Rocky Yota
Joseph Rocha « Adelanto, CA
Simply put, Joseph tells us that, “I wanted to build a Toyota race inspired livery SR5 truck to look like a weekend crawler.” And so he did. This Axial SCX10 II options loads of upgrades together with a Rock Pirates Interceptor chassis, loads of Pro-Line components together with an SR5 physique, customized paint, Castle Creations electronics, Vanquish axles, and it runs on a Gens Ace battery. It’s a great-looking crawler for certain. Fantastic job, Joseph!
BUILD HIGHLIGHTS
– Chassis: Axial SCX10 II
– Body: Pro-Line SR5
– Motor: Holmes Hobbies Puller Pro 2700kV
– Speed Control: Castle Creations Mamba X
– Battery: Gens Ace Adventure 4300 mAh Shorty Pack LiPo
– Wheels and Tires: Pro-Line Class 1 Trenchers G8 compound with Crazy Crawler heavy obligation foams and CNC – Custom Method 705-style wheels
– Shocks: Pro-Line Big Bore Scaler 90mm
– Axles: Vanquish F10T
– Paint: Tamiya PS-1 white, PS-6 yellow, PS-7 orange, PS-15 metallic crimson
– Lighting: Pro-Line 5” curved LED, eBay particular gentle package, KC HiLites rectangle gentle housing
– Radio System: Spektrum DX5 Rugged radio with Spektrum SR515 receiver
– Other Options: Scale By Chris tote and power field, Pro-Line tow strap, RC4WD Maxxtrax boards, eBay particular instruments, gasoline can, hearth extinguisher and air tank, Exclusive RC gasoline tank filler neck, RC Plate Shop license plate, Knight Customs SR5 grille, headlight lenses, taillight lenses, taillight buckets, RC4WD Hilux rubber mirrors and scale entrance Yota hubs, SSD rear hubs, Pro-Line cage, Scaler Fab entrance bumper, sliders, rear bumper, In The Works high-clearance hyperlinks, Vader Products skid, Team Garage Hack 2.Low transmission, Incision driveshafts, Vanquish scale {hardware}
BIGFOOT 1
Raymond Guttmann « Tacoma, WA
Raymond begins off by telling us: “Wanting an RC of Bigfoot was the whole reason I got into the hobby over 20 years ago, but seeing at the time there was nothing affordable that looked good, I just painted a blue Super Duty body for my Traxxas E-Maxx and called it a day. A few years later I saw an SCX10 and noticed the axles had a beefy-looking pumpkin, which to me looked like the old 5-ton axles monster trucks used back in the early days, so I got one in late 2013 and have been modding it ever since. This truck is the result. This is also a class-legal build for the Retro Monster Class that’s run all over the U.S.” He factors out that this truck has a Hot Racing aluminum transmission case with a twin motor plate which supplies the truck loads of energy to show these large meats and hold the temps cool, and provides: “The truck also has SMT10 Diff gears, so everything is happy and works together with no binding.” Bigfoot is considered one of our favourite monster vans as effectively and also you’ve carried out it justice together with your construct. We’re completely loving it, Raymond, nice job!
BUILD HIGHLIGHTS
– Chassis: Axial SCX10 Dingo package
– Body: JConcepts 1979 Ford F-250 Monster Truck physique
– Motor: Dual Silent Speed 27T brushed mounted finish bell competitors motor
– Speed Control: Hobbywing QuicRun 880 ESC
– Battery: SMC True Spec DV Extreme 7.4V 5200 mAh
– Wheels and Tires: JConcepts Firestorm tires on JConcepts Tribute wheels
– Shocks: RC4WD 90mm internal-spring shocks with the springs eliminated
– Axles: Axial AX10 with 3D-printed leaf spring mounts from DiazDesignsrc
– Paint: Tamiya PS-59 darkish metallic blue backed with Tamiya black and Spaz Stix chrome on the bumpers
– Decals: J.B. Scale Graphics classic Bigfoot 4×4 decal set
– Radio System: Spektrum DX5 Rugged radio and SR515 receiver
– Other Options: Mock carbs and rollbar got here from the Traxxas Bigfoot, DiazDesignsrc leaf spring shackles, Hot Racing Axial wheel hub extensions, Hot Racing aluminum transmission case with a twin motor plate, SMT10 diff gears
MUSCLE TRUCK
Tyler Choquette « Athol, MA
This scale construct had us doing a double-take to ensure it was an RC. Tyler fills us in on this great-looking Blazer: “This truck was built to be a redemption truck after selling my first K10-bodied RC4WD Trail Finder 2 I had, which was weathered and rusty. I wanted this one to be as good-looking and scale as it could be, and classic. Lifted Chevys on some Super Swampers looks damn good! This is my baby and has been a year in the making to get it to its finished stage as seen here.” Fantastic job, Tyler, thanks for sharing it!
BUILD HIGHLIGHTS
– Chassis: RC4WD LWB Trail Finder 2
– Body: RC4WD Blazer physique transformed to a K10 with Shrinkrc components
– Motor: Holmes Hobbies Torquemaster Sport 21T
– Speed Control: Hobbywing QuicRun 1080
– Battery: Whatever is charged (lol), normally a 3S LiPo
– Wheels and Tires: @cnccustomwheels on Instagram made the wheels, 1.55×1.3 paired with Pro-Line 1.55 Super Swampers
– Shocks: White RC4WD shocks with the crimson scale boots
– Axles: RC4WD K44 axles
– Paint: Krylon Fusion gloss black
– Decals: Tamiya
– Radio System: Stock RC4WD TF2 3-channel
– Sound System: Amazon engine sound field
– Other Options: 3D visor printed by Tim Hovis on Facebook, 3D racerback printed by Smithbuilt Scale Designs, handmade cowl hood carried out by my good buddy Rob Smith, 3D-printed driver and passenger by one other good buddy of mine Brian Sosnoski, RC Plate
86 Fox Back From The Dead
Jesse Rathburn « Cortland, OH
We love seeing RC restorations, and Jesse has an excellent one for us. “This 1986 Tamiya Fox was found in a neighbor’s attic,” he tells us. “He bought it back in the late ’80s and it had been sitting for around 30 years. In my opinion the old vintage RCs are the best, and the most fun to restore.” We couldn’t agree extra, Jesse, nice job on reviving this outdated buggy!
BUILD HIGHLIGHTS
– Chassis: Tamiya Fox
– Body: Tamiya Fox
– Motor: Stock brushed 540 with heatsink
– Speed Control: Tamiya mechanical
– Battery: Venom 3000 mAh 7.2V
– Wheels and Tires: Tamiya Super Gripper tires and Pro-Line wheels
– Shocks: Tamiya CVA
– Paint: Duplicolor Metalcast with Krylon Glitter Blast
– Radio System: Futaba Magnum Sport
Snow Plowin’Pede
Jason Hare « Selinsgrove, PA
With the climate being as chilly because it has been these days, Jason’s snowplow is the right construct to have round. He fills us in on his Traxxas Stampede turned snowplow: “I homebuilt a plow from a piece of four-inch PVC pipe. I also used a Traxxas wheelie bar with the factory Stampede 4×4 rear bumper mounts to mount it. With some Dremeling of the upper mount I was able to make it fit and slide into the front differential housing mount where the front bumper goes. Same with the rear lower mount, I used that on the front as the lower mount. I was basically then able to mount the entire factory 4×4 Stampede rear bumper and lower wheelie bar bracket on the front as the lower frame for the plow. It’s not anything super-custom, but it is something pretty cool made with some time and ingenuity and some spare parts.” Great job crafting the plow, Jason!
BUILD HIGHLIGHTS
– Chassis: Traxxas Factory Stampede LCG (dyed black)
– Body: Traxxas Stampede
– Motor: Traxxas Velineon with Yeah Racing fan
– Speed Control: Traxxas Velineon VXL 3S with Yeah Racing fan
– Battery: Zeee Batteries 6500 mAh 80c 3s
– Wheels and Tires: Pro-Line Raid wheels with 17mm hexes working Hot Racing 10mm offset 17mm adapters with Pro-Line Masher tires
– Shocks: Big Bore polished shocks with 4mm shock shafts and VG Racing springs
– Axles: Traxxas Extreme Heavy Duty
– Radio System: Traxxas TQi
– Other Options: 15T pinion, entrance plow gentle bar by Polo Creations, roof bar and yellow flashing gentle each from Amazon, scale winch by Injora with mini wi-fi distant
