Building the Transmission In the first part of our build we’re going to focus on the Ascender’s transmission. We start off the build with a basic overview of the bag layouts that Vaterra has put in place. I found this …

It’s about time! Those big, beautiful, beefy Chevys from the mid 1950’s have always been and will always be some of the coolest “hot rods” to ever cruise the malt shoppe on a Friday night. It is high time someone immortalized these amazing muscle machines in Lexan…. even if they can’t call it a Chevy.

In RC Short Course Driver Volume 2, I had the opportunity to compare a stock Traxxas Slash against a fully-modified, race-prepped Slash. As you would expect, while the stock Slash put down some pretty good laps, the modified version was quite a bit faster around our test track.

  The HPI Racing Super 5SC Flux is big, it’s fast, it’s a ton of fun to drive, and it’s unfortunate that HPI decided to put this kit into the discontinued folder, but many owners are still having fun with …

Part 2 of the HPI Sprint 2 Sport Project revolves around the chassis. Since this project is going from mild to radically wild, I’m starting by swapping out the stock plastic platform (and top deck) with a beautiful carbon fiber …

HPI’s Sprint 2 Sport has quickly become one of RC’s go-to vehicles. You can catch this versatile on-roader racing around asphalt (or carpet) tracks, sliding sideways through drift courses or even navigating rally courses littered with different types of terrain. …

Most nitro enthusiasts know the name RB well as they produce quality competition engines for 1/10-scale and 1/8-scale racing vehicles. But what many don’t know is they offer a lot more. Things are about to change as RB USA is …

Tekno RC continues to impress us with their vehicle offerings. We’ve recently built up the NB48, where its high-quality components and excellent engineering can really be seen within our build photos. Well we just couldn’t get enough and picked up …

Tamiya’s Freightliner Cascadia Evo tractor trailer kit is a highly-detailed model that you would expect from model experts Tamiya. The detail and quality of this kit is make it an ultimate RC modeling experience. This particular kit was built up and …

Vehicle manufacturer SWorkz is creating some big news as of late with their signing of Pro Driver Atsushi Hara and inking exclusive distribution through A-Main Hobbies in the US. A-Main has just received their shipment of SWorkz products and we …

We’re at a point with our Stealth Rally project where we’ve gotten ourselves into a little bit of this and a little bit of that. So for Part 3 of our build, we’re going to jump around from the chassis …

  The Team Losi Racing 22-4 1/10-scale 4WD Electric Off-Road Competition Buggy was massive news during its first sightings and TLR fans drooled in anticipation for its release. Electric 1/10-scale racing is in full swing again and we’re excited to see …

  Tekno RC is a rapidly growing manufacturer that produces their own competition grade kits as well as conversions and accessories for a wide range of other vehicles on the market. They’ve recently made an impression in the nitro buggy crowd with …

We want our Stealth Rally to handle like its on rails so we’re swapping out the stock arms for Pro-Line’s arms from their ProTrac Suspension Kit. The arms are longer so the hinge point sits further out in the wheel. …

  While building our Team Losi Racing 8IGHT-T 3.0 competition race truggy, we photographed most of the steps so you can get an idea of the quality and design behind this popular 1/8-scale racer.   LINKS Team Losi Racing