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July 9, 2025

Thurston takes win No.3 at Adur

BRCA 1:8 Onroad British Champion Alex Thurston took the third win of his title defend with victory at the fourth round hosted by Cotswold Model Car Club last weekend. The second time for racers to race at Cotswold this year, Mugen Seiki UK/YMC Racing supported Thurston would qualify P2 as the Shepherd of Championship Round 1 winner Tim Wood took the TQ by just over 2-seconds. Shepherd’s Andrew Hastings, a podium finisher at the season opener, completed the Top 3 on the grid for the half hour final. Getting by Wood at the first, Thurston managed to stay out front despite running an extra fuel stop and made it three wins in a row with a margin of 4.6-seconds over Wood. Getting by Hastings, John Carr completed the Top 3 for his first podium of the season. Round 5 of the 7 round championship takes place at Wombwell later this month.

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July 9, 2025

Takashima D-13 EP Touring Spring Collection Box

New from Takashima D-13 comes this Electric Touring Car Spring Collection Box. Store up to 16 springs in this 74 x 78 x 23.5 mm which weights 52-grams. Each spring compartment measures 18 mm in height and 17.5 mm in diameter with an embedded spring stiffness label is included inside the box. Additional spring stiffness labels are also available for separate purchase.

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July 8, 2025

Fenix Racing Mistral 3.5 Outlaw F1 Chassis

New from Italian manufacturer Fenix Racing comes this outlaw F1 chassis called the Mistral 3.5 Outlaw. With the Outlaw F1 Class becoming popular in Switzerland, the 200mm F1 class is having their own class at Pancar Master in Lostallo with more clubs following the trend and introducing it as class. The Mistral 3.5 Outlaw shares quite few parts with G56.2-200, and of course with Mistral 3.5, retaining the variable wheelbase option. Thanks to the humongous Pro10 tyres, is better suited for a 17.5 motor.

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July 8, 2025

Titan 1:8 Onroad Wide Wing Set

Team Titan has released a newly designed widened rear wing suitable for all 1:8 Onroad competition body shells. The width of the rear of the wing has been increased to 264mm to capture more airflow and generate greater downforce. There are two pre-cut sizes for the side height, 6mm and 10mm. The rear wing set has two wings and a set of special screws. The actual thickness of the wing is 0.9mm to ensure that it does not deform at high speeds to provide strong downforce. The Guerney strip return of 60315 wing set is 4.9mm, complies with IFMAR regulation.

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July 8, 2025

Schumacher Vibe TC Touring Car

New from British manufacturer Schumacher comes the new Vibe TC which is a competitive 1:10 4WD Touring Car race chassis aimed at the club racer. Its modern design includes all the features and set up adjustments of high end racers, in an affordable package. Schumacher say the Vibe TC is durable and simple to maintain. Alloy shocks with purple anodised adjusters, UJ driveshaft’s, purple alloy transmission and layshaft mounts feature as standard equipment in the kit. Strong and flexible S2 chassis and top deck makes the Vibe TC easy to drive, and tuneable for whatever track you decide to race on. Currently taking pre-orders, the new kit is due Mid July.

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July 7, 2025

Awesomatix A800FXR Top Deck Long

As part of their latest option parts release, Awesomatix has introduced a new top deck option for its A800FXR 1:10 Frontie Touring Car. The ‘Top Deck Long’ offers the possibility to change the flex characteristics of the car. Covering all its Touring Car they are now also offering new Rear Body Holder Extension. Shifting the P64 Rear Body Holder 9mm back, the extension is useful for LMH body shells and “long” body shells in general. Also in the release is a 225mm High-Performance Low Friction Drive Belt for A800FX/A800FX Evo/A800FXR. Finally there is a new Titanium Ball Stud set containing 25 ballstuds which replaces the kit steel ball studs in your A800. With the kit standard steel set weighting 19.3 grams, the titanium sets comes in at 11.2 grams.

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July 4, 2025

MXLR MTC3 FlexBumper

Max Machler’s MXLR brand has added the Mugen Seiki MTC3 to its offering of 3D printed FlexBumpers. Weighing 9.5 grams, it is printed with thermoplastic polyurethane for the optimal strength and flexibility and matches the original MTC3 footprint but with a lower overall profile. Over a foam bumper the advantages of a FlexBumper are it absorbs hits better and does not transfer them as much into the chassis structure. More robust and sturdy, it always goes back to original shape and don’t drag on the floor after a crash.

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July 3, 2025

Roche Rapide P12V2 Graphite Main Chassis Set

Roche has released a new optional Graphite Main Chassis Set for their Rapide P12V2 1:12 race kit that includes a matching carbon fibre chassis and aluminium battery tray. The new chassis is designed to work with a new 2.5mm aluminium battery tray with Roche recommending it for low to medium traction outdoor asphalt tracks, or low traction carpet tracks. The chassis is produced from high grade graphite with a CNC machined chamfer edge on rear side to reduce chassis scrubbing in high speed corners. Also new for the P12V2 is +2 Graphite Rear Pod Link Brace. Increasing toe-in angle of the side link, it provides more in-corner steering and speed.

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