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July 15, 2013

VBC Racing Wildfire D06 – first images

Following a teaser last week VBC Racing now released first pre-production images of their forthcoming Wildfire D06 electric touring car. The kit heavily differs from the current Wildfire and will feature some important “2013” gizmos such as a new slimmer lower chassis plate, new low-profile shocks and shock towers, redesigned anti-roll bars and bulkheads along updated suspension components. According to VBC there are still some parts that need finishing touches such as the floating servo mount and some other areas. It is understood that the kit will be ready to hit the stores in August.

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July 15, 2013

LRP S8 Rebel BX RTR Limited Edition

LRP introduce the S8 Rebel BX RTR Limited Edition 1/8th nitro off-road buggy. Coming factory-assembled and including a 2.4GHz radio system the new variant sports a couple of option parts such as full aluminium big bore shock absorbers and a widely adjustable suspension with R/L turnbuckles for quick and easy setup changes. Also included in the kit are CV-type front drive shafts for increased transmission efficiency and a polished LRP aluminium exhaust pipe for increased power output.

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July 12, 2013

Intech Racing ER-12 2WD buggy

Intech Racing announce their forthcoming ER-12 1/10th 2WD electric buggy kit. Looking surprisingly similar to a Team Durango DEX210, the buggy is meant to sport ‘a totally different rear geometry’ and higher specs with carbon fibre shock towers, all-alloy shock absorbers and an aluminium front shock tower mount being all standard with the Intech kit. There is no release date yet but the buggy looks pretty final so the production kits may kit the stores soon.

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July 11, 2013

VBC Racing Wildfire D06 announced

VBC Racing announced the forthcoming release of their Wildfire D06 electric touring car kit. It is understood that the car will be highly different form the current kit and that it will incorporate some of the latest touring car design ideas. All information on the kit will become available soon with the kit hitting stores in August.

Source: VBC Racing [vbcracing.com]

July 11, 2013

Team Associated SC10RS RTR Lucas Slick Mist

Team Associated SC10RS RTR Lucas Slick Mist-1

Team Associated introduce a new body shell variant of their SC10RS 2WD RTR short course truck. Coming factory-assembled and with a blue colour ‘Lucas Slick Mist’ body the truck features the proven 2.6:1 gear box with V2 slipper, hex-drive wheels, V2 oil-filled shock absorbers and grippy racing tyres. Included in the package are a 3300kv Reedy brushless motor, XP brushless speed controller, a metal gear steering servo and a 2.4GHz pistol grip radio system.

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July 4, 2013

S-Workz S104 4WD EK1 4WD buggy kit

At this year’s Nuremberg International Toyfair S-Workz, already known for their 1/8th electric and nitro off-road buggies, showed a prototype of their first ever 1/10th electric 4WD car and now the vehicle nears its public release. The S104 EK1 is based on a very narrow aluminium chassis and sports some very interesting design features such as a front pivot ball suspension, ‘1/8th-ish’ wheel axles with large diameter wheel hex adapters and wheel nuts as well as a forward-biased weight distribution with a rear battery mount for 2S LiPo saddle and 98mm shorty packs. The shock towers are cut from silver-colour carbon fibre with the rear item being of a split design with a lower aluminium camber link brace for added rigidity. Mounted to the damper stays are big bore aluminium oil-filled shock absorbers with mud deflectors to protect the shock shafts and seals. Included with the kit comes an aggressively shaped cab forward body shell with add-on polycarbonate dirt shields for the main chassis plate. It is understood that the kit will hit the stores by the end of August.

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July 3, 2013

MCD announce the all-new RR5 buggy

Turkish large scale specialists MCD announce the soon release of their new 1/5th scale competition gas buggy called the RR5. Designed from scratch the kit looks like a scaled-up 1/8th buggy and features a tough 4WD shaft drivetrain with chrome shafts and axles, easily accessible spiral-cut differential gears and steel brake discs. The widely adjustable suspension comes with fifth generation lower wishbones, ball-raced sway bars and composite shock absorbers. The chassis plate is cut from 7075 aircraft-grade aluminium and comes with an easily removable one-piece radio tray with separate rear brake servo mount and composite chassis stiffeners. Included in the kit is a clear body shell and a composite rear wing.

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July 3, 2013

Tamiya M-05 Gold Edition chassis kit

Tamiya will soon have a new limited edition kit available in the form of the M-05 Gold Edition chassis. The kit is based on the standard M-05 and features a gold colour main frame, aluminium steering parts and a rear aluminium suspension holder with 1 degree toe-in. An updated front suspension allows for better adjustability, more shock travel and the kit is designed for the use with 210mm, 225mm and 239mm wheelbase body shells.

Source: Tamiya [tamiya.com]