Hobbico / Great Planes Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy- Do you care?

There are two main distributors in the USA that keep your hobby shop stocked, and generally control the industry as most of the products sold in the US go through either one. Over the years they’ve changed a bit. They went fr...
by Derek Buono
 

 
 

Traxxas Rally – The art of 10 screws

Never would I have thought that 10 screws would make me happy (steel ones). During the studio photography for the Traxxas Rally RTR, I remembered how easy it was to take this chassis apart. To illustrate, I broke out my cordles...
by Derek Buono
 

 
 

I am on a PodCast – My name is Jeff

My name is Jeff*. I live in Canada, I really have a strange obsession with penguins and live in my own basement. Last Thursday I was representing Velocity RC Magazine on the Cooking With Nitro Pod Cast and babbled with the crew...
by Derek Buono
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Photo Shoot Day – It’s work!

Today was one of our first official photo shoot days for the first issue of the VRC Magazine. I’ve been in this industry for over 13 years, and in the hobby for about 25. Shooting RC cars is one of the hardest things in t...
by Derek Buono
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Insta what? Instagram! Yup, we did.

We’ve got Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and our website, but this didn’t seem like enough for our ADD ridden social interactions… so we setup an Instagram account to offer up another thing you can click “follow” on. We ...
by Jeff Eveleigh
 

 
 

Tire Tip – Not Air Fresheners

I stopped in to visit AKA Racing and Joel Johnson was kind enough to give me some samples of their new Truggy tires. They are lighter, faster and better than the previous “truck” bead designs, but there is one thing...
by Derek Buono
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