Featured Readers Rides


Losi Baja Rey Full-Cage Trophy Truck [READER’S RIDE]

Losi Baja Rey Full-Cage Trophy Truck [READER’S RIDE]

Reader’s Rides is sponsored by PRO-LINE. Click for the latest gear! Bill Barber has been in the hobby since he was a kid, but this Losi Baja Rey conversion is his first swing at a caged trophy truck. He upgraded the upper and lower front arms with pieces from Metal Concepts RC. For a body Bill […]
Traxxas Telluride Taken to the Max [READER’S RIDE]

Traxxas Telluride Taken to the Max [READER’S RIDE]

Reader’s Rides is sponsored by PRO-LINE. Click for the latest gear!   James Giddens started out with a perfectly stock Traxxas Telluride which he drove the wheels off of. As parts wore out, he gradually upgraded them to form the one-of-a-kind ride you see here. James credits Pro-Line and RC4WD with the cosmetic improvements — […]

TLR 22 Star Wars X-Wing Inspired Buggy [READER’S RIDES]

TLR 22 Star Wars X-Wing Inspired Buggy [READER’S RIDES]

Reader’s Rides is sponsored by PRO-LINE. Click for the latest gear! The 8th installment of the Star Wars franchise: The Last Jedi premiered last week, and and fans around the world are pretty stoked—including Aussie Dean Evans who now lives in New Zealand. He recently upgraded to a TLR 22 4.0 for carpet racing, so […]
Retro Monster Excaliber [READER’S RIDE]

Retro Monster Excaliber [READER’S RIDE]

Reader’s Rides is sponsored by PRO-LINE. Click for the latest gear!   Matt Mortillo wanted a retro look to his Excaliber build, and to get it, he went to Jamie Weir for help building the chassis to scale specifications for the real truck. He had David Stellfox custom-lengthen a Clod Buster body to fit the […]

Tamiya Mazda 787B Gets an A+ [READER’S RIDE]

Tamiya Mazda 787B Gets an A+ [READER’S RIDE]

Reader’s Rides is sponsored by PRO-LINE. Click for the latest gear!   Don Almeido tells us he owns four RC Mazda 787B Group C chassis cars, but this tribute to the Le Mans winner with rare Tamiya factory hop-ups is his favorite. It even has original Tamiya factory electronics—receiver, ESC, and GT motor. It has […]
Traxxas TRX-4 Takes Realism to the Xtreme [READER’S RIDE]

Traxxas TRX-4 Takes Realism to the Xtreme [READER’S RIDE]

Reader’s Rides is sponsored by PRO-LINE. Click for the latest gear! Glenn Castillo loves the way his TRX-4 drives, so he put his focus on increasing his truck’s looks and scale realism—a feat he achieved spectacularly in our opinion! He didn’t like how Traxxas covered up the windows so he cut them out and re-glassed […]

Traxxas E-Maxx-Utility Tow Rig [READER’S RIDE]

Traxxas E-Maxx-Utility Tow Rig [READER’S RIDE]

Reader’s Rides is sponsored by PRO-LINE. Click for the latest gear! Mike Eichhorn’s original Traxxas E-Maxx is cool enough to make Reader’s Rides all on its own, but when he told us about the power-tilt trailer he designed to go with it he was a lock. The E-Maxx is fairly stock except for the Pro-Line […]
Axial SCX10 Retro-Beauty Canuck Crawler [READER’S RIDE]

Axial SCX10 Retro-Beauty Canuck Crawler [READER’S RIDE]

Reader’s Rides is sponsored by PRO-LINE. Click for the latest gear! François Dion credits his buddy Miguel Bounadere for the spectacular photos taken near his home in Québec, Canada, but the workmanship on this gorgeous SCX10 II is all his own. It was treated to a full upgrade of ST Racing Concepts chassis parts under […]

Kong Gone Wild! – Tamiya Konghead/Wild Willy Hybrid [READER’S RIDE]

Kong Gone Wild! – Tamiya Konghead/Wild Willy Hybrid [READER’S RIDE]

Reader’s Rides is sponsored by PRO-LINE. Click for the latest gear! When Tamiya announced its G601 chassis Konghead 6×6 Steven Arnold of Tasmania, Australia knew he would have to build the crazy crossbreed you see here. He had previously converted a Wild Willy 2 to ride on the 4×4 GF01 from the Bullhead, so he knew how […]
Axial SCX10 II – SCX of Ice and Fire [Reader’s Ride]

Axial SCX10 II – SCX of Ice and Fire [Reader’s Ride]

Reader’s Rides is sponsored by PRO-LINE. Click for the latest gear! Kodiak, Alaska can get pretty frosty in winter, so in the evenings Cole Hockema likes to warm his Axial SCX10 II by the fire! No word on specific fireproofing mods for the kit-built crawler, but it can handle the ice part thanks to snow […]

HPI Super Nitro RS4 Corvette Catch Car [READER’S RIDE]

HPI Super Nitro RS4 Corvette Catch Car [READER’S RIDE]

Don Almeido tells us he owes much of the inspiration for his throwback Corvette Interceptor to the O.S. TZ-TX .18 nitro motor and the review entitled “Weapon of Mass Combustion” that ran back in the day in our sister publication RC Nitro Magazine. He was inspired by that article to build a car around that […]
Tamiya Clod Buster Mud Buster to Lust After [READER’S RIDE]

Tamiya Clod Buster Mud Buster to Lust After [READER’S RIDE]

Reader’s Rides is sponsored by PRO-LINE. Click for the latest gear! Nicholas Brien’s custom Clod won us over not only for the great looks and long list of upgrades, but also because Nicholas sent us this pic of him bombing through the mud with it, and we respect anyone with a truck this nice who […]
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