With its vast range of colours and the total lack of nasty fumes when painting, the Faskolor range from Parma continues to grow in popularity with every passing day.

Whereas it takes a whole new approach to spraying with these water-based acrylics results are as good as solvent based paints and there are some stunning colours in the range, especially pearls.

The colours are applied without any thinners added, so that's one less cost but you will need a compressor that can operate at around 40 to 50 psi. Cleaning of airbrushes, pots etc are also done in water.

The Team Losi 8IGHT continues to amaze the world of 1/8th off road with its on-track performance, recently winning the world renowned Neo Buggy race by almost three laps! Clearly a very fast car straight from the box, but that doesn’t stop us racers wanting to tinker and upgrade every now and then does it?
New in from the factory are these latest option parts, as used by Adam Drake and the rest of the team. First we have the precision-machined billet aluminium chassis braces for the front and rear of the car. These are a direct replacement for the standard kit items and are perfect for those racers wishing to add a hi-tech look or additional rigidity to their 8IGHT buggy. Each brace is machined from premium aircraft alloy with additional lightening where possible and feature a laser engraved hard-anodised finish.
Another area that the team have concentrated on is the rear gearbox bearing inserts. These have been machined from the same billet aluminium and finished to the same high standard. These alloy bearing spacers that the diff mounting is as rigid as possible, holding the internal mesh totally rigid under power and ensuring that the bearings cannot be trapped when building the transmission.

“... (A4430)
These alloy bearing spacers that the diff mounting is as rigid as possible, holding the internal mesh totally rigid under power!...”

To make sure that those all important wheel nuts are fully tightened there is the robust Team Losi machined 17mm nut wrench. As well as the 8IGHT it will also fit the LST2, Muggy as well as the vast majority of popular 1/8th models on the market. Glossy black anodised finish with laser etched Team Losi logo, the handle is shaped to sit comfortably in the hand and allows for maximum purchase on the wheel nut.

“... (AB4604) The handle is shaped to sit comfortably in the hand and allows for maximum purchase on the wheel nut!...”

Also released this month is a replacement wing for the 8IGHT moulded in tough white plastic. A two stage wing with vertical fins for extra stability it is a direct replacement for the kit item………….. I guess black isn’t to everybody’s taste!