LATEST ISSUE - December 2012

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Kyosho's Take on the World - Racer builds the new Ultima RB6 buggy that can be built to suit high and low grip surfaces, for all tracks demands around the World.
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HPI Savage X 4.6 Special Edition - Ten years down the line and HPI's Savage is still the monster truck that all others are judged against. So to celebrate this milestone, the Special Edition in limited numbers has been released and we were lucky to get one of the highly sort after models.
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Xray Column - Guest writer Martin Hudy steps into his father's shoes and pens this month's column in which he focuses on the recently announced, Xray T4 platform.
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Speeding Tickets - Got the desire to make your S10 chassis even faster? Then check out two Speed Kits from LRP that we put to the test.
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Tamiya XV-01 Subaru - The XV-01 is Tamiya's all-new crossover platform that we think will become the basis for many more future releases. The 4WD forward motor mounted chassis features a gearbox ahead of the front wheels and belt drive to the rear. And to top it off there is a stunning Subaru Impreza WRX STI Team Arai body.
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Grainger Goes Fourth - When Chris Grainger and his Schumacher cross the line to win at Halifax, it meant he moved into the lead of the BRCA TCV National Championship with just one round to go.
• A National Guide - Mark Stiles analyses 1:12 racing at the Nationals and puts his points across as to why there is no reason you shouldn't give it a go!
• GB Has Euro Vision - The Nene Valley club in Northamptonshire put on a show for the top large-scale off-road drivers as they hosted the annual EFRA European Championships in style and even the weather played its part.
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Bloomfield Makes History - By winning the 2012 EFRA 1:8 Off-Road European Championships, Darren Bloomfield gave TLR its first major win for the 8ight and became the first Brit to win the Euros in the class.
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Wet Weather Prep - Olly Jefferies shows us how he prepares his wet car's electrics as well as discussing the season's final races.
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Race Ready Mini 8ight - By adding some choice option parts, we upgraded our Losi Mini 8ight to the perfect race chassis.
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Mugen Double for Branson and Catchpole - Adam Catchpole made the most of a recent chassis change and took victory at Cotswold driving the MRX-5 and ensured two wins on the trot for Mugen after Kyle Branson won the previous round at Adur.
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Team Durango DEX210 Race Ready RTR - The latest offering out of the Team Durango stable is this Race Ready version of the DEX210.Athouyhh its an RTR, its focus is clearly on the race track as we found out.
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Team Associated TC4 Club Racer - The guys on the west coast of the USA have brought back an old favourite in the form of the TC4. Now with a pre-built chassis that just needs electrics, a body, wheels and tyres, the Club Racer model aims to offer a sure-footed, reliable platform to start TC racing with.
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LRP Column - This month Jurgen shows off the new electric powered 1:8 Rebel called the BXe and reflects on the 1:8 off-road European Championships and the LRP/HPI Challenge German Championships.
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131 Points - Neil Cragg did what he had to in order to share the 4WD title by taking TQ and winning at Kidderminster, the final round of the season in 1:10 off-road National Championship.
   

NEXT MONTH
 January 2013 Issue On Sale 6 December 2012
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Elliott Boots' Kyosho – next month we get a detailed look at Elliott Boots' BRCA Championship-winning Kyosho buggy. Powered by Novarossi, the Inferno MP9 TKI3 dominated the 2012 National series winning all four rounds. Racer gets the full rundown from Kyosho UK's own Mike Cradock and look at the choices the team made on starting set-up, tyres, carb settings and much more. Don't miss this unique look at a factory team driver's ride in the January 2013 issue of Racer.
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RDRP Insight – Revolution Design Racing Products is the mastermind of Michael Vollmer who has created some of the nicest aftermarket tools, accessories and components currently available. Racer was lucky enough to get their hands on some of the first items to be released and so will have a little insight into the tools in next month's issue.
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Dremel Giveaway – win a terrific prize from the guys at Dremel in our free to enter competition in Racer's Christmas issue. They are letting us giveaway a Dremel 3000 Limited Edition Tool Box stuffed full of goodies. The 3000 multi-tool can cut, grind, sand and drill and much more and comes with 45 easy-to-change accessories plus six attachments including a flexshaft for detailed work. The combined value of the contents is £125 and you could be in the chance of winning it next month.
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ECX 1:8 Revenge Type E – the Type E is one of ECX's two new 1:8 entry-level buggies called Revenge. Racer grabbed one of the first examples that is designed to withstand the rigours of today's high-powered brushless power systems and offers high performance without breaking the bank. Notable features of the Type E is the waterproof Dynamite Fuze 130A brushless speed control and 550-size four-pole 2500kV motor, that sits on a 3mm 6061-T6 grade aluminium chassis, with a 4WD metal drivetrain and a Spektrum 2.4GHz radio system. Racer puts the RTR package to the test in next month's magazine and as usual, pushes it to the limit.
• Also featuring - The latest RC news from around the world, the most up-to-date kits, hop-ups and spares available, as well as race reports from around the country.

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