Here we are, at the end of January already. It seems like just yesterday we (Team Soup) were checking out the local pulling scene for the first time at the 2011 Big Bird Pull. Last time we only went to watch. We liked what we saw, and the group of guys in the club were […]
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2012 Hanger Pull Coverage – Central Square, NY
January 24th, 2012 
Kevin 
Posted in CNY R/C, featured, Racing News 
Tags: Central Square, digger, Hanger Pull, lunch box, montero, rj speed, Tamiya 
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Tamiya Mitsubishi Montero Wheelie Build Up
January 23rd, 2012 Kevin After attending the 2011 Big Bird Pull, I was on the lookout to build a puller of our own for RC Soup. The 2wd Box Stock class uses any 2wd truck with a stock motor and 6 cell battery. The class is an entry level class as far as pulling goes, there’s not much you […]
Posted in Build Ups, featured Tags: lunch box, lunchbox, midnight pumpkin, mitsubishi, montero, Tamiya 1 Comment »
SOUPercharged Rides Contest (Monthly Winners)
December 31st, 2011 Kevin We’re kicking off 2012 with a bang. This is our new Reader’s Rides contest. We want to see your R/C’s! There’s a catch though. We need to see your ride showing some love for Soup. Campbell’s Chunky, Generic Tomato, Cream of Mushroom, even Spaghettios, whatever! Snap a pic of your ride with some soup, and […]
Traxxas Slash 2wd LCG Chassis Shootout
December 30th, 2011 Matt The 2wd Traxxas Slash. TQ and A Main winner. Nope, I’m not off my meds. It is a legitimate possibility. Over the past few months, we’ve noticed how popular our 2WD Short Course Shootout was. We’ve been contemplating on how to give Traxxas some redemption. The Slash is, after all, the one that started the […]
Posted in featured, Product Reviews Tags: Chuckworks RC, LCG, LCG Chassis, LCG Conversion, Slash, STRC, Traxxas, WMD 8 Comments »
Cow RC Flat Mats Review
December 21st, 2011 Matt When we first started using the Cow RC Screw Catcher Work Mats, we couldn’t get enough. They are perfect for building a kit, or working on your RC. In the past, when you would drop a screw on the table, it would bounce onto the floor. Good luck finding it. With the Screw Catcher Mat […]
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ECX Smash 1/18 Monster Truck Review
December 20th, 2011 Kevin Alright boys and girls. This is the ECX Smash. It’s ECX’s (formerly known as Electrix) newest model. It’s a 1/18 mini monster truck. The Smash is completely ready to run, with everything included in the box (even AA’s) for the insanely low price of around $80. ECX is owned by Horizon Hobby (same with Team […]
Project Overkill: RJ Speed Digger
December 19th, 2011 Kevin Recently I acquired a gently used Castle Creations CM36 9,000KV motor. This is the fastest 1/10 motor Castle makes. I looked at their site regarding this motor (they have a specific page for it HERE). From there you will find your way to an advisory page where it states to NEVER use this in a […]
RC Soup Children’s Miracle Network Raffle 2011- Winner Announced!!!!
December 17th, 2011 Matt Ok guys, this is it. Today was the big drawing for the Tamiya CR-01 and all the goodies. To refresh everyone’s memory, a few months ago Tamiya USA contributed a sweet CR-01 crawler for us to build, review, and donate. The build article can be found here. We followed that up with the review. When […]
Posted in CNY R/C, featured, Site News Tags: ajs machine, Buddyboys RC, charity, children's miracle network, Cow rc, CR-01, hobbypartz.com, painted bodies on a budget, raffle, RC Soup, RC4wd, RCMT-HI, shadow donkey, Tamiya, Venom, vinyl7 2 Comments »
WMD Eliminator LCG Slash Chassis – Build up
December 9th, 2011 Matt In our seemingly perpetual pursuit for the perfect 2wd Traxxas Slash, we come across the Eliminator LCG chassis from WMD. WMD is a small company, making custom RC parts in a small machine shop. WMD doesn’t yet have a website, but they can be contacted through their Facebook page. This has to be the most […]
Posted in Build Ups, featured Tags: chassis, Eliminator, LCG, LCG Chassis, LCG Conversion, Slash, Traxxas, WMD Comments Off on WMD Eliminator LCG Slash Chassis – Build up
Tamiya CC-01 Mercedes-Benz Unimog Review
November 25th, 2011 Kevin If you missed our build up of this truck, please check it out HERE. This is our review of the Tamiya CC-01 Mercedes-Benz Unimog. The truck is 90% stock, as it was intended out of the box. I swapped out a few things, and those will be listed below. Most of the items I upgraded […]
