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First, let me make it clear that despite the obvious (and tempting) ease, I will refrain from jokes relating to the subject of today. I am to write about screws, about different types of screw heads and materials. It has happened to all of us, and it will happen again: some screws rust, other screws strip. In particular, the screws attaching [...]
Looks like the CEN Racing Ford F-450 Dually has gotten a wicked make over. The Updated F-450 KG1 Wheel Edition has a few more goodies that the last one. starting with the obvious, the two new color options you will be able to pick from are Red Candy Apple and Silver Mercury. The Red Candy Apple truck comes with the [...]
Last column I pondered what (my) children want and expect from a good RC car: durability, capability, good looks and donuts. Now I find myself trying to apply their wishes to my own desires for my next build. I am starting to feel the itch to go on a diet of noodles and stale bread, in order to save up [...]
Greetings gang, and welcome to the last “pre-holiday season” MTM! I use the quotes because these days, holiday season starts November 1st and NOT on the day after Thanksgiving as in years past! (and side-note, for those looking to shop early, today was a heck of a day with two big releases in the hobby!). Last year at this time I [...]
Big News in the tiny scale world from RC4WD today. RC4WD has released the Trailfinder 2 1:24 and Big Squid RC was apart of the testing and had a blast doing so. The 1:24 scale Trailfinder 2 is sure to be a hit this Christmas and is a rig I would put on my list! The way the rig is [...]
Hey all, it’s ya boy coming in hot on another Thursday for Monster Truck Madness. I wanted to give you all some build impressions on my Tiny Titan as it’s pretty much finished. I say “pretty much” because I’m waiting on a set of motor mount screws that I didn’t order previously, and while I’m looking out the window for UPS, [...]
G’day folks. If you’re reading this, I am guessing that you weren’t born this millenium. Also, your inner child is still alive and thriving – honestly, in essence this is a text about toy cars. And, you might have children of your own. Regular readers will know that I have children, and that just about all of my trigger time is [...]
Hey everyone, this week on MTM we are going to feature a really cool build. Awhile back I did a brief highlight on my friend Matt Hall’s awesome Virginia Beach Beast monster tank replica build, but it wasn’t totally finished at the time. It is now! It’s a trick piece of kit. Here are some of the specifications on it –Chassis – [...]
Yes, that’s an Axial Bomber driving through a puddle. And here goes Viper:Not quite as impressive, but what it all comes down to, is this: shared fun. I’ve had a two month hiatus from RC, due to work being busy and spare time scarce, but today I finally hit the trails again. Drift season is gone now, at least for [...]
USTE 2022 is drawing near, and it seems every week we receive more goodies for the trip. Last week I got a package from CarryAll-RC and Crazy Crawler that contained some sweet items. Crazy Crawler sent us a few foams for us to try, I am looking forward to seeing the benefits of changing foams. We got a set of [...]
Hello gang and Happy Thursday to you! That means it’s time for Monster Truck Madness. I’ve been on the road for a week, so sadly no update on my Tiny Titan build. I do hope to put it together this weekend, though! In the meantime, I’ve been sitting on a couple reader e-mails. Hey Doug, How goes it ? I have run into [...]
While the hobby is still reeling over Axial Racings newest rig, the SCX6, I decided to go the other way in scale and have something SMALL to show you. It has taken a me some time to get into the smaller scale stuff. After driving the rigs from FMS Model and ROC HOBBY, my love for the smaller scale has [...]
Howdy folks, and welcome to another MTM! I’ve been talking about building a 1/24 scale monster truck, and I’m happy to say all the parts have been ordered and everything is either in my hands OR on the way. For those wondering what exactly is needed for a 1/24 mini monster truck, I’m going to give you the full build list [...]
I have been waiting along time for this Everybody’s Scalin’ post. Let me refresh your memory really quick, a while a go we got the Super Scale 2020 Suspension kit to install on our Traxxas TRX4. It seemed every time I would make some progress on the build, something would come up and it would have to be put on [...]
Hi guys, how ya’ll doing? Pretty big day in the hobby as Axial just announced a gigantic crawler, but in this neck of the woods we talk monster trucks. I’m a couple weeks late on discussion of this, but I want to talk about the new and updated HPI Savage that’s supposed to be coming out soon! Back when the nitro monster [...]
