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The Backyard – Some Thoughts on the Axial SCX10 III Toyota…

Happy Friday and welcome to The Backyard! I always like to keep you all guessing a bit here in The Backyard, so this week instead of talking monster trucks, retro racing, or some larger hobby philosophic topic, I figured I’d throw out some general impressions on a truck I recently picked up—the Axial SCX10 III Toyota SR5. https://www.horizonhobby.com/product/axial-1-10-scx10-iii-1987-toyota-sr5-4×4-rtr-brushed-rock-crawler-red/AXI-2062.html Now, this is not a [...]

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The Backyard - Come Race Monster Trucks at BIGFOOT 4X4 Open …

Happy Friday and welcome to The Backyard! Well folks, it’s almost that time again—BIGFOOT 4X4 Open House is just around the corner, and once again the Trigger King R/C crew will be there putting on our annual solid axle monster truck racing event! This year’s event takes place on Saturday, June 13th, and if you’ve never made the trip out to BIGFOOT [...]

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The Backyard – Sometimes It’s Enough to Just Look at ‘…

Happy Friday and welcome to The Backyard! You know, as I sit here writing this, I’m staring over at my Tamiya King Hauler and matching trailer sitting on my desk at home. The whole setup is over three feet long in total, and despite the fact I built the entire rig last year… I’ve barely driven it. And honestly? I don’t even really [...]

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The Backyard – Give Me a Mid Paint Job Over a Vinyl Wrap

Happy Friday and welcome to The Backyard! I know this opinion probably makes me sound like an old man yelling at clouds, but I’m going to own it anyway: Give me a mediocre paint job over a decent vinyl wrap probably 80 percent of the time. This goes for both full-size vehicles and R/C. Maybe even more so with full-size stuff. But seeing [...]

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The Backyard – Builder Mode vs Driver Mode

Happy Friday and welcome to The Backyard! As I sit here in the middle of building my JConcepts Reactor (more on that over in the revived Monster Truck Madness series – article 1 goes live within a couple days), it got me thinking about something I’ve noticed over the years. When it comes to this hobby, I can be a bit of [...]

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The Backyard – A Little Bit of Everything

Happy Friday and welcome to The Backyard! First things first—my JConcepts Reactor has arrived, and I’m already well into the build. I’ll be diving deep into that in a series of upcoming posts, breaking down the build process, setup decisions, and everything that comes with it. But for now, just know that progress is underway… and I’ve got some diffs waiting for [...]

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The Backyard – Bringing Back a Little Madness

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 [...]

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The Backyard – Planning a Reactor Build

Greetings all and Happy Friday! With the announcement and release of the JConcepts Reactor, I’ve found myself going back and forth… and then back again… on what exactly I want to do with mine. When I first learned about the Reactor, I had a pretty straightforward plan. I was going to build it as a standard Retro monster truck racer—Clod Buster-sized, 10.75” [...]

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The Backyard – The Truck(s) That Got Away

Happy Friday and welcome to The Backyard! You know, as I sit here trying to figure out what JConcepts Reactor I want to build (short or long wheelbase?)—and then going down the rabbit hole of what body, what tires, what direction I want to take it (more on that in a future write-up once I actually decide)—it got me thinking about [...]

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The Backyard – Choosing Your First Scale Crawler Kit

Happy Friday and welcome to The Backyard! I spent most of this week traveling, which meant a little more downtime than usual—and as is often the case, that turned into a bit of “talking R/C” with friends of mine online. In doing so, a longtime racer friend of mine FINALLY said he wanted to buy a scale crawler. This is someone that [...]

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The Backyard – Retro You Can Actually Race

Happy Friday and welcome to The Backyard! There’s been a steady stream of retro releases in the r/c world over the last few years, and for good reason. Nostalgia sells, and a lot of us enjoy revisiting the platforms we grew up with—whether that’s through re-releases, throwback liveries, or modern takes on classic designs. And overall, I think that’s a great thing [...]

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The Backyard – Why Some R/C Platforms Just Won’t Die

Happy Friday and welcome to The Backyard! Every so often in this hobby, someone will pop into a comment section or forum thread and ask a question that seems perfectly reasonable on the surface: “Why are they still making that?” It usually comes up when talking about platforms like the Tamiya Clod Buster, the Lunch Box, the Traxxas Stampede, or a handful of [...]

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The Backyard – Buy Me A Boat

Hello all and Happy Friday! Welcome to The Backyard! Here’s a question I’ve been asking myself lately: why is it that I just can’t seem to get into R/C boats? Because the weird thing is, I actually like boats. Quite a bit, really. Just maybe not in the way the R/C boat market typically leans. For starters, I’ve always had a soft spot [...]

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The Backyard: Long Live the Forums

Happy Friday and welcome to The Backyard! Earlier this week, a little corner of the r/c internet went dark — and for a brief moment, many of us thought it was gone for good. RCCrawler.com’s forums went offline, and initial word from the site admins suggested that was all she wrote. Years of posts, build threads, tech advice, and hobby history… potentially [...]

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The Backyard: Conservative Motors, Occasional Chaos

Happy Friday and welcome to The Backyard! I’ve come to accept something about myself over the years — when it comes to power systems, I’m generally a pretty conservative guy. I don’t automatically go for the biggest/highest KV motor that my vehicle can safely handle. I’m not usually chasing the highest cell count an ESC can tolerate. Most of my trucks are [...]

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