Parts update..

PARTS UPDATE for the Scout crawler truck: all kits are now equipped with MV25024 stronger center driveshafts! Both halves of the universal joint are now solid metal for a more durable and tougher drivetrain. Our latest batch of spares AND Scout crawler kits have the new driveshafts - just in time for summertime fun!

MVK-MC Update

Been crazy year so far...getting married later this year and buying a house so things are moving slow...but they are moving :)

Here are the first draft of the chassis pods... more parts to follow soon.

MVK at The Toy Fair!

The 2016 Strada's are finally available in Brushless... great news!! and more!!

MVK MC01 Build

Best viewed by opening in new tab :) Will update as I go... Part 3.. 3D ... will be next.

Maverick 2nd in Poland!!

Paul Hert has come 2nd in the Polish Open 1/8th championship using his Maverick Timberwolf buggy.

It was a tough race day with terrible weather but a great outcome for him and Maverick!! Well done...

M Chassis Project update...

As M Chassis spec racing is really popular around my area I've decided to design and make a M chassis scale variant of an MVK. Designs are coming along really well for the 'M' Chassis... and something cool might be announced soon.

Battery holders are in the design process currently and I'll get some renders of them up soon.

Stay tuned for updates.

Quick vid of my Maverick XT

Just an overview of the basics :)

Custom XT

Almost finished...

This XT has been built from the ground up out of parts, it's not an RTR base.

I found a brand new chassis for only £4.99 and that started off the project. I already had several of the needed parts so I spent a few months looking and waiting for bargains on Ebay etc. The end result is a fantastic Maverick XT with upgraded alloy shock towers and front Hubs with full ballraced drive train.

I used a set of Absima Shocks which I re-built and tuned using 40 wt shock oil and slightly softer springs. I love how the suspension feels, it maybe a little soft so I will fit some pre-load clips on all corners.

I have a HPI Sc-3swp2 Waterproof  ESC ready to fit and will finish the car off with a HPI High torque servo.

Hopefully I'll get the chance to drive it next year at Stonehaven, they don't have a truggy class but at least I can take her for a spin.

The next project may be a XB with Carbon Fiber Shock Towers and chassis brace. I might even try and get a carbon chassis and look to building an Ultra high performance MVK to run along side my current XB.

New from HPI!

From HPI comes the new Q32 Truggy... It's not Maverick but it's from the parent company and it's very cool so I will mention it here...

Q32 Truggy

2016 spec Strada chassis

Are now all available at your local model shop or online supplier!

They have been out now for about a month so I'm sorry for the delay in reporting this. The new chassis have all updated alloy and body decals as shown in a previous post.

They look amazing and I can't wait to add at least one of the new spec cars to my collection.. probably the XT...

New option parts for Wolf Chassis...!!!

After all the news of HPI (Mavericks parent company) being sold etc I was hoping for news from Maverick and now we have some...new products!!

Maverick RC TimberWolf and DesertWolf options and upgrades are here!
From carbon fiber to gold-anodized aluminum and performance tuning options like turnbuckles and sway bars, now you can fully outfit your Maverick RC 'Wolf kit for bashing, awesome looks and (dare we say it!) racetrack performance!
Here's the complete list of options you can ask your nearby model shop for:
MV29128 - Carbon Fiber Front Shock Tower
MV29129 - Carbon Fiber Rear Shock Tower
MV29130 - Carbon Fiber Front Chassis Brace
MV29131 - Carbon Fiber Rear Chassis Brace
MV29132 - Sway Bar Set
MV29133 - 17mm Hex Wheel Adaptor w/ Set Screws (4pcs/Gold)
MV29135 - 17mm Enclosed Wheel Nuts (4pcs/Black)
MV29136 - Shock Spring Front Soft 1.3x60x8.5 (Green/2pcs)
MV29137 - Shock Spring Rear Soft 1.3x70x9.5 (Green/2pcs)
MV29138 - Shock Spring Front Firm 1.3x60x7.5 (Red/2pcs)
MV29139 - Shock Spring Rear Firm 1.3x70x8.5 (Red/2pcs)
MV29140 - CVD Drive Shaft Set Center Front
MV29141 - CVD Drive Shaft Set Center Rear
MV29142 - CVD Drive Shaft Set Front - 17mm Hex
MV29143 - CVD Drive Shaft Set Rear - 17mm Hex
MV29145 - Aluminum Steering Spindle (2pcs)
MV29146 - Aluminum Castor Block (2pcs)
MV29147 - Aluminum Rear Upright (2pcs)
MV29148 - King Pin Set
MV29149 - Aluminum Motor Mount Set
MV29150 - Aluminum Front Shock Set
MV29151 - Aluminum Rear Shock Set
MV29152 - Turnbuckle Set

New XB photos...

The amazing guys at Maverick have recently released new pics of the Strada XB 2016... and it's Stunning!

NEW Strada's for 2016 and updated components

Gold Alloy everywhere....

Following on from the new updates for the iON later last year and the new gold alloy for them.Maverick has made that there signatory colour it would seem and have made all the new alloy on the Strada range the same gold...

And it looks amazing...

Also to note on these two new chassis are the new center chassis brace and you can see inboard mounted shocks on the dessert truck, not seen this set up before...

Excellent review of the Maverick Scout Rock Crawler

I really should get mine on the rocks again soon!!

Click the image above...

XT Up date

Happy New year...

The XT is going great! .. all the a parts are now cleaned up and I have the base chassis back together with several new parts fitted. I also now have everything needed to finish off the build.

I will post new pics soon.

Strada XT restoration

I got my XT Evo Brushless from Ebay today for £31.

The complete box had the following..

2010 Brushless Strada XT EVO

• Bent Front and rear Shock mounts
• Bent Shocks
• Bent Dogbones
• Bent rear Diff
• Cracked front chassis
• Broken Front Bumper
• 2 Smashed Body shells.

Not so great I hear you say .. but actually not to bad once you read the next list.

Also in the box

• Brand new Rear lower arms
• Brand new Front shock tower
• Brand new front bumper
• Brand new Dogbone 
• Brand new front C-Hub
• Brand new rear Hubs
• Several used but in good condition spares
• Lipo Charger 
• 2 x 3000 Lipo 6s batteries 
• 4 x Wheels Used.
• 2 x Wheels brand new

So ... the spares alone would cost £35 approx to buy.. the charger is about £30 and the batteries if good are £30 ... re-sale so far £95

What am I going to do now then?...well... I'm gonna use all the new spares and I already have a set of silver alloy CNC machined shock towers and I have a set of alloy machines shocks. I have also just ordered the following.

• Silver Alloy Front Gearbox mount  
• Silver Alloy Rear Gearbox mount
• Silver Alloy Steering set
• Silver allow C-Hubs
• New Chassis
• New Dogbones
• New front lower arms
• New Rear Gearbox

All of that has cost £60

These parts will give me a pretty good XT with some nice hop-up's. I'm going to finish it off with a low cost HPI brushed motor and ESC for £30 and a nice new shell that I will spray up for a cost of £15.

Total parts cost £105. If I did not go alloy it would have been only the cost of the gear box, Chassis, Body and electrics, about £50 but I wanna make this new truck look and run as good as my other Strada's so it's well worth the extra spend.

I'm going to test the charger and the batteries and sell them, hopefully will make at least £30 and I'm selling the brand new pair of wheels for £10 so when all is added up and using parts I already have  I'm only spending about £30 to rebuild this XT ... not bad at all.

I'll post some pics and a video soon.

Street run

Had a great street run today with the XB Evo .. did some grass running too along the side of the road. The grass is just that little to long to be honest but the XB did great. I'm really happy with how it was running, really wish I had a track near me as I think I have a great club car here. Was running a little warm but I think that's due to the grass.

Was great fun as always and My neighbors kids came out to watch so I'm going to get a a truggy set up for them to try soon :)

Maverick RC has a facebook page...

Excellent news Mav fans.. there is now an official facebook page

MVK Facebook

They are running a comp atm for a iON giveaway so go give them a like.

Full family shot..

Here is the full HPI Maverick Line up..

Front row, Left to Right

Maverick Strada XB Gold. My main buggy, Alloy Shock Towers and front C-Hubs updates, Gmade 85mm big bore shocks all HPI internals ESC, Servo and Saturn 20T motor.

iON XB Buggy with MT wheels. I've also updated the C-Hubs with the brand new Gold Alloy parts which are excellent.

Maverick Strada XB Classic, Blue anodized Shock towers and I have a set of new shocks ready to go on. All HPI Internals once again, ESC, Servo and 20T Saturn. This Strada was a £28 Ebay find that I've restored and it runs like a dream now.

Back Row, Left to Right

E-Firestorm, has Edit Alloy parts everywhere :)

Jumpshot. The brand new 2wd monster truck from HPI.. it's amazing!

Wheely King. The mad as a box of frogs monster... love this thing.

And at the Back, last but not least ... The Maverick Scout.

Looking fine!

Two XB's almost ready to chew dirt ...

My Gold based buggy is now almost tuned in. I've actually just tonight ordered some amazing Gmade 85mm shocks. I have Gmade shocks on my Tamiya Stadium Blitzer and they are amazing so I decided to splash out the £60 to cover all 4corners of my XB Gold.

The current Grey alloy shocks on the Gold will go onto the XB Blue.

I'm also stocking parts now to hop up an XB Silver!!! ... I'll have 3 XB's soon yay!!

New Tyre sets are all on order too...