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Hello everyone. This is a very somber MTM. Last week the r/c monster truck community lost a very important figure – Marlon Cox. Marlon has long been active in the online monster truck community (full size AND r/c). He created, along with his brother Rafael and friends, the Showtime R/C Motorsports club. He is one of the folks behind the Solid Axle [...]
Hello everyone and thanks for checking out this week’s Everybody’s Scalin’. Big Squid RC and the Scalin Squids are gearing up for Beat The Creek, held in Maysville Kentucky this weekend! Gates open at noon Friday, but the official event don’t start until Saturday morning. This gives everyone who is attending plenty of time to set up and get ready [...]
Hey folks and Happy Friday! Little bit of an expected topic this week, but with Duratrax annoucing Clip-Lock Wheel Faces for Ripper 2.8″ Wheels, I wanted to talk about my love of beadlock rings for monster trucks. Beadlock rings, whether real or faux, are one of my favorite accessories to add to any monster truck to really help set off the look. [...]
What is going on everyone! With Beat The Creek around the corner, it is time to get the rigs that will be making the trip ready. REEFS RC sent over a bunch of servos to the scale shop, one of them being a RAW 500. The RAW 500 is extremely reliable and is one of my favorite servos to use [...]
Hey gang and Happy Thursday to you all! One of the guys I race with, who is also JConcepts team driver, showed up to our race in early April sporting a very slick looking Sudden Impact livery on a mysterious 90’s Ford truck body. Specifically, a 1997 Ford. This was a popular getup with full size monsters in the late 90’s, probably [...]
Hey folks and Happy Thursday! I hope wherever you are reading this, that the weather is as nice as it is where I’m at – high 70’s and sunny. It’s prime “get back outdoors with your r/c’s” weather! I’ve got a couple e-mails to get through this week, so let’s do it. Good afternoon, I have seen a lot of your articles lately [...]
Hobbywing AXE R2-FOC or Castle Creations Mamba X – you might wonder which one to spend your money on? So do I. Or, rather, so did I until I tried them both. Ever since I put a Castle Mamba X in my Axial Yeti in 2016, I have been fond of the system, to the point where I now own [...]
Hello everyone and Happy Thursday! I just had my first monster truck racing weekend of 2023 and got to get my fleet dirty! I want to focus on my LMT’s here, though. Both are quite a bit different from each other given they are the same platform, but both trucks are my two favorite r/c’s that I currently own. Let’s start with [...]
What’s up Squid Nation! As much as RC has evolved over the last few years, we still tend to see body clips being used on some models. Not a big deal, but body clips can be a pain in the Squid at times. Like when you need to get the body off fast because its smoking and so on. Fine [...]
Hey folks, welcome to a special edition of the weekly MTM! April 2nd is Autism Awareness day, and in celebration of that I’m wanting to give some extra visibility to a special build from friend Outlaws of Motorsports RC (his Instagram handle is @outlawsofmotorsportsrc). His truck, named “The Spectrum”, has a great story behind it. And with that, I’ll let [...]
Hey all and Happy Thursday! I wanted to share where I’m at with my TLR Tuned Losi LMT kit and share some overall build impressions thus far. In my 30+ years in the hobby, I’ve somehow never built a Losi kit before. Kinda wild when I think about that, but it’s true! The instructions are nicely laid out, and each step of the [...]
Its almost time for the Scale Crawler world to invade my new home state or, commonwealth of Kentucky for this year’s BEAT THE CREEK! May 6th-7th In beautiful Maysville Kentucky will be here before you know it. Get your tickets and rigs ready, because Big Squid RC will not only be attending, but are proud to be a sponsor for [...]
Hello everyone and Happy St. Patrick’s Day! This week we are talking about foams. Closed foams to be more specific. Ok, JConcepts Slam-Tech monster truck closed cell foams to be hyper specific. Closed cell foams are dense and resist deforming, unlike the “sponge” feeling of standard open cell foam. They resist flat spotting. They last a long time. They are also water [...]
Round 2 of our trip to The Ultimate Scale Truck Expo! The Scalin Squids did an amazing job this year! bringing wins for the scale team in, Best Engine Bay, People’s Choice award, 2nd and 3rd in the Diorama gallery, and Best of Show in the Street car gallery! Be on the look out for a full Scalin Squids 2023 [...]
Looking for the next must have for any RC fan? All Around RC has come out with Scale car covers, sizes ranging from small to large. The car covers have an elastic band, form fitting any rig you cover. Other than looking super scale in a scale shop, or hiding your next top-secret build, the covers help keep rigs clean [...]
