January 21, 2025

Philippine Masters ’25 track revealed

The organisers of the Philippine Masters has revealed the Circulo Verde Race Track which will host Asia’s most high profile 1:8 Offroad event of the year from April 30-May 4.  The 13th running of the Philippine Masters, track designer and accomplished offroad racer Edward Sio has overseen the work which includes the track being newly re-surfaced and oiled.  Tweaking the layout in some sections and they have also added some additional jumps for more actions on this always popular track.  Last year the Manila event was once again won by World Champion Davide Ongaro in a final that saw the legendary Atsushi Hara lead for almost half the final.  With the Philippines famed as a holiday destination, the event has a truly unique vibe living up to the nations tourism tagline ‘It’s More Fun in the Philippines’.  Holding the same status as the TITC in Thailand does among onroad racers, once again Philippine Masters ’25 will form part of Scotty Ernst’s Asian Buggy Championships as the second stop of four races that make up the championship’s third season.

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November 2, 2018

HPI Racing Toyota FJ Cruiser body set

Venture truck owners and scale Toyota fans can now customise their trucks the officially licensed FJ Cruiser body set from HPI Racing. Loaded with scale features, a custom-painted FJ Cruiser will bring a whole new look to the next trail run. With a clear body to start with, owners have an open canvas to make their own FJ Cruiser – whether it’s to match your full-size FJ Cruiser or make your dream trail truck. Like all HPI bodies, the FJ Cruiser comes with a clear protective overspray film, easy to use vinyl window masks and a large pre-cut decal sheet. The detailed vinyl pre-cut decal sheet comes with all of the official Toyota and FJ Cruiser logos, headlights, tail lights, turn signals and more, plus a complete set of tinted windows, grilles, vents and more. Also included with the body set is the complete set of plastic detail parts including the replica roof rack and side mirrors. All the necessary hardware is included, from the O-rings and body clips for the roof rack to the screws for the side mirrors and tyre mount. For easy mounting, the 315mm wheelbase body also has drill locations marked for the HPI Venture scale crawler chassis, making it very easy to line up the body mount holes or use alternate body mounting methods.

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September 25, 2014

Hot Racing Axial single-piece diff locker

Hot Racing Axial single-piece diff locker

Made for Axial’s crawler range of vehicles is this aluminium diff locker from Hot Racing. The part is designed to replace the standard differential cage with a single part that bolts right onto the diff gear using four screws. Four 5mm set screws then hold the standard outdrives in place. The diff locker comes anodised, laser-etched and including mounting hardware.

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