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Readers Rides – November 2023

Readers Rides – November 2023

Bobbed Power Wagon Jacob Johnson « Fair Play, MO Jacob’s Bobbed Power Wagon sure is a head-turner. It’s a custom build that had a lot going for it. We’ll let Jacob fill us in on it in his own words: “This is my Axial SCX10.3 builder’s kit. I’d been seeing Power Wagon builds and decided […]
Readers Rides – September 2023

Readers Rides – September 2023

MISSOUR YOTA Jonathan Moffat « Pacific, MO Jonathan Moffat, the creator and owner of this rig, said it best when he told us, “This is a one-off custom rig that gets taken out on the trail quite often. Everything works so well together it’s a pleasure to drive!” The Axial SCX10 II-based crawler sports a […]

Readers Rides – July 2023

Readers Rides – July 2023

Kenworth Logger Michael Zwicke « Palatine, IL Michael tells us that his goal was to build a “go anywhere” logging truck and it looks like he succeeded. This rig is a 6×6 armed with a two-speed transmission, locking transfer case and locking axles. The chassis is from an RC4WD Overland with the front axle moved […]
Readers Rides – June 2023

Readers Rides – June 2023

Jeep Golden Eagle Alec Grossman « Winston-Salem, NC Alec informs us that he initially wanted to paint the entire body of his Rochobby Mashigan, but once he saw how nice it was right out of the box, he decided to keep the stock color. He went ahead and customized it to create a “what-if” model […]

Readers Rides – May 2023

Readers Rides – May 2023

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 features plenty of upgrades including a Rock Pirates Interceptor chassis, plenty of Pro-Line parts including an SR5 […]
Readers Rides – April 2023

Readers Rides – April 2023

DOUBLE D Jeremy Kilburn « Havre De Grace, MD Here’s an incredible Ultimate Scale Truck Expo (USTE) worthy rig that’s built by a well-respected scale RC-er. Jeremy won a Team Raffee D110 station wagon body set at USTE 2022 and set out to customize it to bring to the 2023 event. “I thought about how […]

Readers Rides – March 2023

Readers Rides – March 2023

True Deuce Mark Petroski « BURBANK, CA We love scale detail, but Mark takes it to another level with his kitbashed hot rod build. Mark tells us about his custom build: “My wife surprised me with Monogram ’32 Ford and Lindberg Big Red 27 T-Bucket model kits she found at a flea market. I purchased […]
Readers Rides – February 2023

Readers Rides – February 2023

Gladiator Truck Camper Wyatt Pettigrew « Eagle Point, OR Wyatt takes us on the journey that resulted in his customized Jeep Gladiator camper. “This build started when my dad bought a 1995 Alpenlite truck camper for his 2021 Ram 3500,” he says. He was so inspired by his dad’s real-life pickup truck and camper combination […]

Readers Rides – December 2022

Readers Rides – December 2022

Classic Dodge Street Rod Warren Taylor « Bldg, Wa Warren’s custom-built rig features a styrene scratch-built camper complete with 1/14-scale dollhouse appliances inside of it. The go-anywhere motorhome is based on a NWSD chassis and is powered by a 21T Holmes 550-sized motor. The motor and Zeee LiPo battery power are coupled with the traction […]
This Scatter Gun is a Blast [Reader’s Ride]

This Scatter Gun is a Blast [Reader’s Ride]

Willis didn’t tell us much about his build, preferring to let the specs do the talking. He starts with a set of Northwest Scaler Designs Scatter Gun V2 frame rails with their skeletonized rear section to optimize weight low and forward in the chassis. He hung a set of Traxxas TRX4 portal axles on it […]

Carbon Copy Clod [Reader’s Ride]

Carbon Copy Clod [Reader’s Ride]

Chris’ Clod clone employs a full custom UK Monsters chassis equipped with Team Associated V2 big-bore aluminum-body shocks. It also wears a trick set of Hesse machined full billet aluminum gearboxes and axle tubes. There are also a BTA steering system and axle braces from ZRP, and the truck rolls on JConcepts Tribute wheels and […]
Big  Blue  Makeover [Reader’s Ride]

Big Blue Makeover [Reader’s Ride]

Rob’s truck started life as an Axial SMT10 Grave Digger but he didn’t care for the green color to the chassis so he dyed it black and went with the famous blue motif for the JConcepts F250 body in what he calls his Bigfoot Sport . For running gear he added transmission and diff gears […]
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