Coming soon from Team Azarashi is the Type-GT34 body shell for 210mm M-class touring cars. Resembling the iconic Nissan Skyline R34, the comic-type body is ideal for racing and show alike, fitting most of today’s 210mm wheelbase M-class 2WD and 4WD touring cars. The body comes made of high-quality polycarbonate and it includes a rear wing and a decal sheet.
Source: Team Azarashi [team-azarashi.com]
Round 5 of the Northern Germany based Club Racing Series was hosted by the MACH track in Hamburg last weekend. Held as part of the MACH’s open club series the CRS saw the running of the sole Plastic Cars class, a category targeting “tub” chassis touring cars such as the Yokomo SD Sports, the Team Associated TC4 Club Racer or Tamiya tub chassis cars. Hand-out ETS Muchmore motors, a mandatory 1:6.5 gearing and a single set of Volante 28R Hybrid tyres make for a level playing field that was lead by Yokomo’s Björn Christiansen. The avid stock racer dominated both the 8-minute qualifiers and triple 10-minute A-main finals at will, leaving behind veteran racer Sebastian Sürstedt whose 20-years old Team Associated TC3 Factory Team once again came out of retirement for an undefeated 2nd overall position. Modified specialist, MACH’s Christian Stolze (Yokomo) had to cope with the somewhat low speeds of the Plastic Cars in general and of his rental Yokomo SD Sports in particular but he ultimately snatched the final podium spot from MACH’s, Zeljko Garai (Yokomo) in 4th.
Image: MCV Dänischer Wohld [mcv-daenischer-wohld.de]
The Absima Summer Championship returned to the slopes of Coastal Model Car Racing Club in Ipswich, along with the sunshine which bathed the tracks and gave them awesome grip. It was 4WD up first in qualifying and it was Stuart Collard who headed up the field from HB Racing team mate Chris Pennington and the third HB of Graham Kisby dominating qualifying, from Jason Burroughs with his Schumacher in 4. In 2WD it was again Stuart Collard who would take the pole this time with his Team Associated car, from the Yokomo of George Fairweather and the Schumacher of Kristian Gibbs. In the Tamiyas it was Steven Vanhisbergh who had a clear grid ahead of him from a hard charging Matthew Gant and the M05 of Les woods in 3rd. A bumper grid of Touring Cars saw the return of winter champion Byron Russell line up on the pole, from another returnee Simon Lovett, and current championship leader Jason Scott.
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European X-Grip distributors Mikimodel have introduced the Conveyor cooling fan mount. The 3-D-printed part is made of carbon reinforced material and it weighs in at only 5g, hardly changing the overall weight balance of the chassis. A trick clip takes the fan’s JST connector for a more tidy look and the mount’s design will reduce the operation temperatures of the motor by about ten degrees. The mount is usable with most motor cooling fans.
Pirani RC have announced the release of new long-type 7.9mm ball ends for 1/8th on-road kit suspension as well as multi-size anti-roll bar stoppers. Starting with the ball end, the item is made of high-quality 7075-T6 alloy and it features a 7.9mm ball section and is available as 23mm and 26.5mm long variant – the latter coming in handy especially with the latest generation of 1/8th IC track rear ends that need longer ball ends. The balls sport a low friction, low wear surface coating for smooth suspension action and a long life.
Bittydesign have introduced their first body shell for the growing 1/10th FWD touring car class, the HC-F. Designed to combine realistic aesthetics and top performance, the body takes styling cues from a popular Japanese touring car that are mixed with the latest aerodynamic gizmos to create a one of a kind 1/10th scale body shell. Widened wheel arches make for an ultra-aggressive look with performance to match with the large front splitter ensuring exceptional corner entry steering without sacrificing the much needed rear end stability. The body is a universal fit for all 1/10th 190mm FWD and touring cars on the market and it comes moulded from high-quality Lexan polycarbonate material, it includes lightweight wing mounting hardware as well as window masks and a detailed decal sheet that allows to create an eye-pleasing design while only using a single colour.
Coming from Yokomo and made for their BD9 touring car is a carbon fibre front bumper brace. A direct replacement for the standard composite part, the machined graphite item offers a lower weight which will result in sharper handling characteristics at corner entry and in chicanes. In addition the part will also improve the overall visual appearance, creating that factory look.
Coming from RC Maker are three new carbon fibre optionals for the Awesomatix A800X touring car. First up are some crazy looking bulkhead flex dampeners. The parts allow for two in-between settings, complementing the optional no-brace and straight link settings. Made from super thin 3K carbon, they attach to the bulkheads directly and provide consistent dampening (restriction) of the flex at the front of the front bulkheads in every direction. There are two different stiffeners included, the larger sized one provides the most flex of the two, but still reduces the flex here by around 50 percent. The smaller one is stiffer, and reduces the flex by roughly 70 percent. Using the parts will make for improved overall consistency especially with the MMCX conversions.
