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In the world of RC Racing, the scale side of the hobby is not prevalent. Until now. Over the last year I have been messing around with the 1RC Racing cars. The 1RC Racing cars are 1:18 scale, and when I say SCALE, I mean Scale. Cars come with scale engines, tires, chassis, and even a driver. 1RC Racing has [...]
RC Everyday has released his own line of Rat Rod kits. The RC Everyday kits have been in the works for a few years. Lots of work has gone into making these kits available for everyone. Over the years I have seen firsthand hundreds of people asking RC Everyday to sell his rat rods, or if he could make them [...]
Traxxas has added a new member to their TRX4 family. The new TRX4 K5 Blazer High Trail edition is a monster of a rig. Massive 2.2 wheels and tires and a factory installed lift, turns the stock TRX4 into a mega truck. While we are finishing up the official Big Squid RC review, we have the unboxing and running films [...]
We all want our trucks too look as close to the real thing as possible, but it usually takes a significant pile of dough before people will be doing double takes on your face book pictures. Bashers Basics is to the rescue however, with a tip on the cheap!The easiest way to add scale realism to your rig is paint the [...]
Coming up on October 7th and 8th is the 2nd Annual RPP RC Jamboree in Ukiah, California. The RC Jamboree is an event for the scale community to get together and have a good time. On Friday October 7th the RPP crew will put on demos, have a scale crawling course, hold a raffle, then top things off with a [...]
One of the coolest scale upgrades in recent years for the Axial Wraith (and now the Yeti) are the Currie Rock Jock Axles from Vanquish Products. As scale realistic as they are, a common complaint from the hardcore scaler community was the lack of a centered differential version to run on the rear of the rig. (The original Currie had [...]
Boy, that announcement from RC4WD about their action figures sure prompted a wave of comments, emails and office discussion with people trying to make their own point about when “enough is enough” on the scale realism thing. Here’s my take. While I’ve been an r/c hobbyist for around 20 years now (I’m 30), I’ve been a scale modeler for even longer. [...]
You ever leave your car on the jack when you know that’s not the safest thing to do if you happen to go underneath to wrench on something? You wouldn’t do it on your 1:1 so why would you do it on your scale rig? LOL…Well fear not these trick little Scale Jack Stands from RC4WD will have you covered. [...]
If you’re into scale RC, then RC4WD probably sounds familiar to you. Their new Trail Finder 2 Kit offers some awesome features, such as a two-speed transmission, highly detailed bodywork and scale leaf spring suspension to name but a few. It comes with everything you need to get up and running, minus elecronics, including high-grip Mud Thrasher tires and a [...]
Let there be light on your 1/10 scale rig with the new LD Racing LED Light Bar. 13 crazy bright LEDS ready to connect to the AUX port on your receiver, or to AA or AAA battery packs. These lights are designed to run on 5-6V, and would look sweet across the top of your scaler. Head over to [...]
