it was both beautiful and fascinating. To be specific, the river was beautiful, and its locks were fascinating. The city boasted six [...]
Hey all, happy Thursday! Last weekend the rain FINALLY relented and I got to go monster truck racing for the first time since March. Crazy that it’s almost 4th of July and I’ve had only two competition weekends this year, but dems da breaks I suppose. I’ve written in the past about how the Losi LMT was starting to become a dominant [...]
Procrastination – a tongue twister if ever there was one. In the picture above there’s an example of it, a long since unfinished scale body for my SCX24. According to Psychology Today procrastination “implies performing an alternative activity to the one intended and is synonymous with idleness.” Regular readers might remember me writing about getting a scale body for the SCX24 way [...]
What is up Squid Nation, for a few weeks we been testing out the new Advanced Series LiPo Smart Batteries from Gens Ace. We have been using the 3s 6500 mAh 100c 11.4v and the 4s 10000 mAh 100c 15.2v. The New Advanced Series batteries from Gens Ace come with power gauge button, along with a diagram on the side [...]
Hey gang, happy Thursday to ya’ll! Before getting to the topic at hand this week, one that is very much non-r/c related, I wanted to quickly point out that the post I made about wanting a heavy duty big rig a few weeks back apparently came at a very good time. That Traxxas Flatbed Hauler is going to be PERFECT to [...]
Hello, every it has been a while, so let’s have some shop talk! Just as I anticipated the Summer has already been packed full of events, builds, and lets just throw a move across three states while we are at it. It has been about 3 months since I moved to the temporary house. Not having JuiceBox Off-Road Park to [...]
Last week the crew at Horizon announced the retro-styled Losi 1/16 Mini JRX 2WD Buggy and it took the internet by storm. A LOT of people were excited by this retro-styled release, and the low price of admission had hobbyists backing up their interest with their pocket books as apparently pre-orders were extremely strong. Hey, I want one of these too [...]
Remember the movie Prometheus, the fifth in the Alien series? The scene where the android David says puts a small drop of alien yuck in a glass of water, before serving it to one of the crew members? “Big things have small beginnings”, he says, and sure enough, a couple of hours later nasty things start to sprout from nasty [...]
Hello everyone, happy Thursday to yas! Two weeks ago, after being frustrated by yet another rain shower keeping me indoors, I started playing Snowrunner on my new Xbox. Let me be a bit clearer- started playing it AGAIN. I was huge into the game when the pandemic hit but hadn’t touched it since the end of 2020. Many updates have been [...]
I believe it was a Pontiac Firebird Trans Am, the third generation, the one with a square nose and eye slits for headlights. Back then, to me, it was right up there with the Camaro and Mustang. American muscle at its very best. Which, of course, can’t beat European full bloods, but still really cool. Anyway, this particular car was [...]
G’day folks! Do you remember the fall of the Berlin Wall? I can’t say that I remember the exact date, but I clearly remember hearing the dramatic news on the radio. Years later my wife got to know a German who grew up on the Eastern side of the wall, in former DDR. Her strongest memories of the changes it [...]
This past weekend at the Monster Jam World Finals in Orlando, FL, Primal RC unveiled their 1/5 scale Grave Digger model. This gigantic rig had been teased in recent weeks, but now the pics are here! There was a lot of buzz when it was unveiled and if you poke around online, you’ll see there’s a good bit of video of it [...]
Beat The Creek is held in the charming southern town of Maysville, Kentucky. The town is filled with beautiful landscapes, farmland, and of course the property of Joe and Sue Hauke. Joe and his family open up their private property to host Beat The Creek. If that doesn’t say Southern Hospitality, then I don’t know what will. I can deal [...]
