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Need for speed? That’s what I wrote about a couple of weeks back, how the speed bug gets me when the sea turns to ice. How all that wide open space calls out for something fast. How “the ice just about always gets covered by a bit of snow, providing a bit of traction. Enough grip to gain plenty of [...]
The Axial Racing SCX10 III Early Ford Bronco was my favorite releases from Axial last year. For a RTR rig it has a ton of scale features including, straight axels instead of the portals, front and rear lights, an interior that has depth to it, and a scale motor. Ever since Axial came out with the SCX10 III I have [...]
Hiya folks and happy Thursday! The week between Christmas and New Years is somewhat of a time vortex where it’s very easy for news to fall through the cracks. That’s when Primal RC announced an update to their gigantic 1/5 Raminator and the addition of a 1/5 mega truck on the same platform. I wanted to call attention to it here because [...]
Dear fellow RC nuts, dear reading audience, dear me, it is a pleasure to write yet another column for this giant of RC websites, for the biggest squid in the pond. All mainly for my amusement, but you are most welcome to read and reply anyway. No joke, no irony, mind you. It is a pleasure and a privilege to [...]
G’day folks! Last week I had a look at things we did not see in 2021, now it’s time to pay some attention to what we did see. No game changing releases, but upgrades to proven platforms. Yokomo released a new version of their YD2 chassis, the YD2-Z, claiming it to have undergone a major evolution and “to be the final [...]
Hey all and Happy New Year! Ya know, I’m generally not a person for resolutions. I’m always of the mind that there’s no better day to make a change for yourself than today, and that’s whether it’s in the middle of July OR Jan 1. However, I’ll admit that being a week into 2022, the time does feel ripe to put [...]
Hey gang, as 2021 comes to close, I wanted to share some absolutely stunning BIGFOOT replica monster trucks with you, built by my friend @TEAM_BIG_GUNZ_RACING on Instagram. These are his words-I’ve always admired the way Bigfoot #3 looked. To me, that is the best looking monster truck ever and I still feel the same way about that truck even till [...]
2021 in the Hobby was a good year. Events around the country had massive turn outs, and the number of releases was more than enough to keep everyone busy. So, lets look back at our year and remember the good time because that’s all that matters! ULTIMATE SCALE TRUCK EXPO 2021What has become the Daytona 500 for scale events, USTE kicks [...]
For ten months of the year, I am perfectly content with cars doing less than fifteen miles an hour. Whether drifting, crawling or trailing, this is plenty. Both my 2.2″ rigs are capable of more, but I seldom use the very top end due to lack of space. Also, when I find the space, it usually results in a lot [...]
By tradition, the time to reminisce about significant events of the year that has passed is after Christmas, but before the New Year, right? Keeping to that tradition I will not write anything about what we’ve seen released during 2021 today, but rather offer a comment on a couple of things that we have not seen. First, solid proof that Elvis is still [...]
Hey folks, before I get to anything else- a very happy holidays to you and your family! It’s kind of crazy that as I write this, on Christmas Eve Eve, it’s 70 degrees and sunny in St. Louis….but I’ll take it! As I prepare for a weekend of lounging around with eggnog, I figured I’d answer a couple e-mails- Hey Doug, Longtime reader [...]
Welcome to Juiceburg, the tiny world for the smaller scale rigs now has its name! the lay out started in my basement about two years ago. Back then it was only the two large mountains, unpainted and was used for quick testing of 1:10 rigs. The surge of 1:24 and 1:18 scale we have been receiving made me rethink about [...]
Hello everyone! Maybe you’ve heard about how folks are building 1/24 scale mini solid axle monster trucks by combining Axial SCX24 running gear with a purpose built chassis and model tires? Well, I’ve got one built, I’ve got a FULL parts list, and I’ve run it. If you’re wondering whether you should build one or not, have a read! I want [...]
For this one, I don’t know where to start. Perhaps by paraphrasing George Orwell: “All bodies are created equal, but some bodies are more equal than others”? Especially this one. A cool thing with drifting, is the number of body options one can chose from. Lots and lots, a lot of them licensed. If a car has proven itself a [...]
G’day folks! First of all, I need to clarify something. In my last column I mentioned that I received my SSD shocks from Amain Hobbies in about two weeks, an unprecedented delivery time. Unprecedently fast, that is. In my mind, it was clear that it was meant as a compliment, but it turned out that not everyone thought so. To be [...]
