Articles by Tim Gluth

How to create an R/C budget basher body for under $40

The R/C hobby is an expensive one to get involved in. You can spend a few hundred dollars on a stock vehicle and few hundred more on hop-ups and performance parts. What if you want to customize your body to something that's more you? That can cost a bit of money as well. Bodies range […]

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Get social with these great R/C resources on Twitter.

Along with the great hobby of radio-controlled vehicles, my other interests involve design and social networking. Soon after my decision to jump into the hobby, I quickly turned to Twitter and Facebook to find resources, research, and manufacturers. What I found was a treasure-trove of conversation and inspiration. No matter what you're in the mood […]

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Gotta start somewhere...

One of the reasons I got into this hobby was to share the experience with my kids.  While I'd love to set them both up (well, at least my oldest son) with hobby-grade R/C vehicles, I want them to get into things the same way I did...through toy-grade radio-controlled vehicles. I'll admit that toy-grade R/C […]

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RC Newb Podcast – Episode 4: A few housekeeping items.

It's been a while, but I wanted to give some updates on a few things that will be coming up on the site.  I'm (again) thrilled to welcome Josh Howard as a contributor to the blog and hope you've been enjoying his take on RC racing. A few new posts will be coming in the […]

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A "Sketcher Madman"

As I prepare to paint up my first R/C body, I've been getting many ideas out of my head and onto digital paper. Auto design and creating paint schemes for race cars has always been something I've enjoyed, both from the viewing standpoint as well as the act of creation. As I've been working on […]

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