Back when I started racing a kit came out that looked alien, like it was so far into the future Buck Rogers said “man that looks cool!” Tamiya has been bringing back all the “old school” kits and when I ...
If you’re into full-sized cars you’ll know breaking 200mph usually means you are breaking your bank, spending well over $100,000 dollars. If you think about that speed and then look at what Nic Case and Team Associa...
Derek’s “unboxing” of the Traxxas TRX4 Ford Bronco. The new RTR packs all the punch needed to tackle the trails or the rocks. Yes, it’s the same TRX4 Chassis with some new updates, but it includes the st...
A few years back a documentary called “Carpet Racers” made the circuit in the RC World. If you haven’t seen it yet, and get The Documentary Channel (Dish and Directv have it) you can set your DVR to record on ...
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...
Nitro fuel is amazing, but the engines we run that type of fuel in aren’t the most user friendly. Tuning can deter lots of people away from the sport. Gas engines in larger vehicles are much better at holding a tune. Reme...
Beauty, they say, is only skin deep. Well this Apache C1 has some thick skin because… look at it. Look. It’s stunning. We were excited when HPI released this RTR, and now that we got one for testing there maybe be a...
Don’t sweat the Vanilla Ice reference…we’re old like that. M.I.P has been quiet for years, but now has stirred up some new tricks with a lot of new products. The most surprising is a performance upgrade for th...