Kyosho Beetle 2014 Build - Part 3   Paint 11/1/2021 Hello fellow RC enthusiasts from around the world.  Thank you for joining me in Part 3, where I will be painting the body shell. If you have not seen the first two posts, you can find them below. Part 1 Part 2 Part 4 On the 28/12/2020, a friend and I went to our local model shop. We both intended to buy Tamiya spray paints for our Christmas presents/projects (to ourselves...lol). My friend was building a Tamiya Brat, and of course I was building the Beetle. We both decided to go with the box art design for our ca ..read more

8.4 Volt Battery Charger   1/9/21 Hello my friends and RC enthusiasts from around the world. I hope you are all well. As I promised in my last post, the next one would be a 2S (Li-Ion) and 7.2V NiMH battery charger.  Again I needed another charger in a hurry so I whipped this up to get me going temporarily. However, it turned out so well I have not yet bought another "off the shelf" charger.  I DO NOT recommend you copy my designs, nor will I be held responsible for any  losses, damages or injuries incurred whilst undertaking this task. This is written for guida ..read more

RC Basics / Essentials 22/9/21 Hello friends and fellow RC enthusiasts around the world. I hope you are all well. I should have started my blogging experiences with this post 19 months ago. I say this as I am going back to basics in this post. This in order to show you need to operate (in this case) an RC car. However, all RC vehicles (boats, planes, helicopter, spiders) require the same basic components or equipment. Another reason I am writing this is because, when frequenting another social media site I came across a chap who was new to the hobby and wanted to upgrade a classic RC wit ..read more

 Make Your Own Variable DC Power Supply 25/7/21 Hello RC enthusiasts from around the world and welcome to this post. I hope you are all well.  In this post I will be showing you how I built my own variable DC power supply, as the can be super useful in our hobby. However, they are not cheap.  Therefore, I will be repurposing an old ham radio supply that I built, that I no longer use. The enclosure will also be reused as far as possible for the new purpose. Most of the parts removed from the old build will also be reused in this build.  Some new parts will be required fo ..read more

What's The Best Hobby Grade RC Car To Start With?  8/2/2023 Hello fellow RC enthusiasts from around the world. I hope you are all well. When I was first getting into RC cars, the choice of cars, batteries, servo's, transmitters and receivers, it was very daunting as I was a complete novice with zero experience in any area of the hobby. I learned the hard way, by buying the wrong stuff, breaking it and fixing it. I also read magazines from cover to cover and slowly, over the years I gained some experience. I remember those days so well and wish I'd had someone to guide me through the pit ..read more

RC Car Repair Pit Light & Discharger 10/8/21 Hello all RC enthusiasts from around the world. I hope you are all well. In this post, I will be showing you how I built a battery powered RC work/pit light that can be powered by RC batteries up to and including a 6S LiPo pack. It can also use Ni-Cad as well as NiMH batteries from 6 volts. It will have a LiPo safety cut off as well as a volts, amps and power display. It also will have a timer to conduct small tests, if required. All powered from the  battery of your choice, old or new. As I needed a new desk inspection lamp at short ..read more

 New Projects For 2023 Hello fellow RC enthusiasts from around the World, I hope you are well and also wish you a belated Happy New Year. In the next 11 months, I will hopefully finishing off some projects from last year and also looking to buy a (can I say rare) Tamiya Avante. I do intend to buy one in the box so I can show you a detailed build process. I say this because I have seen many video's of the Avante, but never a detailed build and only the paint work and details. In the blog I intend to write will be a full break down of the parts and the build.  However, with funds ..read more

Kyosho Beetle 2014 Conversion to Hybrid Ceramic Bearings  8/11/22  Hello fellow RC enthusiasts and welcome to the post. As the title suggests, I will be replacing my Kyosho Beetle 2014 steel ball bearings for the much lighter hybrid ceramic ball bearings.  For many people (like myself before this research), bearings are something that are a necessity in thousands of items we need to use every day and yet, very few people understand the many complexities of them and they are simply taken for granted. Anything from your car to a hairdryer, they all need bearings and they sometim ..read more

 LC Racing Lancia Delta Integrale. (LC-PTG2-HK) 31/8/22 Hello fellow RC car enthusiasts and thank you for joining me. I hope you are all well. In this post, I will be taking us through the small list of assembly requirements needed to use the roller version PTG-2-HK, 4WD rally car. This version is becoming increasingly difficult to find (and very expensive), so I have just ordered the last one in stock from a UK supplier. It should be here be the 31/8/22. It cost £199, it has no shell (£56.88), electronics or motor.  The shell apparently is supplied by Hot Bodies, if I am co ..read more

 Cat XLS Masami 4WD New Build With All The Upgrades Available. Part 3 (The Build) 5/7/2021 If you have not read the previous posts to this, please follow the links below:- Part 1 & Part 2 Hello fellow RC enthusiasts from around the world. I hope you are all well. As the title suggests, this is the build of my new and improved Cat XLS Masami Pro. I am NOT by the way, throwing shade at the standard kit, on the contrary, it is a very serious track weapon. I have been waiting a lifetime it seems to start building this mega expensive, fully upgraded and very complex RC race buggy. Ev ..read more