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For you aftermarket scale realism guys, Gear Head RC has a new Billet Aluminum Grille called the Shredder. It’s built for the Tamiya King Hauler 1/14 scale tractor truck, and is a replacement for the plastic one. If your a scale guy looking for more options, check out the Gear Head RC site for more details. To purchase, you [...]
RC4WD is showing off their recently announced but still unavailable Trail Finder 2 kit. Beyond the awesome scale looks, this sequel to the Trail Finder 1 features a newly designed chassis, an all new transfer case, a new R3 2 Speed Transmission, cast Yota axles and plenty of other great features. The truck still doesn’t have a precise release date, [...]
The folks from Gear Head RC sent some info and a few pictures of their new Trail Racks, which are roof racks for all you scale nuts out there. They have a long and short version for full roofs and pickup style roofs. They are laser cut, and made from black Delrin for durability. It does not come with the [...]
Rogue Element Components is opening the vault and bringing back one of their classic releases. The insanely popular scale lug nuts are back, due to popular demand, for one more go around. These detailed wheel nuts for Tamiya and Axial scalers are finely machined and feature a very tight press fit nylok nut so you don’t have to threadlock these [...]
Scale stuff is so dang cool! RC4WD has teamed with MAXTRAX to make some 1/10 scale Vehicle Extraction and Recovery Boards. Designed to give you vehicle the extra traction you need to get out of a sticky situation, lay down the bright orange boards to gain that little bit of extra grip you need. These should be [...]
Rogue Element Components is back in action after some time away from the CNC machine. And to celebrate, Chris is rereleasing one of his most sought after and requested creations, the Styrene Bed Kit for the Tamiya Hilux. The kit is precision machined out of 2.5mm solid styrene, and includes all kinds of great details, which will make your scale [...]
I mentioned in the post about RCP Crawlers new Axial XR10 chassis prototype that they had a very cool booth at RC Expo 2011 with all kinds of scale crawlers. Here’s some pics of a few of them. All the Jeep crawlers are built with the G.I. Joe Jeep push toy, they are all great looking vehicles. And be sure [...]
If you’re looking for more ways to add a touch of realism to your scale crawler RC4WD has a couple new officially licensed products from Ballistic Fabrication for you. If you’re not happy with those big, bulky plastic kit axles you’ve been using then you might want to have a gander at the Ballistic Fabrication axle. It features Ballistic’s unique [...]
Rogue Element Components is prepping a new limited edition part to add some interior detail to the Tamiya Sand Scorcher. The Sand Scorcher dash kit consists of aluminum and polystyrene parts, and high quality printed details. REC says the kit is quick and easy to assemble. It is also setup to accept an LED light to provide back-lighting of the [...]
Rogue Element Components is offering up another chance to buy what they say has been their most popular product to date. For scale rig builders that desire severe detail you might be interested in REC’s alloy scale lug nuts and wrench for Tamiya and Axial trucks. The lug nuts are available in two styles, 8-bolt and Warn Locker look-alikes. You [...]
