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How To Color Plastic Parts With Fabric Dye [VIDEO]

How To Color Plastic Parts With Fabric Dye [VIDEO]

Lots of plastics parts can be colored with fabric dye. The process is easy, and the results are more durable than any paint. In addition to coloring white or “natural” parts, you can make any already-colored part black. Use caution since the dying process involves boiling water, and protect all surfaces–that dye will stain anything! […]

Detail Wheels With a Silver Pen [PIT TIP]

Detail Wheels With a Silver Pen [PIT TIP]

Many truck wheels have molded-in hardware detailing, but since the wheel is all black they don’t stand out much. An easy way to bring out the detail is to highlight the nuts and bolts with a silver marker. Remove the tires and wheels from your truck to make them easier to work on and simply […]
10 Great Pit Tips to Make Your RC Life Easier

10 Great Pit Tips to Make Your RC Life Easier

Pit Tips has been a favorite RC Car Action department since the first issue hit newsstands over 30 years ago, and we do our best to bring you great ideas every month. We’ve published thousands of tips over the years, and below you’ll find ten recent favorites. Don’t forget to send yours to PitTips@airage.com! When […]

Add a Realistic Driver to Your Ride [How-To]

Add a Realistic Driver to Your Ride [How-To]

Driverless scale rigs look fine when posed on the trail, but when they’re under power and there’s no one in the bucket, it looks like The Invisible Man is trying to make a getaway. In this how-to, James Knight shows you how to put a realistic driver behind the wheel and complete your rig’s off-road-ready […]

Short-Course Body Guide

Short-Course Body Guide

If your short-course machine is looking ragged, there’s no better fix than a fresh body to restore that new-truck look—or transform your ride into a scale truck, desert runner, or even a vintage muscle car. For a look at all the options as featured in last Summer’s Short Course Special, just hit the link—you’re sure […]
Pit Tip: Stay-Put Slipper Clutch Pads

Pit Tip: Stay-Put Slipper Clutch Pads

If you’re having a hard time keeping your slipper clutch’s pads in place as you stack the pressure plates, pads, and spur gear, just grab a glue stick out of the junk drawer. The glue will hold the pads in place as you build, but releases easily and cleans up with water when it’s time […]

How To Replace Servo Gears

How To Replace Servo Gears

Clicking, buzzing, but no steering? Sounds like your servo needs a new set of gears, stat. We’ll show you how to get in there and make the fix fast so you can get back in action ASAP. Click images to embiggen  
How To Paint Your Transmitter

How To Paint Your Transmitter

Tired of boring black? Here’s a look at how to spray your way to a unique look for your transmitter. All it takes is a can of color and a sunny afternoon to put the “rad” in “radio,” and you can count on getting attention at the track when you show up with your tricked-out […]

How To Rebuild Your 3-Gear Transmission

How To Rebuild Your 3-Gear Transmission

On race day, you only have one goal: to go as fast as possible and to lay down the quickest lap times. As you try to accomplish this, one of the major factors that contributes to your success is your transmission. If your motor is the heart of your car, your transmission is the soul […]
How to get the most out of your brushed RTR motor

How to get the most out of your brushed RTR motor

At the heart of every electric RC vehicle is the motor, or the “driving force” —because, let’s face it, as soon as a motor fails, the fun stops. Motor maintenance is extremely important; therefore, if you maintain your motor, the fun is likely to go on and on. While ready-to-run vehicles come with a vast […]
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