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December 1, 2024

Ishioka is new Japanese 1:12 Champion

Factory Roche driver Hayato Ishioka is the new JMRCA Japanese 1:12National Champion. The 2023 IFMAR World Championship finalist, took his P12V to a dominant victory at Tsukuba RC Park in the Ibaraki Prefecture starting the weekend off by topping all 4 rounds of qualifying to secure the TQ ahead of the similar car of Yamashita Kazuki with the Destiny of Yugo Nagashima completing the Top 3. In the triple finals, Ishioka won the first of the 8-minute encounters by over 6-seconds before winning A2 by over 9-seconds to secure the title, which he takes over from his Axon Touring Car team-mate Akio Sobue who didn’t contest this year’s title. Taking the win in A3, Kazuki would secure the runner-up spot with fourth place qualifier Shota Watanabe completing the podium.

Image: Hayato Ishioka [Facebook]

August 12, 2024

Roche P12V Ultra long pod link set

New from 1:12 World Championship winning manufacturer Roche for its Rapide P12V is this Ultra long pod link set. With their latest 1:12 pancar the P12V launched just ahead of the 2023 IFMAR World Championships held in Florida last December, the newest option release improves stability on top speed while also providing more consistent feeling from the entrance to the exit of corner.

View mounted in chassis here

June 26, 2024

Roche P12V updated Chassis Plate

1:12 Specialist manufacturer Roche has introduced an updated main chassis for their P12V pancar. The new 7075 aluminium main chassis has a reduced material front section meaning less front weight and a reduce area that can touch the track surface. This changes gives improvement with the car’s steering response especially on high grip conditions.

View new and old chassis comparison here

February 12, 2024

Roche Rapide P10W3 graphite servo mount set

Roche has announced a new optional graphite servo mount set for its Rapide P10W3 1:10 235mm Competition Pro10 kit. The new set makes the servo move to front position for compatible with regular size Lipo battery installation. The servo mount set requires the use of a medium micro size servo.

View set mounted in car here

December 30, 2023

Roche Rapide P12V wider Lower arm | Chassis weight set

Specialist 1:12 manufacturer Roche has released two new optional parts for its Rapide P12V in a new wider graphite front lower arm and Chassis weight set. Increasing the width of the graphite front lower arm by 3mm, the new arm gives less aggressive steering making the car easier to drive. The 6gram X 2 Chassis weight set allows for tuning chassis roll to suit different track conditions. Weight on each side provided more smooth steering response for a more stable and easy to drive car.

View Chassis Weight Set images here

December 13, 2023

’23 1:12 World Championship Chassis Focus Index

Last weekend 1:12 concluded the 2023 IFMAR World Championship calendar in Cocoa, Florida. While the entry may have been small, at the front of the field things were ultra competitive as some of the biggest names in the sport battled it out to win the smallest scale and the original electric World Championship. A beautifully presented track, Beachline Raceway was the battle ground with the TQ going to Awesomatix’ Kemp Anderson ahead of Marc Rheinard and Michal Orlowski – each taking 2 TQ runs from the six rounds. In the finals we witnessed next level driving skills as painted was swapped in battle before Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski finally became a World Champion. In 1:12 Spec, Awesomatx’ Max Machler did the double taking the TQ and the manufacturer’s first ever World title. With the Schumacher team running a different front end on their car specifically to suit the black carpet in use, we didn’t get to take our traditional ‘World Champion Chassis Focus’. Over the event however we did however photograph 10 cars from four of the six different manufacturers represented at the 21st running of the championship and we have compiled them all here in our latest Chassis Focus index.

View Chassis Focus Index here

November 29, 2023

Roche 2024 Pitmat

Just in time for the upcoming IFMAR 1:12 World Championship at Beachline Raceway in Cocoa, Florida, next week, Roche has released its new 2024 Pit Mat. Made of high-quality fabric with non-slip rubber layer the pit mat measures 100x60x0.3cm with a colour printing of the World Champion manufacturer’s logo.

Source: Roche [rocherc.com]

November 4, 2023

Roche optional 1:12 alu servo horn

New from 1:12 brand Roche is this optional aluminium servo horn for the Xray servo saver for use in their recently released P12V and other brands of 1:12 chassis with a front mounting servo. It provides an extra 2mm space for steering linkage position to make more ackermann adjustment.

View second image here