First announced back in early ’16, the HPI Racing Ken Block ’65 Ford Mustang Hoonicorn RTR is close to shipping. Estimates right now put it at a January release and we can not wait to get our hands on one. The Hoonicorn is an outrageous car in person, the HPI version is bound to be awesome as well. On the outside [...]
A few years ago Pro-Line made huge news by releasing their very first truck, the PRO-2 SCT. Shortly on the heals of the PRO-2 was the PRO-MT, a truck that went on to become a Bash Vehicle Of The Year winner. Always a company to push the limits of technology, Pro-Line made huge news again this year with the announcement [...]
Hello and welcome back to Bashers Basics. We all know that the process of painting your first RC body is always quite daunting, but don’t fear, Bashers Basics is here! In this tutorial I am going to just do a simple paint job, a solid metallic blue, which will look great on my hypothetical SLASH 4X4. Firstly I select my [...]
With the PRO-MT 4×4 starting to take over bash spots across the globe, Pro-Line has released a new action video. The video, shown below, is filled with smoke, high-speed bashing, gnarly crashes, and giant airtime, all featuring the new PRO-MT 4×4. Also, be sure to watch all the way to end as the Pro-Line crew also included a number of [...]
Just announced by RC4WD is a Dark Blue edition of their Gelande II D110 Body Set. The dark blue version is made from injection molded plastic for the ultimate in scale detailing, while being highly durable out on the trail. Here are some of its other highlights- * Clear molded windows * Dark blue painted main body, white details * Comes with dash [...]
Well hello there friends, thanks for dropping by BigSquidRC. Back in the good old days I would do sort of an “introduction” to the website from time to time for new readers. After all, if there is one thing that rc is good about doing, that is bringing in new people. So for those of you who haven’t been reading [...]
A couple of weeks ago the folks at Hobbico put on a really cool bash event called ARRMAgeddon. ARRMAgeddon was a bash held just for ARRMA vehicles with several different events. ARRMAgeddon took place in Springfield, Illinois at Falcon Hobbies where they had all the new 2018 model ARRMAs on display. While the weather turned cold the day of the [...]
To help introduce their mz 12 PRO air transmitter to the world, Graupner has posted a new video. Watch the video below to learn more about the affordably priced mz 12 PRO. The video goes into many of the features of the mz 12 PRO and how easy it is to use with your airplane, drone, or surface vehicle. From [...]
It’s a super exciting time for scaling. Axial just announced an updated version of the SCX10.2. Vaterra just announced a sweet Ford truggy version of the Ascender. The RC4WD Marlin is hitting stores. We just completed our 1.9 Scaler Shoot-out. There’s a lot going on, folks. Before getting into the topic at hand, I just wanted to mention that I will [...]
Whoa, now here is some big news, HPI Racing has just announced new distribution channels for the North American market. The new HPI distributors in North America include HRP Distributing, along with Hi-Performance Distribution (for Canada), and Swift Distributing. Here is the official press release- “HPI Racing Welcomes New North American Distributors Today, we are pleased to announce new partnerships with four [...]
A couple of weeks ago our beautiful spokes-model Ashlie from the Rocky Mountain Hobby Expo made the trip to Las Vegas, Nevada to cover the SEMA car/truck expo. SEMA is the biggest and baddest car show held each year, a place where the aftermarket industry can show off all their latest full sized car & truck goodies to all their [...]
Have you been looking for a high-end stadium truck to race this winter? If so, they don’t get much more esoteric than the new 2018 XT2 from XRay. The 2018 version of the XT2 comes with carpet and dirt gearbox setups inside the box, thus making it easy to set the truck up for different track conditions. Here are more [...]
New from SWORKz is the Apollo 1/8 Brushless RTR Buggy. The Apollo is based off the SWORKz S35-2E and comes fully pre-built and loaded with electronics. Here are its highlights- * 7075 aluminum shock towers and chassis * Big bore Pro 2.0 shocks with 4mm shafts * Oil filled gear diffs * Pivot ball steering * Falcon II body * Sealed a-arms * CVD style driveshafts * CNC [...]
“3D Printing from the local Hobby Shop Hey Cubby! Do you think hobby shops would invest in 3D printing machines and the software to draw people back? Having someone on-site who could lay down your ideas into software like Blender or AutoCAD and print it on-site would be pretty neat. Even having someone there to reproduce that hard to find broken part would [...]
The crew over at RC4WD have some new goodies for all your Traxxas TRX-4 owners. First up are Front Lamp Guards. These CChand units are made from stainless steel then powder coated black for a sleek finish. Street pricing is just $27 and they sport a part number of #VVV-C0445. Also coming soon is a CChand TRX-4 Snorkel Guard. The snorkel guard [...]
