Toy Fair time is bringing some great announcements for hobbyists! Vaterra has announced new RTR models for on and off-road fun: a 1967 Ford Mustang V100-S and a Ford Raptor Pre Runner. Both of these are 1/10-scale, with the Raptor being 4-wheel drive. The Mustang, naturally, is rear-wheel drive. The two models both feature brushless […]
The small-scale scene has been fairly quiet for the past few months, but some news out of the Nuremberg Toy Fair has changed that. LaTrax has announced a 4x4, 1/18-scale monster truck, the Teton. As with most of the LaTrax/Traxxas powered vehicles, the Teton will feature water-resistant electronics, a 2.4ghz radio, and should have the […]
Josh and I broached the subject of nitro vs electric on a past podcast episode and while I have no intent on going to gas anytime soon, I have seen a few folks make the leap in recent months (John Bernard comes to mind first). Even though I run electric in my vehicles, I'm always […]
I've been spending quite a bit of time watching R/C-related videos on YouTube (again). They make for the perfect distraction while I'm working or working out and have spurred some future project ideas for me. One of the projects that I'm going to launch into shortly is converting my Redcat Racing RS10 (affiliate) into a […]
Looking for a low-cost way to make your crawler perform? Take matters into your own hands. Whether it's the scale nature of rock crawlers or the fact that I've been enthralled with my Axial SCX10 ever since getting it, I've been working on more projects with this machine than I have with any of the […]
