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EVERYBODY’S SCALIN’ – SHOP TALK

Hello and welcome to this week’s Everybody’s Scalin’. It has been super busy in the scale shop with multiple projects going on. With that being said, I think its time for a little shop talk.First up is the Gmade Buffalo, this build was a lot of fun and everything went together smooth. I am immensely proud of how well the [...]

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Monster Truck Madness - Mounting a Standard Lexan MT Body on…

Happy Losi LMT release week, folks! That’s right, this week the LMT is shipping to hobby shops or directly to you if you pre-ordered! I know the wait was hard for many, especially given that it didn’t ship in time for Christmas, but hey- what a way to start off the new year, right?! The word on the street is that [...]

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Monster Truck Madness – Three Predictions for 2021

Hey gang, happy New Year’s Eve edition of MTM! Last week I talked about three things I selfishly “wanted” to see in 2021 from the r/c monster truck hobby. This week I’m going to talk about three things that I actually think will happen. I think the first thing we should note is that the hobby had a fantastic year in [...]

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Monster Truck Madness – Things I Want to See in 2021

Hey gang, happy holidays! I wanna wind down the last two weeks of 2020 with two lists- this week things I WANT to see in this segment of the hobby in 2021, and next week some actual predictions of what I think WILL happen. Both are quite different! So, without further adieu, here are 3 things I’d personally love to see [...]

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EVRYBODY’S SCALIN’ – DSM OFF-ROAD CHRISTMAS SURPRISE!

Christmas has come to the Scale shop a little early this year thanks to DSM Off-Road! DSM Off-Road sent over a few goodies along with some new items for the Element Gatekeeper. So, grab your favorite holiday snack, and sit back while I tell you this Everybody’s Scalin’ Christmas Tales.I have always liked the Kinetic Recovery Gear from DSM Off-Road [...]

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Monster Truck Madness – Matching Paint

Hey gang and happy holidays! You know, for those of us that do rattle can paint jobs there is often a misconception that you are limited in palette by the available cans of paint versus the crazy amount of stuff out there for airbrushes, where it’s common to mix paints and pigments and create all sorts of crazy stuff. You can still [...]

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Monster Truck Madness – Ho Ho Ho

Hey gang, it’s that time of year again to give (or receive!) the gift of r/c! This section of the internet focuses pretty much on the hardcore monster truck crowd, so I’m going to dial it back a notch and give a recommendation for the total noob in your life this holiday season. Many hobbyists, especially those who are younger, start [...]

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EVERYBODY’S SCALIN’ – CHRISTMAS LIST NEEDS!

December is upon us and you know what that means, new RC season! For those who still have not decided on what to put on their Christmas list I have a few suggestions that might help. And After the Year we have had I think everyone needs to treat them selves to some RC goodies. Weather it is a new [...]

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Monster Truck Madness – It’s More Fun with Friends

With the Losi LMT about to be released to the masses in early 2021, methinks that that, combined with (hopefully) large gatherings being allowed again by the time weather starts to warm, we are headed towards a banner year for solid axle monster truck racing. I feel like whether it’s this platform or the Trigger King YouTube channel, I’m pretty in [...]

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Laying Rubber – Rotten Apple Nova

Hey guys, been a minute since I’ve done a no prep update for the Traxxas Bandit/Slash conversion, but I finally do have one! I just received my freshly painted lid from Sutton Motorsports. As usual, Travis did a great job! This is a JConcepts Chevy Nova II (the one piece version) painted up in black and green, similar to my Rotten Apple [...]

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EVERYBODY’S SCALIN’ – YOUTUBER WATCH!

Hello everyone hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! Last night while laying on the couch in a paralyzed state due to the amount of food I consumed I was watching some videos on YouTube and stumbled across two channels that grabbed my attention. The first video comes from Obier RC, the film is very cinematic and well shot. The TRX-4 [...]

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Monster Truck Madness – Turkey Mailbag

Last week I asked for Losi LMT-related questions and as usual, you all delivered. Many folks asked similar questions so I picked two of them to answer below. Oh, and before we get going, Happy Thanksgiving to all of our US readers! Doug, Question in response to your column on the LMT (and all your other coverage, which was great!). Fair to say [...]

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EVERYBODY’S SCALIN’ – HITEC WONDERLAND!

Happy Friday everyone, the crew in the scale shop are in Servo heaven after receiving a shipment from Hitec. And just in time if I may add, with a few current projects getting close to finishing we have been needing some servos. First up is the Hitec HS-646WP, there is a reason we got four of them. A few weeks ago [...]

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Monster Truck Madness – LMT After-shocks

Hey gang, sorry for the late column this week. After two intense weeks of putting the LMT through it’s paces and shooting a bunch of video and writing the review, I’ve been in major catch-up mode ever since. It’s been really interesting seeing the reaction to this vehicle. Most of it has been positive, but of course you do have some [...]

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EVERYBODY’S SCALIN’ – RC4WD SEAT MOD

Hello everyone and thanks for checking out this week’s Everybody’s Scalin’! If you’re on the Big Squid RC Facebook group or follow me on Instagram @everybodysscalin, you have most likely seen some of the NECA  Back To The Future figures I have acquired so far. One thing I will say is each Marty figure I have now I bought at [...]

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