XRAY - Model racing cars

No nearby hobby shops to me so can someone suggest where to buy 1/10 foams in the uk ?

hi Nick, PM me if you intrested our club has plenty of sets of LRP foams we are selling off

http://www.marstonmcc.co.uk/ForSale.htm

I am sure we can do a deal.

And if Andy doesn't sell what you want;

Thanks for the replies. Not what I was after unfortunately. Need 30mm foams for rear and 26 on front, 40 sh / 30 sh . Seems quite hard to find somewhere with a good stock online. I'll keep looking

Both of these companies in the Uk have a good selection of foam tyres

www.rc-direct.co.uk

www.yeovilmodelcars.com

We ran an NT1 for several years.

You are correct in saying that you need 30mm rear and 26mm front. A good starting point is 40 shore (hardness) rear and 37 shore front or perhaps 37 shore rear and 35 shore front - as the weather is getting cooler. The thing to remember is how much the tyres will wear in a 10 minute or 20 minute final.

We used Enneti from Andy at RC Direct and found them very good for wear and grip. I am sure Contact from Mike Manning at Yeovil Models will be a good tyre also as Mike is a very experienced racer.

Don't forget to have a 2mm split in diameter between the fronts and rears, ie. fronts are 2mm smaller. We used to cut our tyres to 63mm rear and 61mm front when new. Seems a big waste but the car doean't function too well if you use the size straight out of the box.

Good luck!

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