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Hey everyone! It’s time to resurrect Monster Truck Madness for a few weeks, as I’ve officially started building a JConcepts Reactor Retro Truck—and let me tell you, I have a lot to say about this truck. A few weeks back, I wrote about my plans for the Reactor build—think of that as a “Part 0” prequel. You can find a link [...]
Happy Friday and welcome to The Backyard! Well, it finally happened—I’ve got a 13” wheelbase JConcepts Reactor on the way. After a couple weeks of going back and forth (and missing the first batch thanks to a bit too much indecision), I was able to get in on the next round. So now the real fun begins. As you might expect, once it [...]
Hey everyone and Happy Thursday! This post is a bittersweet one, as it’s going to be my last regular weekly blog for the site. For the past 11 years I’ve written a weekly blog post for BSRC. Whether it was under the “Everybody’s Scalin’ For the Weekend” or “Monster Truck Madness” title, I think I can count on one hand the amount [...]
Hello everyone and Happy Thursday! So Cross R/C announced a product that’s a bit out of left field, but one that I’m VERY excited for- an r/c farm tractor! The Cross R/C Ironbull TL4 Tractor. The photo above is from the Cross RC Facebook page, and you can find a video announcing the tractor right here. Not a lot of info is out [...]
Hello everyone and Happy Thursday! It’s ya boy Doug here for another edition of MTM. Yes, I said last week would be the last regular of edition of MTM, but given I have irons still in the fire I figured I’ll keep it up through the end of August before discussing “what’s next”. P.S.- to give any long time readers out [...]
Hello everyone and Happy Thursday! It’s time for an announcement! This week is going to be my last regular weekly Monster Truck Madness post. Please note that I said “last regular” and not “last”! 10 years ago I was one of a group of friends that started up the Trigger King R/C Monster Truck Racing Series in St. Louis, MO. We started [...]
Hello everyone and happy Thursday to you all! Today is the first day of August, and that means that Summer is nearing its conclusion. I mean, I guess that’s positive thinking- here in the Midwest it’ll probably be hot for at least another two months, but hey, I can dream, right? Anyways, with the calendar inching towards Fall, I’m very much looking [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
