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The Build – Part 9 Well, you’ve made it to the final step of the Vaterra Ascender K5 Blazer build. Hopefully your build looks similar to the one here! Let’s finish this project up… Attach the tow hooks and winch …

The Build – Part 8 In this step we’ll be attaching the front and rear suspensions; the axle and link assemblies. It’s a pretty easy step. Let’s get to it. Start this step by sliding the front slider shaft together. …

Made from high grade heat treated steel in the USA, the X-Duty C-Drive Kit for the Vaterra K-5 Blazer Ascender feature near indestructible spline drive technology and CVD style universals at each end. Click here for more info –

The Build – Part 7 We’re now on to the suspension links of the Vaterra Ascender. This part is a bit tricky so pay CLOSE attention to both the manual and my notes. Some of the steps in the early …

The Build – Part 6 We’ll be working on the shocks in Part 6 of our Vaterra Ascender build. First thing we’ll do is assemble the shafts. Small e-clip, piston, small e-clip. Easy peasy. Slide the 2 red o-rings into …

The Build – Part 5 The electronics install is next; servo in the front, ESC/receiver in the rear. We’ll also install the floating battery tray in this step to help gauge how long our battery wires need to be. Before …

The Build – Part 4 The chassis is the next step in the Vaterra Ascender build. It’s a bit more tricky than a standard scale truck chassis so a little more care needs to be taken when building. The first …

The Build – Part 3 The rear axle is very similar to the front. We’ll just give a brief overview of the build. Build the rear center driveshaft like you did the front. Don’t forget to add a little bit …

The Build – Part 2 Part 2 of our Vaterra K5 build has us assembling the front axle. The first step is the center driveshaft. Since you’ve already assembled shafts in Part 1 of this build we won’t go into …

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 …

Vaterra is filling the garage with a wide range of exotic super cars in RC form of course. The newest car to hit the street in their fleet is the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray based on the V100-S chassis. Now …

This replica of the 2014 Corvette Z51 Stingray comes completely assembled and ready to run with an officially licensed body. Underneath the exterior is the power and poise of a Vaterra V100-S chassis. It utilizes a Dynamite power system and …

The amazing looking Vaterra 2015 Ford Mustang coupe is perhaps the sharpest looking vehicle to hit the scene in a long while. Sitting on the shaftdriven V100-S 4WD chassis, this rtr has it all from faux disc brakes, a perfectly …

Vaterra is entering the trail truck market and making a big splash in doing so with the 1986 Chevrolet K-5 Blazer Ascender Kit.  The Ascender chassis that sits under the perfectly scale Chevrolet K-5 Blazer body features steel c-channel chassis …

The Nissan Silvia was possibly one of Japan’s finest tuner vehicles available stateside throughout the ‘90s and a dominant force on the circuit. The last variant of the Nissan Silvia sadly wasn’t available in the states, and that is a …