The RC Newb Podcast - Episode 60: R/C Painting Basics

01/18/19 • 21 min

The creativity that flows within the R/C hobby is truly amazing. In fact, the ability to modify any aspect of your vehicle, especially the body, is one of the biggest draws for many hobbyists. If you're new to the hobby or new to customizing radio-control vehicles, there are a few things you should know when it comes to painting a polycarbonate body.

In this episode of The RC Newb Podcast, I share a few of my basic R/C painting tips. With anything, practice makes perfect and hopefully, these tips will help your radio-controlled ride looking as good as you'd imagined it.

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The RC Newb Podcast - Episode 59: Quickly Recapping 2018

Before we close the book on 2018, I wanted to take a quick look back at the year, from where we started and what we have to look forward to in 2019. As always, thank you for the support over the past year, from the fun conversations to the insight and answers you provide, I greatly appreciate the community that this hobby has created.

Here's to an amazing New Year!

Show notes:

Crawler kits galore from Axial, HPI, Carisma Scale Adventure, and Traxxas
Small-scale crawling fun with Carisma's MSA-1E
Build a small-scale speedster with Carisma's 4Y24

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The RC Newb Podcast - Episode 61: The Comeback Kit

Ready-to-Run (RTR) R/C models are great when you want to get rolling as fast as possible. Still, there's something to be said for spending time building a model from scratch. After years of RTR dominance, it appears that radio-controlled model kits are making a comeback. In this episode of The RC Newb Podcast, I share a few reasons why building a kit is a great way to get connected to your hobby.