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November 3, 2025

Fenix Racing Mistral 3.5 ‘Team’ F1 Kit

Originally released in 2004 and during its inaugural season able to win the F1 EFRA Euro Cup together with achieve ETS podium and several National titles around Europe, Italy’s Fenix Racing has announced a ‘Team’ edition of its Mistral 3.5 kit. They have incorporated all the options used during this campaign. Beside the rugged and effective IDFM front end, the latest kit offering includes an ETS top deck, Shock extension, Titanium steering limiter, Rear axle alu shims, and Front axle shims. On announcing the ‘Team’ edition the Italian manufacturer wanted to thank ‘Jitse Miedema and all the gals and guys of the “Dutch crew” for the effort and the patience show during the development’ together with Fabrizio, Bryan, Paolo, Aldo, Marco and Alessandro for their efforts during the testing.

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November 3, 2025

Roche DTY-12S Purple Anodised Ball Differential Set

Roche has released this Purple Anodised Ball Differential Set for the Destiny DTY-12S 1:12 chassis. Suitable for medium and low traction track, it features a lightweight carbon axle assembled with purple anodised D-Ring holder and aluminium screw, purple anodised differential hub, thrust cone and lightweight aluminium M4 lock nut. The set is completed with 16 pieces high grade 1/8” steel balls and D-ring. Also new for the DTY-12S is a wave shape flexible front brace which provided smooth steering response, easier to drive. It is best suited for medium and low traction surface.

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November 3, 2025

Payne to no longer race CRC

Top international 1:12 racer Ollie Payne has announced he will no longer be running cars from World Championship manufacturer CRC. Switching from reigning World Champion Schumacher to the American manufacturer for 2025, Payne enjoyed plenty of success with Frank Calandra’s cars including Stock class titles at this year’s European Championship, Montech NYGP and the recent Masters of Foam race. The eagled eye however would have noticed that while he used CRC for his most recent Spec win at the high profile annual 1:12 Belgian event, he used an Excelerate Prodigy to win the Modified title. On completing the NYGP in New York two weeks ago, the British driver tested Excelerate designer Josh Cyrul’s car on the 360V2 track. On leaving CRC, Payne said, ‘I would like to announce that I will no longer be racing CRC cars. Although I wasn’t an official CRC sponsored driver I would still like to thank Frank for his support during my time running his cars. We achieved some great results in a short period of time.’ In response Calandra posted, ‘Lots of fun, good memories and killer results Ollie. Maybe we can win some more races together in the future. See ya at the track.’

Source: Ollie Payne [Facebook]

November 3, 2025

Mikimodel Adjustable Body Stiffeners

Italy’s Mikimodel has released these new adjustable body stiffeners that make them suitable for all body shells on the market. Describing them their latest product release as a ‘truly innovative system’, their fully adjustable corners that rest on the body allow them to be used with all commercially available bodies and positioned wherever you like. The kit includes both the side support and the rear wheel arch support.

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November 2, 2025

Lee & Stone crowned Australian Touring Car Champions

Xray’s Nicholas Lee and Michael Stone are the new RCRA Speedy Australian National Champions in Electric Touring winning the Modified and Stock titles respectively. Singapore’s best known international racer, Lee would secure the TQ at West Coast Model RC in Perth as he topped 3 of the 5 qualifiers. Fastest in Q4, ARC’s Brayden Stanley would qualify second ahead of the RC Maker of Jeffrey Mackie who TQ’d the second round of qualifying. Team-mate Damon Davis-Perry and Yokomo’s Antoni Caretti completed the top half of the A-Main grid. In the triples finals Lee opened with a win ahead of the RC Maker of Jeff Hamon who qualified 6th. Hamon would go one better in A2 to take the win ahead of Stanley as Lee finished third. In the decider, Lee managed to stay out front when it counted most to secure the overall win. While a bad A3 for Hamon, the Brisbane driver would finish runner-up, with 2nd in A3 giving Caretti the final step on the podium ahead of 2024 podium finisher Stanley. In Stock, after a bad start to the finals, Stone was able to win A2 & 3 to claim the title ahead of the ARC of A1 winner Marcus Askell with the RC Maker of 2024 Champion Lincoln Codd completing podium.

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October 31, 2025

SMJ 0.08mm Teflon Chassis Protection Sheet

Japan’s SMJ has released a thin 0.08mm Teflon chassis protection sheet designed to be applied to the underside of touring cars and 1:12 scale racing car chassis. The teflon sheet reduces contact resistance between the chassis and carpet surfaces during driving, enabling smoother handling.

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October 31, 2025

Asia Championships ’25 – 1:12 & Touring Car Information

With the first of FEMCA’s newly rebranded Asia Championships title deciders just over a month away, the Bloc that represents 15 nations in Asia and Australasia has published details for the 1:12 and Touring Car events that will take place at the 2026 World Championship venue of Hongyu GDC in Foshan, China. With no official Warm-up Race for the World Championships, which move from the traditional end of year date to the early part of the season, December’s Asia Championships is attracting a strong international entry. Unlike some IFMAR’s other Bloc title races, the Asia Championships, formerly know as the FEMCA Championships, allows international drivers to compete for the title with current IFMAR Touring Car World Champion Bruno Coelho also the reigning FEMCA ISTC Champion. FEMCA has published the details for the of both 1:12 event, which caters for Modified and Stock classes and runs from December 5-7th, and Touring Car Event, which has classes for Modified, Stock, and Youth, and runs from December 12-14th.

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October 30, 2025

Xbility 1:28 Setup Station

New 1:28 manufacturer Xbility, who launched their One 1:28 Chassis Kit during the Summer, and reigning PNWC World Champion José Pequito have announced their brand new design Xbility Setup Station. A completely new approach to car setup, it was engineered from the ground up to deliver unmatched precision and repeatability. It allows full measurement and adjustment of camber, toe, steering angle, droop, ride height, tweak, and front track width, every parameter that defines how a car behaves on track. Because 1:28 cars are small and light, taking accurate measurements has always been a challenge. Traditional setup tables allow the car to move or shift during adjustment, making precise readings very difficult. The Xbility Setup Station solves this problem with a guided chassis system that keeps the car perfectly aligned and stable throughout the entire process. The full kit comes complete with all the necessary tools including ride height and droop gauges, camber gauge, toe and steering angle, tweak, wheel simulators, and a perfectly flat setup board. Everything you need is included, ready to use straight out of the box.

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