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Where have I been that I’m just now getting the 411 on this painter who seems to have a great talent and a big interest in painting for R/C? Well either way I am glad to be aware of him now and we wanted to share one of his newest projects.

The company is NX Graphics Print and Paint Creations and the mastermind behind it is Will Mandujano. Not only is his work outstanding but he does a variety of R/C related items. As of late I see a lot of large scale bodies being done for the HPI Baja as well other brands and styles. Even better he videos and documents his projects and posts them on his blog.

Here is his posting of the newest job he is doing for Kraken-RC on a RCP TT Wide Body. We will post his video and comments below and will also follow up on this build as we learn more.

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After a long 2 weeks of designing, masking, painting the kraken is alive. check out the uTube Video link here to see what 20+ hours looks like in 7 Minutes.

Here is another video of a large scale body being painted up for an HPI Baja 5t.

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** UPDATE **

New HPI Baja 5sc RCP Wide BodyBody finished by NX Graphics. This one was inspired by the Sharpie Lambo. Check it out…

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LSN takes a “Close Up” of

Keith’s O’neill Brothers Twin Cylinder 50.8cc HPI Baja 5t

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Guest Post by: Keith (also known as Billet on many forums) Keith is a partner of TeamChase and has been known for building some of the most beautiful blinged out show builds this industry has seen.

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Video Below. More close up images HERE.

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Thanks everyone for looking, this build started off as a used ready to run buggy. But after a long list of parts and many hours in the team chase garage it has turned out to be a real clean and custom build. I would like to thank Mark and all his staff at TGN for the help and quick shipping of all my parts. Kevin owner of Team Chase for all your help making my custom roll cage and the final assembly with the build. XRmikey for making my one off wheel nuts and Dan & Sean of Oneill Brothers Racing for my insanely built twin,  Jeff at Craft Werks R/C for his help with cutting out a truggy style tripp wide body.

Here is a list of the parts used in the build I wanted to make something that anyone can put togther with the parts avaible from local hobbie stores, all the polishing and custom painting have been done by me.

* Hpi baja 5b ready to run
* Fast lane extended arms
*Craftwerks-RC
Titanium Layshaft
Billet Spur Gear Carrier
* Obr 26cc twin
* Turtle Racing:
…Twin install kit
…Front & Rear Shock Towers
…Front & Rear Top Chassy Braces
…Heavy Duty Enclosed Clutch
* Futaba 4pk Radio
* Threshold
…Rezzies
…Front Bulk Head
* HPI
…5T Sand Buster Tires Front & Rear
* Team Chase:
…Roll Cage
…Rear Shock Towers
* RCP:
…John Tripp Wide Body
* Silver Back Heavy Duty Bead Locks
* Team Fast Eddy Pro Bearings
* Hostile Rear Hubs
* GBE Wheel Extenders Front & Rear

 

 

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This “Close Up” is the first of its kind here at LSN but not the last. Do you own or know of a top shelf large scale build that you would like to see on LSN. Then please email us at LSN@TGNdistributing.com and give us your thoughts.

2011 Baja Endurance Challenge Finals will be held at the Hillerød RC Racing club, north of Copenhagen in Denmark!

HPI Press Release. Find more info HERE.

We are proud to offiicially announce that the 2011 Baja Endurance Challenge Finals will be held at the Hillerød RC Racing club, north of Copenhagen in Denmark!

The date for this year’s race will be the 9th and 10th of September!

Like the 2010 Baja Finals, the 2011 event will be at a permanent large-scale racing club with complete international-spec racing facilities and tall lights for racing at night.

DETAILS

Date: 9-10 September 2011

Location: Hillerød, Denmark, 35km north of Copenhagen, Denmark

RC Club: Hillerød RC Racing large scale club, http://www.hrcr.dk

Hotels: Hotel Hillerød, http://www.hotelhillerod.dk or Pharmakon Hotel, reserve room here

Campsite: Hillerød Camping, http://www.hillerodcamping.dk

Food & Drinks: on-site during race – breakfast, lunch, coffee, etc.

Maximum # of Teams : 15 teams of 4-6 drivers, extra mechanics allowed

Team Entry Fee : €250 per team

Entry fee includes: handout tyres, limited edition 2011 HPI Baja Finals T-shirts for all team members, fuel and oil for the whole weekend, special Friday evening team activity and buffet, prizes for the Top Qualifier team, trophies for the top 3 teams and raffle prize tickets

 

 

 

 

TeamChase R/C Quick Tips

We are happy to announce the first ever TeamChase R/C Quick Tips. This is the first of many great tips from the great minds of TeamChase.

Keeping with the theme “Quick” we will keep this simple. This is a great tip on how to get your Kraken Bullet Fueler to dump your fuel into your car in under 11 seconds vs the stock system that takes 1:42.

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Notes:

The Bullet Fueler is made by Kraken and you can see their full line of products HERE.

TeamChase is an active member in the Large Scale R/C scene and has a full product line you can see HERE.

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RPM introduces Light Pod Mounts for their HPI Baja Bumper

 

Now available and in stock HERE!

RPM Press Release Below:

Within hours of releasing our Front Bumper for the HPI 5B (#81972), we heard a strong demand for a way to mount some lights to it. The wait is over!

RPM’s Light Pod Mounts for the HPI 5B are truly unique. They are sold in pairs to allow up to four HPI light pods (not included) to be mounted to an RPM Front Bumper (sold separately) with two pods affixed to each mount.

With their modular design, they are the first and only fully adjustable pod mounts available today. Each pair of light pod mounts can be adjusted individually for both left to right as well as up and down settings. Not all four lights need to be run either. Any combination of lights can be run, from two narrow or two wide light pods, with a number of possible alternative combinations or all four for the ultimate in visibility – that’s a total of 48 – 5mm LEDs burning the night away!

With the lights so far forward, LEDs (not included) mounted in the light pods will project unobstructed light without shadow! Another unique feature available only on RPM lighting products is a foldaway design that in the event of a flip or frontal crash, the LED’s will fold back and down, out of harms way, allowing the bumper and shock tower to take the impact and protecting those expensive LEDs!

NOTE:

RPM Light Pod Mounts are sold as a pair of mounts only (enough to affix 4 HPI light pods to a vehicle). RPM Front Bumpers (#81972) and HPI light pods and LEDs are not included.RPM Light Pod Mounts are designed for use with RPM bumpers for the HPI Baja 5B but may be mounted anywhere sufficient room and a 4mm screw will allow (some warranty restrictions may apply).

A couple weeks ago we blogged about the all new R/C podcast called The Driver Stand and how we enjoyed the show and the concept. Well now I have been asked to participate in an interview for Episode 3. I was excited about the opportunity and flattered to have been asked.

The interview went well and it’s been posted on his site and on iTunes already. So got check it out HERE!

I would once again like to thank the team at The Driver Stand for the work they are doing and thank you for allowing us to be a small part of your great show. We hope to be invited back soon to talk more large scale.

 

 

 

Team FastEddy Video Series – Building an HPI Baja 5SC SS

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Guest post by Ed from Team FastEddy:

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Lets get ready to RUMBLE!!

Team FastEddy delivers another “Knock Out Punch” for the Baja community.
Build the Baja SC SS Page by page with FastEddy showing you blow by blow how to get it done properly. Starting from The first page in the manual you will get the most comprehensive Baja build information available. If your looking at the Baja SC SS kit and not sure if you can build one, or if you are building your new kit and need some help this is the place to go. Grab either a beer or your wrenches (Or both) and and get ready for the ultimate Baja Workbench Smack Down. Dont forget to share these videos on FaceBook and Twitter with your friends.

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Register to WIN an HPI Baja 5SC SS and many more prices by going HERE.

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Follow on the Team FastEddy website HERE.

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Follow along on RCLargeScale.com and post comments and questions HERE.

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Here is Video #1 Please click HERE for the complete ongoing series.

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TeamChase Destruction Contest – Win a TC Roll Cage for your HPI baja 5t or 5sc

Press Release from TeamChase:

Here is the contest. I would like to see your best pictures or videos of your truck crashing or the broken parts from your worst crash. I will pick the top three pictures or videos, then I will post a poll and the forum will choose the best one of the three and that will be the winner.

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Winner gets a Dyeable TC cage.  Contest starts 6-2-2011 Contest ends 6-23-2011

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Please go to HERE to RCLargeScale.com to post up your image and WIN!

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Image by Mark Hull, from Dunetoberfest 2010

 

The RC4WD iPhly iPhone remote for your R/C car or truck.

LSN installs it on a HPI 1/5 scale Baja 5sc

We covered this new product in a post a couple weeks ago. We asked the question. Would you drive your large scale R/C car or truck with your iPhone. Well we had to take this new innovative toy for a spin for ourselves. RC4WD sent us a sample iPhly unit along with their Transmitter and Receiver package found HERE.

For more information on the partner who developed this iPhly unit with RC4WD please go HERE.

We asked TeamChase nicely if we could use one of his HPI Baja 5sc for our test. He didn’t even flinch. The installation of the transmitter and receiver pack was super easy. And so was the installation of the iPhone app which you can download from iTunes for free.

Setup was simple as far as trimming and making simple adjustments on the remote functions. It took a total of a couple minutes from opening the packaging to being ready to test drive. Which was good because it didn’t allow Mr Chase time to change his mind. So we flipped the switches and pulled on the starter rope.

Boy was this strange operating your R/C with your iPhone, especially a $2,000+ large scale. But as you will see in the video it was not all that bad, I think if we had more room and time we could get used to it pretty quickly and do some driving at full speeds. Maybe thats something we will play with down the line.

Overall I was happy with the iPhly, it was all very simple and straight forward and the end result is it works…and works well. Will I be tossing out my Futaba remote any time soon, I dont think so. But what this does prove is the power of the iPhone or any other smart phones out there for that matter. I believe we could see more of this in the near future.

I would like to thank TeamChase for allowing us to use his truck and also RC4WD for continuing to innovate and bring new and exciting items to the world of R/C. Another successful “first” from RC4WD. Great work guys!