Building & Running A Super Clod Buster Monster RC Truck by Tamiya Kit 58518 

Have the original Clod recently dug it out the loft needed so much work but all restored now all new chrome parts body stripped and repainted and new stickers looks quite good still have fun even now in 50's big kid at heart

Back in the day when I had an original clod, I modified mine to have dual servos inside the centre section of the chassis. Having dual servos allowed me to have full control over each gearbox. I also changed the shocks and added smaller pinion gears to go slower for crawling. Fantastic job on the chassis btw👍

I had one back around 1995 and just gave it away. I was pretty stupid. Now I have the Black edition, still unbuilt. The box is so massive, I just like to look at it. Don't scrape it up yet, you still got to paint it!

Awesome video, brings back many happy memories of my first RC build when I was a kid, it amazex me how little has changed in this kit in 33 years!

Awesome! Drives just as awkwardly as an original full-size Big Foot, which I’ve seen perform many times over the years😎

Oh Gavin you scratched it!!!!!!!. What a crazy thing😀😀. I guess it’s made for bashing so no harm done. I’m sure you will carry out some upgrade work on it.

That monster truck looks amazing. Gotta have one someday. Great vid man! 😸😸

The Clod Buster has always been a dream of mine. I have wanted one since they came out. I plan to buy one as soon as I can and do a complete upgrade, similar to what you have done with this one. not sure if this will happen, my kids take up most of my money. I have watched this series several times and still don't get tired of it. The guy who owned the hobby shop, when I was a kid, had one that he put "double stacked" wheels and tires. Not sure how he did that but then used his as a pulling truck. He even had a hobby sized pulling sled. It was pretty awesome.

Who cares about the steering slop? It is a 1:10th scale RC model. I don't remember 1:1 monster trucks on TV in the early 90s that turned on a dime, infact, thats what made it fun to control a Clod, it behaved like a 1:1 scale monster truck, roll over anything and handle like crap. Long live the Clodbuster! Such good memories of building and bashing!

This brings back some memories that i am more than happy to relive. Very tempting to go and build a second one but i did note a number of parts are slightly different to what i remember, the bump stops in particular (i rember it having crazy travel) and the mechanical speed controller. The one memory that does stick out was going to a monster truck show and coming back with one of these when i was young, then having the clod buster on display for a good 10 years after that i really do wonder where it ended up

Great video with a proper run video included.. EPIC! Looking forward to see this painted up with some upgrades. I’d like to add one of these to the collection at some point in the future. Keep up the great work.

RIDICULOUS. I love it!! 👍

love these trucks they are so much fun.. this was the truck I wanted back in 1988 but it was too much at the time for my parents.. That christmas I got the Blackfoot and one of my older brothers got the 959.. this Christmas I will get that Blackfoot again :) great vid by the way, thanks for taking the time to make these

Crawford designs makes great metal upgrade parts.

Sand scorcher! Sand scorcher!

Wow Looks Great 😎👌🏻 massive!

I wanted a Clodbuster as a kid for my 10th birthday, but my stingy mum refused. Instead, I got some crappy RC car with a wire. Needless to say, I was devastated.

Really enjoyed that mate

Amazing video... Brings back fond memories!

Looks amazing great video I always find it hard to find upgrades for my dt02 sandviper and my top force keep up the good work

Sick

Brilliant a clod! All I have done is yellow cva shocks, looks good On shelf! As I remember stickers a bit tricky.

Very nice video

I can't wait to get mine in a couple of weeks!

Definitely want to see how you mod the Clod, I want to upgrade my steering mostly , so will be tuning in to see how you mod yours .

Never floated my boat back in the day, i was all about the buggies plus i had other interests mid to late 80's😉😉. Wasn't till years later when i got back into the hobby did i purchase a monster truck.. the mighty hpi Savage, which got the ball rolling again and went back and started collecting and restoring old tamiya's.. now it's gone full circle with me now restoring my Savage 21 as it's nearing its 20th birthday and parts are starting to get scarce and in some cases expensive.. I enjoyed watching this build and even considering getting one🤣👍👍

Awesome build bud and very interesting build, never pushed the button on a Clod, always fancied the Bruiser or Mountaineer so was great to watch how one of these Badboys is put together. Wow those drive hubs are massive!! I have an original RockBuster TLT and I run that with dual servos (on the axels) and 4WS so yo might want to go that route to make it a bit more nimble as the single servos as you mentioned probably not man enough for the job. It is going to be fantastic to see the upgrades (especially the shocks as they seem rubbish - dry shocks indeed).

Awesome RC truck 👍 I wish I could have one 👍

Build tip.... Make sure the rubber stoppers in the shocks in the forward most and rearward most positions are slightly shorter. If the shocks bottom out on the outer shocks it will break the ball studs off the arms as it's a very weak point. Love the channel and keep it up. Clodbuster forever 👍

So many memories! It must be nearly 30 years since I built mine. I remember it all, lile the way the link arms connect to the ball pivots. I can see me buying one...but i want the red bits

I took a Clod WAY TOO FAR back in the 80's!! I did Sled Pulling. We'd have custom Motors, hand wound for us, custom Steel Chassis and Links, and Aluminium Wheels ($80.00 EACH in 89!!!). The rules stated that only the Axle Housings had to be Stock.... People thought we were NUTZ!!! 😲 We were building the first $1000+ RC Rigs! Beastly though, top pull was 291lbs!! And the Stock Steering is PANTS!!! Absolute Rubbish, that gets worse as it goes. There are several small Companies that make Servo on Axle Adaptors, that look professional. Even Tamiya Reps KNEW that stock Clod Steering is CRAP! It's almost designed to give you barely one Axle Steering. The rest of the Clod... I'm CHUFFED, and can't wait to get my own! 😎 Carmine ✈🚂🚙

Great vid, really interesting, looking forwards to seeing how the upgrades go! Little suggestion - on the cut video, maybe blend in some of the noise from the RC under the music, not sure If that’s possible but I think would add to it a bit. 👍🏼

Too much fun. Interesting build so far. From what little I’ve seen, if you really push the mods, you likely won’t have a lot of Clod left on it.

Im a Clod Lover. Great video hope to see some mod vids in future. I subscribed for that. Cya

You gotta check out hte new JConcepts Regulator chassis they just released a day ago for retro clod racing!

You should look for a modern equivalent to the Speedworks Monster Mash motors.

The front servo steering is the most important

You don't need much suspension on the clod because the tyres do most of the work

While I always had a soft spot for the Clod as a child, I found the Kyosho USA-1 a much more refined and enjoyable machine. Still, I can't wait to see how it does with a few mods thrown at it.

Oh also your should call your viewers RC Kickers (If you don't already)!

Do both motors run forward or do you have to reverse the power input on one of the motors?

Great Video , Just Wondering did you do the twin servo for steering yet as i havnt looked for the video incase you have id be so interested as im about to build mine exactly the same blue also would like to upgrade the shocks to oil dampers if possible , cheers bud. happy new year :-)

Great video Gavin I bet you eager to build it. On eBay there is a listing from china that you can get a alloy chassis and a sixer conversion.

Hello. Great video. What is the Tamiya color code?

what happen to using the mega motors

What camera do you use for the closeups? Can you link it please? Thx for the professional quality videos!

You don't really need a servo for each axle. Just get beefier rods.

what is it with the Brits and gravel driveways

gav did you remember to glue the tyres remember what happened to the merc rc .

Gavin,sorry if i have missed it if mentioned. What goes on regards toe-in on 4ws? does the front have positive? and what about the rear? +/_ or neutral ,curious regrds the all wheel steer method?

So Gavin what do you think of the clodbuster so far

Get a Kimbrough #124 servo saver

Graupner makes race motors for this truck

question 2 years down the line, that servo still available and is it still good? if so i may get a few myself

I do think that it is sad that Tamiya did not include the Chevy body. I do understand why they did not. They did not want to pay for the licensing for the body, just like the Blackfoot and the Ford body.

Never liked the Clod Buster as a kid, and time hasn’t changed that unfortunately. I would say it’s the closest to a real monster truck in looks and landing jumps though.

bossman will those tires fit a traxxas bigfoot truck

woot first. number 1 mods for mine was duel servo setup and axle braces, it handles like a pig with one servo and the shocks the stock ones are pure garbage.

I really wanted one of these until i watched this video ... there is Zero chance i can build this, my hands dont work so well anymore. I am very disappointed /sadface

number 1 fail for the clod steering slop, must be the worst designed steering of a RC model car ever every link has slop and the servo saver is sloppy as too the hard plastic body does not last in use much better to find a polycarb body if your going to run this car, save the plastic for display only and the steering nuckles (part D) tend to break at the points where the king pins screw in the shocks are worthless, must have oil filled shocks finally should have had ball diffs, the wheels fight each other when cornering

I can't work out why your steering is so bad, mine still fully original and 33 years old steers better than that, at least it can turn the wheels even if it is a bit slow.

If you go with a true 1/5 scale truck or buggy. You wont play with these plastic toys again.