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Skip Miller’s Toyota Truck – RPP Hobby Customer Build

Skip Miller’s Toyota Truck – RPP Hobby Customer Build

Posted by on Jul 2, 2019 in Tech | 0 comments

We love seeing what customers do with the parts they buy from us. Everyone has a different vision for their ultimate trail rig. One of the greatest things about this hobby is the diversity of rigs you see on the trail. In the scale trail world you are only limited by your imagination! We’ve enjoyed seeing the evolution of Skip Miller’s Toyota...

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Axial SCX10 II Build – Part 7

Axial SCX10 II Build – Part 7

Posted by on May 10, 2017 in Tech | 1 comment

Welcome to the final installment of our Axial SCX10 II kit build. Now that we have a functioning scale R/C vehicle, all we need is some paint to bring that classic Jeep Cherokee body to life. In this article we will cover trimming, painting, and detailing the Lexan body. We planned to keep the paint fairly simple since we want it to look like a Jeep you...

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Axial SCX10 II Build – Part 6

Axial SCX10 II Build – Part 6

Posted by on Mar 23, 2017 in Tech | 0 comments

It is officially time for part 6 of our Axial SCX10 II Kit build. Now that we pretty much have a rolling chassis it is time to install the electronic speed control, aka ESC. We will also plug in the receiver to finish out the electronics install. After that, we will be making an upgrade in the wheel and tire department to give our rig a little different...

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Axial SCX10 II Build – Part 5

Axial SCX10 II Build – Part 5

Posted by on Mar 16, 2017 in Tech | 1 comment

Welcome to part 5 of our SCX10 II kit build! It has been a while since we have done a blog entry on the SCX10 II because of the two other builds we have going on. Now that we are back on this project here is where we are at. The axles, transmission and driveshafts were all completed in the first few blog entries. In this installment of our build we will...

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Axial SCX10 II Build – Part 4

Axial SCX10 II Build – Part 4

Posted by on Jan 9, 2017 in Tech | 2 comments

Welcome to Part 4 of our Axial SCX10 II Kit Build. Up to this point we have covered building the axles, links, shocks, and transmission. Now it is time for us to move on to assembling and installing the driveshafts onto the axles and transmission. We will also cover prepping the battery tray and installing the chassis mounted steering servo. Let’s...

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