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How Can the Miniature Manufacturing CNC Alloy Heatsink Save Your R/C Model Vehicle?
Episode 137
Miniature Manufacturing makes a CNC (Computer Numerical Control) Machined Alloy Heatsink for the Tamiya 1/10th scale Lancia 037 Rally, Subaru BRAT, F…
1 year, 2 months ago
HOW-TO: Get the Most out of Your A3 Hobby Mats and R/C Car Stands
Episode 136
Many radio control hobbyists, when building their vintage, classic, rere, and modern radio controlled model cars, buggies, trucks, and vans use an RC…
1 year, 2 months ago
What are CRP Hop-Up Nerf Wings, and Do You Still Need Them Today?
Episode 135
CRP (Custom Racing Products) made Nerf Wings for the ORV (Off-Road Vehicle) Chassis R/C cars, trucks, and buggies like the Lancia 037 Rally, the Suba…
1 year, 2 months ago
To Paint the Windows or to Not Paint the Windows? That is the Question
Episode 134
As you finish building your R/C buggy, it's time to paint the body shell. But do you paint the rear window? And if it has a windscreen/windshield in …
1 year, 2 months ago
The Tamiya Electric Handy Drill: A Great Tool for Hop-Ups that Needs Hop-Ups Itself!
Episode 133
The Tamiya Electric Handy Drill model kit is great for hop-ups that require you to make a hole in your R/C model vehicle chassis, such as many AmPro …
1 year, 2 months ago
Power to the People: Alternate Placement of the Power Switch
Episode 132
The vintage Tamiya Frog instructed builders to attach the power switch to the rear window of the R/C buggy, causing massive issues for bashers and ra…
1 year, 2 months ago
Why do Some Tamiya R/C ReRes Come on Completely Different Chassis?
Episode 131
Many of Tamiya's rere (re-release) R/C model vehicles have been reissued with entirely different chassis than the ones their vintage release original…
1 year, 2 months ago
HOW-TO: Paint Chrome Details on Your R/C Model Vehicles
Episode 130
How do you get perfect chrome on your R/C model vehicles? Airbrushing, markers, powders, inks, paints, glosses, polishes, foils, clear coats, etc. al…
1 year, 2 months ago
Should you Combine Ball Diffs with Carbon Fiber Gearboxes and Support Tensioners?
Episode 129
It is often said to fix the ORV (Off-Road Vehicle) chassis gearbox flex you either need to install either the MIP Super Ball Diff (Differential) or t…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Super Sabre v Thunder Shot Problem of 1987 and 2022/2023
Episode 128
In 1987, the last member of the 1/10th scale HotShot 4WD R/C buggy family came out...
....but not in a vacuum. Along with it, radio control model hob…
1 year, 2 months ago