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The crew over at Gear Head RC has just announced their new officially licensed Factor 55 ProLink Winch Shackle Mount and HitchLink Shackle Mount. CNC machined from 6061-T6 aluminum and available in four different colors, these can add some serious scale realism to your rig. The ProLink (#GEASCA019, $19) replaces the hook on your winch and is compatible with Hawse and [...]
As is customary at all of our club trail runs, there is normally a bashing session in the parking lot while waiting for members to arrive. While short course trucks and drift cars are the norm, one day something very surprising showed up – a rare Richman’s Toys Batmobile pan car. Even though it couldn’t leave the friendly confines of [...]
Let’s get one thing out of the way– über-scale leaf-spring equipped r/c trucks aren’t for every hobbyist. They are generally more expensive, need a good bit of maintenance to stay in working order and in most cases, are slow and heavy. If you go into it with the right frame of mind though, the experience of building and driving one [...]
Looking for some scale realism in a collective pitch helicopter? Check out the Solo Pro Lama 290 from Nine Eagles. The Solo Pro Lama 290 is nicely detailed and packs a punch under the hood with brushless power. Some of its features and specifications include- * Collective pitch 3-rotor blade system * Comes with 3S 1100mAh Lipo * Shaft drive to tail rotor * [...]
Looking for another way to add scale realism to your Axial scale machine? The crew over at Gear Head RC have a new receiver hitch that fits Axial Poison Spyder rear bumpers and the stock bumper on the Axial SCX10JK. The receiver hitch is machined right here in the good old USA from 6061-T6 aluminum and then anodized black for that [...]
Seeing as how I’m the new scale guy ’round these parts, I guess I should take a minute to introduce myself. My name is Doug and I have a scale r/c addiction! I run the Show-Me Scalers club here in St. Louis, MO, and most weekends you can find us out on the trail. In addition to being a trail/crawling [...]
THE RC4WD Trail Finder 2 Truck Kit w/ Mojave Body ReviewRC4WD has flown under a lot of peoples radar. On the crawling/scaler scene they are very well known, but a whole lot of normal bashers have not even heard of them, let alone know what kind of product they put out, or even that they put out entire kits. Today [...]
Everything Axial is super hot in the scaler world and deservedly so, they look good and work well out on the trail. The latest machine from Axial? The Deadbolt. The Deadbolt uses the ever popular AX10 platform and has a body that is a bit reminiscent of an old Bronco II. Some of its features and specifications include- * Three battery configurations * [...]
We recently posted a teaser about a scale paint project we were working on. We received a envelope, and inside a parts tree that said Choose Your Head Wisely. We stuck our best model painter on the project and here are the results. Keep in mind these heads aren’t much bigger than a US Quarter. The skeleton came out amazing! [...]
So we recently got an unmarked package in the mail. We opened it up to find a parts tree. At the very top, the following words “Choose Your Head Wisely”. So I called my model painter buddy Jack and said it looks like we have a project!After having these for a few days, we still aren’t 100% sure [...]
If you are looking to uber-out your 2.2 rock crawler or scaler Gear Head RC has some new wheels to consider. Their 2.2 Five Star EZ-Loc Wheels look sweet and should be up for some serious abuse. Some of their features and specifications include- * CNC machined out of aluminum * Made in the U.S.A. * EZ-Loc makes mounting tires easy * Reversible for [...]
I don’t know about you guys but one of my favorite scale rigs are of the Tamiya Hilux/Bruiser and the RC4WD Trail Finder 2 platforms. So many times I find myself on the fence about most scale interiors that it drivers me bananas! Ask around, I have been working on a one off interior for over a year(but who is [...]
Vaterra has a small fleet of on-road cars but perhaps the one that has garnered the most attention is the 2012 CHP Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 police car. Also known as the Swift Justice car, it has gained attention from its incredible scale detail and working lights. Take a look at the pictures below to see what it looks like to pull [...]
One of the coolest products we’ve seen lately for the scaler crowd is a Spare Tire Cover from the crew over at Sew Crazy RC. You see cool spare tire covers on full size rigs all the time, now Sew Crazy RC can help take your scaler to the next level of realism. Made from heavy marine grade vinyl, the [...]
The crew over at Speed Passion first put their new LM-1 LeMans Spec Racer on display at the Nuremberg Toy Fair, now they are announcing it is about a month from hitting hobby shops. The LM-1 Spec Racer is intended to be an affordable, fast, and durable on-road car. Under the highly detailed LeMans style body lies a 2wd pan [...]
