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Everybody's Scalin' For the Weekend - How Stella Got Her Saw…
When I posted my first Everybody’s Scalin’ video on our YouTube channel a couple weeks back, user “Bad Wobble” asked if I could provide an update on my Gmade Sawback. Well Mr. Wobble, it’s your lucky day! The “first impressions” article I wrote went up a few months ago (view it right here), and in the time that’s passed I’ve [...]
- 2/28/2014
- 2:08 pm
- RC Rock Crawling
scale rc - By: Doug
Event Coverage - MMRCTPA Truck & Tractor Pull in Sturgeon, M…
Last weekend I made the trip from St. Louis to Sturgeon, MO to take part in some pulling action. Sturgeon may be a sleepy little town (nestled just north of Columbia, home of Mizzou) but it’s one of the hottest locations in the world of r/c pulling. The Mid Missouri R/C Truck & Tractor Pulling Assocation (MMRCTPA) calls the area [...]
Axial Deadbolt Mega Truck Conversion: Part 3
To see Part 1 of this build CLICK HERE , to see Part 2 CLICK HERE It’s ALIVE! I recently received the final and most important piece of my build; the tractor tires and wheels. After a quick shot of flat black paint it was time to mount em’ up and see what this thing could do. Click the “Read More” [...]
Everybody’s Scalin’ For the Weekend – I Ain't 'Fraid o…
It’s been a big week for Ghostbusters fans as LEGO just announced an Ecto-1 “30th Anniversary” kit that will be released in June (photo below). As a lifelong fan of the series (and car) you bet your unlicensed proton accelerator that I’ll be picking one of those sets up. As far as my favorite “movie cars” go, Ecto-1 shares a [...]
Upgrading Your RTR Axial SCX10: Stage 1
So you’re the proud owner of a brand new ready to run Axial SCX10. Congrats, the truck is a lot of fun right outta the box! If you are like most people I know though, the first thing you’ll do (after giving it a test drive, of course) is hop on the internet, go to your favorite r/c forum/facebook page, [...]
- 2/18/2014
- 4:25 pm
- Axial
Projects
RC Rock Crawling
scale rc - By: Doug
Everybody’s Scalin’ For the Weekend – The Winter Blues
Ugh, this winter sucks. Last year I was scaling nearly every weekend thanks to mild weather. This year has just been snow after snow with sub 0º temperatures to boot. Oh well, with spring (hopefully) right around the corner I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. I know my buddies and I are chomping at [...]
- 2/14/2014
- 12:38 pm
- Axial
RC Rock Crawling
scale rc - By: Doug
Axial Deadbolt Mega Truck Conversion: Part 2
Note – To see Part 1 of this build CLICK HERE Last week I started converting our stock Axial Deadbolt to a full blown mega/monster truck with help from a CPE Barbarian chassis. In part 2 I’m detailing what parts I changed from the stock setup, offering initial testing impressions, and showing off what body I’m going to top the truck [...]
- 2/12/2014
- 10:13 am
- Axial
Projects
RC Monster Truck
scale rc - By: Doug
Everybody's Scalin' For the Weekend - Video Episode #1 Featu…
This week I’m taking a break from the standard “written” column to debut a new YouTube video series. I’ll be doing an episode about once a month and will try to give it a “Wide World of Sports®” vibe that covers all different areas of scale rc (trails, monster trucks, drag racing, sand rails, hill climbing, etc). This first video [...]
- 2/7/2014
- 1:20 pm
- Axial
RC Rock Crawling
scale rc - By: Doug
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Axial Deadbolt Mega Truck Conversion: Part 1
Being a scale/crawler dude can be tough when you are surrounded by speed demons like the majority of Big Squid staffers. Let’s be honest with ourselves here – scalers aren’t exactly known for high speed thrills. I think Cubby wanted to kill me when I built the Axial RECON G6 SCX10 for review and put in a slow 18.5 crawler [...]
- 2/4/2014
- 12:44 pm
- Axial
Projects
RC Monster Truck
RC Rock Crawling
scale rc - By: Doug
Everybody’s Scalin’ For the Weekend – Viva La Mega Truck
We are only a month into 2014 and based on the Nuremberg Toy Fair it already looks like this will be the year of the r/c monster truck. It seems EVERYONE just released a new or updated monster kit. I had to check the calendar to make sure it wasn’t 2004. All of them come with big brushless power (except [...]
- 1/31/2014
- 4:52 pm
- RC Monster Truck
scale rc - By: Doug
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Everybody’s Scalin’ For the Weekend – Inches Matter
All gearheads have a certain motorsport that REALLY gets them pumped. For some its the smell of nitro-methane and burnt rubber at the local drag strip, others live for the high flying thrills of motocross; as for me, nothing makes me happier than listening to four blown hemis roaring in unison or watching black smoke billow out of a quadruple [...]
Everybody's Scalin' For the Weekend - 6x6x6, The Number of a…
Exceed announced their RTR Mad Torque 6×6 last week and it’s caused quite a stir in the scale/crawling community. Regardless of what you think of the actual truck (personally, I think it looks pretty cool) it shows that 6×6 trucks are growing in popularity. In many cases they are actually 6x6x6 (that means six wheel drive with six wheel steering). [...]
Everybody's Scalin' For the Weekend - Batteries for the Trai…
A few weeks ago I wrote about a recent club outing and tried to answer the question, “What exactly is an r/c trail run?” The article actually spurred a good number of questions from people wanting me to go more in depth on the subject so it’s now going to be a recurring theme. Running on trails with scale trucks presents [...]
Everybody's Scalin' For the Weekend - Rime of the Ancient Mo…
As the calendar turns to 2014, it’s truly an awesome time to be into the scale scene. It seems every week someone releases a cool new kit or accessory based on something in the 1:1 world. Rock racers, short course trucks, Jeeps, Formula 1, rally cars, desert buggies; whatever your 1:1 pleasure the r/c industry most likely has your drug [...]
- 1/3/2014
- 2:00 pm
- RC Monster Truck
scale rc - By: Doug
Everybody’s Scalin’ For the Weekend – New Year’s Resolutions
I hope everyone is having a great holiday season! I’m normally not one for New Year’s Resolutions, but since I’m feeling lethargic after eating the caloric intake of a bull moose and it makes for an easy topic…let’s talk resolutions! Scale crawling is always going to be my favorite r/c activity, but variety is the spice of life! Here are [...]
- 12/27/2013
- 11:13 am
- RC Monster Truck
rock crawling
scale rc - By: Doug
