Thank You RC Enthusiasts From Around The World
RC Car Builds and Modifications
by Catxls
2M ago
 Thank You RC Enthusiasts From Around The World. 29/1/2024 Hello my fellow RC enthusiasts from around the World. I hope you are all well. This post is a massive thank you to all the people who have visited my posts over the last three years. I honestly appreciate your time, thoughts and comments.  Over the time I have been posting here, my posts have been read in so many Country's and that's a great thing. Even though we live in different parts of this beautiful World, we have common ground. I would like to thank these readers in, Bulgaria   China Singapore Hong Kong Canada Ne ..read more
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Schumacher Cat XLS Masami Bodyshell, Wing, Undertray Shaping and Painting
RC Car Builds and Modifications
by Catxls
5M ago
 Schumacher Cat XLS Masami Bodyshell, Wing, Undertray Shaping and Painting. 21/10/23 Hello RC enthusiasts from around the world. I hope you are all well. In this post I will be cutting, sanding, shaping and painting a full Schumacher Cat XLS Masami body set. As you know I have two XLS buggies. One is completely standard, and the other has every trick part in the book. The fully loaded version was built from the parts list and was not an actual kit. I had to buy every part separate and it cost a small fortune. I have receipts for £1133 believe it or not. It would have been cheaper to buy ..read more
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Tamiya Super Sabre Rerelease (58728) COMING SOON
RC Car Builds and Modifications
by Catxls
7M ago
 Tamiya Super Sabre Rerelease (58728) (COMING SOON) 30/8/23 Hello fellow RC enthusiasts from around the world, I hope you are all well. In the last couple of days, Tamiya have announced they are going to rerelease the Super Sabre and if you have read my previous posts you will be aware I have to buy this kit. I say that because the Super Sabre was my very first hobby grade car and I loved it and always regretted selling it. It was originally released in 1987 and I bought mine in the January of 1988. The original cars can still be found on auction sites but do command a lot of money and ..read more
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Kyosho Beetle 2014 Build - Part 3 Paint
RC Car Builds and Modifications
by Catxls
11M ago
 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
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8.4 Volt Battery Charger
RC Car Builds and Modifications
by Catxls
1y ago
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
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RC Basics / Essentials
RC Car Builds and Modifications
by Catxls
1y ago
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
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Make Your Own Variable DC Power Supply.
RC Car Builds and Modifications
by Catxls
1y ago
 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
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What's The Best Hobby Grade RC Car For Beginners?
RC Car Builds and Modifications
by Catxls
1y ago
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
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RC Car Repair Pit Light & Battery Discharger
RC Car Builds and Modifications
by Catxls
1y ago
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
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New Projects For 2023
RC Car Builds and Modifications
by Catxls
1y ago
 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
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