Wibbly

Just thought I would pop in as there seem to be a few comments about these trucks. The tooling used to manufacture the Axials were in one of the major parts manufacturers production buildings. That company hit financial problems and the administrators were called in. I can't remember all of the details but the upshot was that the tooling was taken over by another manufacturer, and the Axial that we see here is made using the original Axial machinery. Hence, everything on them is 'Axial' which is why every part from an Axial SCX10ii will fit. That said, I bought one last year, and apart from fitting a 1060 and a 35T motor, plus a couple of brass knuckles, and a Raptor pickup shell, then adding steel wheels and Rowdy tyres...it has been my 'go to' crawler. Nothing has ever broken, and I crawl at a quarry with long rollovers down and onto solid rocks. For the money it cannot be beaten, it's an Axial RTR down to the helical gears. There is no pot metal or anything else. In the UK they are sold by Nitrotek (though not always in stock), and appear under the Reely Free or FS Racing name. Conrad in Germany sell them, they also sell an upgraded kit form version with the contra rotating gearbox at an even cheaper price. It's not a clone, a copy, a low quality Axial etc, it is the same as an Axial. I know plenty who have them, and no one has ever complained about them. I have a modded TRX4, an MST CFX W, and this one, and for the bargain price I would happily buy another. Yes, I have spent money on it (all crawlers have weak points and eventually need mods and a new shell), but nothing like the money pit that the TRX is. The MST wasn't cheap, but is incredible quality and engineering. Hope that helps Rob

Yes, designed and printed the Mars Explorer, it clips onto custom made mounts. The Mauler shell has the drivers/interior painted, and a new engine/rear deck printed. I've never used the standard shell just modified it to see if I could make it look any better. I made an Oskosh last year using the HGP 6x6 (battery on last legs in video), but someone saw it at a tank show and insisted on buying it. I am mostly into RC 1/16 tanks.

Truck bodyshells are so last year.