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Hey guys, been a minute since I’ve done a no prep update for the Traxxas Bandit/Slash conversion, but I finally do have one! I just received my freshly painted lid from Sutton Motorsports. As usual, Travis did a great job! This is a JConcepts Chevy Nova II (the one piece version) painted up in black and green, similar to my Rotten Apple [...]
Hello everyone hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! Last night while laying on the couch in a paralyzed state due to the amount of food I consumed I was watching some videos on YouTube and stumbled across two channels that grabbed my attention. The first video comes from Obier RC, the film is very cinematic and well shot. The TRX-4 [...]
Last week I asked for Losi LMT-related questions and as usual, you all delivered. Many folks asked similar questions so I picked two of them to answer below. Oh, and before we get going, Happy Thanksgiving to all of our US readers! Doug, Question in response to your column on the LMT (and all your other coverage, which was great!). Fair to say [...]
Happy Friday everyone, the crew in the scale shop are in Servo heaven after receiving a shipment from Hitec. And just in time if I may add, with a few current projects getting close to finishing we have been needing some servos. First up is the Hitec HS-646WP, there is a reason we got four of them. A few weeks ago [...]
Hey gang, sorry for the late column this week. After two intense weeks of putting the LMT through it’s paces and shooting a bunch of video and writing the review, I’ve been in major catch-up mode ever since. It’s been really interesting seeing the reaction to this vehicle. Most of it has been positive, but of course you do have some [...]
Hello everyone and thanks for checking out this week’s Everybody’s Scalin’! If you’re on the Big Squid RC Facebook group or follow me on Instagram @everybodysscalin, you have most likely seen some of the NECA Back To The Future figures I have acquired so far. One thing I will say is each Marty figure I have now I bought at [...]
Hello everyone and do I have a wicked fan spotlight for you today! Normally the fan spotlight is a rig of some kind but this one is a scale garage that holds all the right keys for a Everybody’s Scalin’ spotlight. Out of Mississippi comes Daniel Baggett A.K.A Mississippi RC Addict with this beautifully built scale shop. I have been [...]
One of the most fun things about full size monster trucks is the sometimes extremely wild personas they take on by way of 3D fiberglass bodies. Ever since the Snake-Bite monster truck debuted in the early 90’s with a snake head replacing the front the clip of a pickup truck, complete with fangs, 3D bodies have become popular. And yes, I [...]
As the temperatures drop and more people start to head indoors, or if you must quarantine for few weeks there is no reason the RC fun has to stop. Luckily, the RC hobby has a wide verity of 1:24 scale rigs, from On-Road to Off-Road, even construction equipment. The Axial SCX24 is in my top 3 when it comes to [...]
This past weekend, my monster truck club Trigger King R/C ended our 2020 outdoor season. We barely got it in, as the forecast was jumping around all week. The final race of the year was held in 45 degree weather with heavy cloud cover. Despite being a chilly day, it was a lot of fun! I had the best racing day [...]
Last weekend Brian and I got to spend some time at a RC Swap Meet held at Crawler Canyon in Rockdale ILLINOIS. Proceeds of the event went to the Wounded Warrior Project so spending the day with a bunch of RC nuts and helping a good cause made for a perfect Sunday Funday! Surprisingly, this was my first RC swap [...]
I’m pretty much the last person that needs to tell ya’ll that 2020 isn’t exactly great. For me, it’s been the toughest year of my life. Emotionally and professionally. At some point here I’m going to write about one of those reasons- the loss of my dear Dad- but those words continue to be much too tough to write. You know [...]
Much like your favorite TV show, you probably have a YouTube Channel you like and visit often, BIG SQUID RC should be one of them too lol. The problem with YouTube is that there is a massive number of channels that have great content and never get the time of day. When you do a search like Scale crawler for [...]
Just wanted to thank you for the many Big Squid articles and Trigger King videos over the years. Really helpful for me as I got into the hobby a bit and am enjoying it with my son. I was completely bitten by the solid axle bug here in Va. I have two SMT10s and I have a couple of questions [...]
Its officially go time for the Ultimate Scale Truck Expo, now is the time of year where we must put all our ideas into motion and start making them into a reality. I think we have upped our game for USTE 2021 compared to the previous ones we have attend, a big part of that goes to Greg for his [...]
