A prototype of SWorkz’s forthcoming CX11 1/10th electric touring car was spotted during this week’s open practice of the 2016 Thailand International Touring Car Championships. Developed in cooperation with Masayuki Miura’s Speedmaster Japan company the vehicle is piloted by SWorkz team driver Jade Lim. The kit is set for a release this Spring and given the image the car is looking pretty much production-ready right now.
Source: SMJ [smj-rc.com]
Xray have introduced new 1/10th buggy wheel packs for 2WD and 4WD cars. Made for their line of XB2 and XB4 buggies the wheels are moulded from high-quality material to withstand impacts without damage while offering the right amount of flexibility at the same time. The wheels are available as 2WD front, 4WD front and general rear variant, they make use of 12mm wheel hexes and come in packs of 10 pieces. Beside Xray’s own 1/10th buggies the rims also fit many other cars that make use of the respective wheel off-set.
View the other wheel sets here
The recent fourth round of the popular Belgian Lovan RC-Challenge saw Stefan Rommens taking the TQ honours in the Touring Stock category. Rico Claeys and Jerome Defrenne lined up in second and third on the grid. For the finals, Jerome shifted into second gear, taking two wins to grab the overall victory from runner-up Rico Claeys. TQ holder Stefan Rommens had to settle for third overall.
The opening round of the Indonesian Electric On-road Nationals was held at the Progresif Circuit in Bandung, West Java with a total of 60 racers signed in for the three classes of Touring Open, FWD and Mini. In the Touring Open class the opening qualifier was TQed by Ronny Suwarto from Donnie Pangemanan and Bowie Ginting with the latter having the speed to TQ but a last lap incident with a backmarker costed him dearly. Q2 was a different affair with Bowie grabbing a dominant TQ, a lap ahead of runner-up Suwardi Suliandy. Another dominant showing in the final qualifier handed Bowie Ginting the overall TQ and the pole position for the A-mains from Ronnie Suwarto who would line up in second on the grid.
The second round of the Greek Xray Winter Series was held this past weekend after the race had to be postponed earlier due to weather issues. The event was held at the FRT track in the three classes of Touring Modified, Formula and Pan Car and in the Touring Modified class it was Georgiadis who instantly set the pace and swept qualifying by winning all rounds to take a dominant TQ spot. Behind him, Batas and Papachristos completed the top 3 result.
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Coming soon from Tamiya is the Custom Lowrider Black Special edition of Mitsubishi’s third generation Pajero SUV. Based off of the full-time 4WD CC-01 chassis the kit features a shaft-driven drivetrain, double wishbone front and rigid rear suspension, oil-filled CVA shock absorbers, and shiny black-plated chrome rims with treaded 73mm street tyres. The kit is rounded out by a pre-painted black bodyshell with smoke colour windows.
Source: Tamiya [tamiya.com]
Kyosho America have released a high-resolution image of the forthcoming MP9 TKI4 1/8th nitro off-road buggy. Seen before on an Asian website as part of leaked pre-release information, Kyosho now officially announced that the kit will hit the stores in April with detailed information on the specifications and features as well as additional images will become available very shortly. In addition to the official preview image, Kyosho’s 1/8th off-road designer, Yuichi Kanai, has released images of his own car, giving a better idea of the new bodyshell lines while also showing an updated rim design with protective rings for the wheel nuts.
Click here to view images of Yuichi’s MP9 TKI4
New from Calandra Racing Concepts come new Formula rims and pre-mounted tyres. Starting with the Pro-Mount wheels, the rims are purpose-designed for the use with rubber tyres, such as CRC’s RT-1, the TCS F1 and the Pit Shimizu F1 line of tyres. With moulded-in mounting ribs, the Pro-Mount offers an improvement over some other wheels that are nothing more than foam tyre rims without guidance ribs. With CRC’s new wheel the rib guides the tyre bead in the right place, not allowing the tyre to be mounted too far on the wheel, making tyre mounting much easier. Swinging over to the pre-mounted tyres, they come pre-glued and are ready to have fun. The RT-1 tyres have already proven themselves in the World GT-R category of racing. The high-performance belted tyres are of super long wear, providing multiple seasons of use on carpet surfaces. They mount to CRC’s new Pro-Mount wheel and come in sets of four and they will be available in limited quantities in mid March.
