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February 18, 2011

Bittydesign customizable buggy mud-guards

Bittydesign have released a complete line of fully customizable clear polycarbonate mud-guards. Unlike others on the market, these guards can be painted to match the body shell, which follows the Italian company’s philosophy of giving all drivers the possibility to bring more style to their model. Of course BD will also offer a special package price for people who take a painted body along with a painted mud-guard. The mud guards are available for the Losi 8ight 2.0 / 2.0EU, Hot Bodies D8, Mugen MBX-6 and Serpent Cobra, with the Kyosho MP9 TKI2 coming soon.

View the different mud guards here

February 17, 2011

Protoform J71 Trans-Am body

After receiving many requests, Protoform has released it’s rendition of the 1971 Trans-Am Championship winning car. The addition of the J71 to the VTA scene will surely add new excitement and drama to an already diverse class of racing. The J71 features all the unique styling cues of the original car as well as a molded in rear spoiler. The front of the car features an add-on nose with air dam. When mounted with shoo goo and 2mm screws it becomes an integral part of the body. Because this area of a race body is the most prone to racing wear and tear, a second nose is supplied with the body. This configuration allows for molding a lightweight, durable .030 lexan body, which in turn aids the handling ability of any VTA chassis.

View more images of the body here

February 17, 2011

Pro-Line RB5 BullDog body shell

Pro-Line have released their BullDog body for use with the Kyosho RB5 1:10 buggy. Providing performance that has, at times, been deemed an unfair advantage, BullDog bodies now set the standard in performance. The advanced cab forward design generates unmatched off-power steering, while the low profile rear deck feeds the wing with clean air flow. Made from durable / genuine Lexan, the super-low styling giving your RB5 the lowest center of gravity (CG) possible.

View more images of the Bulldog here

February 7, 2011

EFRA 2011 list of homologated bodies

EFRA 2008 Approved Muffler list

EFRA have been in touch with us to announce the definitive list of homologated body shells for the 2011 season. The different lists include 1/8th scale on road, Electric touring 190mm and Gas touring 200mm classes and you can download the PDF’s directly from here (1/8th), here (190mm) and here (200mm).

Source: EFRA [www.efra.ws]

February 7, 2011

LD Racing Products HB aluminum wing spacers

Developed in collaboration with RPP Hobby/LD Racing Products team drivers Joe Nolasco and Blake Cannon, this machined aluminium wing spacer kit eliminates wing mount flexing and breakage issues on the Hot Bodies and HPI lines of 8th scale kits. The wing spacer kit weighs about 1 gram less than the stock plastic setup and includes all hardware required to install onto your vehicle. Also included are M4x3mm set screws that can be used to fill the empty wing angle adjustment holes to prevent tearing of the side plates during hard crashes.

Source: LD Racing [ldracingproducts.com]

January 30, 2011

Phat Bodies Optimus shell

Just released from Phat Bodies is the Optimus, a body shell suitable for the new Carisma GT14B and the LRP Shark LWB chassis. Made from high quality 0.8mm thick polycarbonate, it sports some aggressive styling especially in front of the rear wheels with its triple winglets.

View another image of the Optimus here

January 29, 2011

Orcan A5 Sport 200mm body

Early enough for the new 2011 outdoor season Orcan has launched a new touring car body named A5 Sport. SMI-Motorsport in Germany together with German body maker TRT/SLB and two-time European Champion Dirk Wischnewski have developed this new 200mm body on the basis of the successful A5 200mm. “At the beginning we wanted to change only a few small things”, Bertram Kessler of SMI reported, “but then we brought in more and more cutting-edge ideas which made the new Orcan A5 Sport more sporty, more agile and finally faster.”

View more information here

January 18, 2011

Xceed T-GT1 1/8th scale body shell

Xceed have introduced their new 1/8th scale body shell, called the T-GT1. Developed in Japan according to the new IFMAR regulations for this class, it features neutral handling with lots of downforce and great stability thanks to the side dams. EFRA homologated (#31523), it is available in normal and light versions.

Source: Xceed [xceedrc.com]