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November 1, 2026

Hobby Culture Festival China – Planting Seeds for the Future!

While Friday was officially the opening day of the 2nd Edition of Hobby Culture Festival China (HCFC), it was Day 2 that really saw this interactive Expo come to life as we witnessed first hand how it was actively planting the seeds for the future of the hobbies it represents! Having walked in with ease on Friday morning while most people wrapped up their work week, on arriving at the Hangzhou International Expo Center on Saturday morning the queues where already out the door. With no school to attend, the stand out of those queues was the number of young kids – each and everyone of them buzzing with excitement waiting to check out the two halls of goodies inside. Impressed by the Expo organiser’s various interactive set ups we seen on Friday, now we were seeing how above all the noise of the thousands of visitors these were engaging kids and their families. Sitting in the media centre, every time a goal was scored over at the RC Soccer track the cheers & roars of the families rose above everything (so did the Refs whistle!) – that was kids & their parents having a very positive hands on first experience of RC and that was just one of many RC activities around the Expo. Of all the activities, one that really stood out for us was due to just how simple yet effective it was and how it was subtly ‘Planting Seeds for the Future’ with the kids. Getting the attention of 200 families (that’s almost 500 people) is not easy but with a simple car body painting competition the Expo was doing just that.

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November 1, 2026

Futura F1 Optional Link Mounts

In its latest option parts release, Italian F1 car kit and optional parts brand Futura has released these new optional left and right link mounts. These are intended for use in high-grip conditions to stabilise the car and make it more easy to drive. Simple to install they directly replace the standard kit parts.

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October 31, 2026

Stack RC 94 Cobra HP Kit

Responsible for the continued production of Mardave’s Cobra 1:10 2WD Buggy, Stack RC has opened pre-orders for the HP version of the kit which gives you the iconic buggy updated for modern power technology. Features of the HP include an uprated diff and transmission and all new lined easy-change slipper unit. The buggy also gets new alloy shocks, turnbuckles all round, new GRP towers front and rear, and modern hex and cross head screws. The kit comes complete with unpainted bodyshell and wing plus new HP decals, wheels and tyres. The first batch of 94 Cobra HP Kits are set for pre-Christmas delivery.

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October 30, 2026

Hobby Culture Festival China – Entertaining & Engaging the Crowds

Hobby Culture Festival China (HCFC) opened today and on arriving at the huge* Hangzhou International Expo Center for the very first time we were greeted by a very familiar face & good friend of Red RC, none other than Masami Hirosaka. The RC Racing legend is here at the 3-day show as a guest of the show organisers to give demonstrations & entertain the tens of thousands of visitors expected to attend this very much interactive Expo. After catching up with Masami and trying his unique ‘1 of 2’ hand built custom radios for size, we would later find out that his appearance on the show’s RC Rallying stand ties in nicely with a category that is currently enjoying huge growth in China. Chatting to well known Chinese industry figure YST over on the Hobbywing booth, he told us sales of RC Rally cars is witnessing huge growth thanks to its ‘play with it anywhere’ appeal. With both the Chinese National Crawler and Drifting Championships being staged at HCFC, with two very well presented ‘mini venues’ for each championship, while Masami is no stranger to drifting it appears he has been sucked in by crawling! Having checked out the Crawler course, he told us he now wants to have a go. On that request, the show organisers have told him they will see what they can do about getting him some track time in between the official running of what appears from our visit to Crawler pits to be a very busy National Championship schedule. One cool element of the main Crawler course, there being a number of courses for the different scales competing, is the real road going Volkswagen that is part of the course with competitors driving in through the back seats of the car. This is a pretty cool link up with Volkswagen who have branding and car information boards around the course. With the Crawling appearing to be a very family orientation competition, VW might be onto something with supplying the car as a element of the course!

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October 30, 2026

Xray XB2’27 1:10 2WD Buggy

Xray has unveiled details of their 2027 model of its XB2 1:10 2WD Buggy Platform. Offering both Dirt and Carpet specific kits, new features on the Slovakian manufacturer’s latest buggy include a modified chassis to accommodate the optional narrow suspension holder. It also gets countersunk aluminium components for easier installation with the optional steel chassis. Graphite ball joints reduce friction & ensure smoother operation under load while +2mm longer steering arms for increased steering response. Also up front the XB2 gets modified steering plates to accommodate the longer steering arms. Carbon steering block extensions repositioned rearward for increased steering response. For the Carpet version, longer titanium shock standoffs improve shock angle & optimises suspension geometry.

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October 30, 2026

Xray NT1 Carbon Rear Chassis Side Brace Set

Xray has released an optional Carbon Rear Chassis Side Brace Set for their NT1 Nitro Touring Car platform. The new brace offers adjustable stiffness with 3 settings, soft, medium & stiff, with the 4-screw mounting system determining stiffness adjustment. This allows precise chassis flex adjustment to fine-tune handling for all track conditions. The set includes ball-bearing supported belt pulley and aluminium bushings for secure mounting.

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October 30, 2026

Luke Holdsworth joins Yokomo

Front running 1:10 Offroad British Championship contender & European Finalist Luke Holdsworth has joined Team Yokomo, a significant signing for the brand. The Japanese manufacturer’s UK distributor MB Models announced the former Schumacher driver as joining the Yokomo UK team adding that ‘As part of the deal, Luke will also join the Yokomo factory team through the collaboration between Yokomo and MB Models.’ They added, ‘Luke is a fantastic addition to the team, bringing plenty of speed, knowledge and experience from his many years competing on the UK national racing scene. A regular A-finalist, multiple podium finisher and member of the prestigious club of national event winners, Luke has proven time and time again that he has what it takes to compete at the highest level. Welcome to the team, Luke! We’re excited to see what you can achieve with the Yokomo platforms and look forward to being part of your journey.’

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October 30, 2026

ROAR issues clarification on TC Body Approval List

Following its announcement on New Touring Car Body Rules earlier this month, ROAR has issued a clarification regarding it Body Approval List. The governing body for RC racing in the United States & Canada, said that while the Avalon Vortex will be removed from the list on December 31st, as it fails to meet the new GBS-II Touring Car rules, there are other bodies that some mistakenly concluded will also be removed. With 4-year approval terms that were due to naturally expire on December 31, 2026, in order to correct this misunderstanding ROAR has automatically extended the expiration date to October 31, 2027 for all legal TC bodies that would have otherwise expired naturally on December 31st. In the clarification ROAR also highlighted that there are other TC bodies that are likely to fail the GBS-II rules, but these bodies have never been submitted to them for inspection so were never on the ROAR-Approved list.

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