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If you’re looking for more ways to add a touch of realism to your scale crawler RC4WD has a couple new officially licensed products from Ballistic Fabrication for you. If you’re not happy with those big, bulky plastic kit axles you’ve been using then you might want to have a gander at the Ballistic Fabrication axle. It features Ballistic’s unique [...]
Speed Passion and East Coast Bodies Tune (wait… wha? who?) have decided to get together. And the body pictured above is the result of their coupling. That crazy awesome space alien looking thing is a 190mm sedan body modeled after full-scale automaker Mazda’s Furai concept supercar. The big Furai made it’s debut a few years ago at the 2008 North [...]
Here’s something that’s a bit overdue. The Trencher tread is now available for the Stampede, Stampede 4×4, and other 2.8″ wheeled trucks from Pro-Line. This is a basher friendly, very aggressive tread that should provide you with plenty of hook-up in all kinds of conditions, from hard dirt and pavement to tall grass and deep mud. All of which together [...]
Racing body specialists, PROTOform, have a new, tough looking body for the very popular Vintage Trans-Am class. The J71 is based on the same styling of the 1971 Trans-Am Championship winning AMC Javelin, though it’s not officially licensed since, you know, AMC doesn’t exist any more. But don’t let that get you down, it still looks remarkably like the original [...]
Pro-Line has a new adjustable battery strap for the Slash and Slash 4×4, let me tell you about it. Well first of all, it’s a battery strap, it’s also adjustable, and it’s made for both the Slash and Slash 4×4. Also, it’s blackish in color and … did I mention adjustable? I guess the main point of this whole deal [...]
I like me some universal/cv driveshafts. They’re usually super smooth and can take a beating more than your typical dog bone. On that note ST Racing Concepts is preparing a new line of heat treated, carbon steel universal kits that are compatible with Team Associated SC10 and RC10T4 as well as the HPI Blitz and OFNA Hyper 10SC. Their new [...]
Pro-Line had gone digging through their archives looking for inspiration for their next short course tire. The Gladiator had been a popular style for quite a long time, with it’s super aggressive square knob pattern, it has been tearing up lawns and tracks all over. Soon the Gladiator will be doing it all over again on short course trucks. We [...]
Axial is expanding it’s RR line of budget nitro engines for bashers and weekend warriors. Their new .21RR-1 engine is Axial’s first .21 size engine for 1/8 scale buggies and totally fricken awesome 1/10 scale cars and trucks. But being for bashers doesn’t mean that they took any shortcuts in it’s design. It’s got that fancy ABC construction, a 7-port [...]
Here’s another wheel for the basher crowd from the JConcepts gang. The Rulux wheel is 2.2″ with a 12mm hex drive. The important aspect of this new wheel is that it’s designed to give the 1/16 E-Revo a wider stance, making it more stable and a better performer. The stylish design will also add to the looks of your mini [...]
JConcepts has a hot looking new wheel style for a few different Traxxas vehicles. The Tense is a one piece wheel with a cool little added detail, wheel caps. The caps come in two styles, open and closed, with the closed featuring JConcepts’ logo machined on. They’re held on with six button head screws for a realistic look. For the Slash/Slash [...]
LRP is ready to power your 4×4 short course truck with their new X12L line of brushless motors. When they hit shelves they’ll available in 4.5 and 5.5 turns. What makes them appropriate for short course trucks is their longer, 550 size can, which let’s them use a longer rotor and stator to generate more torque that big and heavy [...]
HPI Racing has some new gear for the recently released Baja 5SC and the Baja 5T. The new TR-10 wheels are true bead locks that will hold your tires securely without glue. The wheels are available in four finishes: white, black, gunmetal gray, and chrome. The fronts measure in at 120x60mm and have a 4mm offset while the rears are [...]
Got a new Stampede 4×4? Already tired of the stock body? JConcepts has a potential solution for you. That is, if you even want your Stamp to look like a Ford SVT Raptor Super Crew. If you don’t, well, what’s wrong with you? Everybody else wants one, why do you have to be so different and difficult? What would your [...]
Pro-Line, not content with having a BullDog body for nearly every platform, has decided to keep expanding the line. The next truck in line to receive the cab forward design is the RC10T4.1. Like every other Pro-Line body, this one will come with all the requisite decals, masks, and overspray film. The BullDog for the T4.1 will start shipping on January [...]
I know we’re all thinking it, but I’m just going to come out and say it. Premounted tires take all the fun out of the hobby. I remember as a youngster spending much of my free time with a big bottle of glue and a stack of tires and wheels, putting them all together. Actually, most of my memories of [...]
