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December 22, 2025

ALF1 ’26 1:10 Formula 1 Chassis

New from Californian brand ALF1 Racing Designs comes their ALF1 ’26 1:10 Formula 1 Chassis Kit. Designed for the serious racer, they say the new kit combines cutting-edge materials like carbon fibre, 7075 aluminium, and advanced 3D-printed composites to deliver an unparalleled balance of low centre of gravity, rigidity, and tunability. With each bespoke kit meticulously packaged to order, it features a one piece carbon fibre chassis design and floating rear pod design with included rear bump springs. The Rear V-link design has adjustable rear roll-centre towers. Up front there is a Single plane front suspension design with silicone roll dampers with soft, medium, hard front silicone dampers options included. With durable one piece upper arms, 6,7,8 degree caster arms are included in the kit. Shipping with a servo include you get a 1:12 scale mini servo for reduced weight and lower centre of gravity.

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December 22, 2025

Shepherd VE9 EC 1:8 Electric Onroad Chassis

After extensive design and testing, Shepherd Micro Racing introduces the new VE9 EC Limited Edition 1:8 Electric Onroad Chassis. After proven results, including 2nd place at the Electric Euro Cup 2025 and finishing runner-up in 2025 BRCA 1:8 Electric National Championships, the British owner brand is doing a Limited Edition run of 50 cars, coming early 2026. Under designer Craig Fisher, the focus points have been on simplicity of build, along with allowing optional tuning for the dedicated racer. New features include 2-belts rather than 3 which is designed to be more efficient with instant responsiveness. The 5mm carbon chassis includes a changeable LiPo tray allowing the use of standard or shorty LiPo batteries. A new integrated motor bulkhead and main layshaft single unit improves drive train smoothness.

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December 22, 2025

Gruber Racing Silicone Oils

Gruber Racing, the brand of top international Nitro Onroad racer Toni Gruber, has added 12 new viscosities to their range of shock and differential silicone oils. Adding 1050, 1150, 1250, 1350, 1450, 1600, 1700, 1800, 1900, 110.000, 130.000, and 140.000, the range of laboratory tested viscosities now totals 75 different options. Coming in 100ml bottles, the high quality anti-friction oils which range from 100 cst to 4 million cst are guaranteed to function at -50 to +200° range.

Source: Gruber Racing [gruber-racing.de]

December 22, 2025

Mikimodel F1 Universal Interchangeable Front Wings

New from Mikimodel comes these 3D printed Universal Interchangeable Front Wings for all F1 models. After a major effort in developing the most appropriate and suitable materials, the Italian company have developed new front wings with the most difficult thing being to find the most suitable material that was resistant, but not rigid enough to break under impact, but at the same time rigid enough not to lose its aerodynamic characteristics. The wings consist of a fixed part, the basis for all the others, and a replaceable part, the actual wing. So far, they have developed two models, the ‘Alfa’ and the ‘BETA’. Simply unscrew one wing, without even removing the bodywork, and you’re done. The two wings are different from each other to provide different aerodynamic characteristics and adapt as best as possible to different tracks.

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December 22, 2025

Weiss joins RC Maker for racing return

Former European Championship Top Qualifier & Vice Champion Steve Weiss is returning to competitive Electric Touring Car racing with Australian manufacturer RC Maker announcing the signing of the German driver. After almost nine years away from active competition, Weiss will support RC Maker as a Technical Advisor, assisting the team at all major races. With his deep knowledge of car setup, car development, and race strategy, he will play a key role in helping the team grow stronger and move forward. On the announcement Weiss said, ‘I am very proud to be part of this young and talented team. I first met Ryan in 2008 at the IFMAR World Championship in Bangkok, Thailand, and now, 18 years later, we are working together again. Even though I stopped my active racing career in 2016, my passion for the sport never stopped. I have followed RC Maker from the beginning, starting with the release of the SP1. I am really impressed by the design, the performance on track, and how fast the brand has grown in such a short time. Being part of this journey means a lot to me, and I am proud to work together with RC Maker. I am fully motivated, ready for this challenge, and excited about what’s coming next.’

Source: RC Maker [rcmaker.com.au]

December 22, 2025

Team Associated RC10B84 Classic Kit

Team Associated is rounding out 2025 with another ‘Classic’ kit release, this time with a Classic take on the their latest RC10B84 1:10 4WD Buggy. With the B84 platform released in June of this year, it quickly added to the US manufacturer’s IFMAR World Champion tally when Marcus Kaerup took the 1:10 4WD World Championship win in Sydney, Australia, in October. Releasing the ‘Classis’, a low run collector’s piece, the buggy get’s RC10 Classic gold finish aluminium parts and chassis, as well as all white premium composite plastics. Accepting pre-orders, the RC10B84 Classic is available in as a standard or Dirt kit and is due to ship late December.

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December 19, 2025

Inside the factory – A visit to Hobbywing HQ

I have always enjoyed hearing people’s stories on how they ended doing what they do for a living. Getting the opportunity to visit the Hobbywing factory after covering one of China’s international races, on that trip to Shenzhen I would get to met Jack Zhang, the man who founded what has become one of the leading electronic manufacturers in our racing world. As I would learn from the visit, Hobbywing is a whole lot more than the company we all know for making the motors and ESC that allow us to go racing. Its impressive growth to a company with over 1,000 employees all grew out of an RC enthusiast’s need for a product to allow him enjoy his hobby. While getting to see the production lines off which come all the XeRun ESC and motors, that would complete a clean sweep of all four electric IFMAR World Championship titles on offer in 2025, it was actually the behind the scenes work, research & developing, and testing that makes these products that was the real highlight of visiting not one but two locations that make the final products roll off the production line. While Salton Dong is the global public face of Hobbywing, travelling to major races providing technical support to team drivers and customers, there wouldn’t be Hobbywing if it wasn’t for Jack finding himself in a predicament in his own passion for RC Helicopters. And it was a chance introduction to Salton on an RC forum that would prove pivotal to the brand becoming the force they are today in RC racing. The expertise since helping them to expand into markets you might be surprised to learn of.

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December 19, 2025

Xbility XB-F1 1:28 Formula Car Kit

With 1:28 World Champion Jose Pequito as its design, category specialist newcomer Xbility has released their new XB-F1, the first F1 on the market with a full-length chassis from front to rear. The machined carbon chassis proved in testing to be an incredible balance of flexibility and strength. Other features of the kit include a new front-end with steering knuckles inspired by 1:8 Onroad, easily adjust camber and track width for sharper, more linear steering response. Multiple roll centre and camber gain options mean a fully tunable front geometry to suit different driving styles and track conditions. It also gets a revolutionary 3-point ball differential that solves common issues with wheel mounting and ensures smooth, consistent performance. A fully aluminium servo saver with Ackermann adjustment is designed to protect the servo from impacts, always return to centre, and allow Ackermann tuning directly on the servo saver. Adjustable front and rear spoilers angle allows fine-tuning of downforce for different track conditions. The kit includes a complete F1 body shell and two 14mm rear rims.

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