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Yeah, I know, scale pictures is all the rage nowadays. There’s zillions of those around, so I decided to do skate pics instead. Nothing like the local skate park for interesting backgrounds.So, beast number six is finally done: Fawkes the Phoenix. Blue and orange, contrasting colors for a simple and effective color scheme. I’m pretty happy with it, didn’t take [...]
Lots of things are great about the Redcat RDS, but not the body. I am very happy about that, since it keeps the price down at lets me spend that money on getting whatever body I want instead. Sure, the included body does a good job covering the chassis and it’s got magnetic body mounts to boot, but for looks? [...]
One thing that didn’t make the move to Australia was my compressor, so a couple of days ago I bought myself new one. Airflow isn’t quite as high as I would like, but it got the job done when I painted the interior of my VS4-10. Gotta do something while I wait for some bits and bobs for my RDS [...]
G’day folks and may it be a happy one! A good way for me to make any day better, is to paint. Case in point: I have more painted RC bodies than I have chassis to fit them on. Currently on my work desk (well, outside dining table) is the body of my VS4-10 Phoenix. According to personal naming tradition [...]
By now, no one can have missed the coolest release of the year: RC4WD’s Miller Motorsports 1/10 Pro Rock Racer. In my mind, this is the best thing that has happened in a long time: someone finally taking the 2.2″ rock crawler-racer game to the next level. Amazing scale looks, 2-speed transmission with selectable 2WD or 4WD, selectable front and [...]
One cool thing with living in Queensland, Australia, is that RCs have become real. 4WD is a big thing here, and street racing is real. Not so back home. Only here have I been able to start to fully relate to the scale bug that now totally dominates the RC world. I enjoy it. Previously, names like Dick Cepek, Mickey Thompson, [...]
G’day folks and welcome back to me! Why can’t we all be like Doug and never miss a column? That guy’s consistency is impressive and beats mine to the extent that it’s embarrassing to mention both in the same sentence. So, let’s drift from that topic to, well, drift. Big boss Brian sent me a big box that showed up a [...]
Happy today folks! It’s happy days for us RC-hobbyists, the amount of kits and RTRs available is staggering. I wonder if anyone is able to keep track of them all nowadays? So many brands, so many different scales. It’s definitively beyond me. In my little corner of the RC-universe things are slowly progressing. I work on the one build build, I [...]
Having just finished building the chassis of my Vanquish VS4-10 Phoenix, but not yet done all the electronics, I am already looking forward to laying my hands on its successor. Naturally, it will be the VS4-11 Dragon, bringing a couple of improvements to an already great rig. Now mind that it hasn’t yet been released, development might actually not have [...]
G’day folks! Losing grip’s here again, starting to come to grips with the next build. The kit not yet having made it here and me being abstinent, I have done what little I could with the parts I had available. Great things have humble beginnings, right? Winch servo from Shift RC, winch line from Reefs RC and a scale Warn [...]
History and hobby both repeat themselves, right? Then we die, and then we’ll see. Or not. Anyway, I’ve got a new project coming up, the process being the standard one. Dreaming, choosing, planning, slowly accumulating, bargaining (with wife), building, painting, upgrading. Have done it before, will do it again. Ours is a great hobby! Contrary to what last week alluded to, [...]
A couple of days ago I was found guilty of smuggling. It was a simple case for the prosecutor, who found and secured all the hard evidence needed for conviction. I had nothing for it, but to plead guilty. Sadly, it wasn’t the first time. I am a repeat offender. One more strike, and I’m out. The contraband was four JConcept [...]
When things in general are hard, it is often a good idea to revert back to simple things that are more easily sorted. Moving continents is a rather stress inducing experience, which is why my tools are finally organised. Finding a house, enrolling in schools, securing gas and electricity, buying school uniforms, starting a new job, buying a new car: [...]
Check it out! My trx-4 Simba has finally gotten a brother in my SCX10 Akela. Which do you prefer? Cat or canine? Hot or cold. Dusk or dawn? Red or blue? We all have a preference, don’t we? The Lion King or The Jungle Book? So that you don’t have to google it: Akela is the leader of the wolf [...]
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 [...]
