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Hello everyone and Happy Thursday! This week, we are heading to the mailbag. My son loves a cheap Grave Digger r/c truck that he got years ago but wants a truck that he can drive around outside. What’s a decent outdoor RC monster truck that doesn’t break the bank? Is Tyco still around? – Brett P So first off, this question wasn’t e-mailed [...]
Hello everyone and Happy Thursday! Ya know, I’ve been racing solid axle retro monster trucks for 10 years now, and up until last weekend I had never won an actual race day event in that class. That finally changed last Sunday! And wouldn’t you know it, I wasn’t even driving my own truck, ha. I won the day’s Trigger King R/C Retro [...]
You heard what I just said, rc racing is COOKED. It’s BENT AF, as it has now become literally a race to extinction. Who allowed this to happen? Why doesn’t anyone actually fix it? Welp, I am Cubby, and welcome to a good ole’ fashioned Cub Report. Let’s start ranting, shall we? 🙂 You may not have noticed, but in 2024 [...]
Hello everyone! RC4WD has sent us the new 1/10 75th Anniversary Edition Warn 8274 Winch. This little monster can dead lift 50lbs and has around 3.28ft of Synthetic winch rope. If you are looking for scale, then look no further. RC4WD has built an amazing reputation from their scale products and continues to surprise us every year.We installed our 75th [...]
Hey everyone, Happy Thursday! Vintage re-releases are the hot topic as of late in the r/c industry, at least insofar as the racing community is concerned, what with all the classic buggies and stadium trucks being re-released (parts support around said vintage buggies is also a HUGE discussion, but that’s a can of worms I’m not opening here!). I was an r/c [...]
Hello everyone! Happy Thursday and Happy Independence Day to my fellow American readers! And what’s more American than a Sherman tank?The shot above is of my Heng Long M4A3 1/16 Sherman Tank Professional Edition! I still need to paint my drive sprockets/idler wheels and treads, but I went ahead and added the scale accessories and most of the decals! The tank [...]
Hello everyone and Happy Thursday! With Summer arriving here in the Midwest with 100+ degree temperatures, my r/c time over the past week has been spent primarily at the work bench. A few weeks back I picked a Traxxas TRX-4M High Trail with the purpose of customizing it to be a capable rig that I can easily pack away for some impromptu [...]
Hello everyone and Happy Thursday! I am still in recovery mode from the 2024 BIGFOOT Open House that took place last weekend. It was HOT, but it was a heck of a time! Thousands of monster truck fans made the trip out to Pacific, MO to enjoy a day of monster trucking in the sun. The BIGFOOT crew put on a great [...]
Bigfoot 4×4 Open House in Pacific, MO is this Saturday June 15th! I will be helping the Trigger King R/C Crew put on the annual Open House Solid Axle R/C Monster Truck Race! (For those wanting general Open House info, check out the official BIGFOOT website– there’s all kinds of full scale monster truck goodness taking place throughout the day) Here [...]
This years Beat The Creek was one for the record books! Massive amounts of people, and more RC trucks I have ever seen in one place! Vendor Row, Aka Vendor Village as it was renamed during the event due to the size and shape, was packed full of activities for everyone to enjoy. Hell, my kids and a bunch of [...]
Hey everyone and Happy Thursday. Before getting to this week’s subject, I wanted to point out that those attending the June 15th BIGFOOT 4×4 Open House who plan to race r/c monster trucks should know I made an amendment to my info post from last week discussing the schedule- we start an hour earlier than I initially wrote. You can also [...]
Happy Thursday all! We are just over two weeks away from one of my favorite events of the year- the BIGFOOT 4×4 Open House! Taking place on Saturday, June 15th from 10AM to 3PM, this free event is hosted by the BIGFOOT team at their shop in Pacific, MO. Modern and classic monster trucks will be on display and performing, with the [...]
Hello everyone and Happy Thursday! As we head into the upcoming Memorial Weekend here in the States, I’ve got no coherent singular topic to focus on, but I do have a good deal of random things to discuss! First off, shout out to my friends and fellow monster truck racers Isaac Ankrom and Josh Rhodes for kicking ass at the R/C Monster [...]
Hello everyone and Happy Thursday! Another week, another detour from monster trucks. Hey- I hope if nothing else many of you appreciate the wide swath of stuff that I’m in to as it pertains to the hobby. Monsters will always be my favorite thing, but variety is the spice of life! You never know what’ll you get in this space of [...]
Hello everyone and Happy Thursday! It’s been a busy couple of weeks around here! Outdoor racing season kicked off, I got my hands on the new Traxxas TRX-4MT Monster Truck, and, last weekend, I got married! I’m catching up from the whirlwind that’s been the last few days, and thus don’t have much new r/c stuff to discuss. However, I do have something [...]
