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Some columns ago, I wrote about colors. Allow me to quote myself: ”Buying and painting a body is a fair investment of money, so you want it to look good, right? Therefore, chose your colors wisely.” What wisdom! Either read some color theory, read my column, or check out some super heroes and steal their colors for your car. Easy. [...]
Living the dream, eh? That was the standard greeting phrase on my previous job, at three o’clock in the morning; when everyone was tired, thought the task at hand was nonsense, could only vaguely remember last time we had coffee, and in general just wanted to be somewhere else. Like in bed. Yet many of us were living the dream – [...]
Hard to believe 2017 is nearly over, but here we are on the precipice of 2018. It was a crazy year, one that saw the balance of power shift quite a bit in the scale world. Instead of a look back though, here’s a few of my predictions for what I see happening in the coming year. Axial makes a fierce [...]
Another week, more time spent with our TRX4. I ****-you-not, our review vehicle has had more miles put on the odometer in one month than several of our scalers have had put on them during their entire lives. I’ve also never seen so much interest in a vehicle from the non-hardcore crawlers at BSRC. I mean, even Cubby is gaga over [...]
A long period of relative quiet has given way to a deluge of releases by Pro-Line. The coolest thing? It’s that sweet, sweet utility bed. (note, I’ll discuss the monster truck stuff in an upcoming Monster Truck Madness). I’m pretty numb to factory promo shots, having seen a million of them, but damn if that chase-style Ford sporting the new bed isn’t [...]
Earlier this week in my Monster Truck Madness column, I wrote about the importance of mental toughness when racing r/c monster trucks. If MT racing is my Yin, then scaling is my Yang. Where one is intense and draining (race days are long days), the latter helps me relax and is a great way to recharge my mind. Being out in nature [...]
Just out the gate is LRP’s new screamer! Loaded with a massive all-new XTEC T6 crankcase and a flow-optimized XTEC Powercarb with a new Cooldown cylinder head this .30 turns 4.12hp into incredible tire screaming monster truck madness. Built using a rear exhaust setup this is sure to turn a variety of snoring trucks into track [...]
G’day folks and welcome to another Losing Grip column. Except for Doug, he’s not welcome, he stole my planned subject for today! Dang. Anyway, late again, I am sorry to say, but such is the nature of hobbies. They require spare time, and when little or no spare time is acquired, hobbies are given no quarter. What I am happy to [...]
One thing (at least) you got to give Doug – the Monster Truck guy – and that is that he is very, very productive. That dude is producing solid axle monster trucks at an incredible rate! Clod this, clod that, all of them really good looking and most of them green. I wish I could spit out drifters at just [...]
After showing off some new Monster Truck Tires a couple of weeks ago, Duratrax has now dropped a pair of Soldering Stations. The higher-end unit is the Duratrax Trakpower TK-955, which is a digital unit at the $109 price point. The second unit is the Duratrax Trakpower TK-950 which is priced at just $79. Both units have more than enough [...]
It’s that time of the year, and we feel like giving! A huge thank you to Horizon Hobby and ARRMA for making this happen. We are giving away a brand new ARRMA GRANITE 4X4 3S BLX Monster Truck! You have seen the unboxing, read the review, and even the post review thoughts! Now you have a chance to win a brand new [...]
Hello there rc people, thanks for clicking over to BigSquidRC. No matter if you are a first day noobie, or have been pulling trigger since the 1970s, THE Cub Report is here to ramble on and on about our beloved hobby of rc. First up, how about That Podcast Of Ours? Ya, it took a while to get all of our [...]
“Stock motor madness Hey Cubby, Jimmy D writing in once again! Just read TheCub report about $180 stock motors. The other day I was at the dirt track with my 17.5 (Gen2 Tekin, its old, but still works great) AE B6. It’s fun, I don’t race, ever, but I like going to the track every [...]
A few weeks ago Cubby touched on the coming 3D printing revolution in the Cub Report, and this week I wanted to elaborate a bit more on that. While it’s starting to catch on in other segments of the hobby now, it’s really big in scaling circles already. There are several prominent individuals in the community that can pretty much pump out [...]
Fresh off the Chi-Town crew holding a big bash, there is no rest for the wicked as we will be at the BIGFOOT 4×4 Open House in Pacific, MO (just outside St. Louis) this weekend- Saturday April 23rd to be more precise. The Open House is an annual event put on by the Bigfoot monster truck team which is held at their shop. [...]
