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May 21, 2026

Mardave VRX Halo Carbon

Having announced their new VRX Halo Circuit Rod last week, unveiling the car in their niche trademark lower cost green GRP material, niche British 1:12 Mini manufacturer Mardave has released images of the Carbon Fibre Pro Version of the kit. The VRX Halo comes as the first update to the the popular Hotrod circuit car in a number of years. Features of the new kit include new Trailing Arm Front Suspension, side spring damper system, Lipo sliders for battery position changes, and a new is an Adjustable roll centre pod.

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May 13, 2026

Mardave VRX Halo Circuit Rod

1:12 Mini kit manufacturer Mardave has released an updated version of its VRX Hotrod Circuit car, the new VRX Halo. The new version of the popular Hotrod circuit car comes after many years and requests for an update. Mardave was the starter of the most popular GT12 class and also started the very popular Mini class with the new VRX Halo Circuit Rod the MD-26’s big brother. The car comes with a new 3mm GRP Chassis, new Trailing Arm Front Suspension with caster wedges included, side spring damper system, and Lipo sliders for battery position changes. Also new is an Adjustable roll centre pod, and High Spec Axle Bearing set. The kit will come in GRP with a Pro version in CSC Carbon set for release in July.

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February 19, 2026

Mardave Assassin MD-26 Mini

Niche British 1:12 Mini kit manufacturer Mardave has released it latest Mini racer, the Assassin MD-26. After months of hard work for 2026 the kits is based on a new vented chassis – 2.4 mm Tri weave lightweight chassis in the Racer C Edition or GRP 3.2 mm chassis in the Racer G Edition. The update also includes Adjustable rear roll centre, Pod spring position, Front brace design, Adjustable cell position, improved servo position, and brace stiffness adjustment. Offered as a full kit in either CSC or GRP materials with the option to purchase also as an update kit for existing cars.

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January 23, 2026

Team Mardave Viper #26 Oval Mini

Niche British 1:12 Mini kit manufacturer Mardave has released an updated version of their Viper Oval Mini, the Viper #26. This is the Mardave Viper 26 Oval Mini as used by current World Champion Mark Steele. For 2026 Mardave has made a few changes including a new battery tray, wider front track, and new servo position to make this even more competitive in ’26. The Viper #26 will be on sale in a couple of weeks.

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May 24, 2025

Mardave Cobra buggy to live on with new manufacturer

Niche British RC kit manufacturer Mardave, best known for their 1:12 Minis, have announced that their Cobra 1:10 2WD Buggy, which was first introduced in 1993, will live on with its manufacturing having been taken over by Stack RC. The retro buggy, which like the Minis was originally aimed a the budget conscious racer, will now be produced and developed by its new manufacturer who also have plans for a new 2WD offroad kit later this year which they say will be ‘designed to compete on today’s tracks around the UK’. Many parts are already available in stock for the Cobra and with Stack RC working towards having all parts available for both ‘sport’ and ‘TQ’ retro models as soon as possible. Once they have full stock of parts, they will begin supplying full retro car kits.

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December 20, 2024

Mardave return to Oval racing with new cars

Niche British 1:12 Mini kit manufacturer Mardave has announced their return to Oval racing with a range of four cars, the Mini, 1300, 2ltr and National Hot Rod. Famed for its entry level RC cars, Mardave brings over 50 years of experience into this class and for 2025 has the current World Champion Dan Knight and others driving these new cars. The first of the new kits are available to pre-order and are expected to start shipping mid January.

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February 3, 2021

Mardave FP1 Carbon F1 chassis

The latest entry into the competitive Formula class, UK brand Mardave have introduced their new FP1 Carbon F1 chassis. It features a new carbon fibre chassis with multi layered brace system for great performance and tuneability. The new design and layout also makes the car easy to tune for both national as well as club level drivers. Damper tube style rear damping handle bumps and improve cornering performance, while the fully adjustable front end allows you to tune the FP1 to any track conditions.

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February 9, 2018

Phat Bodies GT-F GT12 body shell

Coming from Phat Bodies is the new GT-F body shell for GT12 cars such as the ones from Mardave, Schumacher or Zen Racing. The lid was designed with detailed scale looks of the full sized FIA GT3 race cars and aerodynamic performance to match Phat Bodies’ popular 2017 Worlds Championship winning GT-M body shell. The body is BRCA homologated for National and International GT12 competition and it comes made of high-quality Lexan polycarbonate and including quality vinyl window and light masks as well as a sticker sheet.

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