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The Build – Part 6 Part 6 of our Ascender K5 build has us assembling the shocks. Vaterra was nice enough to give us some good, threaded shocks that are easy to build and work …

The Build – Part 5 The manual has us assembling the chassis and installing the electronics in the same step but I chose to break it out into two for simplicity sake. Vaterra has given …

The Build – Part 4 The chassis on the Ascender K5 is very similar in design to other scalers, however Vaterra has added a bit of a twist. Instead of 2 frame rails, they’ve included …

The Build – Part 3 Part 3 of the Vaterra Ascender K5 build involves assembling the rear axle. This process is very similar to the front axle with just a lot less parts. You should …

The Build – Part 2 In Part 2 of the Vaterra Ascender K5 build, we’ll be working on the front axle. This includes the axle, gears and steering system. The K5 uses a standardized front …

The Build – Part 1 Part 1 of the Vaterra Ascender build revolves around the transmission. The Vaterra transmission is similar to other trail truck’s gearboxes so if you’ve built one before, this should be …

Trail trucks are quickly becoming one of those must-have vehicles in everyone’s RC stable. With massive aftermarket support and uber-scale realism, there’s definitely a growing market for these vehicles. Vaterra is looking to put it’s …

When Integy releases something, they want to make sure they do it in a big way. Check out the new V2 Trail Roller, a complete billet-machined behemoth that is loaded with as many features as …

Axial has put another feather in the SCX10 cap with the release of this beautiful RAM Power Wagon. Based on hugely successful SCX10 chassis, Axial has stuffed this truck with all of the standard features …

Scale trucks (aka trail trucks) have risen in popularity in the past year. The idea was to combine your basic crawler with something that resembles a real, 1:1 vehicle. One of the leaders in scale …