Ya know those big, burly Clod Buster Brawler wheels that Pro-Line put out a while back? Well, P-L has announced that they will soon be available in white. These have a great scale look and have previously been available in gray. The 2.6″ Brawlers in white come in two different offsets- stock and a plus 17.5mm. Pricing is $33 with [...]
Here ya go folks, pictures of the upcoming 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS from Kyosho. Our friends over at Hobby Media were busy covering the Tokyo Hobby Show over the weekend where they were able to snap a few shots of this highly anticipated model. The Chevelle SS will be part of Kyosho’s Fazer VEi series, which means it will come [...]
3DBill here checking out a new ALL-IN-ONE RTF Camera Drone from Autel called the X-Star Premium. This quadcopter / multi-rotor / camera drone, whatever you want to call it, claims to do about everything a new pilot or videographer starting with quads can ask for. Does it deliver? Does it do all the stuff we want? Keep reading to find [...]
1/12th scale pan cars are well known for being speedy little missiles when raced indoors. To help keep their car at the front of the pack, XRay has introduced the 2017 version of the X12. Refined and designed for the luxury/high-end market, the X12 is said to be easy to drive, easy to work on, and easy to adjust for [...]
Have you been wanting to paint up a custom Grave Digger body? If so, the Early 50s Chevy Panel Truck Body from Pro-Line should be a perfect start. This body was originally released back in 2001 during the T-Maxx craze, now it is back for all you scale monster truck fanatics. * Length- 17.6″ * Width- 7.3″ * Height- 5.3″ * Wheel Base- 11.5″ Pricing [...]
I was recently painting my RC4WD Blazer body when I had the thought that it was time for a paint PSA. One of the most common noob questions is “Can I use spray paint on my body?”. I sometimes see experienced hobbyists (those who don’t do any body work) fall prey to this erroneous misconception as well. The answer, of course, is [...]
Aplastics is a manufacturer of RC drift bodies, based out of Ukraine. They have been busy pumping out new body shells, often of cars we haven’t seen in 1/10th scale before. They recently announced USA distribution, based out of Pennsylvania. I am hoarding a few Forester XT body shells, I own a 1:1 XT in real life. Quality is top [...]
KO Propo has a great reputation when it comes to high-end radios. Their latest is the EX-RR which has a bunch of upgrades over previous models. What is the scoop on the EX-RR? * Newly designed trigger with shorter displacement length * New trigger spring adjustment screw * New trigger angle sensor * New straight rate spring used on steering wheel * 2mm smaller diameter [...]
Traxxas made big news a couple of weeks ago by announcing a new Bigfoot Monster Truck. A nicely detailed (and fully licensed) modern Bigfoot replica body really sets the truck off. We recently got one into our mud covered hands, which we promptly shot some unboxing pictures of before we passed it around the room for our Bash Crew to [...]
New and hot for all you scale crawlers are Pro-Line’s gnarly looking Hyrax 1.9″ tires. The Hyrax are an all new design made to give your scaler maximum traction in rough terrain. An aggressive and open tread design helps in loamy conditions, while multiple Sipes are used for grip on rocks. But that’s not all. Highly detailed connected tread on [...]
Big, burly, and sporting a touch screen display, the Dynamite Passport Duo Dual 400W Charger has just been announced. The newest Passport series charger to be released by Dynamite, it can be powered off of AC or DC power and was designed to charge LiHV/Li-Po/Li-Fe/Ni-MH and Pb type batteries. * 400×240 monochrome touch screen display * Can charge LiHV cells * Max charge [...]
Kyosho just shocked the world with the intro of their new Drone Racer, now they look ready to blow even more minds by putting up the above teaser for a new Classic Car. The video gives away quite a bit of what the car might be, the real question is, how bad do you want one? The BigSquidRC Bash Crew [...]
Getting ready to hit the extremely popular scale crawling scene is the ECX Barrage. The Barrage is a 1.9 sized crawler with a scale style chassis and body. The Barrage rides on fully licensed Falken AT3W all terrain tires and is powered by a 370 sized brushed motor. Some of its other details include- * Locked diffs * Multi-link suspension * Waterproof electronics * [...]
Here it is folks, the highly anticipated Drone Racers from Kyosho. During the teasing phase very little was known about them, now we have full details and they are quite different from a typical race drone. Perhaps the biggest difference between the Drone Racers and a “normal” race quad is that they use a Pistol style radio. This makes it easy [...]
Hello and welcome back to Bashers Basics! If you have already read the first post, you will know what you are trying to pursue, for those who didn’t, I’ll make it clear, traction. Grip. What converts the rotation of your motor into lateral speed. If you have seen any of the cool slow-motion bashing videos littered around YouTube, you have [...]
